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Vadim Zverovich

Occupational title:

Associate Professor

University:

University of the West of England

Research interests: Operational Research; Graph Theory and Its Applications; Combinatorial Optimization

Keywords: Networks & Graphs

Committee: OR Research Committee

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Richard Allmendinger

Occupational title:

Senior Lecturer in Decision Sciences

University:

University of Manchester

Research interests: Methodology: metaheuristics, Bayesian optimisation, machine learning, clustering, explainable AI Problem features: multiple objectives, resourcing issues, dynamic constraints/objective functions/decision spaces, heterogeneous objective functions, safe vs unsafe search regions, applications: manufacturing, healthcare, drug development and delivery, personalized medicine, music, sports, forensics, feature-rich test problem generators.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Evolutionary Algorithms; Multi-objective; Optimisation

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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

Knowledge Exchange: Industry

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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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