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Mark E. Lewis (engineer)

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Mark E. Lewis
Born1970 (age 53–54)
Niceville, Florida[1]
EducationEckerd College (BS & BA, 1992)
Florida State University (MS, 1995)
Georgia Tech (PhD, 1998)
Scientific career
FieldsIndustrial engineering
InstitutionsCornell University (since 2005)
University of Michigan (1999-2005)
ThesisBias Optimality in a Two-Class Nonstationary Queueing System (1998)

Mark Edwin Lewis (born 1970) is an American industrial engineer and professor at Cornell University. He was the first African-American faculty member hired in Industrial Engineering at University of Michigan and the first tenured African-American faculty member at the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University.[1] Lewis' research is focused on stochastic processes, and queueing theory and Markov decision processes in particular.[2]

Education

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Lewis received a BS degree in mathematics and a BA degree in political science at Eckerd College, graduating in 1992.[3] He proceeded to earn an MS degree in theoretical statistics from Florida State University in 1995 and a PhD degree in industrial and systems engineering from Georgia Tech in 1998.[2] Lewis' PhD thesis Bias Optimality in a Two-Class Nonstationary Queueing System[4] at Georgia Tech was advised by Robert E. Foley.[5]

Career

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After his PhD, Lewis spent a year at the University of British Columbia as a postdoctoral fellow. In 1999, he joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor as Assistant Professor of Industrial and Operations Engineering.[3][6] Lewis became Associate Professor at the Operations Research and Information Engineering department at Cornell University in 2005 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2011.[2]

Lewis founded the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Minority Issues Forum in 2001 and served as its first president.[7] In 2009, Lewis co-chaired the 15th INFORMS Applied Probability Conference at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.[8][9] Lewis acted as chair of the Applied Probability Society from 2012 to 2014.[10][11] In 2024, Lewis was elected to be the 2025 INFORMS President-elect and subsequently the 2026 President of INFORMS.[12][13]

Lewis was Associate Dean for Diversity and Faculty Development for Cornell University's College of Engineering from 2015 to 2020.[14][15] In this role, he acted as task force chair of the Faculty Diversity Committee, which was convened in 2017.[16] Lewis served as principal investigator on the Cornell University Engineering Success Program to increase the participation of underrepresented minority and first-generation college students.[17][18]

Research

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Lewis researches the optimal control of non-stationary systems, developing policies for admission and pricing at non-stationary queueing systems with finite capacity and multiple customer classes, with applications in production, communication, and the airline industry.[19]

He studied the dynamic control and optimal resource allocation of service systems, such as call centers, through "upgrades, reneging, and retrials" (for example after market segmentation).[20]

Lewis also develops methods for optimization of Markov decision processes to study problems such as inventory control and revenue management.[21]

Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Black History Month - 2019 Honoree". Mathematically Gifted & Black. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  2. ^ a b c "Mark Lewis Is Now a Full Professor". September 12, 2011. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  3. ^ a b "Mark E. Lewis". IEEE. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  4. ^ "INFORMS - Mark E. Lewis". Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  5. ^ "ISyE Faculty, Robert E. Foley - Ph. D. Students". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  6. ^ "University of Michigan, Faculty History Project - Industrial & Operations Engineering". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  7. ^ "Minority Issues and Concerns". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  8. ^ "ORIE Hosts Meeting of the Applied Probability Society". November 17, 2009. Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  9. ^ "Award Abstract #0936115 - Conference: Support for Young Researchers to Attend the 15th INFORMS Applied Probability Society Conference; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; 12-15 July 2009". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  10. ^ "Previous APS Chairs". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  11. ^ "ORIE's Mark Lewis elected Chair of the Applied Probability Society". February 8, 2013. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  12. ^ "Mark Lewis elected 2025 INFORMS President-elect". Cornell Engineering. October 5, 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  13. ^ "Cornell University Professor, Mark E. Lewis, elected president-elect of INFORMS". Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. October 31, 2024. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  14. ^ "Professor Mark Lewis named Associate Dean for Diversity Programs". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  15. ^ "Public Prep, Cornell University Extend Multi-Year, Multi-Faceted Partnership to Create Extraordinary Collegiate Experiences for Girls Prep and Boys Prep Students and Alumni". Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  16. ^ "From the Hill - News and updates from campus - September/October 2018". Cornell Alumni Magazine. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  17. ^ "Award Abstract #1317501 - CUES: Cornell University Engineering Success Program". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  18. ^ "Sara Hernández to lead Grad School diversity efforts". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  19. ^ "Award Abstract #9908321 - Optimal Admission and Pricing in Non-stationary Queueing Systems". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  20. ^ "Award Abstract #0826255 - Upgrades, Reneging and Retrials: Advanced Dynamic Control of Service Systems". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  21. ^ "Award Abstract #0900460 - Collaborative Research: Uncountable Markov Decision Processes and their Applications to Optimization of Large-Scale Stochastic Systems". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  22. ^ "Award Abstract #9870295 - Optimal Admission Policies for a Nonstationary Queueing System". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  23. ^ "Alumni Newsletter, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, Summer 2001" (PDF). Michigan Engineering. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  24. ^ "Pathways to STEM Careers: Preparing the STEM Workforce of the 21st Century". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  25. ^ "George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award". Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  26. ^ "Award Abstract #0132811 - PECASE: Monotone Optimal Policies in Parallel Processing Networks". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  27. ^ "IOE News" (PDF). Michigan Engineering, Industrial and Operations Engineering. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  28. ^ "Harold R. Johnson Diversity Service Award winners announced". April 26, 2004. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  29. ^ "White House honors three engineering faculty members". May 18, 2004. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  30. ^ "Award Abstract #0540808 - PECASE: Monotone Optimal Policies in Parallel Processing Networks". nsf.gov. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  31. ^ "MAA-NAM Blackwell Lecture". National Association of Mathematicians. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  32. ^ "2014 MAA MathFest - Invited Addresses". Retrieved 2020-03-30.
  33. ^ "The MAA-NAM David Harold Blackwell Lectures". Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  34. ^ "INFORMS Names 2021 Fellows". Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. October 4, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  35. ^ "ORIE's Mark Lewis named an INFORMS Fellow". Cornell Engineering, School of Operations Research and Information Engineering. October 6, 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  36. ^ "Mark Lewis among inaugural INFORMS MIF Fellows". November 29, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  37. ^ "INFORMS Announces Second Cohort of Senior Members". June 26, 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-03.
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