About

Yuming Sun is a Ph.D. Candidate in Operations Research at Georgia Tech ISyE. He is advised by Dr. Pinar Keskinocak and Dr. Lauren Steimle. His research interests lie at the innovative applications of operations research methologies into the the healthcare domain, including healthcare delivery, epideimic control, resource allocation, and economic analysis. 

In a collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Gate Foundation, and the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, he is focusing on expediting the global polio eradication through simulation, optimization, and statistical analysis.

Prior to his Ph.D., he received a M.S. degree in Operations Research atGeorgia Tech and a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.