Ferris, Michael C.

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Michael C. Ferris

Michael C. Ferris
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Contact Information

4381 Computer Sciences and Statistics
1210 West Dayton Street
Madison, WI 53706

Tel: 608/262-4281/262-1204
Fax: 608/262-9777
E-mail: ferris@cs.wisc.edu

Program Affiliations

Education

Ph.D., Mathematical Programming, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1989
M.A., Mathematics, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1988
M.Phil., Control Engineering and Operational Research, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1985
B.A., Mathematics, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1984

Fields of Interest

mathematical programming
modeling and applications of operations research
complementarity problems
radiation therapy planning
numerical algorithms

Publications

Selected list, full list available below.
J. Wallace, A. Philpott, M. O'Sullivan, and M. Ferris. Optimal rig design using mathematical programming. 2nd High Performance Yacht Design Conference, Auckland, 14--16 February, 2006, pp 185--192.
P.F. Brennan, M.C. Ferris, S.M. Robinson, S.J. Wright, and J. Marquard. Modeling participation in the NHII: Operations research approach. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2005.
M. C. Ferris, S. P. Dirkse, and A. Meeraus. Mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints: Automatic reformulation and solution via constrained optimization. In T.J. Kehoe, T.N. Srinivasan, and J. Whalley, editors, Frontiers in Applied General Equilibrium Modeling, pages 67--93. Cambridge University Press, 2005.
M. C. Ferris and T. S. Munson. Semismooth support vector machines. Mathematical Programming, 101:185--204, 2004.
H. Zhang, G. Wahba, Y. Lin, M. Voelker, M. Ferris, R. Klein, and B. Klein. Variable selection and model building via likelihood basis pursuit. Journal of American Statistical Association, 99(467):659--672, 2004.
M. C. Ferris and M. M. Voelker. Fractionation in radiation treatment planning. Mathematical Programming, 102:387--413, 2004.
M. C. Ferris, J.-H. Lim, and D. M. Shepard. Optimization approaches for treatment planning on a Gamma Knife. SIAM Journal on Optimization, 13:921--937, 2003.
M. C. Ferris and T. S. Munson. Interior point methods for massive support vector machines. SIAM Journal on Optimization, 13:783--804, 2003.
D.M. Shepard, L.S. Chin, S.J. DiBiase, S.A. Naqvi, J. Lim, and M.C. Ferris. Clinical implementation of an automated planning system for Gamma Knife radiosurgery. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 56:1488--1494, 2003.
Ferris, M.C. & Kanzow, C., �Complementarity and Related Problems: A Survey,� In: Pardalos, P.-M. & Resende, M.G.C. (Eds.) Handbook of Applied Optimization, Oxford University Press, pages 514--530, 2002.
Chen, Q., Ferris, M.C., & Linderoth, J.T., �FATCOP 2.0: Advanced Features in an Opportunistic Mixed Integer Programming Solver,� Annals of Operations Research, 103:17--32, 2001.
Munson, T.S., Facchinei, F., Ferris, M.C., Fischer, A., & Kanzow, C., �The Semismooth Algorithm for Large Scale Complementarity Problems,� INFORMS Journal on Computing, 13:294--311, 2001.
Chen, Q. & Ferris, M.C., �FATCOP: A Fault Tolerant Condor-PVM Mixed Integer Program Solver,� SIAM Journal on Optimization, 11:1019--1036, 2001.
Ferris, M.C. & Tin-Loi, T., �Limit Analysis of Frictional Block Assemblies as a Mathematical Program with Complementarity Constraints,� International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 43:209-224, 2001.
Anderson, E.J. & Ferris, M.C., �A Direct Search Algorithm for Optimization with Noisy Function Evaluations,� SIAM Journal on Optimization, 11:837-857, 2001.
D�Souza, W.D., Meyer, R.R., Thomadsen, B.R., & Ferris, M.C., �An Iterative Sequential Mixed-Integer Approach to Automated Prostate Brachytherapy Treatment Optimization,� Physics in Medicine and Biology 46:297-322, 2001.
Ferris, M.-C., Mangasarian, O.L., & Pang, J.S. (Eds.) Complementarity: Applications, Algorithms and Extensions Vol. 50, Applied Optimization, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.
Ferris, M.C. & Munson, T.S., �Preprocessing Complementarity Problems,� in: Ferris, M.C., Mangasarian, O.L. and Pang, J.-S. (Eds.) Complementarity: Applications, Algorithms and Extensions, Volume 50 of Applied Optimization, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 143-164, 2001.
Shepard, D.M., Ferris, M.C., Ove, R., & Ma, L., �Inverse Treatment Planning for Gamma Knife Radiosurgery,� Medical Physics, 27:12, 2000.
Ferris, M.C., Munson, T.S., & Sinapiromsaran, K., �A Practical Approach to Sample-Path Simulation Optimization,� In: Joines, J.A., Barton, R.R., Kang, K., & Fishwick, P.A. (Eds.) Proceedings fo the 2000 Winter Simulation Conference, Orlando, FL: Omnipress, pp. 795-804, 2000.
Ferris, M.C. & Shepard, D.M., �Optimization of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery,� In: Du, D.-Z., Pardalos, P. & Wang, J. (Eds.) Discrete Mathematical Problems with Medical Applications Volume 55 of DIMACS Series in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, American Mathematical Society, pp. 27-44, 2000.
DeBremaecker, J.-C. & Ferris, M.C., �A Comparison of Two Algorithms for Solving Closed Crack Problems,� Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 66:601-605, 2000.
Ferris, M.C., Munson, T.S., & Ralph, D., �A Homotopy Method for Mixed Complementarity Problems Based on the PATH Solver,� In: Griffiths, D.F. & Watson, G.A. (Eds.) Numerical Analysis 1999, Research Notes in Mathematics, London: Chapman and Hall, pp. 143-167, 2000.
DeBremaecker, J.-C., Ferris, M.C., & Ralph, D., �Compressional Fractures Considered as Contact Problems and Mixed Complementarity Problems,� Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 66:287-303, 2000.
Ferris, M.C. & Meyer, R.R., �Models and Solution for On-demand Data Delivery Problems,� In: Pardalos, P.-M. (Ed.), Approximation and Complexity in Numerical Optimization: Continuous and Discrete Problems, Volume 42 of Nonconvex Optimization and its Applications, Dordrecht: Kluwer, pp. 175-188, 2000.
Ferris, M.C. & Sinapiromsaran, K., �Formulating and Solving Nonlinear Programs as Mixed Complementarity Problems,� In: Nguyen, V.H., Strodiot, J.J. & Tossings, P. (Eds.) Optimization, Volume 481 of Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Springer-Verlag, 2000.
Eager, D.L., Ferris, M.C., & Vernon, M.K., �Optimized Caching in Systems with Heterogeneous Client Populations,� Performance Evaluation, 42:163-185, 2000.
Ferris, M.C. & Munson, T.S., �Modeling Languages and Condor: Metacomputing for Optimization,� Mathematical Programming, 88:487-506, 2000.
Ferris, M.C. & Munson, T.S., �Complementarity Problems in GAMS and the PATH Solver,� Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 24:165-188, 2000.
Ferris, M.C. & Ruszczynski, A., �Robust Path choice and Vehicle Guidance in Networks with Failures,� Networks, 35:181-194, 2000.
Ferris, M.C., Mesnier, M.P. & More, J., �NEOS and Condor: Solving Nonlinear Optimization Problems over the Internet,� ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software, 26:1-18, 2000.

Selected Awards, Honors and Societies

Sonoco Technology Award, Sonoco Products Company 2004
The William Pierskalla best paper award for research excellence in health care management science, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 2002
Guggenheim Fellowship 2001-2002
Vilas Associate Award, University of Wisconsin, 1999-2001
Beale-Orchard-Hays Prize for Excellence in Computational Mathematical Programming, Mathematical Programming Society 1997
National Computational Science Award for Teaching Undergraduates, Department of Energy 1994
Presidential Young Investigators Award, National Science Foundation 1991
University of Wisconsin--Madison Chancellor's Award 1986-1987
Rayleigh Prize for Mathematics, Cambridge University 1986
Arthur Shercliff Memorial Prize, Cambridge University 1985
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Mathematical Programming Society

Editorial

Co-Editor, Mathematical Programming (2001--present)
Associate Editor, SIAM Journal on Optimization (2002--present)
Associate Editor, Transactions on Mathematical Software (2004--present)
Editorial Board, Optimization Methods and Software (1992--present)
Editorial Board, Communications on Applied Nonlinear Analysis (1994--present)

Summary

Dr. Ferris' research is concerned with providing tools to operations researchers, economists and engineers that help them to understand and solve their models. Problem analysis routines, data manipulations and solution visualization procedures are being developed to aid both solver routines and model developers. Professor Ferris is developing software that converts mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints into nonlinear programs to enable large scale solution. Current work is investigating how to easily formulate and solve practical optimization problems using the Condor system over a confederation of workstations.

Professor Ferris is interested in using optimization in applications ranging from video-on-demand to radiation therapy. He also continues to investigate robust methods for solving large-scale variational inequality and nonlinear programming problems with applications to problems in economics and engineering.

Algorithmic work related to complementarity solvers is attempting to solve large scale models in a robust and numerically stable fashion. To this end, we continue to develop new algorithms and implementations, along with testing beds and techniques for succinctly modeling both complementarity problems and mathematical programs with equilibrium constraints.

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