Operational Research

Our people

Learn about our academic experts, from their research interests to their contact details.

Professor Alain Zemkoho

Professor of Mathematical Optimization

Research interests

  • Bilevel and hierarchical optimization
  • First and second order numerical methods for continuous optimization
  • Nonsmooth and nonconvex optimization

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Bismark Singh PhD, SMIEEE, AFORS, FIMA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Stochastic optimization, particularly chance constraints.
  • Applications to public health, renewable energy, and sustainability.

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Brendan Ames

Associate Professor in Operational Res

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Professor Christine Currie

Professor of Operational Research

Research interests

  • Simulation optimisation
  • Healthcare management
  • Decision making under uncertainty

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Dr Gevorg Stepanyan PhD

Lecturer in Operational Research

Research interests

  • Robust Optimization
  • Sensitivity Analysis in Optimization
  • Decision Making under Uncertainty
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Miss Gulfem Er

Research interests

  • Distributionally Robust Optimization
  • Energy Systems Optimization
  • Stochastic Programming
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Dr Hongyu Zhang

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Stochastic programming
  • Energy systems optimisation
  • Machine learning and AI

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Joerg Fliege

Professor of Operational Research

Research interests

  • Nonlinear Optimization
  • Discrete Optimization
  • Operational Research

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Dr Lateef Jolaoso PhD, FIMA, FHEA

Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences

Research interests

  • Optimization (nonlinear, continuous , bilevel and nonsmooth)
  • Nonlinear Optimization (Bregman distance techniques)
  • Machine/Deep Learning
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Ms Marah Thormann

Research interests

  • Difference of Convex Functions Programming
  • Machine Learning
  • Robust Regression
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