Jianqiang Cheng

Associate Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering
Member of the Graduate Faculty

Dr. Jianqiang Cheng is an associate professor in the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona (UA), Tucson, Arizona. He completed his PhD in 2013 at the PARIS-SACLAY University. He received his BS degree in mathematics and applied mathematics in Shanghai University. He is particularly interested in stochastic programming, robust optimization, semi-definite programming, as well as their applications. Before joining UA, he worked at Sandia National Laboratories as a postdoctoral researcher.   

Degrees

  • PhD Computer Science
    • PARIS-SACLAY University, Paris, France
  • BS Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
    • Shanghai University, Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Interests

Research

Stochastic programming; Robust optimization;Distributionally robust optimization; Semidefinite and copositive optimization; Energy management

Selected Publications

Chapters

  • Fathabad, A. M., Cheng, J., & Pan, K. (2021). Integrated power transmission and distribution systems. In Renewable-Energy-Driven Future(pp 169--199). Academic Press.
  • Fathabad, A. M., Cheng, J., & Pan, K. (2020). Integrated power transmission and distribution systems. In Renewable-Energy-Driven Future: Technologies, Applications, Sustainability, and Policies. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-820539-6.00005-4
  • Cheng, J., Lisser, A., & Xu, C. (2015). Stochastic Semidefinite Optimization Using Sampling Methods. In International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27680-9_6
  • Cheng, J., Lisser, A., & Gicquel, C. (2012). A Second-Order Cone Programming Approximation to Joint Chance-Constrained Linear Programs. In International Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-32147-4_8

Journals/Publications

  • Cheng, J., Jiang, S., Pan, K., Qiu, F., & Yang, B. (2022). Data-Driven Chance-Constrained Planning for Distributed Generation: A Partial Sampling Approach. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 1-16. doi:10.1109/tpwrs.2022.3230676
  • Cheng, J., Kosuch, S., & Lisser, A. (2022). Restricted Shortest Path Problems with Uncertain Delays.
  • Cheramin, M., Cheng, J., Pan, K., & Jiang, R. (2022). Computationally Efficient Approximations for Distributionally Robust Optimization Under Moment and Wasserstein Ambiguity. INFORMS journal on computing, 34(3), 1768-1794. doi:10.1287/ijoc.2021.1123
  • Fathabad, A. M., Cheng, J., Yang, B., & Pan, K. (2022). Asymptotically Tight Conic Approximations for Chance-Constrained AC Optimal Power Flow. European Journal of Operational Research. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2022.06.020
  • Lisser, A., Cheng, J., & Houda, M. (2022). Elliptically distributed joint probabilistic constraints.
  • Cheng, J., Jin, H., Paul, S. K., Saha, A. K., & Cheramin, M. (2021). Resilient NdFeB magnet recycling under the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic: Stochastic programming and Benders decomposition. Transportation Research Part E-logistics and Transportation Review. doi:10.1016/j.tre.2021.102505
  • Cheramin, M., Chen, R. L., Cheng, J., & Pinar, A. (2021). Data-Driven Robust Optimization Using Scenario-Induced Uncertainty Sets. arXiv preprint arXiv:2107.04977.
  • Cheramin, M., Cheng, J., Jiang, R., & Pan, K. (2021). Computationally Efficient Approximations for Distributionally Robust Optimization under Moment and Wasserstein Ambiguity. INFORMS Journal on Computing.
  • Cheramin, M., Saha, A. K., Cheng, J., Paul, S. K., & Jin, H. (2021). Resilient NdFeB magnet recycling under the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic: Stochastic programming and Benders decomposition. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 155, 102505.
  • Dashti, H., Cheng, J., & Krokhmal, P. (2021). Chance-constrained optimization-based solar microgrid design and dispatch for radial distribution networks. Energy Systems, 1--23.
  • Karimi, R., Cheng, J., & Lejeune, M. A. (2021). A Framework for Solving Chance-Constrained Linear Matrix Inequality Programs. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 33(3), 1015--1036.
  • Karimi, R., Cheng, J., & Lejeune, M. A. (2021). A Framework for Solving Chance-Constrained Linear Matrix Inequality Programs. INFORMS journal on computing, 33(3), 1015-1036. doi:10.1287/ijoc.2020.0982
  • Cheramin, M., Cheng, J., Jiang, R., & Pan, K. (2020). Computationally Efficient Approximations for Distributionally Robust Optimization. Optimization online.
  • Fathabad, A. M., Cheng, J., Pan, K., & Qiu, F. (2020). Data-driven planning for renewable distributed generation integration. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, 35(6), 4357--4368.
  • Fathabad, A. M., Cheng, J., Qiu, F., & Pan, K. (2020). Data-Driven Planning for Renewable Distributed Generation Integration. IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. doi:10.1109/tpwrs.2020.3001235

Proceedings Publications

  • Cheng, J., Cheng, J., Wang, H., Wang, H., Wang, F., Wang, F., Gao, F., & Gao, F. (2022). Submodule Capacitor Sizing for Cascaded H-Bridge STATCOM with Sum of Squares Formulation. In International Power Electronics Conference.
  • Cheng, J., & Gicquel, C. (2018). Partial Sample Average Approximation Approach for Stochastic Lot-Sizing Problems. In 2018 IISE Annual Conference.
  • Dabiri, A., Cheng, J., Butcher, E. A., & Karimi, R. (2018). Probabilistic-Robust Optimal Control for Uncertain Linear Time-delay Systems by State Feedback Controllers with Memory. In Annual American Control Conference (ACC).
  • Karimi, R., Dabiri, A., Cheng, J., & Butcher, E. A. (2018). Probabilistic-Robust Optimal Control for Uncertain Linear Time-delay Systems by State Feedback Controllers with Memory. In 2018 Annual American Control Conference (ACC).
  • Cheng, J., Lisser, A., & Xu, C. (2015). A Sampling Method to Chance-constrained Semidefinite Optimization. In International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES).
  • Xu, C., Cheng, J., & Lisser, A. (2015). A Sampling Method to Chance-constrained Semidefinite Optimization. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems, 75-81.
  • Xu, C., Cheng, J., & Lisser, A. (2015). A Sampling Method to Chance-constrained Semidefinite Optimization. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems.
  • Xu, C., Cheng, J., & Lisser, A. (2015). Stochastic Semidefinite Optimization Using Sampling Methods. In International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems, 93-103.
  • Xu, C., Cheng, J., & Lisser, A. (2015). Stochastic Semidefinite Optimization Using Sampling Methods. In International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems.
  • Cheng, J., Gicquel, C., & Lisser, A. (2014). A modified sample approximation method for chance constrained problems. In SIAM Conference on optimization 2014.
  • Cheng, J., Lisser, A., & Gicquel, C. (2014). A modified sample approximation approach for chance-constrained problems. In PGMO-COPI'14; Conference on Optimization and Practices in Industry.
  • Cheng, J., Lisser, A., & Gicquel, C. (2014). A modified sample approximation method for chance constrained problems. In International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems (ICORES).
  • Cheng, J., Lisser, A., Letournel, M., Soto, I., Adasme, P., & Nuñez, B. (2014). A chance constrained approach for uplink wireless OFDMA networks. In 9th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks & Digital Sign (CSNDSP).
  • Gicquel, C., Cheng, J., & Lisser, A. (2014). A joint chance-constraint programming approach for a stochastic lot-sizing problem. In Proceedings International Workshop on Lot-sizing, IWLS, Porto, Portuga.
  • Gicquel, C., Cheng, J., Gicquel, C., & Cheng, J. (2014). Solving a stochastic lot-sizing problem with a modified sample approximation approach.. In 44th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering.

Others

  • Safta, C., Cheng, J., Chen, R. L., Pinar, A., Najm, H. N., & Watson, J. (2022). Surrogate-based model for optimization under uncertainty..
  • Fathabad, A. M., Cheng, J., Pan, K., & Yang, B. (2021). Tight Conic Approximations for Chance-Constrained AC Optimal Power Flow.
  • Cheng, J. (2013). Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization.

Awards

  • Best Short Paper Award
    • INFORMS Workshop on Data Science, Fall 2022
  • NSF CAREER Award
    • National Science Foundation, Spring 2022
  • Science Foundation Arizona's 2017 Bisgrove scholar
    • Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz), Spring 2017