Professional Activities
Journals
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Editor-in-Chief of the "Journal of Optimization Letters",Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
- Editor-in-Chief of the "Journal
of Global Optimization", Springer.
- Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of "Energy Systems", Springer.
- Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of "Computational
Management Science", Springer-Verlag.
- Associate Editor of the "Journal
of Combinatorial Optimization", Springer.
- Associate Editor of the "Journal
of Optimization Theory and Applications", Springer.
- Associate Editor of the "Journal
of Concrete and Applicable Mathematics",
Nova Science Publishers,
Inc.
- Associate Editor of the Journal "Optimization
and Engineering", Springer.
- Associate Editor of the Journal "Optimization
Methods and Software", Taylor & Francis Group.
- Associate Editor of the Journal "Computational
Optimization and Applications", Springer.
- Associate Editor of the Journal "Informatica",
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics.
- Associate Editor of the Journal "Environmental
Modelling and Assessment", Springer.
- Associate Editor of the Journal "Computational
Statistics and Data Analysis", Elsevier Science.
- Associate Editor of the Journal "Computer
Science and Information Systems", ComSIS Consortium.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the "International Journal of
Management Science and Engineering Management."
- Member of the Editorial Board of the Electronic Journal "Discrete
Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science."
- Member of the Editorial Board of the "Journal
of Industrial and Management Optimization (JIMO)", American Institute of
Mathematical Sciences.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the "
International Journal of Operational Research (IJOR)", by Inderscience Publishers.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the "
International Journal of Multicriteria Decision Making (IJMCDM)", by Inderscience Publishers.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the "
International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE)", by Inderscience Publishers.
- Member of the Editorial Council of the Journal "Kibernetika
i Sistemnyi Analiz (Cybernetics and Systems Analysis)", Kluwer Academic
Publishers.
- Member of the Editorial Board of "Operational Research: An International Journal" (Hellenic Operational Research Society).
- Member of the Editorial Board of "Journal of Financial Decision Making" (published
by Klidarithmos, Greece).
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Journal "Decisions
in Economics and Finance", Springer-Verlag.
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Journal "Fuzzy
Optimization and Decision Making", Springer.
- Member of the Advisory Board of the "OR Transactions."
- Member of the Honorary Editorial Board, The International Journal of mathematics and Computers in Simulation, NAUN
- Member of the International Advisory Board,
International Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Information
Systems (IJAEIS), IGI Publishers
Book Series
- Book Series Editor, "Energy Systems," Springer.
- Book Series Editor, "Springer Optimization and its Applications," Springer.
- Book Series Editor, "Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications," Springer.
- Book Series Editor, "Applied Optimization," Springer.
- Book Series Editor, "Massive Computing," Springer.
- Book Series Editor, "Combinatorial Optimization," Springer.
- Book Series Editor, "Applied
Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science," Science Press.
- Book Series Editor, "Cooperative
Systems," Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Book Series Editor, "Biocomputing,"
Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Book Series Editor, "Computers
and Operations Research," World Scientific Publishing Co.
- Book Series - Member of the Editorial Board, "New Dimensions in
Networks," Edward Elgar Publishing.
Conference Organizer
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on "Complexity Issues
for Numerical Optimization" (with S. Vavasis), Cornell Univ. (March 1991).
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Chairman and Conference Organizer for the Conference on "Recent Advances
on Global Optimization" (with C. Floudas), Princeton Univ. (May 1991).
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Chairman and Conference Organizer for the Conference on "Large Scale
Optimization" (with W. Hager & D. Hearn), University of Florida (February
1993).
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on "The Quadratic Assignment
Problem" (with H. Wolkowicz), Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical
Computer Science (DIMACS), (May 1993).
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on "Parallel Processing
of Discrete Optimization Problems" (with M. Resende and K. G. Ramakrishnan),
Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS),
(April 1994).
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on "Global Minimization
of Nonconvex Energy Functions: Molecular Conformation and Protein Folding"
(with D. Shalloway and G. Xue), Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical
Computer Science (DIMACS), (March 1995).
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Conference on "State of the Art
in Global Optimization: Computational Methods and Applications" (with C.A.
Floudas), Princeton University, (April 1995).
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Chairman and Conference Organizer for the Conference on "Network Optimization"
(with W. Hager & D. Hearn), University of Florida (February 1996).
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on "Satisfiability Problems:
Theory and Applications" (with DingZhu Du and Jun Gu), Center for Discrete
Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), (March 1996).
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on "Semidefinite Programming
and Interior-Point Approaches for Combinatorial Optimization Problems" (with
H. Wolkowicz), FIELDS Institute (May 15-17, 1996).
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Chairman and Conference Organizer for the Conference on "Optimal control:
theory, algorithms, and applications" (with W. Hager), University of Florida
(February 1997).
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on "Network Design:
Connectivity and Facilities Location" (with DingZhu Du), Center for Discrete
Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), April 28-30, Princeton,
March 1997).
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on "Parallel Processing
of Discrete Problems" Institute for Mathematics, Minneapolis MN (May 12-16,
1997).
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on "Randomization Methods
in Algorithm Design" (with Sanguthevar Rajasekaran and Jose Rolim), Center
for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), Dec. 12-14,
1997 - Princeton University).
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on "Multichannel Optical
Networks: Theory and Practice" (with DingZhu Du and Peng-Jun Wan), Center
for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS), March
16-19, 1998 - DIMACS Center).
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the "Workshop on Randomized Parallel
Computing" (with Sanguthevar Rajasekaran), 12th IEEE International Parallel
Processing Symposium (April 3, 1998, Orlando Florida).
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Chairman and Organizer for the conference on "Combinatorial and Global
Optimization", May 25-29, 1998, Chania, Crete, Greece.
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Chairman for the "International Symposium on Operations Research and
its Applications (ISORA'98)" (with X. Zhang, D.-Z. Du, and G. Yu), Kunming,
China, August 20-22, 1998.
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Chairman and Conference Organizer for the conference on "Approximation
and Complexity in Numerical Optimization: Continuous and Discrete Problems"
February 28 - March 2, 1999, Center for Applied Optimization, University of
Florida.
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Chairman and Conference Organizer for the conference on "Optimization
in Computational Chemistry and Molecular Biology: Local and Global Approaches"
(with C. Floudas) (Princeton University, May 7-9, 1999).
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on "Mobile Networks
and Computing" (with Badri R. Badrinath, Frank Hsu and Sanguthevar Rajasekaran),
Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS),
March 25-27, 1999 - DIMACS Center).
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Conference Organizer for the "Workshop on Global Optimization (GO.99)"
(with Marco Locatelli, Reiner Horst, and Fabio Schoen), Firenze, Italy ( Sep
28 - Oct 2, 1999 http://www.dsi.unifi.it/go.99)
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Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on "Discrete Mathematical
Problems with Medical Applications" (with Ding-Zhu Du and Jie Wang),
Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science (DIMACS),
Dec. 8-10, 1999 - DIMACS Center).
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Chairman and Organizer for the conference on "Stochastic Optimization:
Algorithms and Applications" (with S. Uryasev), February 20-22, 2000, Center
for Applied Optimization, University of Florida.
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Chairman and Organizer for the conference on "Recent advances in non-differentiable
optimization" (with N. Shor) May, 15-18 Kyiv, Ukraine (Joint initiative of
the V.M. Glushkov Institute of Cybernetics of the National Academy of Sciences
of Ukraine and University of Florida).
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Chairman and Organizer for the conference on "Advances in Convexity and
Global Optimization" (with N. Hadjisavas), June 5-9, 2000 - Pythagorion,
Samos, Greece.
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Chairman and Organizer for the workshop on "Cooperative Control and Optimization
" (with R. Murphey), Dec 3 - 5, 2000, Center for Applied Optimization, University
of Florida.
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Chairman and Organizer for the "International Conference on Biocomputing"
(with J. Principe and S. Rajasekaran), February 25-27, 2001, Center for Applied
Optimization, University of Florida.
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Chairman and Organizer} for the workshop on "Novel Approaches to Hard
Discrete Optimization" (with Kurt Anstreicher, Franz Rendl, Tony Vannelli,
and Henry Wolkowicz), April 26-28, 2001, Fields Institute.
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Chairman and Organizer for the conference on "Optimization and Industry"
(with V. Korotkich), July 1-6, 2001, Great Keppel Island, Queensland, Australia.
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Chairman and Organizer for the workshop on
"Cooperative Control and Optimization" (with R. Murphey and S. Butenko),
Nov. 12-14, 2001, Center for Applied Optimization, University of Florida.
Url:
http://www.ise.ufl.edu/cao/cco2001
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Chairman and Organizer for the workshop on
"Supply Chain and E-commerce" (with J. Geunes et al.), Feb 26 - Mar 1,
2002, Center for Applied Optimization, University of Florida.
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Chairman and Organizer for the
"International Conference on Financial Engineering, E-commerce, Suppy
Chain, and Strategies of Development (FEES2001)," June 10-12, 2002,
Athens.
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Chairman and Organizer for the
"International Conference on Optimization and Optimal Control," August
13-17, 2002, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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Chairman and Co-Organizer for the workshop
on "Cooperative Control and Optimization" (with R. Murphey and S.
Butenko), Dec. 4-6, 2002, Center for Applied Optimization, University of
Florida.
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Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference on "Quantitative Neurosciences: Models, Algorithms,
Diagnostics, and Therapeutic Applications," February 5-7, 2003. University
of Florida.
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Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference on "Supply Chain Optimization", February 27 - March 1, 2003.
University of Florida.
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Chairman and Co-Organizer for the workshop
on "Computational Management Science, Economics, Finance, and
Engineering," March 28-30, 2003. Limassol, Cyprus.
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Chairman and Co-Organizer for the "World
Congress on Optimization and Economics of Sports," May 14 - 16, 2003.
Barcelona, Spain.
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Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
"International Conference on Computational Management Science", May
27-30, 2003. Almyrida Beach, Chania, Crete, Greece.
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Chairman and Co-Organizer for the "4-th
International Conference on Frontiers in Global Optimization", June 8-12,
2003. Santorini, Greece.
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Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference on "Cooperative Control and Optimization",
November 19-21, 2003. Destin, Florida, USA.
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Chairman and Organizer for the
conference on "Data Mining Techniques in Biomedicine",
February 16-18, 2004. University of Florida.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference on "Multiscale Optimization Methods and
Applications",
February 26-28, 2004. University of Florida.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference on "3rd Annual Supply Chain Optimization Conference",
February 28 - March 1, 2004. University of Florida.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference on "Computational Management Science Conference and
Workshop on Computational Econometrics and Statistics",
April 2-5, 2004. Neuchatel, Switzerland.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference on "Robust Optimization-Directed Design", April
19-21, 2004. University of Florida's Graduate and Research Center
at Shalimar, Florida, USA.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference on "High Performance Algorithms and Software for
Nonlinear Optimization",
June 18-20, 2004. Island of Ischia, Italy.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference on "Cooperative Control and Optimization",
January 20-22, 2005. University of Florida.
- Chairman and Organizer for the
conference "Systems Analysis, Data Mining and Optimization in
Biomedicine",
February 2-4, 2005. University of Florida.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference "4rd Annual Supply Chain Optimization Conference",
February 25 - 27, 2005. Cocoa Beach, Florida.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference "International Conference on Computational Management
Science",
March 31 - April 3, 2005. University of Florida.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
"International Workshop Multilevel Optimization : Algorithms and
Applications",
May 15 - 17, 2005. Chania, Crete, Greece.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
"International Workshop on Metaheuristics for Large Scale Optimization",
May 19-21, 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
"International Conference on Control and Optimization with Industrial Applications",
May 22-25, 2005, Baku, Azerbaijan.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
"International Workshop on Optimization in Medicine",
July 20-22, 2005. Coimbra, Portugal.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
"International Workshop on Global Optimization",
September 18-22, 2005. Almerà Spain.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
6th conference on "Cooperative Control and Optimization",
February 1-3, 2006, University of Florida.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference "5th Annual Supply Chain Optimization Conference",
February 25 - 26, 2006, University of Florida.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
conference "Data Mining, Systems Analysis and Optimization in Neuroscience",
February 15-17, 2006, University of Florida.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
DIMACS Workshop on "Clustering Problems in Biological Networks",
May 9 - 11, 2006. DIMACS Center, Rutgers University.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
International Conference on "Dynamics of Disasters",
October 5-7, 2006, Athens, Greece.
- Chairman and Co-Organizer for the
Workshop on "Data Mining and Mathematical Programming",
October 10-13, 2006. Centre de recherches mathématiques.
Conference Committees and Advisory Boards
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Cluster Chairman of "Decision and Support Systems" (ORSA/TIMS Joint
National Meeting, Nashville, May 12-15, 1991)
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Cluster Chairman of "Global Optimization" (ORSA/TIMS Joint National
Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 31- Nov.3, 1993).
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Cluster Chairman of "Global Optimization" (ORSA/TIMS Joint National
Meeting, Boston, April 24 -27, 1994),
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Member of the International Advisory Committee for the 15th International
Symposium on Mathematical Programming (University of Michigan, Aug. 15-19,
1994).
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Member of the Program Committee for the 3th Workshop on Global Optimization
(Szeged, Hungary, Dec. 10-14, 1995).
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Cluster Chairman of "Global Optimization" (INFORMS Joint National Meeting,
Atlanta, Nov. 3-6 , 1996),
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Member of the International Advisory Committee for the 16th International
Symposium on Mathematical Programming (Lausanne, Aug. 24-29, 1997).
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Member of the Advisory Committee of the DIMACS Workshop on "Network Switching"
(July 7-9, 1998 - Princeton).
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Member of the International Organizing Committee of the "NATO Advanced
Research on Workshop Large Scale Computations in Air Pollution Modelling (ENVIR.ARW
971731)", Sofia, Bulgaria (July 6-10 1998).
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Program Committee Member of ICCI'96 Conference.
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Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the "DIMACS Special Year 1996-1997
on Networks".
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Member of the Program Committee of the Workshop "Solving Combinatorial
Optimization Problems in Parallel" (April 5, 1997 - Geneva, Switzerland).
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Cluster Chairman of "Global Optimization" (INFORMS Joint National Meeting,
Montreal, April 26-29, 1998).
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Cluster Chairman of "Global Optimization" (INFORMS Joint National Meeting,
Seattle, Oct. 25-28, 1998).
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Member of the International Program Committee of the conference "Third
International Conference on DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
(DCCN'99), Theory and Applications" (November 9 - 13, 1999, Tel-Aviv, Israel).
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Member of the Program Committee of the conference "NP-completeness and
Parallelism" (JIM'99, I.U.T. de Metz, France - May 17-19, 1999)
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Member of the Program Committee of the "12th International Conference
on Optimization Methods and Their Applications" (Baikal, July-August 2001)
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Member of the Program Committee of the
"International Conference on Production System Design, Supply Chain
Management and Logistics (Miedzyzdroje, Poland, October 23-25, 2002).
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Member of the International Advisory
Committee of the "ICM -2002 (Control and Optimization)", Xian, China,
Aug. 30 - Sept. 1, 2002).
- Member of the Program Committee of the
conference on "Mathematical Methods for Learning: Advances in
data mining and knowledge discovery",
June 21-24 2004, Villa Geno, Como, Italy .
- Member of the Program Committee of the
"The First International Conference on Algorithmic Applications
in Management" ,
June 22-25, 2005, Xian, Shaanxi, China.
- Member of the Program Committee of the
"13th Baikal International Conference on Optimization Methods and
Their Applications", Irkutsk-Severobaikalsk, Russia, July 2-8, 2005.
- Member of the Program Committee of the
"3rd world conference on Computational Statistics & Data
Analysis",
Limassol, Cyprus, 28-31 October, 2005.
- Member of the Program Committee of the
"18th EURO Mini-Conference on the theme Variable Neighbourhood
Search",
Teneriffe, Spain, 23 to 25 November 2005.
Award Committees and Societies
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Permanent member of DIMACS (NSF Center for
Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science).
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Member of the 1998 "INFORMS/CSTS Prize" Committee.
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Member of ACM, SIAM, Mathematical Programming Society, AMS, INFORMS, New
York Academy of Sciences.
- Member of the Farkas Prize Committee (INFORMS).
Administrative Service
- Departmental committees: Graduate
committee, Committee for Sustained
Performance Evaluation, Faculty and Chairman search committees
- College committees: Graduate Council, University Senate, College
Personnel Board (Tenure & Promotion Committee), College PEP
Selection Committee, UFRFP award committee, Commencement Marshal,
International Affairs Committee, BME Chairman Search Commitee,
Faculty Recognition and Awards Committee, Participating Faculty of
the Center for Greek Studies.