Research Group & Students

Ph.D. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, 2026. Her thesis examined constraint aggregation in discrete optimization, with particular emphasis on quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO). She is currently a Research Scientist at MDA Space Ltd., with interests in optimization applications in space, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.

Ph.D. in Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, 2018; jointly supervised with B. Bhattacharya. His research interests include the design, analysis, implementation, and testing of algorithms, including heuristics and approximation algorithms. After completing his Ph.D., he worked at Maxar Technologies as a software engineer and operations research analyst. He is currently a co-founder of a software company focused on AI and optimization technologies.

Ph.D. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, 2018. Her research interests include quadratic combinatorial optimization and network design. After completing her Ph.D., she joined 1QBit as an Operations Research Scientist and currently works as a Data Scientist at Save-On-Foods.

Ph.D. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, 2018. His thesis, “The Quadratic Travelling Salesman Problem: Complexity and Approximation,” focused on combinatorial optimization. After his Ph.D., he joined 1QBit as an Operations Research Scientist and later worked as a compiler engineer at d-Matrix.

Ph.D. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, 2014; jointly supervised with Tamon Stephen. Her thesis studied the bipartite quadratic unconstrained binary optimization problem. She is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Chiang Mai University, Thailand.

Ph.D. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, 2011. Her thesis examined quadratic bottleneck problems, including algorithms, complexity, and related topics. She is currently Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Jiangsu, China. Her research interests include combinatorial optimization, mathematical modeling, algorithm design and implementation, and healthcare optimization.

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of New Brunswick, 2007; jointly supervised with Jim Christie and D. Du. A professional engineer, he is currently Founder and CEO of Buybase Inc.

Visiting Ph.D. student from Hunan University, China, 2020–2021. His research focused on multi-objective optimization problems in satellite mission planning, which also formed the subject of his Ph.D. thesis.

Visiting Ph.D. student from Technische Universität Graz, Austria, 2015. Our collaboration focused on combinatorial optimization problems with interaction costs. He is currently Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of s2 data & algorithms GmbH, a transport and logistics optimization startup.

Completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Simon Fraser University. His primary research interest is optimization applications in healthcare. He completed his Ph.D. through a co-supervised/dual-degree program involving Northwestern Polytechnical University, China, and the University of Angers, France, and is currently with the School of Management at Northwestern Polytechnical University.

Currently an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Hubei University of Technology. Research interests include the design and analysis of algorithms and metaheuristics.

Received his Ph.D. from Technische Universität Graz, Austria, in 2014. He currently works as a Software Engineer at Google in Switzerland. His research interests include combinatorial optimization and graph-theoretic optimization.

Received his Ph.D. from Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy, in 2014. His research interests include multi-objective optimization; he is currently a Research Associate in Singapore.

Received her Ph.D. from the University of Angers, France, in 2013. Her research interests include combinatorial optimization and metaheuristics. She is now a Professor in the School of Management at Northwestern Polytechnical University and has been recognized as a National-Level Young Talent in China and through the Shaanxi Provincial Youth Top-Notch Talent Support Program.

Received his Ph.D. from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, in 2012. His research interests include combinatorial optimization and metaheuristics. He is currently a Director with Huawei Cloud Data Warehouse Service in China.

Received his Ph.D. from the University of London in 2011. His research interests include combinatorial optimization algorithms, efficient implementation, computational experiments, and applications of operations research. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK.

Professor at Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics in Hangzhou, China. His research interests include combinatorial optimization.

Currently Senior Research Analyst, MDA Systems, R&D Division, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Mathematics at SFU. Her research interests include operations research, combinatorial and integer optimization, large-scale optimization, metaheuristics, transportation, vehicle routing, logistics, and satellite mission planning.

Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of New Brunswick. He is currently Professor of Industrial Engineering and Vice Rector at Galatasaray University in Istanbul, Turkey. His research interests include combinatorial optimization, network design, facility location, and integrated logistics management systems.

Current M.Sc. student. Research details will be added as they become available.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, Surrey. She subsequently entered the Education program at the University of British Columbia and now works as a high-school mathematics teacher in Shanghai’s international/bilingual school system.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, Surrey. He subsequently completed a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics at SFU and currently works at Fraser Health.

M.Sc. in Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby; jointly supervised with Ramesh Krishnamurti. He is currently Senior Manager of Decision Sciences at Alexion Pharmaceuticals in Mississauga, Ontario.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, Surrey. He is currently a Quantitative Analyst at HALCO Software Systems.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, Surrey. She joined McKinsey & Company as a Business Analyst, later moved to Apple, and is now a Lead Program Manager at NIO in Shanghai, China.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, Surrey. He subsequently joined PwC as a Business Analyst and is currently a doctoral researcher in AI and Intelligent Transportation Systems at McGill University in Montreal.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, Surrey. She is currently a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and an AI researcher at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ontario.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, Surrey. She subsequently pursued doctoral studies in Operations Research at Université Paris Dauphine, France, and currently works at DecisionBrain as an Optimization Consultant.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, Surrey. He later completed a Ph.D. in Forestry at the University of British Columbia and is currently a Lead Operations Research Scientist at Texas Instruments, working in Smart Manufacturing & Automation.

M.Sc. in Mathematics, Simon Fraser University. She currently works in Vancouver as a Regional Advisor and Advocate at Doctors of BC.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, Surrey. He later completed his Ph.D. in Operations Research at SFU in 2018.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, Surrey. He subsequently worked as an Operations Research Analyst with Gemcom and is currently a Senior Software Engineer at airth.io, a cloud-based mining optimization software provider.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University. He is Principal and Founder of Compass Healthcare Management Consulting, an independent consultancy based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, Simon Fraser University, Surrey. He subsequently joined Research In Motion and is currently Director of Business Applications at Magnet Forensics in Kitchener, Ontario.

M.Sc. in Operations Research, University of New Brunswick Saint John. She later completed her Ph.D. in Operations Research at Simon Fraser University in 2018.

M.Sc. in Mathematics, University of New Brunswick Saint John. She currently works at Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories in Saint John, New Brunswick.

M.Sc. in Statistics, University of New Brunswick Saint John. She later completed her Ph.D. in Operations Research at Simon Fraser University in 2011.

Holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science (2013), with research interests in evolutionary optimization algorithms. Formerly an Associate Researcher and Professor at Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico, he currently works on the implementation and testing of algorithms for the traveling salesman problem.

Research Associate. She holds a Master of Computer Applications degree and currently works at Walmart.

Research Associate. He holds an M.Sc. in Statistics and an MBA and worked on the statistical analysis of experimental data. He currently works as a teacher in a correctional facility.

Research Associate who worked on the project Mathematics of Investments. She is currently a Data Scientist in the Asset & Technology Department at Seaspan Corporation.

Research Associate who worked on the fractional assignment problem. She is currently a Water Resources Engineer at Associated Engineering in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Research Associate who worked on experimental analysis of algorithms. She is currently a Software Engineer based in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico.

Worked as a Research Associate and later completed her Ph.D. in Operations Research at Simon Fraser University in 2018. Her research interests include quadratic combinatorial optimization and network design. She subsequently joined 1QBit as an Operations Research Scientist and currently works as a Data Scientist at Save-On-Foods.

Research Assistant interested in the implementation and testing of algorithms. He is currently a Software Applications Engineer at HP in the Greater Vancouver area.

Completed an M.Sc. in Computing Science and worked as a Research Assistant on the rank-one quadratic assignment problem.

Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Theory Lab through the SFU–ZU Dual Degree Program. After completing his Ph.D. at the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, he became an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Cornell University, where he led the Cornell Reinforcement Learning Group. He is currently a Research Scientist at Databricks AI Research.

Research Assistant. He completed a Ph.D. in Telecommunications and Systems Engineering at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, and later joined Ansur Technologies AS. He is currently an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Computer Science & Information Systems at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India.

Research Assistant. He currently works as a Software Engineer at Google in California.