My interests are the interaction of randomness and dynamics in various applied problems. My formal training is in electrical engineering and applied mathematics. I find that some of the more interesting problems I have worked on have come from looking at the real world with a strongly quantitative toolset. Along the way, I have spent time at a hedge fund (Evnine and Associates) and at the Office of Financial Research. Finally, at the moment I am the associate head for undergraduate studies in the department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering.
Professor
University of Illinois at
  Urbana-Champaign
Department of Industrial and
  Enterprise Engineering
Department of Mathematics
Affiliate Appointments:
Office: 104 Transportation
email: r-sowers@illinois.edu