Principal Investigator
Randolph Hall
Dean Professor in the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and
Director, Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Threats and Emergencies (CREATE).
As VP of Research for 14 1/2 years, Hall led research initiatives across the entire university, overseeing research advancement, administration and ethics. Hall’s other experience includes serving as the founder/principal investigator for two national research centers, CREATE, and the National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS). He also served as senior associate dean for research in the Viterbi School of Engineering for four years. Hall was chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering during a period when it rose to become one of the highest ranked departments in the Viterbi School of Engineering, and when it became the first named academic department at the University of Southern California upon receipt of a $10 million gift from Daniel J. Epstein.
Hall is the author of Queueing Methods for Services and Manufacturing (Prentice Hall, 1997) and Managing Innovation Inside Universities, Systematic Change for Research, Service and Learning (Springer, 2024). He is editor of the Handbook of Transportation Science (Springer, 2003), Patient Flow, Reducing Delay in Healthcare Delivery (Springer, 2006; 2nd Edition, December, 2013) and Handbook of Healthcare System Scheduling (Springer, 2012). He is co-editing the forthcoming book Innovation at the Interface. Hall received his Ph.D. (1982) and M.S. (1980) in civil engineering from U.C. Berkeley. He received his B.S. in industrial engineering and operations research from U.C. Berkeley in 1979.
Ph.D. Student
Sadra Bahojb
Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Sadra Bahojb received his master’s degree from Sharif University of Technology. His thesis was entitled “Home Healthcare Planning in a multi-service Healthcare Network Considering Dynamic Demands and Synchronized Visits”. His main research interests are at the intersection of operation research and healthcare. He is a doctoral student at the University of Southern California in the Epstein Department.
B.S. Student
Carolina Llamazares
Epstetin Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Carolina is an undergraduate student in the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. She has contributed to research on Covid-19 vaccine allocation and administration both within US states and worldwide.
Ph.D. Alumni
Mingdong Lyu
Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering.
Dr. Lyu received his doctoral degree from the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. His experience includes statistical modeling of dynamic systems and system modeling of pandemics. At present, Dr. Lyu is a Network Analyst Product Engineer at ESRI in Redlands, California
M.S Alumni
Basim Aljohani
Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Basim Aljohani completed his Master of Science Thesis in the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering on “Optimizing the Selection of COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Centers and Allocation Quantities,” He is presently a doctoral student at the University of Florida.
B.S. and M.S. Alumni
Andrew Moore
Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and
Data Science
Andrew is a graduate from the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering and the Department of Computer Science. Andrew’s research includes analyzing distributions of COVID-19 cases and deaths for indicators of when the pandemic is growing or waning, and comparing indicators derived from reported cases and deaths to indicators derived from estimated cases and deaths.
M.S. and B.S. Alumni
Cici Chang
Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Cici has a strong passion for developing data/technology-driven solutions for real-world problems. Cici has analyzed data on COVID-19 disease and patient flow.
B.S. Alumni
Kuofu Liu
Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Currently PhD student in Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan
Kuofu is a graduate from the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, and a PhD student in Industrial and Operations Engineering at the University of Michigan. His interest is using data analysis skills to model and solve medical data-related problems. Kuofu contributed data processing ideas to Covid-19 vaccine disparities analysis and Covid-19 state-level transmission analysis by studying existing research and frequently used algorithms. He is the recipient of the 2024 Viterbi School of Engineering outstanding undergraduate research award.
B.S. Alumni
Catherine Lin
Department of Computer Science
Catherine graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Business Administration at Viterbi School of Engineering. Catherine is passionate about the intersections of technology, data, business, and innovation. Catherine has gained experience in data integration and analysis during internships as product analyst/information system analyst. As an undergraduate student researcher, Catherine analyzed the state-wide spatial interaction for pandemic, and the effect of spatial interaction on the transmission dynamic.
B.S. Alumni
Yiwen Wang
Department of Computer Science
Yiwen is a graduate from the Department of Computer Science at USC and a current master’s student in Computer Science at Cornell University. He was practicing with the data visualization of Covid-19 cases in the United States and analyzing the transportation data sets.
Past Undergraduate Researcher
Rodrigo Costa Biolchini
Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Rodrigo is an undergraduate student in the Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Rodrigo has contributed to research on vaccine allocation and distribution.