Kevin Leder

Graduate Student
Divsion of Applied Mathematics
Brown University Box F
Providence, RI 02912
Office: 182 George St. Room 004
Office phone:863-1992
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Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests
My research has focused on optimizing the efficiency of Monte Carlo algorithms when simulating events of low probability (i.e. rare events). Specific applications of this research include wireless communications networks and ruin probabilities for insurance. General topics of interest include operations research, statistics, stochastic processes, mathematical finance, Monte Carlo methods, control theory, large deviations, and heavy tailed processes.

Publications
  • Large deviations and importance sampling for a tandem network with slow-down. (with P. Dupuis and H. Wang) (Accepted to QUESTA, 2007) PDF

  • On the Large Deviations Properties of the Weighted-Serve-the-Longest Queue Policy. (with P. Dupuis and H. Wang) (Accepted to Progress in Probability, 2007) PDF

  • Importance sampling for sums of random variables with regularly varying tails.(with P. Dupuis and H. Wang) ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation Volume 17, No. 14, 2007.


  • Publications in Preparation
  • Importance Sampling for the Weighted Serve the Longest Queueing Policy (with P. Dupuis and H. Wang) PDF


  • Courses Taught
  • AM-120 Operations Research


  • Other interests
    Hiking, skiing, and running.