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Dr. Bo Chen, FORS Professor, Operational Research
& Management Sciences Group Chair in Operational Research and Management Science
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Resume
Education
B.Sc.
(Zhejiang University, China); M.Sc. (Chinese Academy of Sciences); Ph.D.
(Erasmus University, The Netherlands)
Professional Affiliations
I started my
academic career as an Assistant Lecturer in 1982 at Zhejiang University
(China). After obtaining my Ph.D., I joined the faculty of the University of Warwick (UK) in 1994. Past or current roles: Head of Operational Research
& Management Sciences; Director for MSc Management Science &
Operational Research, for MSc Business Analytics &
Consulting; Member of the Management Board of the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and its
Applications.
Other past or current professional affiliations are: Adjunct
Professor of Shanghai Second Polytechnic
University; International Doctoral Supervisor of Zhejiang University; Adjunct Professor
of Shanghai University;
Visiting Professor of Stanford University;
Guest Professor of Wuhan University;
Chair Professor of Tsinghua University;
Guest Professor of Zhejiang University; Tai-Shan Scholar Chair Professor of
Shandong Province, China; Visiting Professor of University
of Cambridge.
Teaching Courses
Undergraduate
Quantitative Methods of Analysis (Probabilities, Statistics and
Optimization); Quantitative Methods for Resource Management; Quantitative
Methods for Multivariate Analysis; Mathematical Programming I (Linear
Programming); Mathematical Programming II (Integer Programming); Mathematical
Programming III (Combinatorial Optimization).
Postgraduate
Mathematical
Programming & Heuristics; Statistics and Stochastics;
Optimization in Finance; Advanced Topics in Operational Research
A list of selected postgraduate dissertations that I supervised can be
found here
Research
Interests
Scheduling theory and
applications
Real-time optimization
Combinatorial optimization
Algorithmic game theory
and applications
A list of selected publications is here.
(Full list is available upon request.)
Prospective Ph.D. students or postdoctoral fellows please read here
Professional
Services
Associate Editor / Member of Editorial (Advisory) Board (current):
Journal
of Combinatorial Optimization
International Journal
of Systems Science
International Journal of Operational
Research
International Journal of
Mathematics in Operational Research
International
Journal of Advanced Operations Management
Conference Chair:
(Proceedings, Springer
LNCS 4614)
2008 International Symposium on
Combinatorial Optimization (CO 2008)
(Special
issue, Journal of Combinatorial Optimization v.19 n.3)
The Sixth International Conference on
Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (AAIM 2010)
(Proceedings, Springer
LNCS 6124)
Professional
Societies
Fellow of the Operational Research Society of UK
Member of the Institute for Operations Research and the
Management Sciences
Member of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Hobbies
I like working to classical music. I enjoy
leisure activities of most kinds, but regularly only in sports due to time
constraint. In particular:
Badminton
Swimming
Jogging
Past hobby: Short- and
medium-distance running