Faculty DirectorySean Sinclair
Assistant Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Contact
2145 Sheridan RoadTech D237
Evanston, IL 60208-3109
Email Sean Sinclair
Website
Departments
Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
Education
Ph.D. Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NYM.S. Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
B.Sc. Honours Mathematics and Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, QC
Research Interests
Sean Sinclair is interested in developing algorithms for data-driven sequential decision-making with applications to societal systems. His research bridges algorithmic techniques in reinforcement learning with an operations management perspective, addressing challenges in data uncertainty, model design, and multi-objective trade-offs. His recent work includes instance-specific optimal regret guarantees for nonparametric reinforcement learning, Pareto-optimal fair resource allocation, and data-efficient algorithms for cloud compute allocation. He also emphasizes empirical analysis by designing open-source tools to evaluate the multi-criteria performance of these algorithms.
Selected Publications
- Sinclair, Sean R., Adaptivity, Structure, and Objectives in Sequential Decision-Making, Performance Evaluation Review (2024).
- Sinclair, Sean R.; Jain, Gauri; Banerjee, Siddhartha; Yu, Christina Lee, Sequential Fair Allocation, Operations Research (2023).
- Sinclair, Sean R.; Banerjee, Siddhartha; Yu, Christina Lee, Adaptive Discretization in Online Reinforcement Learning, Operations Research (2023).