Robert L. Hoffman

Institute for Systems Research
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 

Home: 11358 Evans Trail  		Office: Room 2255, A.V.Williams Bldg.
      Apt. T2 			 		University of Maryland 	
      Beltsville, MD. 20705 			College Park, MD 20742	
      phone: 301-931-3237 (3238)   		phone: 301-405-2958 

	
			Email: hoff@isr.umd.edu

Objective:

To find a challenging technical, project-oriented position, preferably in an active research and development environment.

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Aviation Analyst:

My current research is in the areas of integer programming, data analysis, and air traffic management. This work covers topics such as the replacement of existing heuristics and procedures with optimization models, statistical and historical analyses of ground delay programs, modeling traffic into the major airports, and developing metrics for measuring the effectiveness of improvements made to air traffic management. This work is being done in conjunction with a joint project between the FAA and the airlines known as Collaborative Decision Making (CDM). I have acted as the project manager for a performance analysis of large-scale improvements to air traffic management made by CDM, and am currently employed as an analyst with the Aviation Division of Metron Scientific Consulting, Inc. I contunue my affiliation with the Center of Excellence (COE, or NEXTOR) as part of the FAA research team at the University of Maryland.

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Computer Skills:

Adept with Unix operating system, C-programming language, AMPL programming/modeling language, CPLEX (a commercial solver), Microsoft Windows 95. Working familiarity with Fortran, C++ (still learning).

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Interests:

Tennis, racquetball, canoeing.

 

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