CV

Education

• Integrate M.Sc. in Mathematics and Scientific Computing, IIT Kanpur, India, 2013
• Ph.D in Operations Research, Ghent University, 2020 (expected)

Work experience

• 2013 - 2016: Senior Quantitative Analyst
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Work included developing pricing models of Equity derivatives and inventory management of trading desk
  • Trading desk: Synthetic products
• Summer 2012: Research Assistant
  • University of British Columbia, Canada
  • Studied terrain visibility graphs
  • Supervisor: Professor Will Evans, Department of Computer Science
• Summer 2011: Research Assistant
  • Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
  • Studied probabilistic methods
  • Supervisor: Professor Amitava Bhattacharya
• Summer 2010: Research Assistant
  • Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata
  • Topology
  • Supervisor: Professor Mainak Poddar

Skills

• Stochastic Modeling
• Coding
  • C++
  • Go
  • Python
  • Java
• Finance

Publications

Modeling data backups as a batch-service queue with vacations and exhaustive policy

Apoorv Saxena, Dieter Claeys, Herwig Bruneel, Bo Zhang, Joris Walraevens (2018). "Modeling data backups as a batch-service queue with vacations and exhaustive policy." Computer Communications. 128(46-59).

Analysis of the Age of data in data backup systems

Apoorv Saxena, Dieter Claeys, Herwig Bruneel, Joris Walraevens (2019). "Analysis of the Age of data in data backup systems." Computer Networks.

Cloud data storage: A Queueing Model with thresholds

Apoorv Saxena, Dieter Claeys, Bo Zhang, Joris Walraevens. (2019). "Cloud data storage: A queueing model with thresholds." Annals of Operations Research.

Efficient delivery of 360 videos on VR headsets

Apoorv Saxena, Shishir Subramanyam, Pablo Cesar, Rob van der Mei, Berg, J.L. (Hans) van den (2020). "Efficient delivery of 360 videos on VR headsets." Under Review.

Inventory management of spare parts under condition based maintenance

Dendauw, Pieterjan and Saxena, Apoorv and Claeys, Dieter and Fiems, Dieter. "Inventory management of spare parts under condition based maintenance." Under Review.

Stochastic models for Cloud Data backups and video streaming on Virtual Reality headsets

Saxena, Apoorv. 2020. “Stochastic Models for Cloud Data Backups and Video Streaming on Virtual Reality Headsets.” Universiteit Gent. Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen en Architectuur.

Talks

Modeling data backup as batch service with vacations

July 10, 2017

Tutorial at Nineteenth INFORMS Applied Probability Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA

Modeling data backups as queueing process

December 15, 2017

Conference proceedings talk at BESTCOM Meeting, Leuven, BE

Data Backups to Cloud: A queueing model with Batch Service

February 06, 2018

Talk at 18th FEA Research Symposium , Ghent, BE

Analysis of age of data in data backup services

June 13, 2018

Talk at StochMod 2018, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster, UK

Efficient, QoE aware delivery of $360^0$ videos on {VR} headsets over mobile links

May 18, 2020

Talk at Valuetools 2020, Tsukuba, Japan, Tsukuba, Japan

Teaching

Queueing analysis and Simulation (E011322)

Others

• Long distance running (10Km and half-marathons)