Full name: Rob van der Mei
Formal name: Prof.dr. R.D. van der Mei
Function: MT member, Theme coordinator

Email: R.D.van.der.Mei@cwi.nl
Telephone +31(0)20 592 4129
Room:  M328
Research groups:
(PNA) Probability networks and algorithms

Research

My research interests include performance modeling and analysis of communication networks and distributed ICT systems, queueing theory, stochastic scheduling, grid computing, logistics, planning of ambulance services and revenue management.

Career

2013 -	Onderzoeker E PNA2 - Probability and Stochastic Networks
2010 - 2012	Scientific staff member PNA2 - Probability and Stochastic Networks
2010 - 2012	Leader Scientific Cluster PNA PNA - Probability, Networks and Algorithms
2006 - 2009	Group leader PNA2 - Probability and Stochastic Networks
2004 - 2009	Scientific staff member PNA2 - Probability and Stochastic Networks
2003 -	Full professor at VU University Amsterdam
2003 - 2004	Senior researcher and consultant at TNO ICT
2000 - 2002	Senior staff member and consultant at KPN Research
1996	Postdoc at Rutgers University and Columbia University, USA
1996 - 1999	Senior staff member at AT&T Labs, USA

Selected Academic Activities

2011	Organizer Performance
2010	Organizer Amsterdam, The Netherlands - International Teletraffic Congress - [ITC]
2010	Co-organizer Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Study Group Mathematics with Industry - [SWI]
2009 -	Member executive board Dutch Mathematics cluster Stochastics - Theoretical and Applied Research - [STAR]
2009 -	Chairman ICT Innovatie Platform - Vitale ICT Infrastructuren
2008 -	Founder National Knowledge Network on Pricing and Revenue Management - [PreMa]
2007	Organizer TNO ICT, Delft, The Netherlands - Workshop on Performance of E-commerce Services: Where Users meet Vendors
2007 -	Secretary Koninklijk Wiskundig Genootschap - [KWG] - Executive Board
2006	Organizer EURO-NGI Workshop on Performance Models for Efficient Resource Sharing
2005 - 2009	Associate editor Journal: Performance Evaluation
2005 - 2009	Associate editor Journal: AEUE Journal on Electronics and Communications

Selected Publications

G.J. Hoekstra, R.D. van der Mei. Effective load for flow-level performance modeling of wireless LANs. Computer Communications 33, 1972–1981, 2010.

M. Jonckheere, R.D. van der Mei, W. van der Weij. Rate stability and output rates in queueing networks with shared resources. Performance Evaluation 67, 28–42, 2010.

M.A. Dobber, R.D. van der Mei, G.M. Koole. Dynamic load balancing and job replication in a global-scale grid environment. IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems 20, 207–218, 2009.

R.D. van der Mei, E.M.M. Winands. Polling models with renewal arrivals: a new method to derive heavy-traffic asymptotics. Performance Evaluation 64, 1029–1040, 2007.

R.D. van der Mei. Towards a unifying theory on branching-type polling systems in heavy traffic. Queueing Systems 57, 29–46, 2007.

All publications (link to repository)