University of Wisconsin–Madison
Vivak Patel

Vivak Patel

Associate Professor, Statistics

vivak.patel@wisc.edu

608-262-2539

6641 Morgridge Hall

Vivak Patel

Biography

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Research interests

My research is at the intersection of numerical optimization and statistical estimation with applications to dynamical systems. On the one hand, I interpret this as using numerical optimization ideas to design statistical estimators that are practically computable, yet still retain certain desirable statistical properties. On the other hand, I interpret this as using statistical ideas to design optimization methods for solving minimization problems that involve uncertainty. Beyond these two main areas of work, I also do some work in machine learning, numerical linear algebra and load modeling for power systems.