Dr. Jean-Philippe P. Richard joined the Department in 2008, after having been on the faculty at Purdue University. He earned his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech. His teaching and research interests focus on the design and application of methods for the global solution of… Read More
Dr. Guanghui (George) Lan joined the Department in 2009, after earned his Ph.D. from Georgia Tech. His teaching and research interests focus on theory, algorithms and applications of stochastic optimization and nonlinear programming. His research efforts lead to numerous awards including INFORMS Computing Society Best Student Paper Award (First Place) 2008, INFORMS George… Read More
Dr. Panos Pardalos was awarded the EUROPT Fellow for his outstanding work and achievements in the area of continuous optimization. He was awarded this honor at the 13th EUROPT Workshop on Advances in Continuous Optimization (July 8-10, 2015 in Edinburgh). http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/hall/EUROPT15
Dr. Yongpei Guan joined the Department in 2009. His research interests include stochastic and discrete optimization, supply chain management, and renewable energy integration and power system operations. His research efforts lead to numerous awards including NSF CAREER Award 2008, ONR YIP Award 2010, and the ones as a… Read More
Dr. Serdar Kirli joined the Department in 2001. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Florida in 1999. His teaching and research interests include decision support systems, software engineering and information technology as well as real-time control and… Read More
Joseph Geunes has won the Fellow Award, for his professional leadership and outstanding contributions to Industrial Engineering, from the Institute of Industrial Engineers the world’s largest professional society for industrial engineers. The Atlanta-based institute has about 15,000 members and has bestowed the honor on about… Read More
Governor Rick Scott traveled to Gainesville on Thursday to announce the grand opening of software company Optym’s new corporate headquarters. The company has offices in four countries and currently provides 80 jobs in Gainesville. It plans to add 100 more… Read More
It’s in our power grids and brain scans. It’s in our government records and Facebook timelines. Name just about any aspect of life, and Panos Pardalos can tell you about its data sets. His goal is to help us understand them — and… Read More
Gainesville, FL: Industrial & Systems Engineering professor Dr. Vladimir Boginski is part of an interdisciplinary research team recently awarded a $1.1 million grant by the National Science Foundation. Boginski aims to tackle vulnerable and interdependent issues in interdependent systems with three… Read More
Dr. Qianfan Wang, who graduated Summer 2013 and was advised by Dr. Yongpei Guan, took third place for the 2014 Pritsker Doctoral Dissertation Award from the Institute of Industrial Engineers for his dissertation entitled “Two-Stage Chance and Expected Value Constrained… Read More