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Curriculum Vitae (Sept 2019) (Ponnu) Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam Professor Department of Systems Design Engineering University of Waterloo Education University Years Specialization Degree University of Toronto 1981-87 Systems Analysis Ph.D. National University of Ireland 1979-81 Hydrologic Systems M.Sc. Madras University 1974-79 Civil Engineering B.E. Employment History July’04- Present Professor. Was the Associate Chair of Graduate Studies, Dept. of Systems Design Engineering (from Sept’04 to Dec’08). Sep’09 – Aug’10 Visiting Professor at TUDelft, Netherlands, spent during the sabbatical leave. Sept’97- June’04 Associate Professor, Dept. of Systems Design Engineering, U. of Waterloo. [Spent Jan-April 2003 as a Visiting Professor, Indian Inst. of Tech. Madras, Chennai, during part of the sabbatical leave] Sept’96-Aug’97 Research Fellow, Tech. Univ. of Delft, Netherlands. (on Sabbatical leave from University of Waterloo,1996-97) March'90 – Aug’96 Assistant Prof., Dept. of Systems Design Engineering, U. of Waterloo. (Tenured in July 1995). July'88 - Feb'90 Research Asst. Professor with projects in Dept's of Civil, Systems Design & Electrical and Computer Engg., U. of Waterloo May'88 - June'88 Post-Doc. Fellow, Dept. of Civil Engg., U. of Toronto Jan'88 - April'88 Visiting Lecturer, U. of Ottawa, Ottawa Sept'81 - Dec'87 Graduate Assistant, U. of Toronto Oct'80 - Aug'81 Project Assoc. and Assoc. Lect., College of Engineering, Guindy, Madras GOOGLE has been ranking my research group page as the number one ranked site (even ahead of U.S. Government sites) for the keywords “Design, optimization, uncertainty”, for many years in a row.

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CurriculumVitae(Sept2019)

(Ponnu)KumaraswamyPonnambalamProfessor

DepartmentofSystemsDesignEngineeringUniversityofWaterloo

EducationUniversity Years Specialization DegreeUniversityofToronto

1981-87 SystemsAnalysis Ph.D.

NationalUniversityofIreland

1979-81 HydrologicSystems M.Sc.

MadrasUniversity 1974-79 CivilEngineering B.E.EmploymentHistoryJuly’04-Present Professor.WastheAssociateChairofGraduateStudies,Dept.of

SystemsDesignEngineering(fromSept’04toDec’08).Sep’09–Aug’10 VisitingProfessoratTUDelft,Netherlands,spentduringthe

sabbaticalleave.Sept’97-June’04 AssociateProfessor,Dept.ofSystemsDesignEngineering,U.

ofWaterloo.[SpentJan-April2003asaVisitingProfessor,IndianInst.ofTech.Madras,Chennai,duringpartofthesabbaticalleave]

Sept’96-Aug’97 ResearchFellow,Tech.Univ.ofDelft,Netherlands.(onSabbaticalleavefromUniversityofWaterloo,1996-97)

March'90–Aug’96 AssistantProf.,Dept.ofSystemsDesignEngineering,U.ofWaterloo.(TenuredinJuly1995).

July'88-Feb'90 ResearchAsst.ProfessorwithprojectsinDept'sofCivil,SystemsDesign&ElectricalandComputerEngg.,U.ofWaterloo

May'88-June'88 Post-Doc.Fellow,Dept.ofCivilEngg.,U.ofTorontoJan'88-April'88 VisitingLecturer,U.ofOttawa,OttawaSept'81-Dec'87 GraduateAssistant,U.ofTorontoOct'80-Aug'81 ProjectAssoc.andAssoc.Lect.,CollegeofEngineering,Guindy,

MadrasGOOGLE has been ranking my research group page as the number one ranked site (even ahead of U.S. Government sites) for the keywords “Design, optimization, uncertainty”, for many years in a row.

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CurrentGrantsNSERC/LoblawCRD“ArtificialIntelligence-basedToolsforFreshProduceProcurementPriceDecisionsasAppliedtoCanadianDistributionCenters”2019-2013,$1.2Million(myshareabout35%),P.I.F.KarrayNSERCEngagewithLifePredictionTechnologies,Ottawa,“UncertaintyquantificationforadaptivesurrogatemodelingframeworkusingCFDsimulations”,2019,$25,000OntarioPowerGenerationGrant“Explorationofmultidisciplinaryfactorsaffectingdamfailures”,2017-2019,$80000OCEVIPandEngageGrant“HighlyEfficient,Self-PoweredTrafficEventDetectionSystem”,2017-2018,$50000.NSERC/NWMOCRDgrant“AssessmentofthelongtermperformanceofhighlevelradioactivefuelcontainersinCanadianshield,2016-2019,$60,000/year.(coapplicantwithProfM.Pandey).NWMOGrantfor“Probabilisticmodelforpredictingthelifeexpectancyofusedfuelcontainers”,$39,000/year,2014-2017.(coapplicantwithProfM.Pandey).CanadiancenterofexcellenceMEOPARgrant,$160,000/year,2014-2017,(about15%ofthegrant,PI:AndreaScott).NSERCDiscoveryGrant(IndustrialEngineeringCommittee)"MultidisciplinaryDesignoptimizationunderUncertainty"(2015-2020),$21,000/year.CommunitechDatabaseGrant“Seaicedataassimilationproject”,$50000(CO-PIwithAndreaScott),2013-2014.FEDDEVGrant“Designofapredictivehospitalwaittimedashboard”,$50,000(PIwithCatherineBurns),2012-2013.NSERCEngageGrant“Predictingpatientwaittimesatalocalhospital”,$25,000(2012).NSERCDiscoveryGrant(IndustrialEngineeringCommittee)"DesignoptimizationunderUncertainty"(2009-2014)$28,000/year.OntarioResearchFundResearchExcellence(ORF-RE).“GreenhouseGasEmissionFreeandEnergyEfficientPowerTechnologyforInformationSystems”(2008-13),$5,539,084.(PIforU.ofWaterloo,15%oftotalgrant).

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MITACSDoctoralScholarship($143,000)awardedtoastudentfromIndiatoworkwithmewhowasaMITACSsummerinternin2010($10,000).CITO(OCE)IndustrialResearchGrant:"QoSOptimizationusingAdaptiveIntelligenceTechniquesinSatelliteSystems",(2006-2007),$800,000.(PIforU.ofWaterloo,33%oftotalgrant)+otheroldergrants.LISTOFRESEARCHPUBLICATIONSCo-authorssupervisedareindicatedbythefollowing:PDF=Post-DoctoralFellowoftheApplicant,GS=GraduateStudentoftheApplicant,GS1=GraduateStudentoftheApplicantwithaCo-Supervisor,GS2=GraduateStudentCo-SupervisedbytheApplicant,URA=UndergraduateResearchAssistant,VS=VisitingScholar,GVS=VisitingGraduateStudentCo-Supervised,PublicationsinRefereedJournals(inprintoraccepted)72.Ma,Z.(GVS),J.Zhu,KPonnambalam,SZhang.(2019).Aclusteringmethodforlarge-scalegroupdecision-makingwithmulti-stagehesitantfuzzylinguisticterms,InformationFusion,50:231-250.71.Eajal,A.(GS2),A.H.Yazdavar,E.FEl-Saadany,K.Ponnambalam.(2019).OntheLoadabilityandVoltageStabilityofIslandedAC–DCHybridMicrogridsDuringContingencies,IEEESystemsJournal,Accepted.70.Ma,Z.(GVS),J.Zhu,K.Ponnambalam,Y.Chen,S.Zhang.(2019).GroupDecision-MakingwithLinguisticCognitionfromaReliabilityPerspective,CognitiveComputation,11:172-192.69.Zhang,M.(GVS),J.Zhu,K.PonnambalamandH.Wang.(2019).EvolutionaryGameAnalysisoftheEffectsofProblemSizeandtheProblemProposingMechanismontheProblemProcessingMechanisminaNewMainManufacturer–SupplierCollaborativeSystem,Mathematics,7:588-607.68.GavahiK.(GVS),S.JamshidMousavi,K.Ponnambalam.(2019).Adaptiveforecast-basedreal-timeoptimalreservoiroperations:applicationtolakeUrmia,JournalofHydroinformatics,21(5):908-92467.Mahootchi,M.,T.Ahmadi,K.Ponnambalam.(2018).Optimalrandomizedorderingpoliciesforacapacitatedtwo-echelondistributioninventorysystem,ComputersandIndustrialEngineering,124:88-99.66.Alizadeh,H.,J.Mousavi,K.Ponnambalam.(2018).Copula-BasedChance-ConstrainedHydro-EconomicOptimizationModelforOptimalDesignofReservoir-

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IrrigationDistrictSystemsunderMultipleInterdependentSourcesofUncertainty,WaterResourcesResearch,54:5763–5784.65.Ma,Z.(GVS),K.Ponnambalam,J.Zhu,S.Zhang.(2018).Dynamichesitantfuzzylinguisticgroupdecision-makingfromareliabilityperspective,JournalofSystemsEngineeringandElectronics,29(5):1009-10021.64.Narayan,A.(GS),K.Ponnambalam,"Risk-aversestochasticprogrammingapproachformicrogridplanningunderuncertainty",RenewableEnergy,Volume101,399-408,2017.63.Hosseinzade,Z.(GVS),S.A.Pagsuyoin,K.Ponnambalam,M.J.Monem.(2017).Decision-makinginirrigationnetworks:Selectingappropriatecanalstructuresusingmulti-attributedecisionanalysis,TheTotalEnvironmentJournal.601-602:177–185.62.Eajal,A.(GS2),M.F.Shaaban,K.Ponnambalam,F.El-Saadany.(2017).FuzzyLogic-basedCharingSchemeforElectricVehiclesPluggedintoaSmartGrid,InternationalJournalofProcessSystemsEngineering,4(3):119-137.61.Mahootchi,M.,K.Ponnambalam,H.Tizhoosh.(2016).ResponsetothecommentsbyJoodavi,AandMozafari,M.,AdvancesinWaterResources,98:213-215.60.Eajal,A.,(GS2),MohamedA.Abdelwahed,E.F.El-Saadany,andK.Ponnambalam“AUnifiedApproachtothePowerFlowProbleminAC/DCHybridMicrogrids,IEEETransactionsonSustainableRenewableEnergy,Vol7,no.3,1145-1158,2016.59.Eajal,A.(GS2),Shaaban,M.,F.,Ponnambalam,K.,andEl-Saadany,F.,E. StochasticCentralizedDispatchSchemeforHybridAC/DCSmartDistributionSystems,IEEETransactionsonSustainableRenewableEnergy,Vol7,no.3,1046–1059,2016.58.Hanafizadeh,P.,A.H.M.Qahi,K.Ponnambalam,RobustOptionthroughBinomialTreeMethod,InternationalJournalofStrategicDecisionSciences,acceptedSept,2015.57.Mousavi,S.J.,H.Alizadeh,K.Ponnambalam.Storage-yieldanalysisofsurfacewaterreservoirs:theroleofreliabilityconstraintsandoperatingpolicies.StochasticEnvironmentalResearchandRiskAssessment.28(8):2051-2061,2014.56.Mahootchi,M.(GS1),H.Tizhoosh,K.Ponnambalam.Oppositional Extension of Reinforcement Learning Techniques, Information Sciences, 275:101-114,2014. 55.Seifi,A.,K.Ponnambalam,J.Vlach,2013.Optimizationoffilterdesignswithdependentandasymmetricallydistributedparameters,JournalofFranklinInstitute,350(2),378-396.

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54..Mahootchi,M,(GS1)T.Ahmadi&K.Ponnambalam,IntroducingaNewFormulationfortheWarehouseInventoryManagementSystems:withTwoStochasticDemandPatterns,InternationalJournalofIndustrialEngineering&ProductionResearch,23(4),277-284,2012.53.Vallamsundar,S.,(GS1)K.Ponnambalam,andG.Cascante.Automatictoolsfornondestructivetestingforstructuralmaintenance,W.IndianJournalofCivilEngineering,35(1)1-6,2011.52.Mahootchi,M.andPonnambalam,K.(2013).”Parambikulam-AliyarProjectOperationsOptimizationwithReliabilityConstraints.”J.WaterResour.Plann.Manage.,139(4),364–375.51.Kamali,M.,(GS1)K.Ponnambalam,R.Soulis.ComparisonofseveralheuristicapproachestocalibrationofWATCLASShydrologicmodel,CanadianWaterResourcesJournal,38:1,40-46,2013.DOI: 10.1080/07011784.2013.77415450.Mahootchi,Masoud(GS1),K.Ponnambalam,H.Tizhoosh,2010.Operationsoptimizationofmultireservoirsystemsusingstoragemomentsequations,AdvancesinWaterResources,33(2010)1150–1163.49.AlvarezLopez,J.(PDF),K.Ponnambalam,2010.Long-termuncertaintyevaluationofpoolelectricitymarkets,EnergyPolicy,38(32),840-849.48.Mahootchi,M.(GS1),K.Ponnambalam,H.Tizhoosh,2010.Comparisonofrisk-basedoptimizationmodelsforreservoirmanagement,CanadianJ.ofCivilEngineering,37,112-124.47.Hanafizadeh,P(VS),K.Ponnambalam,2009.Assetallocationusingreliabilitymethod,MathematicalandComputerModelling,50(1-2),21-31.46.FletcherS.(GS),K.Ponnambalam,2008.Stochasticcontrolofreservoirsystemsusingindicatorfunctions:Newenhancements,WaterResourcesResearch,44(12),1029-1039.45.Al-Qahtani,K.A.Elkamel,andK.Ponnambalam,2008.Robustoptimizationforpetrochemicalnetworkdesignunderuncertainty,Ind.Eng.Chem.Res.,47,3912-3919.44.Shavezipur,M.,K.Ponnambalam,Khajepour,A.,andHashemi,S.M.,2008.AprobabilisticdesignoptimizationforMEMStunablecapacitors,MicroelectronicsJournal,(accepted)http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mejo.2008.03.008.43.Shavezipur,M.,K.Ponnambalam,Khajepour,A.,andHashemi,S.M.,2008.FabricationuncertaintiesandyieldoptimizationinMEMStunablecapacitors,SensorsandActuatorsA:Physical,(accepted).

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42. Alvarez, J. (GS1), K. Ponnambalam, and V. H. Quintana, 2007. Generation andtransmission expansion under risk using stochastic programming, IEEETransactionsonPowerSystems,22(3),1369–1378.41. Khor, C.S., A. Elkamel, K. Ponnambalam, and P. L. Douglas, 2007. Two-StageStochasticProgrammingwithFixedRecourseviaScenarioPlanningwithEconomicand Operational Risk Management for Petroleum Refinery Planning underUncertainty, Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2007.09.01640.Kamali,M(GS1),K.Ponnambalam,andE.Soulis,2007.Computationallyefficientcalibration of WATCLASS hydrologic models using surrogate optimization,HydrologyandEarthSystemSciences,4,2307-2321.39. Mousavi, S (VS). J., K. Ponnambalam, and F. Karray, 2007. Infereing rules forreservoiroperationsusing fuzzyregressionandANFIS,accepted inFuzzySetsandSystems,58(10),1064-1082.38.Ganji,A.(VS),Khalili,D,Karamouz,M,PonnambalamK,andJavanM.,2007.A fuzzy stochastic Dynamic Nash Game analysis of policies for managing waterallocation in a reservoir system, accepted inWater Resources Management, doi:10.1007/s11269-006-9143-y37.Zhang,JoyceLi,andK.Ponnambalam,2006.Hydroenergymanagementoptimizationinaderegulatedelectricitymarket,OptimizationandEngineering,7(1),47-61.36.Hanafizadeh,P.,A.SeifiandK.Ponnambalam,2006.Primalanddualrobustcounterpartsofuncertainlinearprograms:Anapplicationtoportfolioselection,JournalofIndustrialEngineeringInternational,2(1),38-52.35.Ganji,A.,K.Ponnambalam,D.Khalil,M.Karamouz,2006.GrainYieldReliabilityAnalysiswithCropWaterDemandUncertainty,StochasticEnvironmentalRiskAssessment,Volume:20,Issue:4,May2006,pp.259–277.34.Mousavi,S.J.,F.Karray,K.Ponnambalam,2006.ADynamicProgrammingModelCoupledwithaFuzzyRuleBaseforOptimalOperationofReservoirSystems,InternationalJournalofCivilEngineering,Vol.3(3),76-86.33.Ganji,A.,K.Ponnambalam,D.Khalil,M.Karamouz,2006.Anewstochasticoptimizationmodelfordeficitirrigation,IrrigationScience,Vol25,1,63-73.32.Zhang,J.L.(GS),K.Ponnambalam,2005.Stochasticcontrolforriskunderderegulatedelectricitymarket–acasestudyusinganewformulation,CanadianJ.ofCivilEngineering,32,719-725.

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31.Mousavi,S.J.,K.Ponnambalam,andF.Karray,2005.Reservoiroperationusingadynamicprogrammingfuzzyrule-basedapproach,WaterResourcesManagement,19(5),655-672.30.Shakshuki,E.(GS),K.Ponnambalam,andJ.Vlach,2005.Inverse-freesecondmomentmethodforelectricalsystemswithuncertainparameters,Intl'J.ofCircuitTheoryandAppl.33(2),135-145.29.Stijnen,J.,A.W.Heemink,andK.Ponnambalam,2003.Higherordernumericalintegrationofstochasticwaterqualitymodels,WaterResourcesResearch,39(3),1053-1061.28.Ponnambalam,K.,F.KarrayandS.Mousavi,2003.MinimizingVarianceofReservoirSystemsOperationsBenefitsusingSoftComputingTools,J.ofFuzzySetsandSystems,139(2),451-461.27.SadjadiS.J.(GS),andK.Ponnambalam,2002.Analgorithmtodeterminethesteadystateofwaterresourceregulationproblems,InternationalJournalofEngineeringScience,13(5),41-48.26.Shakshuki,E(GS)andK.Ponnambalam,2002.Anautomaticformulationofinversefreesecondmomentmethodforalgebraicsystems,ReliabilityEngineeringandSystemSafety,76(1),81-89.25.Shakshuki,E,(GS)K.Ponnambalam,andTassewWodaj(GS),2002.RiskAssessmentinEnvironmentalSystems,CanadianJ.ofCivilEngineering,29(1),1-7.24.Ponnambalam,K.F.KarrayandS.J.Mousavi,2002.Optimizationapproachesforreservoirsystemoperationusingcomputationalintelligence,JournalofSystemsAnalysis,ModelingandSimulation,42,1347-1360.23.J.G.M.Schoenmakers,A.W.Heemink,K.Ponnambalam,andP.E.Kloeden,2002.EfficiencyofvariancereductionforMonteCarlosimulationofstochasticenvironmentalmodels,AppliedMathematicalModelling,26,785–795.22.Ponnambalam,K.,A.Seifi,andJ.Vlach,2001.Probabilisticdesignofsystemswithgeneraldistributionsofparameters,Intl'J.ofCircuitTheoryandAppl.,29(6),527-536.21.Seifi,A.,(PDF),K.Ponnambalam,andJ.Vlach,2000.Maximizationofmanufacturingyieldofsystemswitharbitrarydistributionsofcomponentvalues,AnnalsofOperationsResearch,99,373-383.

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20.Ponnambalam,K.,S.Mousavi,F.Karray,2000.RegulationofGreatLakesReservoirsbyaNeuro-FuzzyOptimizationModel,JournalofComputingAnticipatorySystems,9,272-285.19.Venema,H.,P.H.Calamai,andK.Ponnambalam,2000.Multi-objectivespatialdesignofruralbio-massenergy,JournalofEnvironmentalStudiesandPolicy,3(1),1-19.18.Seifi,A.,(PDF),K.Ponnambalam,andJ.Vlach,1999.Aunifiedapproachtostatisticaldesigncenteringofintegratedcircuitswithcorrelatedparameters,SpecialDarlingtonIssueofIEEETransactionsonCircuitsandSystems,IFundamentalTheory,46(1),190-196.17.Seifi,A.,(PDF),K.Ponnambalam,andJ.Vlach,1999.Probabilisticdesignofintegratedcircuitswithcorrelatedparameters,IEEETransactionsonComputer-AidedDesignofIntegratedCircuitsandSystems,18(8),278-283.16 Sadjadi S.J. (GS/Ph.D), and K. Ponnambalam, 1999. Advances in trust regionalgorithmsforconstrainedoptimization,AppliedNumericalMathematics,29(3),423-443.15.Fletcher,S(GS/Ph.D.),andK.Ponnambalam,1998.Aconstrainedstateformulationforthestochasticcontrolofmulti-reservoirsystems,WaterRes.Res.,34(2),257-270.14.Pokharel,S.(GS/M.A.Sc.),andK.Ponnambalam,1997.Investmentplanningforelectricitygenereationexpansion,Int'lJl.ofEnergyResearch,21,185-194.13.Fletcher,S(GS/Ph.D.),andK.Ponnambalam,1996.Estimationofreservoiryieldandstoragedistributionsusingmomentsanalysis,Jl.ofHydrology,182,259-275.12.Ponnambalam,K.,andBarryJ.Adams,1996.Stochasticoptimizationofmulti-reservoirsystemsusingagenericalgorithm-ASouthIndiancasestudy,WaterResourcesResearch,32(3),733-741.11.Fletcher,S(GS/Ph.D.),andK.Ponnambalam,1996.Stochasticcontrolwithboundedsamplepaths:Anapplicationtoreservoirsystems,StochasticHydraul.andHydrol,10,167-186.10.Curi,R.C.(GS2/Ph.D.),T.E.Unny(late),K.W.Hipel,andK.Ponnambalam,1995.Predictionofthemeteorologicaleffectsintidalinducedflowusingadistributedparameterfilter,Stoch.Hydr.andHyrol.,9,13-32.9.Curi,W.F.(PDF),andK.Ponnambalam,1993.Introductoryprobabilisticandstochasticanalysisanddesignofcircuits,SpecialIssueoftheIEEETransactionson

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Education:ComputationandComputersinElectricalEngineeringEducation,36(1),51-56.8.Ponnambalam,K.,andWilsonF.Curi(PDF),1992.Commenton"Onthemeaningofrandomnessinstochasticenvironmentmodels"byZielinski,WaterResourcesResearch,28(4),1187-1189.7.Ponnambalam,K.,A.VannelliandS.Woo,1992.Aninteriorpointimplementationforsolvinglargeplanningproblemsintheoilrefineryindustry,Can.J.ofChem.Engrg,70(2),368-374.6.Ponnambalam,K.,V.H.QuintanaandA.Vannelli,1992.Afastalgorithmforpowersystemoptimizationproblemsusinganinteriorpointmethod,IEEETrans.onPowerSystems,7(2),892-899.5.Kumar,P.(GSS/M.A.Sc.),T.E.UnnyandK.Ponnambalam,1991.Stochasticpartialdifferentialequationsingroundwaterhydrology,Part2:ApplicationtoBordenAquifer,StochasticHydraulicsandHydrology,5,239-251.4.Ponnambalam,K.,E.A.McBeanandT.E.Unny,1990.Impactsofmeteorologicalvariationsonacidrainabatementdecisions,ASCEJ.ofEnviron.Engrg,vol116,no.6,1063-1075.3.Phatarfod,R.M.,T.E.UnnyandK.Ponnambalam,1990.PredictingcumulativesedimentdepositioninlargereservoirsusinganaddictiveMarkovchainmodel,StochasticHydraulicsandHydrology,4,241-251.2.Ponnambalam,K.,A.Vannelli,andT.E.Unny,1989.AnapplicationofKarmarkar'sinterior-pointlinearprogrammingalgorithmformulti-reservoiroperationsoptimization,StochasticHydraulicsandHydrology,3,17-29.1.Ponnambalam,K.,andBarryJ.Adams,1989.Commenton'Erroranalysisofconventionaldiscreteandgradientdynamicprogramming'byP.K.KitanidisandEfiFoufoula-Georgiou,WaterResourcesResearch,24(6),888-889.PublicationsinTradeJournals2.Vempati,SreePadma(GS),andK.Ponnambalam,2003.Peer-to-PeerComputingDatabaseAdapter,Dr.Dobb’sJournal,September,38-42.1.Veldhuizen,T.(UG),andK.Ponnambalam,1996.LinearalgebrawithC++templatemetaprograms,Dr.Dobb’sJournal,August,96,38-44.ChaptersinRefereedBooks

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12.Ponnambalam,K.Forensicanalysisoftimeseries,DynamicModelingofUrbanWaterSystems,Monograph18ComputationalHydraulicsInternationalPublications,pp.463-469,Toronto,Ontario,Canada2010.11.Mahootchi,M.(GS1),Tizhoosh,H.R.andK.Ponnambalam,2008.Oppositionmininginreservoirmanagement,inH.R.Tizhoosh,M.Ventresca(Eds.):Oppos.ConceptsinComp.Intel.,Springer-Verlag,SCI155,pp.299–321.10.Mahootchi,M.(GS1),Tizhoosh,H.R.andK.Ponnambalam,2007.ReservoirOperationOptimizationbyReinforcementLearning.Chapter8inContemporaryModelingofUrbanWaterSystems,Monograph15,CHIPubl.,165-184.9.Zhang,C.(GSS),K.PonnambalamandP.Calamai,2006.AStudyonUrbanWaterReuseManagementModeling,Monograph14,ComputationalHydraulicsInt.Publication,Guelph,Canada.8.Venema,H.D.,Calamai,P.H.,Ponnambalam,K.,2003."SpatialDesignofRuralBiomassEnergy"Chapter13inDutt,A.,Noble,A.,Venugopal,G.,andSubbiah,S.(eds)ChallengestoAsianUrbanizationinthe21stCentury,Kluwer,London.7.Ponnambalam,K.,Nirupama,H.Venema,2002.Wetlandsmanagementusinggeographicalinformationsystemsandmulti-criteriaevaluationtool,CHIPublications,BestModelingPracticesforUrbanWaterSystems,Monograph10pp.215-224,Toronto,Ontario,Canada.6.Ponnambalam,K,andS.J.Mousavi,2000.WaterqualitymanagementusingaFuzzyInferenceSystem,ChapterWaterqualitymanagement,ComputationalHydraulicsInt.Publications,Canada5.Ponnambalam,K.,(acceptedin1999).Optimizationinwaterreservoirsystems,inHandbookofAppliedOptimization,(Eds).PanosM.PardalosandMauricioG.C.Resende,OxfordUniversityPress.(Publishedin2002)4.Logan,L.,L.Zhang,andK.Ponnambalam,1999.ABootstrapApproachandReliabilityofTimeVaryingDesign.L.,Chapter20inNewApplicationsinModelingUrbanWaterSystems-Monograph7,ComputationalHydraulicsInt.Publications,Canada.3.McBean,E.A.,K.Ponnambalam,andW.F.Curi(PDF),1998.StochasticEnvironmentalModelling,inEnvironmentalDataManagement(Eds)N.B.Harmancioglu,etal.,KluwerPubl,Chapter8.2.Ponnambalam,K.,andR.M.Phatarfod,1996.UpdateofConsolidatedFrequencyAnalysis,inStormwaterManagementTechniques,Chapter10,(Ed.)W.James,ComputationalHydraulicsInt.Publications,Canada.

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1.Ponnambalam,K.Waterqualitycontrolunderuncertainty,1995,inModernMethodsforModellingtheManagementofStormwaterImpacts,(Ed.)W.James,ComputationalHydraulicsInt.Publications,Canada.PublicationsinRefereedConferenceProceedings 70. Lin, S., and K. Ponnambalam (2019). Surrogate-based optimization for spacing parameters of the Canadian deep geological repository, Canadian Nuclear Society NWMDER Conference, Ottawa, Sept, 2019. 69. El-Awady, A., and K. Ponnambalam (2019), Bayesian network approach for failure prediction of deep geological repository, Canadian Nuclear Society NWMDER Conference, Ottawa, Sept, 2019. 68. Sivaraman, M., J. Gacia, and K. Ponnambalam. (2019), Microbial corrosion of used fuel containers, Canadian Nuclear Society NWMDER Conference, Ottawa, Sept, 2019. 67. Ponnambalam K., S .J. Mousavi and A. B Celeste. (2018). Improvements to storage management models using explicit probabilistic constraints. American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, Washington DC 66. Ponnambalam, K., F. Karray, J. Mousavi, K. Ponnambalam. (2018). Big data mining for predicting stochastic variables in food supply chains at different scales. American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, Washington DC, United States 65. Narayan A.(GS) , Ponnambalam K, Pagsuyoin. (2018). Spatial Dependence Modeling of Wind Resource Under Uncertainty Using C-Vine Copulas and Its Impact on Solar Wind Energy Co-Generation. Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting,, New Orleans, United States 64. Ravichandran, T., K. Gavahi, K. Ponnambalam, D. Kumar, A. Wong, S. J.Mousavi, V. Burtea and K. Laven. (2018). Machine Learning Approach for Improved Water Pipe Leak Detection and Isolation Towards Sustainable Water Management. American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, Washington DC, United States 63. Garcia, J., K. Ponnambalam, M. Sivaraman. (2018). Lifetimes of used fuelcontainers assuming sulphate reducing bacterial activity. Proceedings. 8th Int’l Conf. on Simulation Methods in Nuclear Science and Engineering, Ottawa, Canada. 62. Eajal, A., A., Yazdavar, A. H., El-Saadany, F., E., K. Ponnambalam. (2018). On the Existence of Voltage Collapse in Islanded AC Microgrids. IEEE Electric Power and Energy Conference (EPEC)., Toronto, Canada 61. Ponnambalam, K. (2018). How does a systems design engineer deal with the stochastic dynamics of bounded storage systems?. Conference on Dynamical Systems and Related Fields, Waterloo, Canada (INVITED TALK)

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60. Ponnambalam, K. (2017). Crowdsourcing science for environmental and societal decision making. Special Invited Talks at Hohai University and National University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China 59. Sun, F., KA Scott, K Ponnambalam. (2017). Ice thickness prediction under hierarchical Bayesian network data assimilation framework. Proceedings. 9th Int’l Conf. on Inverse Problems in Engineering, Waterloo, 58. Eajal, A., A., El-Saadany, F., E., and Ponnambalam, K. (2017). Optimal Power Flow for Converter Dominated AC/DC Hybrid Microgrids. IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology (ICIT), Toronto, Canada 57. Eajal, A. (GS1), E. F. El-Saadany, and K. Ponnambalam “Inexact Power Sharing in AC/DC Hybrid Microgrids “,2016 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE) , Vancouver, Canada, May12-15, 2016. 56. Eajal, A. (GS1), E. F. El-Saadany , and K. Ponnambalam “Equal Power Sharingin Islanded AC/DC Hybrid Microgrids” , 2016 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference( EPEC), Ottawa, Canada, Oct. 12-15, 2016. 55. Eajal, A. (GS1), Mohamed A. Abdelwahed , E. F. El-Saadany , and K. Ponnambalam “Power Flow Analysis in AC/DC Hybrid Microgrids” , 2016 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference( EPEC), Ottawa, Canada, Oct. 12-15, 2016 54. Eajal, A. (GS1), Shaaban, M., F., Ponnambalam, K., and ElSaadany, F., E." Fuzzy Logic-Based "Charging Scheme for Electric Vehicles Plugged in a Smart Grid, IEEE International Conference on Smart Energy Grid and Engineering, March 23 2015 (published). 53. Eajal, A. (GS1), Shaaban, M., F., Ponnambalam, K., and ElSaadany, F., E." Stochastic Energy Coordination in Hybrid AC/DC Smart Grids , the 2015 IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC), March 15 2015 (published). 52. Eajal, A.(GS1), Elrayani, Y., Ponnambalam, K., and ElSaadany, F., E." Two-Stage Stochastic Power Generation Scheduling in Microgrids", the 2014 Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE2014), Toronto, May 2014 (published). 51. Narayan, A.,(GS) K. W. Hipel, K. Ponnambalam and S. Paul. Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ASuPFuNIS) Model for Intervention Time Series Prediction of Electricity Prices, IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics International Conference 2011, Anchorage, Alaska. October 9-12, 2011

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50.Deitra,S.,K.Ponnambalam,F.Karray,ArtificialIntelligenceModelingofFinancialProfitandFraud,Int’lConfofFinancialEngineering,July2011,London,U.K.(BestStudentPaperAwardofThe2011InternationalConferenceofFinancialEngineering)49.Ponnambalam,K.,M.Mahootchi,D.Burn,Comparisonofprobabilisticmethodologiesforflowregulation,ConferenceonProbabilisticMethodologiesinWaterandWastewaterEngineering,Toronto,September23-24,201148.Narayan,A.(GS),F.KarrayandK.Ponnambalam.Neuro-Fuzzy(m-ANFIS)BasedTechniqueforLoadForecastinginLargeGeographicalArea:Ontario,Canada,35thNationalSystemsConference2011,9-11th,December,2011,IndianInstituteofTechnology,Bhubaneshwar,Orissa,India(WONTHEBESTPAPEROFTHESESSIONAWARD)47.NarayanA.(GS),andK.Ponnambalam.ExtremeValueAnalysisusingStochasticDifferntialEquations,ConferenceonProbabilisticMethodologiesinWaterandWastewaterEngineering,Toronto,September23-24,201146.Narayan,A.(GS),K.W.Hipel,K.PonnambalamandS.Paul.Neuro-FuzzyInferenceSystem(ASuPFuNIS)ModelforInterventionTimeSeriesPredictionofElectricityPrices,IEEESystems,ManandCyberneticsInternationalConference2011,Anchorage,Alaska.October9-12,201146.Ponnambalam,K.,Y.El-Rayani(GS1),M.Mahootchi(GS1),andA.W.Heemink,2010.Comparisonofmethodsforbatterycapacitydesigninrenewableenergysystemsforconstantdemandanduncertainsupply,Proceedingsof7thConf.onEuropeanEnergyMarket,Madrid,June23-25,4pages.45.El-Rayani,Y.,(GS1)K.Ponnambalam,R.A.El-Shatshat,StochasticAnalysisofaLocalDistributionCompanyVoltageProfileUnderUncertainEnergySupplyfromaPhotovoltaicSystem,ConferenceofEuropeanEnergyMarkets,EEM10,Madrid,Spain,June2010,4pages.44.Dorai,A.(GS),K.Ponnambalam,2010.Automatedepilepticseizureonsetdetection,Proc.Int’lconf.onAutonomousIntelligentSystems,PovoadeVarzim,Portugal,June21-23,2010,4pages.43.SayedAlirezaSadrossadat(GS3),MinooMirsaeedi(GS3),KumaraswamyPonnambalamandMohabAnis,2009.FrameworkforStatisticalDesignofaFlip-Flop,The16thIEEEInternationalConferenceonElectronics,CircuitsandSystems,Dec13-16,Hammamet,Tunisia.42.Dorai,A.(GS),K.Ponnambalam,A.W.Heemink,2009.Yieldoptimizationofelectricalcircuits,ThirdInternationalConf.onSignals,Circuits,andSystems,Nov6-8,Jerba,Tunisia.

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41.YousefEl-MabrukSaad(GS1),M.M.A.Salama,R.A.Elshatshat*,K.Ponnambalam,2009.Distributioncompanyoperationunderuncertainty:Anoverview,Proc.ofIEEEPowerEngineeringSocietyConference,July26-30,Calgary.40.Fletcher,S.G.andK.Ponnambalam,2008.Reservoirdesignoptimizationusingnewstoragemomentsequations,Proc.WaterDownUnder2008Conference,Adelaide,Australia,ISBN0-858-25735-1,1762-1780.39. Alvarez, J. L.(GS1), K. Ponnambalam, V. H. Quintana, 2007, Electricitymarketsunderuncertainty, in IEEEProceedingsof the2007PowerTechConference (CD),ÏEcole Polytechnique F Ïed Ïerale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, 1–5 July2007,pp.1–5.38.Vallamsundar,B (GS),Zhu, J.,K.Ponnambalam,C.Huang, A. Srinivasan, andB.Cheng, 2007, Adaptation to Congestion with Intelligent Systems under DynamicWeather Conditions, Int’l Symp. on Signals, Systems, and Elect. (ISSSE 2007),Montreal,July30–Aug02.37.Mahootchi,M(GS1),HamidR.Tizhoosh,andK.Ponnambalam,2007,Opposition-Based Reinforcement Learning in the Management of Water Resources, Proc. ofIEEESymp.onAppro.DynamicProgrammingandReinforcementLearning(ADPRL2007),Hawaii,April1-5,200736. Alvarez, J. L.(GS1), K. Ponnambalam, V. H. Quintana, 2007, The investor’sdilemma:Generationortransmissionexpansion?inIEEEProc.ofthe20thCanadianConf.onElect.andComp.Eng.CCECE2007(CD),Canada,22–26April2007,pp.1–5.35. Al-Qahtani, K., A. Elkamel, and K. Ponnambalam, 2007, Robust MINLPOptimizationModel for PetrochemicalNetworkDesign using aHybrid Stochastic-ProbabilisticApproach,Euro.Cong.ofChe.Eng.-6,Copenhagen,Sept16-21,2007.34.Eapen,A.G.,K.Ponnambalam,J.F.Arocha,R.Shioda,T.F.Smith,J.Poss,J.Hirdes,2006,Datamininginmentalhealth,Proceedingsofthe17thIASTEDinternationalconferenceonModellingandsimulationMontreal,Canada,Pages:122–127.33. Alvarez, J. L.(GS1), K. Ponnambalam, V. H. Quintana, 2007.Electricitymarketsunder uncertainty, in IEEE Proceedings of the 2007 Power Tech Conference(CD), ́EcolePolytechniqueF́ed́eraledeLausanne,Lausanne,Switzerland,1–5July2007,pp.1–5.32.Vallamsundar,B (GS),Zhu, J.,K.Ponnambalam,C.Huang, A. Srinivasan, andB.Cheng, 2007, Adaptation to Congestion with Intelligent Systems under DynamicWeather Conditions, Int’l Symp. on Signals, Systems, and Elect. (ISSSE 2007),Montreal,July30–Aug02.

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31.Mahootchi,M(GS1),HamidR.Tizhoosh,andK.Ponnambalam,2007.Opposition-BasedReinforcementLearningintheManagementofWaterResources,Proc.ofIEEESymp.onAppro.DynamicProgrammingandReinforcementLearning(ADPRL2007),Hawaii,April1-5,200730. Alvarez, J. L.(GS1), K. Ponnambalam, V. H. Quintana, 2007, The investor’sdilemma:Generationortransmissionexpansion?inIEEEProc.ofthe20thCanadianConf.onElect.andComp.Eng.CCECE2007(CD),Canada,22–26April2007,pp.1–5.29. Al-Qahtani, K., A. Elkamel, and K. Ponnambalam, 2007, Robust MINLPOptimizationModel for PetrochemicalNetworkDesign using aHybrid Stochastic-ProbabilisticApproach,Euro.Cong.ofChe.Eng.-6,Copenhagen,Sept16-21,2007.28. Shavezipur, M., Ponnambalam, K., Khajepour, A., and Hashemi, S. M., 2006,Sensitivity Analysis in Yield Optimization of MEMS Tunable Capacitors, Proc. ofASMEInte’lMech.Eng.Cong.andExpo.,Chicago,Nov.5-10,2006,pp.1-8.27. Alvarez, J. L.(GS1), K. Ponnambalam, V. H. Quintana, 2006, Transmissionexpansionunderriskusingstochasticprogramming,inIEEEProceedingsofthe9thInternationalConferenceonProbabilisticMethodsAppliedtoPowerSystems(CD),RoyalInstituteofTechnology,Stockholm,Sweden,11–15June2006,pp.1–7.26.Ponnambalam,K.DesignOptimizationUnderUncertainty,InvitedLecture,15thAPD-IAHR Conference, Indian Inst. of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India, Aug 72006,InvitedLecturesVolume,4-10.25.JuanAlvarezL.(GSS),K.Ponnambalam,V.H.Quintana,2005.GenerationExpansionunderRiskUsingStochasticProgramming,ProceedingsofNorthAmericanPowerSymposium(NAPS),2005,Ames,Iowa,530-537.24.Ponnambalam,K.,A.Seifi,andJ.Vlach,2003.Yieldoptimizationwithcorrelateddesignparametersandnon-symmetricalmarginaldistributions,Prof.ofInt’lSymposiumonCircuitsandSystems(ISCAS2003),Vol4,736-739.23.Logan,L.,K.Ponnambalam,andK.W.Hipel,2003.Designflowrobustnessevaluation,Proc.ofSystems,ManandCybernetics,IEEEInternationalConference,54496–4501.22.Logan,L.,K.Ponnambalam,Nirupama,andBelore,H.,2003.EvaluatingPerformanceSensitivityofaWaterBalanceModel,Proc.ofCanadianSocietyforCivilEngineeringConference,Burlington,Ontario,Oct22-24.21.Xu,J.(GS1),S.P.Vempati(GS),andK.Ponnambalam,2003.Modelingandresourceallocationfore-businesses,InternationalConferenceonControlandAutomation,Montreal,81–84.

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20.Xu,J.(GS1),S.P.Vempati(GS),M.Kamel,andK.Ponnambalam,2002.Symbolicdataminingusingself-organizingmap,Proc.ofInt'lConf.onControlandAutomation,Xiamen,China,1159-1163.19.Ponnambalam,K.,S.Fletcher(GS),andA.W.Heemink,2002.Thechallengesofmulti-reservoirdesignandoperationsoptimization,Vol1,Proc.Of,ThirdInt'lConf.onWaterRes.andEnv.Res.,Vol1.,337-341,Dresden,Germany.18.Logan,L.,K.Ponnambalam,andK.W.Hipel,2002.Reliabilityprofilesforextremestreamflows,Vol1,Proc.Of,ThirdInt'lConf.onWaterRes.andEnv.Res.,Vol1.,342-346,Dresden,Germany.17.Ponnambalam,K.,J.Wojciechowski,J.Vlach,2001.AHybridMethodforOptimalDesignwithGeneralDistributions,Proc.ofEuropeanConferenceonCircuitTheoryandDesign,ECCTD01,Volume3,385-388,Helsinki,Finland.16.Ponnambalam,K.,A.W.Heemink,andS.Fletcher.Researchanddevelopmentformanagementofwaterresources:Modernizingtheteachingofwaterresourcesmanagement,intheProc.ofIntegratedWaterResourcesManagementforSustainableDevelopment,R.Mehrotra,B.Soni,K.K.S.Bhatia(eds.),Ajayprintersandpublishers,Dec2000,NewDelhi,pp.41-51.15.S.Muthanna,K.Kontogiannis,K.Ponnambalam,B.Stacey,2000.AMaintainabilityModelforIndustrialSoftwareUsingDesignLevelMetrics,InProceedingsofIEEEWorkingConferenceonReverseEngineering(WCRE2000),BrisbaneAustralia,November2000pp.248-255(Acceptancerate35%)14.Ponnambalam,K.,andB.Stacey,1999.ModellingReliabilityandMaintainabilityofLarge-ScaleObject-OrientedSoftwareSystems,CompanionProceedingsofObject-OrientedProgrammingSystems,Languages,andApplications,(OOPSLA99),Denver,U.S.A.13.Seifi,A.,J.Vlach,.andK.Ponnambalam,K,1998.Statisticaldesignofintegratedcircuitsusingmaximumlikelihoodestimationofthecovariancematrix,ISCAS'98.Proceedingsofthe1998IEEEInternationalSymposiumon,Volume:6,338–341.12.Ponnambalam,K.,A.W.Heemink,andJ.G.M.Schoenmakers,1997.Estimationofriskinenvironmentalsystems,inMeasurementsandModellinginEnvironmentalPollution,Eds.R.SanJose,andC.A.Brebbia.,ComputationalMech.Publ.,13-21.11.Ponnambalam,K.,KalaiS.Kalaichelvan,NishitGoel,andRamaMunikoti,1996.Analyzingsensitivitiesofsoftwarequalitiestovariousmetrics,ProceedingsofSixthInternationalConferenceonSoftwareQuality,October28-30.

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10.Curi,W.F.(PDF),K.Ponnambalam,andE.A.McBean,1994.Uncertaintyanalysisinglobalcarbon-dioxidemodelling,StochasticandStatisticalModellingwithGroundwaterandSurfaceAppl.,(Ed.)K.W.Hipel,KluwerPubl.,325-3379.Adams,B.J.,andK.Ponnambalam,1994.Analgorithmfordeterminingclosed-loopoperationspoliciesformulti-reservoirsystems,EffectiveEnviron.Mgt.forSustainableDevelopment,(Ed.)K.W.HipelandL.Fang,KluwerPubl.,389-396.8.K.Ponnambalam,D.Thangaraj(PDF),andC.Thamayanthi,1994.Estimatingmeanandcovarianceofasetofalgebraiclinearequations,StochasticandStatisticalModellingwithGroundwaterandSurfaceAppl.,(Ed.)K.W.Hipel,KluwerPubl.,301-307.7.Curi,R.C.(GSS/Ph.D.),T.E.Unny(late),K.W.Hipel,andK.Ponnambalam,1994.Applicationofadistributedparameterfiltertopredictsimulatedtidalinducedshallowwaterflow,StochasticandStatisticalModellingwithGroundwaterandSurfaceAppl.,(Ed.)K.W.Hipel,KluwerPubl.,211-223.6.Zielinski,P.A.,andK.Ponnambalam,1994.Computationalmethodsinstochasticriverwaterqualitymodeling,StochasticandStatisticalModellingwithGroundwaterandSurfaceAppl.,(Ed.)K.W.Hipel,KluwerPubl.,187-195.5.Singh,A.(GS/M.A.Sc.),K.Ponnambalam,andA.Vannelli,1992.FindingnetlistpartitionsusingInteriorpointmethods,Proc.CCVLSI92,Halifax,October1992.4.Curi,W.(PDF),andK.Ponnambalam,1992.Computer-Aided-Designsoftwaredevelopmentforprobabilisticanalysisanddesignofcircuits,Proc.CCECE,Toronto,Sept1992.3.Ponnambalam,K.,V.H.Quintana,andA.Vannelli,1990.Afastdualaffineimplementationforpowersystemsoptimization,PICA91,Proc.SeventeethPowerIndustryComputerApplicationsConference,May,1991,Baltimore.2.Ponnambalam,K.,A.Vannelli,E.A.McBean,andT.E.Unny,1989.Solvinglarge-scaleelectricenergyproductionplanningandpollutioncontrolproblemswithKarmarkaralgorithms,ResourcePlanningUnderUncertaintyforElectricPowerSystems,(Eds.)G.DantzigandP.Glynn,StanfordUniversity,CA,pages179-196.(INVITED).1.Ponnambalam,K.,andB.J.Adams,1985.Modelsforstresscoefficientduetomoisturedeficitandirrigationscheduling,AdvancesinEvapotranspiration,ASAEPubl.14-85,268-275.Publicationsinconferenceproceedings(FULLPAPER)

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13.El-Awady,A.andKPonnambalametal.,(2019).BayesianNetworkapproachforfailurepredictionofMountainChutedamandgeneratingstation,InternationalCommitteeonLargeDamsConference,June,Ottawa.12.Gavahi,K.,S.J.Mousavi,andK.Ponnambalam(2019).Theroleofstreamflowforecasthorizoninreal-timereservoiroperation,InternationalCommitteeonLargeDamsConference,June,Ottawa.11.Mousavi,S.J.,K.PonnambalamandA.Celeste(2019),Roleofsecondmomentsofstorageinstochasticoptimizationofreservoiroperations,ICWRER2019,Nanjing,China.10.El-Awady,A.andKPonnambalam(2019),AdecompositionapproachusingBayesiannetworksandMarkovchainsforprobabilisticfailureanalysisofdams,ICWRER2019,Nanjing,China.9.Verzobio,A.,A.ElAwady,K.Ponnambalam,J.QuigleyandD.Zonta(2019),ElicitationprocesstopopulateBayesiannetworkswithapplicationtodamssafety,ICWRER2019,Nanjing,China.8.Logan,L.,andK.Ponnambalam,2001.Reliabilitybasedwaterqualitydesign,Proc.ofIEEEConf.onSystems,Man,andCybernetics,Tucson,Arizona.7.Logan,L.,andK.Ponnambalam,2000,Riskinqualityviolationsunderuncertainty,Proc.ofIEEEConf.onSystems,Man,andCybernetics,Nashville,531-535.6.Perla,J.(URA),andK.Ponnambalam,1994.Multi-reservoirsystemssimulationusingC++andObject-OrientedProgramming,Proc.ofASCENationalMeeting,Buffalo,1030-1034.5.Fletcher,S.(GS/Ph.D.),andK.Ponnambalam,1994.Stochasticcontrolwithboundedsamplepaths,Proc.ofASCENationalMeeting,Buffalo,1025-1029.4.Bessa,M.(GS1/Ph.D.),K.Ponnambalam,andA.Bogobowicz,1994.Multi-reservoirsystemsoptimizationbytheaggregation/decompositionmethodology,Proc.ofASCENationalMeeting,Buffalo,192-196.3.Ponnambalam,K,1993.Mathematicalmodellingofeducationalquotas-by-casteanditseffects,Proc.,ofFirstAnnualMeetingoftheInternetGroupSoc.Culture.Tamil,Waterloo.2.Ponnambalam,K.,andA.Vannelli,1993.Forcingavertexoptimalsolutionininteriorpointmethodsusinganauxiliaryfunction,Proc.ofAPMOD93,Budapest,463-470(INVITED).

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1.Phatarfod,R.M.,T.E.Unny,andK.Ponnambalam,1990.Ontheproblemofsedimentdepostioninlargereservoirs,Proc.ofASCE1990Nat.Conf.onHydraul.Engg.,SanDiego,CA,pages469-474.Conferencepresentations51. Ponnambalam, K. (2016). Decision making methods for farmers with uncertain information. IEEE Humanitarian Technology Conference, Dayalbagh, India 50. Cao, S. , K. Ponnambalam1 , A. Seifi and P. A. Zielinski. (2016). Identifying Multidisciplinary Factors Affecting Dam Safety. 7th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (ICWRER2016), Kyoto, Japan 49. Donnelly, C.R. , K. Ponnambalam , M. O’Mara and K. Cain. (2016). A Discussion on the Current Practice of Risk-Informed Decision Making in Canada. 7th International Conference on Water Resources and Environment Research (ICWRER2016), Kyoto, Japan 48. Sun F.(GS1), K. Ponnambalam, S. Cao, A. Zielinksi.. A Holistic Framework for Analysing general gailure and safety problems, 2015 AMMCS-CAIMS Congress, Waterloo, Canada, June 7 - 12 2015 47. Sawh, D. (GS), K. Ponnambalam, Machine learning: modeling risky behaviour in financial fraud detection, 2015 AMMCS-CAIMS Congress, Waterloo, Canada, June 7 - 12 2015. 46. Farahani, M.(GS1), M. Pavlin, K. Ponnambalam, Service revenue management in the presence of grouping complementarities, CORS-INFORMS International Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 14-17, 2015. 45. Narayan, A. (GS), K. Ponnambalam, Spatial dependence modeling and allocation of wind re-sources using C-Vine copulas and value-at-risk, 2015 AMMCS-CAIMS Congress, Waterloo, Canada June 7 - 12 2015. 44. Sun, F.(GS1), K. Ponnambalam, Sheree Pagsuyoin, Chlorophyll-a Modeling with Support Vector Regression in Taihu Lake of China, IAGLR conference, Hamilton, May 2014. 43. Sun, F.(GS1), Sheree Pagsuyoin, Kumaraswamy Ponnambalam, and Keith Hipel. (2013). Time Series Modeling on 1998-2006 Chlorophyll-a in Taihu Lake, China. CHI's International Conference on Stormwater and Urban Water Systems Modeling, Toronto, Canada

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42. Wietse, B., A. Scott, K. Ponnambalam, Use of surrogate model to optimize flow through a turbulent channel, Sixth Int’l Conf. on Water and Environ. Research, Koblenz, June 2013. 41. Mahootchi, M. (GS1), K. Ponnambalam, and D. Burn. Great Lakes water level regulation using risk-based optimization methods, IAGLR Conference, Cornwall, May 2012. 40. Narayan, A.(GS), and K. Ponnambalam. Model based extreme value analysis and its application in Great Lakes, IAGLR Conference, Cornwall, May 2012. 39. Mahootchi, M. (GS1), K. Ponnambalam, and D. Burn. Great Lakes water levelregulationusingrisk-basedoptimizationmethods,IAGLRConference,Cornwall,May2012. 38. Deitra, S. (GS), K. Ponnambalam, F. Karray, Artificial Intelligence Modeling of Financial Profit and Fraud, Int’l Conf of Financial Engineering, July 2011, London, U.K. (Best Student Paper Award of The 2011 International Conference of Financial Engineering) 37.Narayan,A.(GS),andK.Ponnambalam,StochasticTwo-StageProgrammingforNetwork Designunder Uncertainty as Min-Cost Multicommodity Network Flow,Graduate Student ResearchConference 2011, April 25-28, 2011, University ofWaterloo,Waterloo,ON,Canada36.Kamali,M.(GS1),A.Narayan(GS)andK.Ponnambalam,ParameterEstimationinGroundwater Modelsusing Surrogate Optimization, 46th Central CanadianSymposiumonWaterQuality Research2011, Feb 22-23, 2011, Canada Centre forInlandWaters,Burlington,ON,Canada 35. K. Ponnambalam, Forensic analysis of time series, Storm water modellingconference,Feb2009,Toronto.34.Vallamsundar,B.(GS1),K.Ponnambalam,Congestioncontrolforadaptivesatellitecommunicationsystemsusingintelligentsystems,INFORMSTelecomconference,CollegePark,U.S.A.,March2008.33.Dorai,A.(GS),K.Ponnambalam,2009.Epilepticseizurepredictionmodelsusingclassification methods, CORS-INFORMS Conference, June 14-17, 2009, Toronto.(INVITED)

32.Mahootchi,M.(PDF),K.Ponnambalam,2009.Warehousemanagementproblemusingnonlinearmodels,CORS-INFORMSConference,June14-17,2009,Toronto.31.YousefEl-MabrukSaad(GS1),K.Ponnambalam,R.A.El-Shatshat,and

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M.M.A.Salama,2009.DistributioncompanypowerprocurementunderuncertaintyofDGoperation,CORS-INFORMSConference,June14-17,2009,Toronto.30.Ponnambalam,K.,P.HanafizadehandAbbasSeifi,2006.OptimalAssetAllocationUnderNonsymmetricallyDistributedReturns,ModellingandOptimization:TheoryandApplicationsConference,July24-27,Waterloo,Ontario.29.ChengSeongKhor,A.Elkamel,K.Ponnambalam,andP.Douglas,2006.AHybridofStocahsticProgrammingApproachesforDecision-MakinginPertoleumRefineryProduction-OperationsPlanningunderUncertainty,ModellingandOptimization:TheoryandApplicationsConference,July24-27,Waterloo,Ontario.28.SadjadiS.J.,FarhangMoghadamandK.Ponnambalam,2006.ARobustDataEnvelopmentAnalysisApproachforMeasuringEfficiency,ModellingandOptimization:TheoryandApplicationsConference,July24-27,Waterloo,Ontario.27.Nirupama,N.,K.Ponnambalam,V.Sundar,RiskAssessmentofLargeDisastersUsingRemoteSensingandGIS,SecondCanadianRiskandHazardsNetworkSymposium,November2005,Toronto.26.Arocha,J.F.,K.Ponnambalam,A.Eapen(GSS),R.Shioda,Comparisonofdataminingalgorithmsinthediagnosisofbreastcancer,WorkshoponMath.Prog.InDataMiningandMachineLearning,June2005,McMasterUniversity,Hamilton,Canda.25.Ponnambalam,K.,A.G.Eapen(GSS),J.F.Arocha,R.Shioda,T.F.Smith,J.Poss,&J.Hirdes,DataMiningtheinterRAIMinimumMentalHealthDataSet,WorkshoponMath.Prog.InDataMiningandMachineLearning,June2005,McMasterUniversity,Hamilton,Canda.24.Ponnambalam,K.Extremevalueanalysis:Astateoftheart,CORS/INFORMSJointConference,Banff,Alberta,May2004.(INVITED)23.Ponnambalam,K.,K.Srinivasan,J.Mousavi.Generatingmulti-variatedependencestructuresusingcopulas,InternationalGroundwaterQualityConference,Waterloo,July200422.Kamali,M.(GS),K.Ponnambalam,E.Soulis,Developmentofapproximatemodelsoflargescalesystemsusingparallelanddistributedcomputing,InternationalGroundwaterQualityConference,Waterloo,July200421.Ponnambalam,K.,P.Hanafizadeh,andA.Seifi.Anewrobustmethodforprobabilisticallyconstrainedlinearprograms,MOPTA04,McMasterUniversity,July2004.

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20.Hanafizadeh,P.,Ponnambalam,K.,andA.Seifi.Asymmetriccorrelateduncertaintyinportfolioselectionproblems,LargeScaleOptimizationConference,Waterloo,May2004.19.Zhang,L(GS)andK.Ponnambalam,Hydroenergymanagementinaderegulatedmarket,McMasterOptimizationConference,August,2002.(2002:Presentation)18.Chellathurai,T.(GS),K.Ponnambalam,andT.Dravium,Dynamicportfoliomanagement,McMasterOptimizationConference,August,2002.(2002:Presentation)17.Ponnambalam,K.,Nirupama,andH.Venema,2001.WetlandsmanagementusingGISandMultiobjectiveanalysis,UrbanStormwaterModellingConf.,CHI,Feb2001,Toronto.16.Ponnambalam,K,2000.SoftwareQualitiesandQualityAssuranceinLarge-ScaleSoftwareSystems,SpecialinvitedtalktotheInstituteforImprovementofQualityandProductivity,Waterloo.(INVITED)15.Ponnambalam,K,2000.ModellingaSustainableCity,TwentyFirstCenturyChallengesofUrbanizationConference,Chennai,India.(INVITED)14.Venema,H.,P.H.Calamai,andK.Ponnambalam,2000.Multi-objectivespatialdesignofruralbio-massenergy,TwentyFirstCenturyChallengesofUrbanizationConference,Chennai,India.13.Ponnambalam,K.High-leveldesignoptimizationofsoftwarestructures,CSER97andCASCON97,November1997,Toronto.12.K.Ponnambalam,1997.Object-Orienteddesign:Howtomeasuregooddesign?INVITEDPOSITIONPAPERatOOPSLA97Workshop,September1997,Atlanta,Georgia.11.Seifi,A.,K.PonnambalamandJiriVlach,1997.ProbabilisticDesignOptimizationUsingtheAFOSMReliabilityMethod,presentedatSIAMAnnualmeeting,StanfordUniversity,July1997.10.K.Ponnambalam,andS.J.Sadjadi,1996.Large-scalenonlinearoptimization,High-PerformanceOptimization,TUDelft,Netherlands.9.Curi,W.(PDF),andK.Ponnambalam,1992.Acomparisonofmethodsofuncertaintyanalysisfordynamicsystems,AmericanGeophysicalUnion/CanadianGeophysicalUnionJointMeeting,Montreal,May.

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8.Singh,A.(GS/M.A.Sc.),andK.Ponnambalam,1992.AcomparisonofbarrierfunctionmethodswithLagrangianmethodfornonlinearprogramming,1992SIAMConf.onOptimization,May,Chicago,U.S.A.7.Ponnambalam,K,1991.Aninterioralgorithmforlarge-scalenonlinearprogramming,APMOD91:AppliedMath.Prog.andMod.,London,U.K.,Jan.6.Ponnambalam,K,1990.Largescalenonlinearprogrammingusinginterior-pointandsuccessivelinearprogrammingmethods,1990SIAMAnnualMeeting,July'90,Chicago,U.S.A.5.McBean,E.A.andK.Ponnambalam,1990.VariabilityofdepositionlevelsofacidraincontributionsinOntario,MeetingonComputer-AidedDecisionMakinginAquaticResourceManagement,Can.Conf.forFish.Res.,Jan.3-4,Ottawa.(INVITED)4.Ponnambalam,K.,T.Alguindigue,andA.Vannelli,1989.ExperienciasconlosmetodosdeKarmarkar,PrimerCongresoNacional,InstitutoMexicanoDeSistemaseInvestigacionDeOperaciones,A.C.,MexicoCity,Nov.13-14,alsoavailableasaworkingpaperinSpanishandEnglish(14pages).(INVITED)3.Ponnambalam,K.,S.Seetharaman,andT.Alguindigue,1989.AffinealgorithmsforL1-minimization,SixthWorkshoponMultidimensionalSignalProcessing,Monterey,California,U.S.A.,Sept6-8,alsoavailableasaworkingpaper(12pages).2.Ponnambalam,K.,andA.Vannelli,1989.AninexpensivebasisrecoveryprocedureforKarmarkar'sdualaffinealgorithm,FifthInt'lConf.onStochasticProgram.,Univ.ofMichigan,AnnArbor,Aug13-18,alsoavailableasaworkingpaper(6pages).(INVITED)1.Ponnambalam,K.,E.A.McBean,andT.E.Unny,1989.ApracticalmodelforacidrainabatementprogramsinEasternNorthAmericaundervaryingmeteorologicalconditions,FourthCanadianSeminarinSystemsTheoryinCivilEngineering,UniversityofManitoba,May3-5.Reportsandworkingpapers16.Ali,M.S. (GS),.K.Ponnambalam,andH.D.Venema,2007.Designingrenewableenergysystemsusinglife-cycleanalysistoEnergy,15pages.15.Eapen,ArunG.(GS1),K.Ponnambalam,J.Arocha,R.Shioda,andJ.Hirdes.Datamininginmentalhealth.Tech.Report.,Dept.ofSystemsDesignEngineering,2004,14pages.14.Eapen,ArunG.(GS1),K.Ponnambalam,andJ.Arocha.Comparisonofdataminingalgorithmsinbreastcancerdiagnosis,Tech.Report.,Dept.ofSystemsDesignEngineering,2004,15pages.

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123Ponnambalam,K.,andP.Hanafizadeh.Assetallocationusingaseparableprobabilisticrobustmethod,32pages.SubmittedtotheJournalofQuantitativeFinance,Aug200412.P.Hanfizadeh,A.Seifi,andK.Ponnambalam.Tuningtherobustcounterpartsofuncertainlinearprograms,23pages,submittedtoOperationsResearchSocietyJournal,Dec2004.11.Ponnambalam,K.,A.Seifi,A.,andJ.Vlach,2003.Designofelectricalsystemswithgeneralstatisticaldistributions,submittedinSept2003toIEEEJournalofCircuitsandSystems,IFundamentalTheory.10.M.S.Ali(GS),K.Ponnambalam,andH.D.Venema.Designingrenewableenergysystemsusinglife-cycleanalysis,2003.9.Eidenzon,D.,K.Ponnambalam,P.Mohanavadivu,andB.Stacey,2000.SoftwareDesignRepresentation,AnalysisforQualitiesandTransformation,Tech.Rep.,Dept.ofSystemsDesignEngineering,UniversityofWaterloo.8.Ponnambalam,K.,R.Chanchlani,A.Singh,S.Kalaichelvan,R.MunikotiandB.Stacey,2000.SoftwareComponentization:AHelpfulSteptoProgramUnderstanding?,Tech.Rep.,Dept.ofSystemsDesignEngineering,UniversityofWaterloo.7.Chanchlani,R.,K.Ponnambalam,M.Kamel,C-H.Lung,A.JalnapurkarandB.Stacey,2000.SoftwareArchitectureRecoveryUsingPartitioning:AReal-WorldExperience,Tech.Rep.,Dept.ofSystemsDesignEngineering,UniversityofWaterloo.6.Ponnambalam,K.,S.Fletcher(GS/Ph.D.),andA.W.Heemink,May1996(revisedinDec'96).CanLQGoritsderivativesmodellong-termoperationsofstochasticreservoirsystems?Tech.Rep.,Dept.ofSystemsDesignEngineering,UniversityofWaterloo.5.Sadjadi,S.J.,andK.Ponnambalam,1997.AnApplicationofExtendedLagrangianFunctionOptimizationtoaLargeScaleWaterResourcesManagementProblem:AGreatLakesCaseStudy,Tech.Rep.,Dept.ofSystemsDesignEngineering,UniversityofWaterloo.4.Ponnambalam,K.,1997.CharacterizationandSelectionofGoodObject-OrientedDesign,PositionPaperofOOPSLA97,Atlanta,Georgia,Oct5,1997.3.Ponnambalam,K,1995.OptimalDesignofSoftwareStructures,Tech.Rep.,Dept.ofSystemsDesignEngineering,UniversityofWaterloo.

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2.NipigonRiver:Developmentofawatermanagementplans(OptionsRep.),PreparedforNipigonRiverMgt.Committee,OntarioMinistryofNaturalResources,April1994.1.LevelsReferenceStudy,GreatLakes-St.LawrenceRiverBasin,(ANNEX3isbasedonmyworkwiththeIJC),Existingregulation,System-wideRegulationandCrisesConditions,InternationalJointCommission,1993.ProfessionalactivitiesandothercontributionstoengineeringCoordinator and Presenter of Workshop on Sociohydrology, Aug 27, 2019,University ofWaterloo; Presenters: K. Ponnambalam, S. J.Mousavi, S. G. Fletcher,K.W.Hipel,andD.C.ParkerInternationalOrganizingCommitteeMember,ICWRER(2013,2016and2019)Co-Chairman, Conference on probabilistic design methodologies in water andwastewaterengineering,UniversityofToronto,Sept2011.Invited special lectures on “Computational tools for engineering design underuncertainty”,WarsawUniversityofTechnology”,Warsaw,Poland,Jan2010.Invitedlectureon“Featuredetectionanddiagnostics”,SGGWUniversity,Warsaw,Poland,Jan2010.DistinguishedperformanceinResearch,Teaching,andService,FacultyofEngineeringAward,UniversityofWaterloo,2006.Consultant,Telesat,Ottawa,2006-2010.Special session organizer on Data mining in health care, IASTED Modelling andSimulationConference,Montreal,May,2006.ConferenceSessionChair,OptimizationConference,McMasterUniversity,August,2002.WorkshopChair,“MaintainabilityandReliabilityofLargeScaleObject-OrientedSystems”,OOPSLA99,Denver.Foundingfacultymemberofthe“ConsortiumforSoftwareEngineeringResearch”fundedbyNSERCandFiveMajorCorporationsinCanada(IBM,OTI,NORTEL,BELL,andMITEL),1996-Present.(Totalfundinginorderof$18Million).Consultant,NumericLogic,WaterloofortheirASMEProjectonSolarEnergyTimeSeriesModelling,1999.

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MemberoftheFacultyCommitteethatdesignedtheSoftwareOptionatthefacultylevelavailabletoallEngineeringDepartmentUndergraduates,1998-1999.MemberoftheFacultyCommitteefordesigningtheEnvironmentalEngineeringProgramattheUndergraduateLevelandcurrentlyaMemberoftheBoardthatmanagestheprogramattheUniversityofWaterloo,1990-1997.InvitedpresentationsattheUniversityCollege,Galway,Ireland,Feb1997on“ReservoirManagement”,and“C++forWaterResourcesEngineers”.InvitedpresentationatTechnicalUniversityofDelft,Mar1997on“WhyshouldnumericalanalystsknowC++andobject-orientedprogramming?”MemberoftheProgramCommitteeof"StochasticandStatisticalMethodsinHydrologyandEnvironmentalEngineering",anInternationalConferenceinHonourofProfessorT.E.Unny,Waterloo,June1993.Dec1992-1995.Consultant,NipigonRiverWatershedManagementStudy,AtriaEngg.Hydraul.Inc.,Mississauga,Ont.(astudyconductedfortheMinistryofMinesandNaturalResources).Aug1991-July1992.Consultantfortheprojectof"AstudyofGreat-LakesWaterLevelRegulation",initiatedbytheInternationalJointCommissionforGreat-LakesManagementandwasco-ordinatedbytheCanadaCentreforInlandWaters,Burlington,Ontario(completedinJuly1992).Thisprojectinvolvedthedevelopmentofanonlinearnetworkprogrammingcodetosolvealargescaleproblemofapproximately7000nodesand70000arcs,probablyoneofthelargestnonlinearoptimizationproblemever"solved".(ReportedinLevelsReferenceStudy,GreatLakes-St.LawrenceRiverBasin(FinalReport),InternationalJointCommission,March1993).Dec1991-Jan1992.HelpeddesignanEnvironmentalEngineeringProgramfortheUniversidaddeCorobobo,Valencia,Venezuela.Feb-April1991-VisitingProfessor,CentreforWaterResources,AnnaUniversity,Madras,India.Jun.1990-Present.IndividualmemberoftheInstituteforComputerResearch,UniversityofWaterloo.MemberoftheAmericanSocietyofCivilEngineersTaskCommitteeon"VariationalandProbabilisticApproachestoHydraulics",1990.Aug.1988-Aug1992.Consultantforthedevelopmentofbarrierfunctionscodeforsolvinglargelinear/non-linearrefineryproductionplanningproblemsattheProcessControlandSystemGroupofEssoPetroleum,Toronto.

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GraduateSupervisionActivitiesofK.Ponnambalam[1990-Present]Areasofapplication:ENV–SocietalandEnvironmentalSystems;ELEC–ElectricalEngineering,SOFT–SoftwareEngineering,FIN–FinancialEngineering,HEA–Health,andMulti–MultidisciplinaryapplicationsNameCosupervisor

Degree Title Grad.Year

CurrentPosition

P.Kumar(T.E.Unny,SYDE)

M.A.Sc. ParameterEstimationofGroundwaterProblemsdefinedbyStochasticPartialDifferentialEquations[ENV]

1991 ResearchEngineer,India

A.Singh M.A.Sc. TrustRegionMethodofLarge-ScaleEngineeringOptimizationusingBarrier/PotentialFunctionModels[ENV]

1992 CEO,CloveDental

R.Curi(K.W.Hipel,SYDE)

Ph.D. AnOptimalDistributedParameterFilterandPredictorforShallowWaterFlow[ENV]

1993 Prof,Brazil

El-HadiShakshuki

M.A.Sc. ProbabilisticSystemsAnalysisfortheEstimationofVariancesandCovariances[ELEC]

1994 Prof,Halifax

T.Wodaj M.A.Sc. ProbabilisticModellingofContaminantTransport[ENV]

1994 Engr,IBM

S.G.Fletcher Ph.D. StochasticControlofReservoirSystems[ENV]

1995 ChiefEngrandProf,T&T

W.Curi(K.W.Hipel,SYDE)

Post-Doc StochasticAnalysisofLargescaleSystems[ENV/ELEC]

1993 Prof,Brazil

T.Dravia(N.Thomson,CIVE)

Post-Doc ProbabilisticAnalysisofAlgebraicEquations[ENV]

1994 Consultant,Waterloo

R.Unny M.A.Sc. ApplicationofStochasticPartialDifferentialEquationstoContaminantTransport[ENV]

1996 Engr,Siemens

J.Sadjadi Ph.D. NonlinearOptimizationusinganExpandedLagrangianFunctionforWaterResourcesManagementProblems[ENV]

1997 Prof,AmirkabirUniv.,Iran

S.Muthanna

M.A.Sc. AssessmentofMaintainabilityModelsforIndustrialSoftwareSystemsusingDesignLevelMetrics[SOFT]

1997 Engr,USA

M.Possmayer M.A.Sc. OptimalGroundwater 1998 UN

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RemediationunderParameterUncertainty[ENV]

R.Chanchlani M.A.Sc. SoftwareArchitectureRecoveryandDesignusingPartitioningTechniques[SOFT]

1998 Engr,Flextronics,Toronto

S.Kalyana-sundaram

M.A.Sc. SoftwareArchitectureRecoveryandAssessmentofaTelecommunicationSystem[SOFT]

1998 Engr,RIM

R.Paramanathar M.A.Sc. DistributedDesignPatternsinParallelProcessingforDynamicProgrammingApplications[SOFT]

1998 Engr,Bellview

MBessa

Ph.D. OptimizationoftheOperationofMultireservoirSystems:AGreat-LakesCaseStudy[ENV]

1998 Engr,Brazil

T.Chellathurai M.A.Sc. DynamicOptimizationofConsumptionandPortfolioSelection[FIN]

1999 BMORiskGroup,Toronto

M.SadekAli M.A.Sc. PlanningRenewableElectricityusingLifeCycleAnalysis[ENV]

1999 Grad.Student,TO

P.Mohanavadivu(J.Vlach,ECE)

Post-Doc ReliabilityAnalysisofLarge-ScaleSystems[Multi]

1999 Engr,TO

A.Vassighi M.A.Sc. EfficientTreatmentofFeasibilityConstraintsinPartitioningusingGeneticAlgorithms[Multi]

2000 Engr,Dallas

V.Vanghani M.A.Sc. ProteinDockingusingShapeComplimentarityandElectrostatics[Multi]

2000 Engr

S.Sivakumaran M.A.Sc. DistributedImageProcessingontheInternet[Multi]

2000 CEO,Callture

T.Mei M.A.Sc AutomationofBusinessLogicinWebApplications[SOFT]

2001 Engr,Caprion

S.Vempati M.A.Sc. ADatabaseAdapterforPeer-to-PeerSystems[SOFT]

2002 Mgr,Blackberry

J.Xu M.A.Sc. DynamicRateAllocationinWCDMASystemusingFuzzyLogic[ELEC]

2002

Engr,HughesWirless,USA

P.Kohli M.A.Sc. VisualizationToolforLife-CycleAnalysis[ENV]

2002 Engr,TO

T.Chellathurai Ph.D. DynamicPortfolioManagementunderTransactionCosts[FIN]

2003 BMORiskGroup,Toronto

J.Zhang M.A.Sc. HydroEnergyMangementinDeregulatedMarkets[ENV]

2003 Engr,Bantrel,TO

K.Bellamkonda M.A.Sc. ArchitectureandEvaluationof 2003 Motorola,

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SeamlessVerticalHandoffsinHeterogeneousWirelessNetworks[ELEC]

Chicago

A.George M.A.Sc. ApplicationofDataMininginMedicalApplications[HEA]

2004 NCR,Waterloo

P.Pedarla M.A.Sc. E-IntelligenceFormDesignandDataPreprocessinginHealthcare[HEA]

2004 Consultant,USA

C.Zhang(P.Calamai,SYDE)

M.A.Sc. AStudyonUrbanWaterReuseManagementModelling[ENV]

2004 Engr,TO

S.Vallamsundar(G.Cascante,CIVE)

M.A.Sc. Numericalevaluationofclassificationtechniquesforflawdetection

2007 Scientist,TexasA&M

B.Vallamsundar(J.Vlach,ECE)

M.A.Sc. Congestioncontrolforadaptivesatellitecommunicationsystemswithintelligentsystems

2007 Engr,India

J.Alvarez(V.Quintana,ECE)

Ph.D. Riskminimizationinpowersystemexpansionandpowerpoolelectricitymarkets

2007 SeniorEngineer,CAISO,CA

A.Dorai M.A.Sc. Automatedepilepsyseizureonsetdetection

2009 Google,SF

M.Mahootchi(H.Tiszhoosh,SYDE)

Ph.D. Storagesystemmanagementusingsoftcomputingandnonlinearmodels

2009 ProfAmirkabir,Iran

M.Kamali(R.Soulis,CIVE)

Ph.D. Calibrationoflargescalehydrologiccatchments

2010 DataScientist,ThomsonReuters

YousefEl-Rayani(ElShat-shat,ECE)

Ph.D. Modelsfordecisionmakinginlocaldistributionnetworksconsideringuncertainrenewableenergysources

2012 PrincipalEngr,EliteE.Eng,Waterloo

LuChang M.A.Sc. OptimizationModelsforApplicationsinPortfolioManagementandAdvertisingIndustry

2012 CIBCRisk,Toronto

P.Manilachelvan

M.A.Sc. OptimizationMethodforInventoryandSupplyChainManagement

2013 Manager,India

H.Junjua(A.Scott,SYDE)

M.A.Sc Fusionoficethicknessfrompassivemicrowavedataandiceoceanmodelforimprovedestimation

2015 Engineering,BorgWarnerWaterloo

M.Farahani M.A.Sc. Servicerevenuemanagementin 2015 DataScientis,

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(M.PavlinWLU) thepresenceofgroupingcomplementarities

BCGGamma,Toronto

N.Akhundov(F.S.ErenayMSCI)

M.A.Sc OptimalLocation,PatientRouting,andCapacityDecisionsforanEndoscopyClinicalNetworkinWesternOntario:ASimulation-basedOptimizationApproach

2015 Ph.D.student,Tennesse.

A.Narayan Ph.D. AFrameworkForMicrogridPlanningUsingMultidisciplinaryDesignOptimization

2015 Prof,UBC

D.Sawh Ph.D. Statespacemachinelearningfordetectingfinancialfraud

2015 Manager,Risk,OntarioGov.Investments,Toronto

J.Garcia Ph.D. RuleDerivationforAgent-BasedModelsofComplexSystems:NuclearWasteManagementandRoadNetworksCaseStudies

2018 Post-Doc,WaterInst.UW

A.Eajal(E.El-Saadanay,ECE)

Ph.D. TheNewAC/DCHybridMicrogridParadigm:AnalysisandOperationalControl

2018 Post-doc,UW

A.El-Awady Ph.D. ProbabilisticFailureAnalysisofComplexSystemswithCaseStudiesinNuclearandHydropowerIndustries

2019 Prof.,Egypt

Graduated14Ph.D.studentsand32M.A.Scstudents.Currentsupervision:1Ph.D.Student,2M.A.ScStudentsBooksandCourseMaterials:PonnambalamK.andT.Alguindigue,1997.AC++PrimerforEngineers:AnObject-OrientedApproach,McGraw-HillPubl.,NewYork.CurrentlybeingsetupasanebookinTopHat.Nirupama,N.,K.Ponnambalam,I.Nistor,andT.S.Murty,2006.TsunamiTravelTimeAtlasfortheAtlanticOcean,YorkUniversityPress.

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Ponnambalam, K., A.W. Heemink, and S.G. Fletcher, Models for Water and Environmental Systems Analysis and Design: An Interactive Webbook, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada, 2010. (see http://epoch.uwaterloo.ca:8008/software/) Ponnambalam,K.InteractiveWebNoteswithautomatedself-evaluationquestionnairesfortheNumericalMethodscourse.(seehttp://epoch.uwaterloo.ca/syde312/welcome2.htm)