John Silberholz

John Silberholz

Undergraduate Student
University of Maryland
Computer Science and Mathematics
Center for Scientific Computing And Mathematical Modeling
Advisors: Manuel Tiglio and Bruce Golden
Curriculum Vitae


I am an undergraduate student in computer science and mathematics at the University of Maryland. I research metaheuristic approaches for combinatorial optimization problems and investigate binary black hole systems with simulations on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). I am part of the Gemstone Program at the University of Maryland; our team is using simulation modeling to identify potential improvements to hospital emergency departments. I recently received a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship for my research in combinatorial optimization.

  Contact
Email: josilber@umd.edu
Office: CSI 4116
Office Phone: (301) 405-0663

  Publications
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Integrating Post-Newtonian Equations on Graphics Processing Units
Frank Herrmann, John Silberholz, Matias Bellone, Gustavo Guerberoff, Manuel Tiglio
Published on the arXiv
Presented at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, CA.
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(abstract)
The Effective Application of a New Approach to the Generalized Orienteering Problem
John Silberholz, Bruce Golden
Accepted for the Journal of Heuristics special issue in honor of Fred Glover's 70th birthday.
Presented at MIC 2009 in Hamburg, Germany.
Presented at the 11th INFORMS Computing Society Conference in Charleston, SC.
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Comparison of Heuristics for Solving the GMLST Problem
Yiwei Chen, Namrata Cornick, Andrew O. Hall, Ritvik Sahajpal, John Silberholz, Inbal Yahav, Bruce L. Golden
Proceedings of the 9th INFORMS Telecommunications Conference in College Park, MD.
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Comparison of Metaheuristics
John Silberholz, Bruce Golden
Accepted as a chapter in the forthcoming Handbook of Metaheuristics.
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The Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem: A New Genetic Algorithm Approach
John Silberholz, Bruce Golden
Proceedings of the 10th INFORMS Computing Society Conference in Coral Gables, FL.
  Current Work
&bull Investigating the phase space of binary black hole systems.
&bull Porting numerical relativity simulations to graphics processing units.
&bull Metaheuristics for the Colorful Traveling Salesman Problem.
&bull Using metaheuristics for worst-case analysis.
&bull Measurement of real-world BitTorrent swarms.
  Activities
&bull Gemstone Ellicott Service Committee - Community service.
&bull Diamondback - Student newspaper

Last modified: October 14, 2009