Yannis Paschalidis is an Associate Professor of Manufacturing Engineering at Boston University (BU) and affiliated with the BU Center for Information and Systems Engineering (CISE). He received his Ph.D. in EECS from MIT (1996).   His current research interests include the analysis and control of stochastic systems, large deviations theory, queueing theory, optimization, pricing, and revenue management. The main application areas he is targeting include communication networks and systems, manufacturing systems, supply chains, and distribution systems.