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Miguel F. Anjos

Occupational title:

Chair of Operational Research

University:

University of Edinburgh

Research interests: Mathematical Optimisation, Conic Optimisation, Power Systems, Smart Grids, Facility Layout

Keywords: Combinatorial Optimisation; Energy; Mathematical Programming; Revenue Management

Committee: OR Research Committee

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Thomas Archibald

Occupational title:

Professor of Business Modelling, University of Edinburgh Business School

University:

University of Edinburgh

Research interests: Stochastic modelling particularly applied to supply chain management and retail operations. Applications of dynamic programming and Markov decision processes.

Keywords: Dynamic Programming; Inventory; Supply Chain

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Maria Battarra

Occupational title:

Senior Lecturer

University:

University of Bath

Research interests: Vehicle routing, production scheduling and humanitarian logistics.

Keywords: Mathematical Programming; Metaheuristics; Scheduling; Vehicle Routing

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Ammar Al Bazi

Occupational title:

Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor

University:

Coventry University

Research interests: Al-Bazi main research work has been in the area of simulation and optimisation of complex systems using hybrid approaches of discrete event, agent-based modelling, heuristics and meta-heuristics modelling in domain including renewable energy network management, production scheduling, warehouse and transportation management and inventory control.

Keywords: Genetic Algorithms; Optimisation; Scheduling; Simulation

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Sanja Petrovic

Occupational title:

Professor of Operational Research

University:

University of Nottingham

Research interests: Models, heuristics and algorithms for a variety of real world scheduling problems, including radiotherapy planning and scheduling, production scheduling, nurse rostering, and employee timetabling. Methodologies: case-based reasoning, multicriteria decision making, modelling of uncertainty by fuzzy sets, meta-heuristics, and hyper-heuristics.

Keywords: Metaheuristics; Multi-objective; Scheduling

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Robert Pieczykolan

Occupational title:

Research Associate at PIQC Institute of Quality

University:

PIQC Institute of Quality

Research interests: Artificial Intelligence for Managing Quality in different sectors (Quality 4.0). Keywords: Quality Control, Inspection and Quality Assurance using Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analysis in relation to Quality, Use of Robotics in Quality (any manufacturing or service sector).

Keywords: Data Mining; Performance Measurement; Statistics

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Ming-Chien Sung

Occupational title:

Professor of Risk and Decision Sciences

University:

University of Southampton

Research interests: My key research is to forecast and improve real-world risk-taking and decision-making by developing an understanding of the factors which influence decisions in wider financial markets and human society, through the application of a range of methodologies and innovative modelling techniques (including AI).

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Behavioural OR; Decision Analysis; Forecasting

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Jacco Thijssen

Occupational title:

Professor of Mathematical Finance

University:

University of York

Research interests: My main research interests are in the application of optimal stopping theory, stochastic control theory, game theory and general equilibrium theory to (real) investment problems under uncertainty in economics and finance, as well as in the development of these methods for new applications.

Keywords: Dynamic Programming; Finance; Game Theory; Stochastic Programming

Committee: OR Research Committee

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E. Alper Yildirim

Occupational title:

Lecturer

University:

University of Edinburgh

Research interests: Mathematical Optimisation; Continuous Optimisation; Convex and Nonconvex Optimisation; Algorithm Design, Analysis and Implementation; Optimisation in Real-Life Applications; Operational Research

Keywords: Mathematical Programming; Non-Linear Programming; Optimisation