Rob van der Mei

Biography

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

• van Barneveld, T.C, Jagtenberg, C.J, Bhulai, S, & van der Mei, R.D. (2017). Real-time ambulance relocation: Assessing real-time redeployment strategies for ambulance relocation. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. doi:10.1016/j.seps.2017.11.001
• Wetzels, F.P.M, van den Berg, J.L, Bosman, J.W, & van der Mei, R.D. (2017). Flow termination signaling in the centralized pre-congestion notification architecture. Computer Networks, 127, 233–242. doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2017.08.010
• Legros, B, Ding, S, van der Mei, R.D, & Jouini, O. (2017). Call centers with a postponed callback offer. OR Spectrum, 39, 1097–1125. doi:10.1007/s00291-017-0487-x
• van den Berg, P. L.-J, Legemaate, G.A.G, & van der Mei, R.D. (2017). Increasing the responsiveness of firefighter services by relocating base stations in Amsterdam. Interfaces, 47(4), 352–361. doi:10.1287/inte.2017.0897
• Jagtenberg, C.J, van den Berg, P. L.-J, & van der Mei, R.D. (2017). Benchmarking online dispatch algorithms for Emergency Medical Services. European Journal of Operational Research, 258(2), 715–725. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2016.08.061
• van Barneveld, T.C, van der Mei, R.D, & Bhulai, S. (2017). Compliance tables for an EMS system with two types of medical response units. Computers & Operations Research, 80, 68–81. doi:10.1016/j.cor.2016.11.013
• van Buuren, M, van der Mei, R.D, & Bhulai, S. (2017). Demand-point constrained EMS vehicle allocation problems for regions with both urban and rural areas. Operations Research for Health Care. doi:10.1016/j.orhc.2017.03.001
• van Buuren, M, Kommer, G.J, van der Mei, R.D, & Bhulai, S. (2017). EMS call centers with and without function differentiation: a comparison. Operations Research in Health Care, 12, 16–28. doi:10.1016/j.orhc.2016.12.001
• Jagtenberg, C.J, Bhulai, S, & van der Mei, R.D. (2017). Optimal ambulance dispatching. In Markov Decision Processes in Practice (pp. 269–291). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-47766-4_9
• Onderwater, M, Hoekstra, G.J, & van der Mei, R.D. (2017). Throughput modeling of the IEEE MAC for sensor networks. In Performance Evaluation Review (pp. 2–9). doi:10.1145/3092819.3092821

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
• Committee member: Member Core Team NWA Route 16
• 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
• 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 1PD (2016)
• Telplan Municipality Amsterdam (2016)
• PPS Gemeente Municipality Amsterdam 2PD (2016)
• PPS ministerie van BZK 2PhD (2016)
• PPS CTVrede 1PhD (2016)
• PPS Cofely Cofely/Engie 1PD (2016)
• DYNAMERGE NWO Topsector 1PhD (2016)
• PPS Rovecom 1PhD (2015)
• PPS ING 2PhD+1PD (2015)
• PPS Mindef Ministry of Defense 1PhD (2015)
• DYNAFLOAT NWO Topsector 1PhD (2015)
• PPS TrafficLink TrafficLink 1PhD (2014)
• RIVM (2014)
• REPRO-POL Politie en Wetenschap 1PhD (2013)
• GreenA GreenA (2013)
• GGD Amsterdam (2013)
• ACROSS EU COST EU travel (2013)
• REPRO STW 3PhD+1PD (2012)
• RM for SMEs in hotel Hogeschool den Haag 1PhD (2012)
• Industry and NWO 1PhD (2011)
• TISCALI ICTRegie 1PhD (2011)
• SeQual SenterNovem 1PhD (2010)
• Layered QNs NWO STAR (2010)
• JADE-MM NWO GLANCE (2010)
• RRR Agentschap.nl 1PhD (2009)
• EMS-TP NWO valorization grant 1PhD (2008)
• WFM for Defense Ministry of Defense 1PhD (2007)
• Concurrent Access NWO Casimir 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)