David Phillips

Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
College of William & Mary
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Phone: 757.221.2036
Fax: 757.221.7400
Email: phillips@math.wm.edu
Office:  Jones 125

Education
Ph.D., M.S. in Operations Research, Columbia University
B.A. in Mathematics, Oberlin College

Teaching
Previous courses

Office Hours
by appointment during the summer.

Research
My research interests are in designing and analyzing algorithms for optimization problems. I am especially interested in combinatorial optimization, convex optimization and scheduling.
Papers

Approximating semidefinite packing problems. Submitted to SICOMP. Converence version: Approximation algorithms for semidefinite packing problems with applications to MAXCUT and graph coloring, joint work with G. Iyengar and C. Stein. Proceedings of IPCO XI (2005).

Bidding strategically with budget-constraints in sequential auctions, joint work with G. Iyengar and C. Stein. Proceedings of BIS. 2007.

Approximating the asymmetric traveling salesman and minimum latency problems using semidefinite programing," joint work with G. Iyengar and C. Stein. In preparation.

Scheduling an Industrial Production Facility, joint work with E. Asgeirsson, J. Berry, C. A. Phillips, C. Stein, and J. Wein. Proceedings of IPCO X (2004). 116 - 131.

Closed on-line bin packing, joint work with E. Asgeirsson, U. Ayesta, E. Coffman, J. Etra, P. Momvcilovic, V. Vokhshoori, Z. Wang, and J. Wolfe. Acta Cybernetica 15 (2002), no. 3. 361--367.