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Arkajyoti Roy
440 W. Barry Ave, Apt 902, Chicago, IL 60657
[email protected]
Tel: (765) 714-8975
EDUCATION
Oct 2013 – present
Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Industrial Engr. and Mgmt. Science – Northwestern University
Advisor: Professor Omid Nohadani
Contribution: Dynamic Uncertainty Management
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering – Purdue University, GPA of 3.96/4.00
Aug 2010 – May 2015
Advisor: Professor Omid Nohadani
Thesis: Robust Optimization in Radiation Therapy
B.S. Industrial Engineering – Purdue University, GPA of 3.60/4.00
(expected)
Aug 2006 – Dec 2009
Dean’s List (all semesters), Semester Honors (5 semesters)
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (PEER REVIEWED)
A. Ro, J. Seco & O. Nohadani, On Spatiotemporal Data-incorporation in IMRT Planning, submitted (2014)
A. Roy, I. Das & O. Nohadani, On Effectiveness of Point-wise DVH Constraints, in revision (2014)
A. Roy & O. Nohadani, Dynamic Multi-Objective Radiation Therapy, working paper (2014)
CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS (PEER REVIEWED)
A. Roy & O. Nohadani, Time-Resolved Stochastic IMRT Planning, Medical Physics 2013; 40(6):354
A. Roy, I. Das, S. Srivastava, & O. Nohadani, Analysis of Planner Dependence in IMRT. Medical Physics 2013;
40(6):260
A. Loveless, A. Roy, I. Das, & O. Nohadani, On Augmented DVH Analysis. Medical Physics 2013; 40(6):261
O. Nohadani, C. Medawar, A. Roy, S. Srivastava, & I. Das, Metrics for Comparing Dose Volume Histograms, Medical
Physics 2012; 39(6):3851
AWARDS
Health Systems Optimization Workshop (NSF Sponsored), Chicago IL – Best Poster Award
2014
Radiation Therapy Workshop II, Bethlehem PA – NSF Travel Grant
2014
American Association of Physicists in Medicine Regional, Erlanger KY – Best Paper Award
2013
Excellence in Teaching Award (Magoon) at Purdue University– Best Teaching Assistant
2012 – 2013
Excellence in Teaching Award (Magoon) at Purdue University – Best Teaching Assistant
2011 – 2012
Dean’s List (7 semesters), Semester Honors (5 semesters) at Purdue University
2006 – 2009
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago IL
Clinical Researcher
Oct 2013 - present
Patient data analysis in Pinnacle treatment planning system.
Demonstrated significant variance in patient plans using econometric modeling.
Identified possible anatomical sources of variations (in collaboration with medical physicists).
Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Northwestern University, Evanston IL
Pre-Doctoral Fellow
Oct 2013 - present
Developed dynamic programming model for radiation therapy treatment planning.
Improved spatiotemporal dose conformity.
Mitigated uncertainty from human bias with anatomically-driven multi-criteria optimization.
Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN
Research Assistant
Aug 2010 - present
Developed robust optimization model for temporally non-uniform radiation therapy plans.
Implemented numerical computations of large scale robust model using L-BFGS method.
Improved clinical outcomes by ≈ 17% compared to conventional planning, even under worst-case scenarios.
Reported significant human bias in plan evaluation using statistical modeling (in collaboration with Indiana
University Simon Cancer Center).
Established unbiased quantitative metric for treatment plan evaluation.
Mentored undergraduate researchers in statistical modeling.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Northwestern University, Evanston IL
Assistant, IEMS 202A, Probability
Oct 2014 – present
Topics: Random variables and distributions, and Monte Carlo simulation.
Grader, IEMS 326, Economics and Finance for Engineers
Apr 2014 – Jun 2014
Topics: Risk and return, investment and capital budgeting decisions under uncertainty.
Purdue University, West Lafayette IN
Teaching Assistant, IE 343, Engineering Economics (class size ~ 160)
Aug 2014 – present
Topics: Fundamental accounting concepts, and time value of money.
Teaching Assistant, IE 536, Stochastic Models in Operations Research I (class size ~ 25)
Jan 2013 – May 2013
Topics: Discrete and continuous time Markov processes, queuing theory, and inventory models.
Developed review sessions.
Student evaluation:
4.3/5.0 (10 responses) – Spring 2013
Teaching Assistant, IE 330, Probability and Statistics in Engineering II (class size ~ 180)
Aug 2011 – Dec 2012
Topics: statistical inference, experimental design and statistical software packages (Minitab and Excel).
Instructed class once per week.
Supervised team of teaching assistants.
Student evaluations:
4.6/5.0 (58 responses) – Fall 2011 (Purdue University, Annual Best TA award)
4.8/5.0 (136 responses) – Spring 2012
4.8/5.0 (80 responses) – Fall 2012 (Purdue University, Annual Best TA award)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Siemens Energy and Automation Inc., Elgin IL
Senior Design Student, Purdue University
Aug 2009 – Dec 2009
Designed and implemented pilot Kanban replenishment process for small parts on assembly floor.
Achieved increased material availability and assembly utilization, improved delivery time, and reduced order
throughput time from implementation of Kanban process.
Motorola Inc., Schaumburg IL
Operations Intern, Government and Public Safety
May 2009 – Aug 2009
Developed and validated new throughput model for software development using productivity, efficiency, yield,
and cycle time.
Distinguished significant PIs and bottlenecks in the process, using statistical analysis and simulation models.
Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS), West Lafayette, IN
Financial Controller, Center on Structured Organic Particulate Systems (CSOPS)
Jan 2008 – May 2008
Recorded new financial transactions on existing budget and consolidated annual accounts.
Designed and assembled “tabletop” pharmaceutical manufacturing line.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Seminars
INFORMS Annual Conference (Session Chair), San Francisco, CA
Nov 2014
Dynamic Multi-Objective IMRT
Health Systems Optimization Workshop (invited), Chicago IL
Sep 2014
On Spatiotemporal Data-Incorporation in IMRT Planning
INFORMS Annual Conference (invited), Minneapolis MN
Oct 2013
Dynamic Multi-objective Radiation Therapy
INFORMS Healthcare Conference (invited), Chicago IL
June 2013
Time-Resolved Stochastic IMRT Planning
American Association for Physics in Medicine, Regional Spring Symposium, Erlanger KY
Mar 2013
Time-Resolved Stochastic IMRT Planning
INFORMS Annual Conference, Phoenix AZ
Oct 2012
Robust Evolution Based Radiation Therapy
INFORMS Annual Conference, Charlotte NC
Nov 2011
Evolution Based IMRT
Posters
American Association for Physics in Medicine, Regional Spring Symposium, Columbus, IN
Nov 2014
On Effectiveness of Point-Wise DVH Constraints
Big 10+ Expo (invited), West Lafayette IN
On Effectiveness of Point-Wise DVH Constraints
Sep 2014
Health Systems Optimization Workshop, Chicago IL
Sep 2014
On Effectiveness of Point-Wise DVH Constraints (best poster award)
Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning Workshop II, Bethlehem PA
May 2014
Time-Resolved Stochastic IMRT Planning
AFFILIATIONS
Omega Rho, INFORMS honors society (Purdue Chapter), member
Nov 2012 - present
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), member
May 2011 – present
Jan 2011 – present
American Association for Physics in Medicine, member
May 2009 – present
Alpha Pi Mu, member
Alpha Pi Mu (Purdue Chapter), Vice President
May 2009 – Dec 2009
Society of Business Engineers, member
Aug 2008 – Dec 2008
ACTIVITIES AND OUTREACH
Jan 2013 – April 2013
Food Finders Food Bank, Lafayette IN, Volunteer
Raising Awareness with Global Citizen, Lafayette IN, member
Sep 2012 – present
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
Matlab, Minitab, SAS, R, ARENA, Python, GAMS, AutoCAD, AutoMOD
REFERENCES
Dr. Omid Nohadani
Dr. J. George Shanthikumar
Associate Professor
Professor and Chair
Industrial Engineering and Management Science
Krannert School of Management
Northwestern University
Purdue University
2145 N. Sheridan Rd., Evanston IL
100 S. Grant St., West Lafayette IN
Dr. Steve Landry
Dr. Indra Das
Associate Professor and Associate Head
Vice Chair, Professor, and Director of Medical Physics
Industrial Engineering
Radiation Oncology
Purdue University
Indiana University
315 N. Grant St., West Lafayette IN
535 Barnhill Dr., Indianapolis IN