Todd Munson

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Co-PI, RDCEP 1 (2010-2015)

Scientist, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory

Fellow, Computation Institute, University of Chicago

Areas of Expertise:

  • Algorithms for numerical optimization and equilibrium problems
  • Applications of mathematical programming
  • Linear algebra for large sparse systems

Munson's primary research focus is algorithms and applications of optimization and complementarity. He has worked on several generalized Newton methods for solving complementarity problems, including PATH, the most widely used software for solving these problems, and parallel semi-smooth methods in TAO, the Toolkit for Advanced Optimization. He has also worked on special-purpose algorithms for solving support vector machines and mesh shape-quality optimization problems and is currently developing methods for structured optimization problems such as those encountered in PDE-constrained optimization and economics.

Munson has been involved in a number of projects that make computational tools available to researchers. For example, NEOS (Network Enabled Optimization System) is a multi-institutional project that provides access to over fifty solvers of academic and commercial optimization packages through an assortment of Internet interfaces. NEOS processes over 400,000 job requests annually from academic, commercial, and government institutions.

Munson received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Research Projects

CIM-EARTH | MagPIE

Students

Theo Kulczycki

Former Students and Postdoctoral Scholars

Sou-Cheng Choi | Aman Chitkara | Santiago Munoz

rdcep publications
Joshua Elliott et al. "Unilateral carbon taxes, border adjustments, and carbon leakage." Theoretical Inquiries in Law 14 (2013): 207-243.
Joshua Elliott et al. "Impact on US Gasoline Prices of Eliminating Biofuels Production: An Equilibrium Analysis" (2012). RDCEP Working Paper No. 12-05, Argonne National Laboratory, 2011.
Elliott, Joshua, Ian Foster, Samuel Kortum, Gita Khun Jush, Todd Munson, and David Weisbach. "Unilateral Carbon Taxes Border Adjustments and Carbon Leakage" (2012). RDCEP Working Paper No. 12-04.
Elliott, Joshua, Margaret Loudermilk, Nirupama Rao, Ian Foster, Don Fullerton, & Todd Munson. "Building a Custom Initialization Data Product for a Life-cycle OLG Model." GTAP Working Paper. June 2011.
Elliott, Joshua, Ian Foster, Samuel Kortum, Todd Munson, Fernando Perez Cervantes, and David Weisbach. "Trade and carbon taxes." The American Economic Review (2010): 465-469.
Joshua Elliott et al. "Propagation of data error and parametric sensitivity in computable general equilibrium models." Computational Economics 39, no. 3 (2012): 219-241.
Elliott, Joshua, Ian Foster, Kenneth Judd, Elisabeth Moyer, and Todd Munson. "CIM-EARTH: Framework and case study." The BE Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 10, no. 2 (2010).
Margaret S. Loudermilk et al. "Computable General Equilibrium Analysis of Economic Policies on the US Biofuels Market." Instruments for Green Futures Markets (2011): 7.
Choi, Sou-Cheng T., and Todd Munson. "OSCEF: the open-source CIM-EARTH framework user manual for version 1.0." Technical Report ANL/MCS-TM-339, Argonne National Laboratory, March 2014.
Joshua Elliott et al. "Modeling of Land-Use Changes & Other Indirect Effects of Biofuel Production in CIM-EARTH." Prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy Biomass Program, Final Report October 2011.
Joshua Elliott et al. "CIM-EARTH: Community Integrated Model of Economic and Resource Trajectories for Humankind." Mathematics and Computer Science Division Technical Memorandum ANL/MCS-TM-307.
Joshua Elliott et al. "Modeling of Land-Use Changes and Other Indirect Effects of Biofuel Production in CIM-EARTH." DOE Office of Biomass Program (2012).
Joshua Elliott et al. "Impact on US Gasoline Prices of Eliminating Biofuels Production: An Equilibrium Analysis," February 2012. RDCEP Policy Analysis Paper No. 12-02.