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

Our people

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

Dr Kasia Bijak

Lecturer in Management Science

Research interests

  • Application of statistical methods (including Bayesian inference)
  • Data mining 
  • Artifical intelligence
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Professor Konstantinos Katsikopoulos

Professor of Behavioural Science

Research interests

  • Human decision making: Prescriptive and descriptive
  • AI decision making: Transparency
  • Behavioural operations: Modeling and prediction of human behaviour

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Libo Li

Lecturer in Business Analytics

Research interests

  • Time-to-event analysis
  • Text analytics
  • Network analytics 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Lidia Mayangsari

Research interests

  • Behaviour
  • Heuristics
  • Decision models
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Ms Marah Thormann

Research interests

  • Difference of Convex Functions Programming
  • Machine Learning
  • Robust Regression
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Professor Mario Brito

Head of Department

Research interests

  • Dynamic Probabilistic Risk Assessment of Complex Systems 
  • Impact of Organizational Factors on Socio-technical Systems Risk
  • Root cause analysis and Accident Investigations

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Martin Kunc

Professor in Business Analytics

Research interests

  • Business Analytics
  • Strategic Modelling
  • Scenario planning
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Dr Mee Chi So

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Consumer credit risk
  • Public policy on consumer credit
  • Social media analytics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Ming-Chien SUNG

Professor of Risk And Decision Sciences

Research interests

  • Financial technology (Fintech) and cryptocurrency analysis
  • Risk analysis using Big Data
  • Artificial intelligence (AI)

Accepting applications from PhD students

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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

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