Kyle Hunt

Assistant Professor
Management Science and Systems

Education

PhD, Industrial Engineering, University at Buffalo
BS, Industrial Engineering, University at Buffalo

Vita

Teaching

Predictive Analytics

Research Methodologies

Operations research
Machine learning
Empirical methods

Research Topics

Security/defense
Healthcare
Information management

Selected Publications

Hunt, K., S. Guney, J. Zhuang, and R. John. “On the Disclosure of Defensive Posture: Adversarial Belief Formation and Target Selection Decisions,” Production and Operations Management, forthcoming.

Tokel, Y., K. Hunt, and J. Zhuang “Signaling the Capability of New Counterterrorism Technologies in the Face of a Strategic Threat,” Naval Research Logistics, forthcoming.

Steever, Z., K. Hunt, M. Karwan, J. Yuan, and C. Murray, “A Graph-based Approach for Relating Integer Programs,” INFORMS Journal on Computing, forthcoming.

Agarwal, P., K. Hunt, E. Jose, and J. Zhuang, “Shutdown and Compliance Decisions in the Face of a Viral Pandemic: A Game between Governments and Citizens,” Decision Support Systems, 178: 114128, 2024.

Hunt, K. and J. Zhuang, “A Review of Attacker-defender Games: Current State and Paths Forward,” European Journal of Operational Research, 313(2): 401-417, 2024.

External Grants

“STTR Phase 2: Machine Learning Detection and Response for Space Force Ground Systems,” supported by the Air Force Research Lab; 2024-2025; co-PI; total funding: $540,000.
“Assessing and Mitigating Risks in the Arctic (AMiRA): A Multi-Stakeholder Framework,” supported by the United States Department of Homeland Security; 2024-2025; co-PI; total funding: $460,000.
“DDRIG in DRMS: Multi-target Technology Deployment and Information Disclosure in Attacker-defender Settings: Analyzing Game-theoretic Prescriptions and Human Decisions,” supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation; 2022-2023; co-PI; total funding: $15,325.