Presentations

• [September 2008] "LRU cache algorithm in a fluid limit,"
  2008 Fall National Conference of Operations Research Society of Japan, Sapporo, Japan.
• [January 2008] "A fluid analysis of 2Q cache algorithm,"
  Queueing Symposium, Kyoto, Japan.


• [December 2007] "Analysis of cache algorithms in the fluid limit,"
  Nishinari Laboratory Seminar, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
• [October 2007] "Optimizing the performance of Web systems using stochastic models,"
  Tokyo Institute of Technology and IBM Joint Workshop, Tokyo, Japan.
• [September 2007] "Optimizing Design Processes via Rework Structure Matrices,"
  Scheduling Symposium 2007, Kyoto, Japan.
• [September 2007] "Relations in the central limit theorem version of the response time law,"
  The 4th International Conference on the Quantitative Evaluation of SysTems (QEST 2007), Edinburgh, Scotland.
• [June 2007] "Optimizing system configurations quickly by guessing at the performance,"
  The ACM International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems (SIGMETRICS 2007), San Diego, CA.
• [June 2007] "Accuracy of measured throughputs and mean response times,"
  The Ninth Workshop on Mathematical Performance Modeling and Analysis (MAMA 2007), San Diego, CA.
• [February 2007] "Dimensionality reduction of Markov chains with applications in size-based task assignment with cycle stealing,"
  The IEICE Workshop on Information Networks, Aichi, Japan.


• [December 2006] "Finding Probably Best Systems Quickly via Simulations,"
  The 2006 Winter Simulation Conference (WSC 2006), Monterey, CA (poster presentation).
• [November 2006] "Analysis of multi-server systems via dimensionality reduction of Markov chains,"
  The 195th Workshop on queueing, The Operations Research Society of Japan, Tokyo, Japan.
• [June 2006] "Finding probably better system configurations quickly,"
  The ACM International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems (SIGMETRICS 2006), Saint-Malo, France.
• [June 2006] "Finding probably best system configurations quickly,"
  The Eighth Workshop on Mathematical Performance Modeling and Analysis (MAMA 2006), Saint-Malo, France.
• [April 2006] "Studying at graduate schools in the United States,"
  Information Sciences Department Seminar, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan.
• [April 2006] "Studying at graduate schools in the United States,"
  Mathematical and Computing Sciences Department Danwakai, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
• [January 2006] "Studying at graduate schools in the United States,"
  Information Science Department Nandemo Seminar, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.


• [September 2004] "Exploring Threshold-based Policies for Load Sharing,"
  The Forty-Second Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, Urbana, IL.
• [July 2004] "Approximating General Distributions by Minimal PH Distributions,"
  Workshop on Quantitative Models for Production and Communication Networks, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
• [June 2004] "Designing Good & Robust Policies,"
  Work-in-progress session at ACM SIGMETRICS 2004, New York, NY.
• [June 2004] "A recursive analysis technique for multi-dimensionally infinite Markov chains,"
  The Sixth Workshop on Mathematical Performance Modeling and Analysis (MAMA 2004), New York, NY.
• [June 2004] "An Adaptive Threshold-based Policy for Sharing Servers with Affinities,"
  INFORMS/APS Conference, Beijing, China.


• [October 2003] "Performance Analysis of Benefits of Cycle Stealing,"
  INFORMS Annual Meeting 2003, Atlanta, GA.
• [September 2003] "A Closed-form Solution for Mapping General Distributions to Minimal PH Distributions,"
  The 12th International Conference on Modelling Tools and Techniques for Computer and Communication System Performance Evaluation (TOOLS 2003), Urbana, IL.
• [September 2003] "Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Representing General Distributions by Coxians,"
  The 12th International Conference on Modelling Tools and Techniques for Computer and Communication System Performance Evaluation (TOOLS 2003), Urbana, IL.
• [June 2003] "Analysis of Cycle Stealing with Switching Cost,"
  The ACM International Conference on Measurement and Modeling of Computer Systems (SIGMETRICS 2003), San Diego, CA.


• [December 2000] "Classification of Various Neighborhood Operations for the Nurse Scheduling Problem,"
  The Eleventh Annual International Symposium on Algorithms And Computation (ISAAC 2000), Taipei, Taiwan.
• [March 2000] "Classification of Various Neighborhood Operations for the Nurse Scheduling Problem,"
  The Workshop on Optimization --- Modeling and Algorithm ---, Tokyo, Japan.


• [November 1999] "Local Search Algorithms for the Bin Packing Problem and Their Relationships to Various Construction Heuristics,"
  INFORMS Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
• [September 1999] "Local Search Algorithms for the Bin Packing Problem and Their Relationships to Various Construction Heuristics,"
  The 69th IPSJ SIGAL Workshop, Sapporo, Japan.

Translation

• Japanese to English translator at Services Sciences Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, September 2005.