Nathaniel D. Bastian

Nathaniel D. Bastian is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Supply Chain & Information Systems at the Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University. He specializes in decision analytics, optimization, and data-driven methods for cyber security, national defense, healthcare, logistics, and finance. His expertise spans computational stochastic optimization, machine learning, and systems engineering.

• Education:
• Ph.D., Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Pennsylvania State University, 2016
• M.E., Industrial Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, 2014
• M.S., Econometrics and Operations Research, Maastricht University, 2009
• B.S., Engineering Management (Electrical Engineering), U.S. Military Academy, 2008

Research interests include federated machine learning for distributed resource allocation, multi-objective optimization, and robust decision-making under uncertainty. He has authored over 60 refereed papers and serves as an Associate Editor for four journals, reviewing for over 20 others. Professional memberships include MORS, INFORMS, ACM, IEEE, SIAM, and AAAI.

Awarded prestigious honors such as the Fulbright Scholarship and NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, Dr. Bastian bridges academic research with practical applications in defense, healthcare, and logistics.