Dr. Raga Gopalakrishnan

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Raga Gopalakrishnan is an Assistant Professor in Operations Management at the Smith School of Business, Queen's University. His research focuses on service operations management, particularly concerning strategic entities within service systems, as well as pricing and revenue management aimed at designing sustainable market models for modern urban mobility. Raga's academic background includes a PhD and M.S. in Computer Science from the California Institute of Technology, and a B.Tech. in Computer Science Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He has held postdoctoral positions at Cornell University and the University of Colorado Boulder, and has worked as a Research Scientist at Conduent Labs India. Raga's research interests span optimization, probability, queueing theory, decision theory, game theory, and mechanism design, where he employs analytical results, numerical methods, and data-driven simulations to achieve practical outcomes. He has authored numerous publications in reputable journals and has been actively involved in teaching and supervising both graduate and undergraduate students in various courses related to operations and analytics.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2019-01-01 — Present

Smith School of Business, Queen's University • Kingston, ON, Canada

Teaching and conducting research in Operations Management.

Postdoctoral Associate

2017-01-01 — 2019-01-01

School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University • Ithaca, NY, USA

Conducted research in operations research and engineering.

Research Associate

2013-01-01 — 2015-01-01

University of Colorado Boulder • Boulder, CO, USA

Worked in the Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.

Awards

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Winner, INFORMS Minority Issues Forum (MIF) Paper Competition

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Scientific Excellence Award

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On-The-Spot Award

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Special Division Fellowship

Patents

Method and System for Real Time Ridesharing Management

15373744

Method for Planning and Deployment of Facilities and Apparatus Associated Therewith

15205206

Method and System for Managing Parking Violations of Vehicles in Parking Areas in Real-Time

15194730

Method and System for Cost Sharing of Pooled Vehicles

15183827

Requirements for Queen's University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:88
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Honours Bachelor degree Background in Computing, Mathematics, Statistics, or Engineering
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Statement of Research Interest
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Two academic references
  • Transcripts
Specialization Notes

Department of Computing offers research-based, project-based, and course-based patterns.