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Shu Lu

 

Assistant Professor

Department of Statistics and Operations Research
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Contact

Office: 210 Smith Building, UNC Campus 
Telephone: (919) 962-1048 
FAX: (919) 962-0391 
E-mail: shulu@email.UNC.edu
Mailing Address:
210 Smith Building, CB #3260, UNC, Chapel Hill NC 27599-3260

Education

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison, WI, USA)
    Ph.D., Industrial Engineering                                         2007
    M.A., Mathematics                                                       2006
    M.S., Industrial Engineering                                          2006
    Specialization area: Decision Science/Operations Research
  • Tsinghua University (Beijing, China)
    M.S. Civil Engineering                                                  2002
    Specialization area: Transportation
    B.S., Civil Engineering                                                  2000

Research Areas

Mathematical programming, especially convex analysis, variational analysis and stochastic optimization; applications in all types of problems

Selected
Publications

  • S. Lu and S. M. Robinson. Normal fans of polyhedral convex sets: structures and connections. Set-valued Analysis, Published online in advance with DOI: 10.1007/s11228-008-0077-9. 25 pages
  • S. Lu and S. M. Robinson. Variational inequalities over perturbed polyhedral convex sets. Accepted by Mathematics of Operations Research
  • S. Lu. Sensitivity of static traffic user equilibria with perturbations in arc cost function and travel demand. Transportation Science, 2008, Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 105-123
  • S. M. Robinson and S. Lu. Solution continuity in variational conditions. Journal of Global Optimization, 2008, Vol. 40, pp. 405-415
  • S. Lu, H. Lu, H. Tang and J. Lu. Analysis of influencing factors on urban travel speed. Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development, 2003, Vol.20, No.1, p.110-113 (in Chinese)
  • S. Lu and H. Lu. Capacity method for uncontrolled intersections. Journal of Highway and Transportation Research and Development, 2002, Vol.19, No.2, p. 89-92 (in Chinese)

Recent
Presentations

  • S. Lu. Sensitivity of variational inequalities on perturbed polyhedral convex sets. Invited talk. Presented at the 2007 INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2007, Seattle, WA      
  • S. M. Robinson and S. Lu. Solution continuity in variational conditions. Presented at the workshop on Variational Analysis and Partial Differential Equations, July 2006, Erice, Sicily, Italy
  • S. Lu and S. M. Robinson. Variational inequalities over perturbed polyhedral convex sets. Poster presentation at the ACNW Optimization Tutorials, June 2006, Chicago, IL
  • S. Lu and S. M. Robinson. Sensitivity of static traffic user equilibria. Presented at the 4th International Conference on Complementarity Problems, August 2005, Stanford, CA
  • J. Lu, H. Tang, S. Lu and B. Ran. Locating roadside servers for advanced traveler information systems. Presented at the 85th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, January 2006, Washington D.C.
  • J. Lu, S. Lu and B. Ran. Sensitivity analysis of traffic network flows under dynamic user equilibrium. Presented at the 2005 INFORMS Annual Meeting, November 2005, San Francisco, CA

Working Papers

  • X. Ban, S. Lu and M. Ferris. Risk taking in second-best toll pricing when user equilibrium solution is not unique.

Courses 

Curriculum Vitae 

Lu CV.pdf