Centre for Operational Research, Management Science and Information Systems (CORMSIS)

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Learn more about our team and their expertise in specific areas of risk, optimisation, finance and health.

Dr Nicholas Dacre PhD (Warwick), MSc, SFHEA, FAPM

Associate Professor Project Management

Research interests

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Project Management: Exploring the transformative role of AI in enhancing decision-making and efficiency within project management.
Agile Project Management (APM): Investigating the adaptive strategies of Agile methodologies to enhance project delivery by promoting flexibility, adaptability, and rapid response to change.
Innovation, Technology, & Sustainability in Complex Projects (ITS Complex): Delving into the interplay between innovation, technology, and sustainability, and how their convergence advances the management of complex projects.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Nicholas

Email: Nicholas.Dacre@southampton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4077

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Mr Pablo Casas

Research interests

Credit Scoring
Fairness in Machine Learning
Streaming data modelling

Connect with Pablo

Email: Pablo.Casas@soton.ac.uk

Dr Patrick Beullens

Associate Professor

Research interests

Ocean shipping - decisions under risk, environmental performance
Retail supply chains - perishable products, food waste management
Logistics and reverse logistics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Patrick

Email: P.Beullens@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8884

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Professor PK Senyo

Professor-FinTech & Information Systems

Research interests

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Digital Transformation
FinTech

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with PK

Email: P.K.Senyo@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8882

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Dr Qin Zhou

Lecturer in Operations Management

Research interests

Applications: Operations Management: closed-loop supply chain management, production outsourcing, remanufacturing management (authorization and outsourcing), technology innovation, Nash bargaining, contract design.Marketing-Operations Management Interface: trade-in, strategic consumers behaviour, fairness concerns, anticipated regret.Marine Policy: clean technology innovation, abatement decision. Methodologies: Game theory, optimization.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Qin

Email: Q.Zhou@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380597542

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Professor Sally Brailsford

Professor of Management Science

Research interests

Healthcare modelling
Hybrid simulation
Behavioural Operational Research

Connect with Sally

Email: S.C.Brailsford@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 7801289132

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Mr Samuel Ward

Research interests

Convex Optimisation
Bilevel Optimisation
Machine Learning

Connect with Samuel

Email: S.Ward@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 7811878521

Dr Sasan Barak

Lecturer in Business Analytics

Research interests

Financial Machine Learning (including Portfolio Optimisation, Algorithmic Trading)
Forecasting (Model Selection, Meta-Learning, Deep Learning)
Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms in Analytics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sasan

Email: S.Barak@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4465

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