Rob van der Mei

Full Name
Prof.dr. R.D. van der Mei
Function(s)
Scientific Staff Member, Manager Research & Development, Professor - Vrije Universiteit
Email
R.D.van.der.Mei@cwi.nl
Telephone
+31 20 592 4129
Room
M328
Department(s)
Stochastics
Homepage
http://www.few.vu.nl/~mei

Biography

1995-1999: Senior staff member at AT&T Labs, USA 1999-2002: Senior researcher and consultant at KPN Research 2002-2004: Senior researcher and consultant at TNO ICT Since 2003: Distinguished Full Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (part-time) Since 2004: Senior researcher, Industrial Liaison Officer and Manager R&D at CWI

Research

My main research activities are in the area of Stochastic Operations Research, at the challenging interface of theory and application. My research interests include emergency response systems, predictive policing, management of road traffic, modeling and scalability analysis of ICT systems, mobility, service logistics, freight logistics, grid computing, revenue management, military operations research, sensor networks, call centers, queueing theory and data analytics. I am a co-founder of the spin-off company Stokhos Emergency Mathematics. Currently, I am also the chair of the European COST project named ‘Autonomous Control for a Reliable Internet of Services’ (ACROSS).

Publications

Current projects with external funding

  • Adviseren en verrichten van onderzoek naar functionele en niet-functionele eigenschappen van een deel van ING\'s IT-infrastructuur
  • Impactstudie Noord/Zuidlijn Gemeente Amsterdam
  • Ontwikkeling van Data Analytics, Data Science en Crypto Analyse technieken
  • PPS met Cofely
  • Verbeteren en optimaliseren van software producten op het gebied van Dynamisch Verkeersmanagement
  • Verbeteren van de efficiency en prestatie van logistieke processen in de binnevaart
  • Dynamic urban traffic flow management using floating-car, planning, and infrastructure data (Dynafloat)
  • Emergency Service Logistics: Network Design and Dynamic Dispatching (DYNAMERGE)
  • PPS ProRail (incidentenbestrijding) (PPS ProRail)

Professional activities

  • Professor: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)
  • Principal Investigator: Industrial Liaison Officer CWI
  • Chair: Chairman ICT Innovatie Platform, Vitale ICT Infrastructuren
  • Chair: COST Action ﾓAutonomous Control for a Reliable Internet of Servicesﾔ (ACROSS), 2013-2017 (General Chair)
  • Committee member: Member Core Team NWA Route 16
  • Committee member: Member writing team NWO MaGW Propositie Logistiek
  • Board Member: Member curatorium Prof.dr.ir. R.E. Kooij at TU Delft (since 2012)
  • Committee member: Member of program committee International Conference on Advances in Future Internet
  • Committee member: Member TPC of some 30-40 international conferences on performance modeling and analysis, including leading conferences Performance (bi-yearly) and International Teletraffic Congress (yearly), and smaller regular conferences like Networking, INTERNET, eScience, MACOM, HEALTHINF, MAMA, SETM, ACCESS, WWIC, NETC(G)OOP, AFIN, ICIMP, PhyCS, ICDT, SaCCoNeT and others
  • Board Member: E-Quality
  • Organizer: INFORMS meeting on Dynamic Pricing and Revenue Management, Amsterdam
  • Editor: Journal : Transactions on Network Optimization and Control
  • Editor: Associate Editor journal Performance Evaluation (until 2011)
  • Editor: Associate Editor journal AEUE Journal of Electronics and Communications (till 2011)
  • Editor: Associate Editor ACM Transactions on Modeling and Performance Evaluation of Computing Systems (since 2016)

Grants

  • COMET-PS NWO Topsector 500 1PD (2016)
  • Telplan Municipality Amsterdam 30 (2016)
  • PPS Gemeente Municipality Amsterdam 320 2PD (2016)
  • PPS AIVD 480 2PhD (2016)
  • PPS CTVrede 150 1PhD (2016)
  • PPS Cofely Cofely/Engie 70 1PD (2016)
  • DYNAMERGE NWO Topsector 500 1PhD (2016)
  • PPS Rovecom 100 1PhD (2015)
  • PPS ING 800 2PhD+1PD (2015)
  • PPS Mindef Ministry of Defense 100 1PhD (2015)
  • DYNAFLOAT NWO Topsector 750 1PhD (2015)
  • PPS TrafficLink TrafficLink 200 1PhD (2014)
  • RIVM 20 (2014)
  • REPRO-POL Politie en Wetenschap 130 1PhD (2013)
  • GreenA GreenA 8 (2013)
  • GGD Amsterdam 20 (2013)
  • ACROSS EU COST 600 EU travel (2013)
  • REPRO STW 750 3PhD+1PD (2012)
  • RM for SMEs in hotel Hogeschool den Haag 200 1PhD (2012)
  • Industry and NWO 1100 1PhD (2011)
  • TISCALI ICTRegie 200 1PhD (2011)
  • SeQual SenterNovem 100 1PhD (2010)
  • Layered QNs NWO STAR 500 (2010)
  • JADE-MM NWO GLANCE 40 (2010)
  • RRR Agentschap.nl 1200 1PhD (2009)
  • EMS-TP NWO valorization grant 200 1PhD (2008)
  • WFM for Defense Ministry of Defense 100 1PhD (2007)
  • Concurrent Access NWO Casimir 500 1PhD (2007)
  • DP & RM NWO Bonus (2007)

Awards

  • Runner-up Huibregtsen-prijs 2014 voor het beste Nederlandse onderzoek dat wetenschappelijk vernieuwend is en dat zicht biedt op een effectieve maatschappelijke toepassing (met Bert Zwart). (2014)