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Dr. Bo Chen, FORS Professor, Operational Research
& Management Sciences Group Chair in Operational Research
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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. I am
Head of Operational
Research & Management Sciences, Member of the Management Board of the Centre for Discrete Mathematics and
its Applications and Affiliate of the Centre for Scientific Computing.
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 (Qufu
Normal University).
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:
Journal
of Combinatorial Optimization
International Journal
of Systems Science
International
Journal of Automation and Computing
International Journal of Operational
Research
International Journal of Mathematics
in Operational Research
The Open Operational Research Journal
(Letters, Reviews)
Conference Chair:
(Proceedings, Springer
LNCS 4614)
2008 International
Symposium on Combinatorial Optimization (CO 2008)
The Sixth International
Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (AAIM 2010)
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