Dr. Panos Pardalos is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida, and an affiliated faculty member in the Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science & Information Engineering departments. Panos Pardalos was born in Drosato (Mezilo) Argitheas, Greece, in 1954 and graduated from Athens University (Department of Mathematics). He received his PhD in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Minnesota. Since 2011, he has served as the academic advisor at LATNA, HSE.

Panos Pardalos is a world-renowned leader in Global Optimization, Mathematical Modeling, Energy Systems, Financial Applications, and Data Sciences. He is a Fellow of AAAS, AAIA, AIMBE, EUROPT, and INFORMS, and was awarded the 2013 Constantin Carathéodory Prize by the International Society of Global Optimization. In addition, he was awarded the 2013 EURO Gold Medal by the Association of European Operational Research Societies. This medal is the preeminent European award given to Operations Research (OR) professionals for “scientific contributions that stand the test of time.”

Professor Pardalos was also honored with the prestigious Humboldt Research Award (2018–2019). This award is granted in recognition of a researcher's entire body of work—fundamental discoveries, new theories, and insights that have had a significant impact on their discipline.

Furthermore, he is a member of several Academies of Sciences and holds numerous honorary PhD degrees and affiliations. He is the Founding Editor of Optimization Letters and Energy Systems, and Co-Founder of the International Journal of Global Optimization, Computational Management Science, and Springer Nature Operations Research Forum. He has published over 900 papers and edited or authored over 300 books. As one of the most highly cited authors in his field, he has graduated 71 PhD students to date.

Further details can be found at: www.faculty.eng.ufl.edu/pardalos/publications

Dr. Oleg A. Prokopyev is a Professor of Quantitative Business Administration at the University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland. Previously, he was a professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. Oleg Prokopyev earned his degree in Applied Mathematics and Physics from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and he received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida. Oleg Prokopyev has published more than 100 journal papers. One of his co-authored papers received the William Pierskalla Best Paper Award by the Health Applications Society of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), while another received the Best Publication Award in Environment and Sustainability by the INFORMS Section on Energy, Natural Resources, and the Environment. Oleg Prokopyev was also the recipient of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) Award. His research interests lie at the intersection of mathematical optimization theory and the development of computational and algorithmic methods. Dr. Prokopyev serves as a Co-Editor-in-Chief of Optimization Letters and as editorial board member of several other journals.Top of Form

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