Operations Research; Optimization; Mathematical Modeling

Doctoral Students (Completed) Chair or Co-Chair
1. Carlos Casorrán, "Formulations and Algorithms for General and Security Stackelberg Games," Ph.D Engineering Systems, Universidad de Chile
and Ph.D. in Computer Science Université Libre de Bruxelles. October 2017
2. Victor Bucarey, "Addressing Problem Size in Stackelberg Security Games," Ph.D Engineering Systems, Universidad de Chile. August 2017 (postdoc
at U. Libre de Bruxelles)
3. Pablo Escalona, \Integration of Inventory Control Decisions with Facility Location for Several Demand Classes," Ph.D Engineering Systems, Universidad de Chile. November 2015 (U. Federico Santa María, Industrial Engineering Department).
4. Renaud Chicoisne, "Efficient Algorithms for Risk Averse Optimization," Ph.D Engineering Systems, Universidad de Chile. July 2015 (U. of Colorado-Denver, Math department)
5. Huayu Xu, "Traffic Assignment Models for a Ridesharing Transportation Market," Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Univesity of Southern California. June 2014 (Google)
6. Yingtao Ren, "Vehicle Routing and Resource Allocation for Health Care Under Uncertainty," Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Univesity of Southern California. April 2011 (Manhattan Associates)
7. Zhihong Shen, "Routing and Inventory Models for Emergency Response to Minimize Unmet Demand," Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Univesity of Southern California. May 2008. (Researcher at Microsoft Corporation)
8. Ilgaz Sungur, "The Robust Vehicle Routing Problem," Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Univesity of Southern California. June 2007 (Project Manager, Innovative Scheduling)
9. Erim Kardes, "Robust Stochastic Games and Applications to Counter-Terrorism Strategies", Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Univesity of Southern California. May 2007 (Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering, Ozyegin University)
10. Wei Ye, "Models and Algorithms for Energy Ecient Wireless Sensor Networks," Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Univesity of Southern California. April 2007 (Project Manager/System Engineer at Bravo Tech Inc)
11. Hongzhong Jia, "Models and Solution Approaches for Facility Location of Medical Supplies for Large-scale Emergencies," Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Univesity of Southern California. December 2006. (Researcher at Microsoft Corporation)

Master in Operations Management Students (Completed) Chair
1. Tomás Lagos, "Designing resilient power networks against natural hazards", 2017
2. Victor Bucarey, "Un modelo matemático para el diseño de territorios basado en el plan cuadrante de seguridad preventiva de Carabineros de Chile", 2014
3. Felipe Lagos, "Modelamiento de incertidumbre en los tiempos de viaje", 2014
4. Francisco Muñoz, "Planificación de sistemas de transporte rápido con congestión", 2014
5. Álvaro Echeverría, "Evaluación de tiempos de respuesta para el Cuerpo de Bomberos de Santiago :|nuevo modelo de ruteo, validación y métricas de desempeño del sistema actual", 2013
6. Tomás Spencer, "Algoritmo heurístico para juego de seguridad de Stackelberg en una red", 2013
7. Mauricio Espinoza, "Un enfoque heurístico para la asignación de la fuerza de ventas y mejoramiento en servicio al cliente de una empresa de venta de productos químicos para limpieza y sanitización", 2013
8. Marcelo Jaramillo, "Network revenue management en aerolíneas resuelto a través de programación dinámica robusta", 2012
9. Rodrigo López, "Estimación débil de la sensibilidad del objetivo en problemas lineales", 2012
10. Georgi Borquez, "Formulación de un modelo de programación entera para asignación de turnos de trabajo. Caso: Gendarmería de Chile", 2012

Undergraduate Thesis Advisor
1. Juan Jara, "Modelo de Asignación de Recursos Policiacos en la Vía Pública", 2011

I have participated extensively in the following research projects:

1. "Advanced Technology for Cities of the Future" as Research Associate (FONDEF, 2012-2014)
2. "Information and Coordination in Networks" as Research Associate (Nucleo Milenio, P10-024-F, 2012-2016)
3. "Quantitative Methods for Security" as Research Associate (Proyecto Anillo ACT-87, 2010-2012)
4. "Large Scale Bi-level Programs for Security and Network Design" as Principal Investigator (FONDECYT, 2009 – 2012).
5. "Condition Measures and its Connections to Robust Optimization" as Foreign Investigator (FONDECYT, 2005 – 2007).

I have also participated as a member of numerous editorial committees and scientific societies:

1. Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE), (2003 – 2009).
2. Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), (2001 – to date).
3. Mathematical Programming Society (MPS), (2003 – to date).
4. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM), (2004 – to date).
4. Associate Editor of ITS Modeling and Analysis, 2nd Annual National Urban Freight Conference (NUF 2007), 2007.
5. Associate Editor of ITS Modeling and Analysis, 4th Annual National Urban Freight Conference (NUF 2011), 2011.
6. Organizer and Chair of “Convex optimization methods,” ICCOPT II, 2007.
7. Local organizing committee, ICCOPT III, 2010.
8. Associate Editor of ITS Modeling and Analysis, for the conference ITSC 2006, 2006.
9. Organizer and Chair of “Planning for and Responding to Biological or Chemical Terrorist Attacks”, INFORMS, 2006.
10. Area Editor of the Journal Computers & Industrial Engineering.