Dr. Jianqiang Cheng is an assistant professor in the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineerin at the University of Arizona UA) Tucson, Arizona. He completed his Ph.D. in 2013 at the PARIS-SACLAY University. He received his B.S. Degree in Math and Applied Maths in Shanghai University. He is particularly interested in Stochastic Programming, Robust Optimization, Semi-definite programming, as well as their applications. Before joining UA, he worked at Sandia National Laboratories as a postdoctroal researcher.