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Adolfo Escobedo
- adRes@asu.edu
- (480) 965-5248
- BYENG 346 Tempe
Senior Global Futures Scientist
Faculty, TEMPE Campus, Mailcode 8809
Biography:
Adolfo R. Escobedo is an educator and researcher in the field of industrial engineering and operations research. His research interests are in the theory and application of mathematical programming and computing, specifically in the design and analysis of algorithms for power systems operations and planning, circular economy, computational social choice, and computational linear algebra.
Escobedo joined the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence at Arizona State University as an assistant professor in 2016. He received a doctorate in industrial and systems engineering from Texas A&M University in 2016 and a bachelor's in mathematics from California State University Los Angeles in 2009. In conjunction with Erick Moreno-Centeno, Escobedo received an Honorable Mention in the 2015 INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group paper competition as a student at Texas A&M based on his work on roundoff error-free factorization algorithms.
Education:
- Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University 2016
- B.A. Mathematics, California State University-Los Angeles 2009
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Research Interests:
Theory and application of linear and mixed integer programming; design, analysis, and efficient implementation of optimization algorithms; power systems operations and planning; circular economy; computational social choice; and computational linear algebra.
Publications:
Appeared (or soon to Appear) in Refereed Journals:
10. J. K. Skolfield, A. R. Escobedo, "Operations research in optimal power flow: a guide to recent and emerging methodologies and applications", to appear in European Journal of Operational Research, 2021. (Available at 10.1016/j.ejor.2021.10.003).
9. Y. Yoo, A. R. Escobedo, "A new binary programming formulation and social choice property for Kemeny rank aggregation", to appear in Decision Analysis, 2021. (Available at https://doi.org/10.1287/deca.2021.0433).
8. Y. Zhang, M. Bansal, A. R. Escobedo, "Risk-neutral and risk-averse transmission switching
for load shed recovery with uncertain renewable generation and demand", IET
Generation, Transmission & Distribution, 14(21) 2020, 4936-4945.
7. Y. Yoo, A. R. Escobedo, J. K. Skolfield, "A new correlation coefficient for comparing and aggregating non-strict and incomplete rankings," European Journal of Operational Research, 285(3) 2020, 1025-1041.
6. C. Lourenco, A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, T. A. Davis, "Exact solution of sparse linear systems via left-looking roundoff-error-free LU factorization in time proportional to arithmetic work", SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, 40(2) 2019, 609-638.
5. A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, "Solution of dense linear systems via roundoff-error-free factorization algorithms: theoretical connections and computational comparisons", ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software (TOMS), 44(4) 2018, 40:1-40:24.
4. A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, "Roundoff-error-free basis updates of LU factorizations for the efficient validation of optimality certificates", SIAM Journal on Matrix Analysis and Applications, 38(3) 2017, 807-828.
3. E. Moreno-Centeno, A. R. Escobedo "Axiomatic aggregation of incomplete rankings," IIE Transactions, 48(6) 2016, 475-488.
2. A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, "Roundoff-error-free algorithms for solving linear systems via Cholesky and LU factorizations," INFORMS Journal on Computing, 27(4) 2015, 677-689. (INFORMS Junior Faculty Paper Competition Honorable Mention, top-6 nalist)
1. A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, K. W. Hedman, "Topology control for load-shed recovery," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 29(2) 2014, 908-916.
Appeared (or soon to Appear) in Conference Proceedings:
4. J. K. Skolfield, A. R. Escobedo, J. Ramirez-Vergara, "Transmission and capacity expansion planning against rising temperatures: A case study in Arizona", to appear in Procs. of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Annual Conference, 2021. Arizona". (IISE Energy Systems Division Best Student Paper Award)
3. R. Kemmer, Y. Yoo, A. R. Escobedo, and R. Maciejewski, "Enhancing collective estimates by aggregating cardinal and ordinal inputs", Procs. of the AAAI Conference on Human Computation and Crowdsourcing (HCOMP), 8(1), 2020, 73-82.
2. J. K. Skolfield, R. Yasmin, A. R. Escobedo, L. M. Huie, "A comparison of axiomatic distance-based collective intelligence methods for wireless sensor network state estimation with false data injection", to appear in Proceedings of the IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IOT), 2020.
1. L. M. Escobar, A. R. Escobedo, David Escobar, R. A. Romero Lazaro, "Bus-angle difference structural cuts for transmission system expansion planning with L-1 reliability", to appear in Procs. of IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference, 2018.
Submitted/Under-Review in Refereed Journals:
4. S. Akbari, A. R. Escobedo, "Approximate Condorcet partitioning: solving very large rank aggregation problems at scale", 2021.
3. A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, R. Yasmin, "An axiomatic distance methodology for aggregating multimodal evaluations", 2021. http://www.optimization-online.org/DB_HTML/2021/01/8223.html.
2. A. R. Escobedo and R. Yasmin, "Derivations of large classes of facet de ning inequalities of the weak order polytope using ranking structures", 2021. https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.03799.
1. J. K. Skolfield, L. M. Escobar, A. R. Escobedo, "Derivation and generation of path-based valid inequalities for transmission expansion planning", 2019, https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.05965.
| Fall 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| IEE 300 | Economic Analys for Engineers |
| CSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| IEE 574 | Appl Deterministic Oper Rsch |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| IEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| IEE 784 | Internship |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| IEE 595 | Continuing Registration |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| Spring 2021 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| CSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| IEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| IEE 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| IEE 598 | Special Topics |
| CSE 598 | Special Topics |
| IEE 599 | Thesis |
| IEE 622 | Optimization II |
| IEE 784 | Internship |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| CSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| IEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| IEE 574 | Appl Deterministic Oper Rsch |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| IEE 784 | Internship |
| IEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| IEE 574 | Appl Deterministic Oper Rsch |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| Spring 2020 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| CSE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| IEE 493 | Honors Thesis |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| IEE 599 | Thesis |
| IEE 622 | Optimization II |
| IEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| CSE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| IEE 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| IEE 574 | Appl Deterministic Oper Rsch |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| IEE 784 | Internship |
| IEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| Summer 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| Spring 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| IEE 376 | Oper Rsrch Det Tech/Apps |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| IEE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| IEE 599 | Thesis |
| IEE 622 | Optimization II |
| IEE 790 | Reading and Conference |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| IEE 795 | Continuing Registration |
| IEE 799 | Dissertation |
| Fall 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| IEE 574 | Appl Deterministic Oper Rsch |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| IEE 784 | Internship |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| Summer 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| Spring 2018 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 622 | Optimization II |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| Fall 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| IEE 574 | Appl Deterministic Oper Rsch |
| IEE 580 | Practicum |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| IEE 792 | Research |
| Summer 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| IEE 584 | Internship |
| Spring 2017 | |
|---|---|
| Course Number | Course Title |
| IEE 622 | Optimization II |
Presentations:
- L. M. Escobar, A. R. Escobedo, D. Escobar, R. A. Romero Lázaro, “Bus-angle difference structural cuts for transmission system expansion planning with L-1 reliability”,IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference, Toronto Canada, Oct 2018.
- A. R. Escobedo, L. M. Escobar-Vargas, J. K. Skolfield, "Generation of angular valid inequalities for Transmission Expansion Planning", International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Bordeaux, France, July 2018.
- Y. Yoo, A. R. Escobedo, “A computationally expedient social choice-related property for group decision-making”, International Symposium on Aggregation and Structures, Valladolid Spain, July 2018.
- A. Dean, A. R. Escobedo, W. Campbell, “A decision support tool for circular economy development”, International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology, Buffalo, NY, June 2018.
- Y. Yoo, A. .R. Escobedo, "An improved ranking aggregation algorithm using a new extended Condorcet criterion", IISE Annual Conference & Expo, Orlando FL, May 2018.
- Y. Yoo, A. R. Escobedo, "An Improved Branch and Bound Algorithm for Robust Ranking Aggregation", INFORMS Optimization Society Conference, Denver CO, Mar 2018.
- A. R. Escobedo, "Unification of distance and correlation ranking aggregation theories", (invited seminar) Oakland University Mathematics and Statistics Department, Rochester MI, Feb 2018.
- A. R. Escobedo, J. K. Skolfield, "A new correlation coefficient for aggregating non-strict and incomplete rankings equitably", paper to be presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Houston TX, Oct 2017.
- A. R. Escobedo, J. K. Skolfield, "A new correlation coefficient for aggregating incomplete rankings equitably", paper presented at 21st IFORS Conference, Quebec City, July 2017.
- A. R. Escobedo, J. K. Skoleld, "A rank-correlation coecient for aggregating non-strict and incomplete preferences equitably", paper presented at IISE Annual Conference & Expo, Pittsburgh PA, May 2017.
- A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, "Efficient validation of basic solutions via the roundoff-error-free factorization framework," paper presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Nashville TN, Nov 2016.
- A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, "Efficient validation of basic solutions via the roundoff-error-free factorization framework," paper presented at 5th International Congress on Mathematical Software, Berlin, July 2016.
- A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, "Update algorithms for the roundoff-error-free LU and Cholesky factorizations," paper presented at INFORMS Optimization Society Conference, Princeton NJ, March 2016.
- A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, "Update algorithms for the roundoff-error-free LU and Cholesky factorizations," paper presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Philadelphia PA, Nov 2015.
- A. R. Escobedo, M. L. Stowell, D. A. White, "Topological optimization of photonic crystals," poster presented at LLNL Summer Poster Symposium, Livermore CA, Aug 2015.
- A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, "Efficient update algorithms for the roundoff-error-free LU and Cholesky factorizations," paper presented at International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, Pittsburgh PA, July 2015.
- A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, "Roundoff-error-free algorithms for solving linear systems via Cholesky and LU factorizations," paper presented at INFORMS Computing Society Conference, Richmond VA, Jan 2015.
- A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, "An overview of integer-preserving Gaussian elimination and the roundoff-error-free LU and Cholesky factorizations," TAMU Mathematics Department invited seminar, College Station TX, Dec 2014.
- A. R. Escobedo, "Roundoff-error-free algorithms for optimization," CSULA Mathematics Department invited seminar, Los Angeles CA, Nov 2014.
- A. R. Escobedo, "Computational tools for recovering load shed via topology control," TAMU Electric Power and Power Electronics Institute invited seminar, College Station TX, Oct 2014.
- A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, K. W. Hedman, "Balanced parallelization policies for the distributed load-shed recovery heuristic," poster presented at XSEDE Conference, Atlanta GA, July 2014.
- A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, K. W. Hedman, "Transmission switching load shed recovery heuristic and its parallelization," poster presented at SC13 Broader Engagement Student Session, Denver CO, Nov 2013.
- A. R. Escobedo, E. Moreno-Centeno, K. W. Hedman, "Topology control for load shed recovery," paper presented at INFORMS Annual Meeting, Minneapolis MN, Oct 2013.
- A. R. Escobedo, "Load shed recovery: a new application of transmission switching," poster presented at Smart Grid Workshop, College Station TX, April 2013.
- A. R. Escobedo, "Robust adaptive topology control," poster presented at Texas A&M University System LSAMP Symposium, Corpus Christi TX, Feb 2012.
Honors / Awards:
- INFORMS Computing Society (ICS) Prize, 2021
- ASU Top 5% Best Teacher, 2020
- Finalist, INFORMS Junior Faculty Forum Paper Competition, 2015
- U.S. Senator Phil Gramm Doctoral Fellowship, TAMU, 2016
- Jimmy H. Smith, Ph.D., P.E. Graduate Scholarship, TAMU, 2015
- TAMU Energy Institute/Conoco Phillips Fellowship, TAMU, 2013 & 2014
- Graduate Fellowship, TAMU, 2012-2015
- LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship, TAMU, 2010-2012
Editorships:
Associated Editor for Energy Systems, 2017 - present
Professional Associations:
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS); Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE); Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE); Association for Computer Machinery (ACM); Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI); INFORMS Computing Society (ICS); INFORMS Optimization Society (IOS)
Graduate Faculties / Mentoring History:
Industrial Engineering
Work History:
ASU School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, Assistant Professor, Aug 2016 - present; TAMU Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Graduate Research Assistant, June 2012 - Aug 2016; TAMU Industrial & Systems Engineering Department, Instructor of Record, Spring 2016, Spring 2015; LLNL Computational Engineering Division, Graduate Student Intern, May 2015 - Sep 2015.
Service:
- Capstone Faculty Advisor (S2020-current, F2019-S2020, S2019-F2029, S2018-F2018)
- Track chair of Operations Research for IISE Anual Conference & Expo 2017
- Session chair for INFORMS Anual Meeting 2016, 2017
- Session chair for INFORMS Optimization Society Conference March 2016
- Appointed Ambassador for TAMU-System AGEP program Dec 2015 - June 2016
- Mentor for LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Program, TAMU Aug 2015 - May 2016
- Appointed member of 2016 Convocation Speaker Committee, TAMU March 2015
- Departmental representative in College Student Council, TAMU Jan 2015 - May 2016