Ali Mohammad Nezhad
Assistant Professor
338 Hanes Hall
Education
I received my PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Lehigh University in 2018. I was previously a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and the Hoskinson Center for Formal Mathematics at the Carnegie Mellon University, a Golomb Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Purdue University, a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Lehigh University, and a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Industrial Engineering at Purdue University Purdue University.
Research Interests
Optimization, Computational Complexity, Real Algebraic Geometry, and Applied Topology
Research Synopsis
The main theme of my research is computational complexity in optimization, computational optimization, and their algorithmic implications for data science and engineering. In recent years, the focus of my research has been centered on different facets of stability, complexity, and computation in semidefinite and polynomial optimization through the lens of (real/complex) algebraic geometry, o-minimal geometry, singularity theory, and algebraic topology. I recently developed interest in computational topology and sheaf-theoretic methods and their interplay with computational optimization and complexity.