Waquar Kaleem

Publications

Six refereed journal articles, two refereed conference papers, one under review. Full list on Google Scholar.

AI-integrated discrete optimization

• W. Kaleem, D. Lee, C. Kwon, A. Subramanyam. “Neural embedded mixed-integer optimization for location-routing problems.” Under review at Transportation Research Part E, 2026.
• W. Kaleem, D. Lee, C. Kwon, A. Subramanyam. “Neural embedded mixed-integer optimization for location-routing problems.” NeurIPS Workshop on Differentiable Learning of Combinatorial Algorithms, 2025. [openreview]
• W. Kaleem, H. Ayala, A. Subramanyam. “Neural embedded optimization for integrated location and routing problems.” IISE Annual Conference Proceedings, 1–6, 2024. Best Paper Award, IISE Logistics and Supply Chain Division.
• W. Kaleem, D. Lee, C. Kwon, A. Subramanyam. NEO-LRP, neural embedded optimization for location-routing problems. Software. [github]

Electrified freight and last-mile delivery

• W. Kaleem, T. Cokyasar, J. Larson, O. Verbas, T. H. Bhuiyan, A. Subramanyam. “Extreme-scale EV charging infrastructure planning for last-mile delivery using high-performance parallel computing.” Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, 205:103403, 2026. [doi]
• S. H. Hosseini Dolatabadi, T. H. Bhuiyan, W. Kaleem, A. Subramanyam, T. Cokyasar. “A branch-and-cut algorithm for routing a heterogeneous drone-ground vehicle fleet to deliver time-sensitive products.” Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 183:105454, 2026. [doi]

Software

• Contributor, with accepted pull requests, to open-source optimization packages. [cuOpt.jl] [VRPSolverEasy]

Earlier work in energy systems and materials

• W. Kaleem, S. Tewari, M. Fogat, D. A. Martyushev. “A hybrid machine learning approach based study of production forecasting and factors influencing the multiphase flow through surface chokes.” Petroleum, 10(2):354–371, 2024. [doi]
• W. Kaleem, K. A. Khan, A. Saxena. “Statistical feature engineering using discrete wavelet transform for improving the prediction of compressional and shear sonic travel time logs.” Petroleum Science and Technology, 43(3):219–240, 2023. [doi]
• K. R. Chaturvedi, D. Ravilla, W. Kaleem, P. Jadhawar, T. Sharma. “Impact of low salinity water injection on CO₂ storage and oil recovery for improved CO₂ utilization.” Chemical Engineering Science, 229:116127, 2021. [doi]
• W. Kaleem, A. Kumar, D. Panda. “Luminescent N, S-doped carbon nanodot, an effective two-fluorophore system of pyridone and thiazolopyridone.” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122(46):26722–26732, 2018. [doi]