Shefali Ramakrishna

Research Interests

Generally stochastic processes. Currently, I'm working on a few interesting problems in queueing theory:

• Overhead-aware preemptive scheduling policies
• Scheduling with unknown job size distribution
• Dispatching to heterogeneous servers

Selected Preprints/Publications

In all of my papers, the author ordering has been alphabetical.

• "Numerical methods in sustainability."

Ramakrishna, S. Winner of the 2022 Mathematical Association of America Outstanding Student Mathematical Paper Prize.

• "Uniform scrambles on graphs."

Cenek, L., Ferguson, L., Gebre, E., Marcussen, C., Meintjes, J., Morrison, R., Ostermeyer, L., and Ramakrishna, S. Published in the Australasian Journal of Combinatorics, Aug 2023.

• "Scramble number and tree-cut decompositions."

Cenek, L., Ferguson, L., Gebre, E., Marcussen, C., Meintjes, J., Morrison, R., Ostermeyer, L., and Ramakrishna, S. Preprint on arXiv, Sep 2022.

• "Bounds on higher graph gonality."

Cenek, L., Ferguson, L., Gebre, E., Marcussen, C., Meintjes, J., Morrison, R., Ostermeyer, L., and Ramakrishna, S. Preprint on arXiv, Jun 2022.

Selected Awards

• MAA EPaDel Outstanding Student Mathematical Paper Prize, 2022

Awarded for master's thesis, Numerical methods in sustainability. The EPaDel Student Mathematical Papers Prize recognizes one outstanding paper written by an undergraduate student at an institution in the section that year.

• Anna Pell Wheeler Prize in Mathematics, 2022

Awarded annually to a single undergraduate at Bryn Mawr College on the recommendation of the Department of Mathematics, given solely on the basis of academic distinction and achievement in the field.

• Mary Louise Cookson Prize in Mathematics, 2022

Awarded annually to a single graduating mathematics major in recognition of exceptional service that has contributed to the life of the department.

• Community Building Honor Roll, 2021 & 2022

Recognizes and celebrates undergraduates, post-bacs, and graduate students who invest time and energy to create a sense of belonging, inclusiveness and community on campus.