Adam Wierman’s research strives to make the networked systems that govern our world sustainable and resilient. His lab develops new mathematical tools in artificial intelligence, optimization, control, and economics and applies these tools to design new algorithms and markets with provable guarantees that can be deployed in data centers, the electricity grid, transportation systems, and beyond.
He focuses on theory-first system design, aiming to prove deployable theorems that immediately address bottleneck systems problems. His work has had direct practical impact on the design of net-zero data centers (HP), geographical load balancing (Google), grid integrated data centers (Verrus), video streaming (Amazon Prime), co-generation management (Beyond Limits), adaptive EV charging (PowerFlex), energy storage (Gridmatic), smart grid markets (SCE), cloud scheduling (Microsoft), ride-sharing (Uber), and open enrollment lotteries (PUSD).
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I actively look for new graduate students and postdocs every year, especially at the intersection of learning and control and in the broad areas of online learning and reinforcement learning with applications to sustainability. Info about applying and reaching out to me can be found here.
I am also always looking for undergraduate researchers both for research during the year and as part of the SURF and WAVE programs. More info about how to apply and reach out to me is here.
Seminars at Caltech
If you’re at Caltech and want to learn more about research in (and related to) our group, there are a number of regular seminars you can join. The CMS departmental Keller colloquium is on Mondays at 4pm, the Center for Social and Information Sciences (CSIS) has seminars on Fridays at noon, and the Resnick Sustainability Institute has seminars on Mondays at noon. Finally, my group has small informal seminars on Thursdays at 4 pm, and all potential collaborators are welcome!
Office Hours
I keep office hours during the term on Fridays from 1:30-2:30pm PT. I am available during this time for discussions with my undergraduate advisees and for any students/postdocs/alums who would like to meet. Typically, these meetings are held in my office (ANB 215) or over zoom. Please email me or my assistant (info below) for the zoom info. You can feel free to just drop in; however, emailing ahead of time to schedule and make sure others haven’t already reserved the time is preferred.
Contact
California Institute of Technology
1200 E. California Boulevard
MC 305-16
Pasadena, CA 91125
215 Annenberg
(626) 395-6569