Education
- Ph.D., Operations Research — Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
- B.Sc., Industrial Engineering — Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
Research Interests
- Nonconvex Optimization
- Machine/Statistical Learning
- Responsible AI
Contact
Email: hnojavan@smu.edu
Phone: (469)267-1728
Biography
My name is Hassan Nojavan, and I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student in Operations Research at Southern Methodist University. I am fortunate to be advised by Dr. Miju Ahn. My research focuses on developing nonconvex optimization methods for empirical risk minimization, robust machine learning, and recommender systems. I am also interested in applying optimization and data-driven methods to real-world decision-making problems.
News
- [Oct 2026] Our paper, A Nonconvex Framework for Joint Sparse Sample Weighting and Parameter Estimation (SWAPE), is now available on arXiv. [Paper]
- [Aug 2026] I began serving as President of the SMU INFORMS Student Chapter, leading initiatives in operations research, analytics, professional development, and industry engagement.
- [May 2026] I joined OmniOn Power in Plano, TX, as an Operations Research Intern.
- [Mar 2026] I presented my research at SMU Research & Innovation Week in Dallas, TX, and received the Dean’s Award for best poster at the Graduate Poster Sessions.
- [Oct 2025] I presented my research at INFORMS Annual Meeting 2025 in Atlanta, GA, as part of the session Causal Inference and Predictive Modeling in Complex Systems.
- [Jul 2025] I presented my research at ICCOPT 2025 in Los Angeles, CA, thanks to the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering for the travel grant that made this trip possible.
- [Apr 2025] I presented my research at SMU Research & Innovation Week in Dallas, TX.