Natarajan Gautam
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Syracuse University
3-171 CST, 111 College Pl., Syracuse, NY 13244
Email: ngautam@syr.edu
Research
Methodological domains: Stochastic modeling, control, and optimization; data science; prediction and forecasting; prescriptive analytics; queues and networks; applied probability and statistics.
Application domains: Logistics and scheduling; energy management; computer–communication and information networks; smart-manufacturing systems; service industry.
Books
Solar Power Forecasting: Using Time Series and Machine Learning
CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), Operations Research Series, 2026.
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Analysis of Queues: Methods and Applications
802 pages, CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), Operations Research Series, 2012.
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Publications
Publications are listed chronologically here and organized by research area here.
Ph.D. Students (Advisor / Co-Advisor)
Current
- Brianna Gillfillian, “Data-driven Approaches for Logistics,” expected May 2029.
- Polina Kozyreva, “Analytical Models in Wireless Networks,” expected May 2028.
Graduated
- Rohit Dube, “A Data Driven Integrated Approach for Managing Microgrids with Uncertainties,” December 2025.
- Neil Diaz, “On the Allocation of Aperiodic Traffic in TSN/TAS Networks,” August 2023. (Texas A&M University)
- Sudarshan Rajan, “Analysis of Sequential Decision Making Processes Under Exogenous Uncertainty,” December 2020. (Walmart)
- Jin Xu, “Online Scheduling in Smart Manufacturing,” August 2020. (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
- Soongeol Kwon, “Demand-Side Management for Energy-Efficient Data Center Operations with Renewable Energy and Demand Response,” May 2017. (SUNY Binghamton)
- Samyukta Sethuraman, “On Fork-join Queues and Maximum Ratio Cliques,” December 2015. (Co-Advisor) (Amazon)
- Arupa Mohapatra, “Energy Management in Wireless Sensor Network Operations,” August 2013. (Oracle)
- Ezgi Can Eren, “Stochastic Modeling and Analysis of Plant Microtubule System Characteristics,” May 2012. (PROS)
- Young Myoung Ko, “Transient Analysis of Large Scale Stochastic Service Systems,” May 2011. (Sabre Holdings; POSTECH, Korea)
- Piyush Goel, “Stochastic Dynamic Programming and Stochastic Fluid-Flow Models in the Design and Analysis of Web-Server Farms,” August 2009. (American Airlines)
- Cesar Rincon Mateus, “Dynamic Resource Allocation for Energy Management in Data Centers,” December 2008. (Northwest Airlines; Delta Airlines)
- Yiyu Chen, “Performance and Control of Parallel Multi-server Queues with Applications to Web Hosting Services,” December 2006. (IBM)
- Sai Rajesh Mahabhashyam, “Queueing Models for Resource Sharing in Computer Systems,” August 2006. (Oracle; Serus Corp.)
- Seokcheon Lee, “An Adaptive Control Approach for Survivability of Distributed Information Systems with Finite Load,” December 2005. (Co-Advisor) (Purdue University)
- H. Cenk Ozmutlu, “Anomaly Detection in Heterogeneous Communication Networks,” August 2001. (Co-Advisor) (Uludag University, Turkey)
- Jeff P. Kharoufeh, “Stochastic Analysis of Link Travel Times: Distributions, Moments, and Approximations,” May 2001. (AFIT; Northeastern University; University of Pittsburgh)
Courses (Syracuse University)
- CIS 600 – Analytics for Sequential Data (Graduate). Spring 2025.
- CIS 662 – Intro to Machine Learning Algorithms (Graduate). Spring 2023–2026.
- CIS 477 – Intro to Analysis of Algorithms (Undergraduate). Fall 2023–2026.
- CIS 400 – Intro to Machine Learning (Undergraduate). Fall 2022–2023.
- ECE 603 – Functional Methods of Engineering Analysis (Graduate). Fall 2022.
For courses taught at Texas A&M, Penn State, and NPTEL (IIT-Madras), see other courses.
Other
- See CV for editorships, awards, patents, sponsored research, invited talks, and service not listed on this page.
- A small collection of paradoxes and counter-intuitive results in analysis of queues.
- Earlier work on micro-grids, renewable sources, and storage — the GREEN project — is archived on my former Texas A&M page: GREEN site (hosted at Texas A&M).