Thomas Shih
	 4025 N. Beltline Road R2223 Arlington, TX75038
     	(817) 319-7141, email: dshih@uta.edu
Personal homepage:  http://students.uta.edu/dt/dts5878

Summary
Thomas Shih has expertise in statistical modeling and data mining, particularly employed for computer experiments and optimization. He has studied applications in inventory forecasting, airline optimization, and air quality.
Education	
Ph.D.    Industrial Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, 2006 (Co-Advisors: Victoria C. P. Chen and Seoung Bum Kim)
M.S.     Statistics, Chengchi University, 1996 
B.S.      Statistics, Chengchi University, 1994  

Research Interests	Bioinformatics, statistics, data mining, OR-based statistical modeling.
Professional Experience	Mentor Data Systems Inc.  	Hsinchu, Taiwan	10/2001 - 11/2002
#	Supervised the quality assurance team.
#	Coordinated troubleshooting with various divisions.
#	Reported comprehensive quality related issues in monthly management meetings. 
Mentor Data Systems Inc.  	Hsinchu, Taiwan	9/2000 - 10/2001
#	Implemented design experiment in the product development of digital Set-top-box. 
#	Performed on-going reliability tests for digital Set-top-box.
Chuanshen Paper Tube Ltd.  	Chunghwa, Taiwan	6/1998 - 6/2000
#	Utilized statistical process control (SPC) to monitor the processes.
Research Experience	University of Texas at Arlington  	Dallas, TX	9/2004 - present
#	“Convex Versions of Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines and Implementations for Complex Optimization Problems:” MARS is a flexible statistical modeling method that has been used in optimization for stochastic dynamic programs, Markov decision problems, and two-stage stochastic programming. Many optimization methods depend on convexity; versions of Convex-MARS have been developed to ensure convexity. With guaranteed convex approximation, optimization approaches depending on convexity can be reliably used.

#	“Statistical Modeling and Management of the Environmental Impact of Airport Deicing Activities:” Together with Dr. Chen and Dr. Kim, jointly developed and delivered nonparametric statistical modules that address the needs of optimization scientists and innovative methods for variable selection. Jointly developed an integrated database via MS-ACCESS and, applied data mining approaches to predict the Dissolved Oxygen by a set of predictors.

Teaching Experience	University of Texas at Arlington  	Arlington, TX	9/2004 - 12/2005
Undergraduate Courses:
#	IE3301 Engineering Probability
#	IE4300 Topics in Industrial Engineering
Graduate Courses:
#	IE5301 Operation Research
#	IE5329 Production and Inventory Control Systems
Responsibilities: co-lecturing, problems solving, grading homework, preparing modules.
University of Cheng Chi                Taipei, Taiwan 	8/1994 - 6/1995
Undergraduate Courses:
#	Statistics 
Responsibilities: co-lecturing, problems solving, grading homework.

Publications	
#	Shih, D. T., V. C. P. Chen, and S. B. Kim (2006). “Convex Versions of Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines.” In Proceedings of 2006 Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, FA. 
#	Shih, D. T., V. L. Pilla, S. B. Kim, J. M. Rosenberger and V. C. P. Chen (2006). “Efficient Computer Experiment Based Optimization through Variable Selection.” In Proceedings of the Informs Artificial Intelligence and Data Mining Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA. 
#	Shih, D. T., V. C. P. Chen, and S. B. Kim. “Convex Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines,” to appear. 
#	Shih, D. T., V. L. Pilla, S. B. Kim, J. M. Rosenberger and V. C. P. Chen. “Efficient Computer Experiment Based Optimization,” to appear. 
#	Shih, D. T. and S. F. Yang, “An application on Short Run Quality Control Chart,” Master Thesis, Chengchi University, 1996.

Technical Talk	INFORMS Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, November 2006, to appear,
    Convex Versions of Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines for Optimization. 

Affiliations	
#	A member of Tau Beta PI The Engineering Honor Society, since May 2004
#	A member of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
#	A member of Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE)
Certifications	
#	Certified Internet Engineer           Chunghwa, Taiwan              7/2000-10/2001
Technical Skills	
#	Statistics Application: 	SAS, SPSS, Splus, R, Minitab, Statgraphic.
#	Optimization Application: Cplex, Lingo, Tora. 
#	Data mining Software: 	MARS, CART, TreeNet, Weka.
#	Operating System: 	Apple OS, UNIX/Linux, Windows
#	Programming: 	C, C++, Matlab, LaTeX, HTML, Visual Basic, Java, PERL.
#	Other Application: 	MS-ACCESS, MS-OFFICE, SQL.