Meisam Razaviyayn
Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair and Associate Professor Industrial and Systems Engineering, Computer Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Education
- 2014, Doctoral Degree, Electrical Engineering (Minor in Computer Science), University of Minnesota
- 2013, Master's Degree, Mathematics, University of Minnesota
Biography
Meisam Razaviyayn is an associate professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Quantitative and Computational Biology, and Electrical Engineering at the University of Southern California. He is also the associate director of the USC- Meta Center for Research and Education in AI and Learning. Prior to joining USC, he was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science at the University of Minnesota. He obtained his M.Sc. degree in Mathematics from the University of Minnesota. Meisam Razaviyayn is the recipient of the 2022 NSF CAREER Award, the 2022 Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award, the 2021 AFOSR Young Investigator Award, the 2021 3M Nontenured Faculty Award, 2020 ICCM Best Paper Award in Mathematics, IEEE Data Science Workshop Best Paper Award in 2019, the Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award in 2014, and the finalist for Best Paper Prize for Young Researcher in Continuous Optimization in 2013 and 2016. He is also the silver medalist of Iran’s National Mathematics Olympiad. His research interests include the design and the study of the fundamental aspects of optimization algorithms that arise in the modern data science era.Research Summary
I am passionate about the design and study of scalable trustworthy optimization algorithms and tools that arise in modern data science and machine learning applications.Awards:
- Selected as one of 60 engineers to attend the National Academy of Engineering’s German-America Frontiers of Engineering symposium, 2023
- Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award, 2022
- NSF CAREER Award, March 2022
- AFOSR Young Investigator Prize Award, November 2021
- 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (NTFA), February 2021
- ICCM Best Paper Award in Mathematics, August 2020
- IEEE Data Science Workshop Best Paper Award, 2019
- Finalist of the Best Paper Prize for Young Researcher in Continuous Optimization, ICCOPT 2016
- Signal Processing Society Young Author Best Paper Award, December 2014
- Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 2013
- Finalist of the Best Paper Prize for Young Researcher in Continuous Optimization, ICCOPT 2013
- Paper Shortlisted for Best Student Paper Award, SPAWC 2010
- University Scholarship for B.Sc. Programs, IUT, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Fifth Place in ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), Asia Regional Contest, Iran, 2004
- Silver Medal Recipient in 20th National Mathematics Olympiad, Iran, 2003
Student Collaborators'/Mentees' Awards:
- Ali Ghafelebashi: the Directors’ Award for Best Research Translation in Three Minute Thesis, 2023
- Andrew Lowy: Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences (CAMS) Prize, 2023
- Ali Ghafelebashi: ITS California and California Transportation Foundation Scholarship, 2023
- Hesameddin Mohammadi (advisor: Mihailo Jovanovic): The Sun Prize (the first prize) of the ITA graduation day for our joint work, 2023
- Babak Barazandeh: The ISE department's best dissertation award, 2021
- Maher Nouiehed: The ISE department's best dissertation award, 2020
- Babak Barazandeh: IEEE Data Science Workshop Best Paper Award, 2019
Appointments
- Associate Director of Program or Center, USC Meta Center
- Daniel J Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Thomas Lord Department of Computer Science
- OHE 310G
- Olin Hall of Engineering
- 3650 McClintock Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90089
- USC Mail Code: 193
- razaviya@usc.edu