Contact Information: Office: Olsson 101F Phone: 434-982-2052 Email: patek@virginia.edu Personal Homepage Degree: Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dr. Patek has served on the faculty since January 1998. He has published articles in SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Automatica, and Computer Networks, and he has written two book chapters on optimization and control. Before joining the University faculty he worked as a research engineer at Alphatech, Inc. He has also worked at the US Navy Coastal Systems Station and NASA Langley Research Center.

Research Interests:

Network modeling and control. Analytical techniques that facilitate the integration of diverse network services over computer networks with performance guarantees. Control of large-scale uncertain systems, approximate dynamic programming, optimal and robust control, optimization (linear programming, nonlinear programming, dynamic programming), stochastic processes, game theory.

Sponsored Research:

• Regulation of Packet-Switched Networks: Stochastic Optimal Control Models and Computational Methods (NSF-CAREER)
• Traffic Control for Networks with Aggregate Quality of Service (NSF)
• Modeling, Performance Analysis, and Control of Hybrid Fiber Cable Networks (Ericsson, Inc. Capstone Project)