Curriculum Vitae

Current positions

• • Full professor, Department of Computer Architecture, Universidad de Málaga

  • Associate Operations Research, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University (guest)

  • Senior Researcher, Wageningen School of Social Sciences Graduate School

  • Member research group, Supercomputación Algoritmos, University of Almería, Spain

Spanish CVA (abreviated)

Formation and degrees

• 2018   Accredited "Full Professor" by ANECA, Spain

• 2012   Accredited "Profesor Titular de Universidad" by ANECA, Spain

• 2011   Accredited I3 researcher, Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain

• 2004   Accredited for positions "Profesor Contradado Doctor" and "Profesor Ayudante Doctor" by ANECA, Spain

• 1998   PhD, Wageningen University

• 1987   MSc, Econometrics, Tilburg University

• 1986   Courses on Development Planning, Erasmus University Rotterdam

• 1984   Bachelor Degree, Econometrics

• 1981-1987 Student of Econometrics, Tilburg University

• 1975-1981 Gymnasium Beta, Bernrode, Heeswijk

Position history

• 2017-2018 Associate professor, Department of Computer Architecture, Málaga University

• 2015-2016  Profesor contratado doctor, Department of Computer Architecture, Málaga University

• 2008-2015 Contracted Researcher Ramón y Cajal, Department of Computer Architecture, Málaga University

• 2006- 2016 Associate Professor Operations Research, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University (on leave)

• 2001  Visiting professor, department of mathematics and Statistics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

• 2000-2006 Assistent Professor Operations Research, Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University

• 1999-.. Visiting professor, department of Informatics, University of Almerí­a, Spain

• 1998-.. Senior Researcher, Mansholt Graduate School Wageningen, later Wass

• 1987-2000 Assistant Professor, Operations Research, Department of Mathematics, Wageningen University

• 1987   Researcher, Global Studies Branch, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Vienna

• 1986   Project leader informatics, office of the Economic Faculty, Tilburg University

• 1985   Teaching Assistant, Operations Research, Tilburg University

• 1984   Teaching Assistant, Mathematics, Tilburg University

PhD Projects Involvement in daily supervision of current and finalised project

• V. Aziz, Machine Learning Decomposition in Robotics, HAW Hamburg, Universidad de Málaga

• P. Muts,       Parallel decomposition methods for Mixed Integer Nonlinear Programming,                   HAW Hamburg, Universidad de Málaga 21 July 2021

• J.M.G. Salmerón,   High performance computing for solving global optimization problems,                        Universidad de Almería           24 October 2019

• A.G. Alcoba,            Computational methods and parallel strategies in dynamic decision making,              Universidad de Málaga,              9 February 2018

• K.G.J. Pauls-Worm,  Inventory control for a perishable product with non-stationary demand,                    Wageningen University,           11 October 2016

• G. Aparicio de las Llanderas, Bisección iterativa de un símplex regular: paralelización,                              Universidad de Almería,          25 January 2016

• J.F.R. Herrera,     Parallel computing in deterministic global optimization,                                                      Universidad de Almería,         13 November 2015

• T.D. van der Pol,   Climate change, uncertainty and investment in flood risk reduction,                                Wageningen University,            2 October 2015

• W.A.Rijpkema,    Effective use of product quality information in food supply chain logistics,                        Wageningen University,          13 June 2014

• D. van Dijk,          Harvest and investment decisions under annual and multi-annual adjustment of fish quota,      Wageningen University,  25 November 2013

• J.L. Berenguel,     Optimización global intervalar: predicción, acotación y separabilidad,                              Universidad de Almería,          30 November 2012

• N.J. Olieman,       Methods for Optimal Robust Design,                                                                                       Wageningen University,           12 March 2008 

• M.E. Sáiz Pérez, Game Theory at work: OR models and algorithms to solve multi-actor heterogeneous decision problems, Wageningen University, 24 October 2007

• K.R. Apaiah,        Designing food supply chains- a structured methodology: A case on Novel Protein Foods ,  Wageningen University,          29 May 2006

Msc Projects

Since 1988 guidance of some 60 Msc projects, mostly in co-operation with departments of universities, research institutes, research departments in industry and planning departments of private companies. Some finalised MSc projects in the Bologna system at Wageningen University:

• Maartje de Jong, Simulation-based Optimization to Find Order Policies for Perishable Products in Retail, 21 Jun 2019

• Cleo Kortenhorst, Value iteration for perishable inventory control, 16 April 2019

• Marleen Hermelink, Branch and bound algorithms in greenhouse climate control, 28 June 2016

• Demetra Orthodoxou, Optimization models in windfarm design, 3 May 2016

• Pieter van Velzen, Coalition viability in a multiple coalition game, terminals at Maasvlakte 2, 28 October 2013

• Ditte Frank, On multimodality of obnoxious facility location models, 9 March 2009

• Sander W.M. van Lokven, Robustness in facility location, 9 March 2009

• Freek Niewerth, Robust solutions of bi-blend recipe optimization with quadratic constraints, 26 February 2009

• Jojanneke Bron, Improving performance in a food supply chain by quantification and reduction of uncertainties, 13 June 2007

• Huiyan Huang, Optimization algorithms for models using Monte Carlo simulation, 28 April 2007

• Zhang Quan, Order policies for perishable products with fixed lifetime, 7 March 2007

• Li Changuan, The behaviour of (s,Q) inventory systems with different properties, 31 August 2006

• Joost van der Biezen, Searching the feasible space to find the global optimum of a Huff-like competitive location problem, 30 August 2006

• Shi Jing, On some procedures of forming a coalition, 20 Februari 2006

• Liu Sha, Order policies for perishables,  15 Februari 2006

• Albert Klinkhamer, The possibilities of an advanced planning and scheduling tool in a warehouse and distribution environment, 29 August 2005

• Petra van Beek, Evaluatie keuze landingdrager, 25 August 2005

• Aike van Deurzen, Performance or the genetic algorithm in optimization and calibration, 30 November 2004

• Johan H. Jurrius, Real Options Theory, implementation in supply chain management,  4 August 2004

• Xiaojun Xu, Optimisation in planning pork processing, focus on heuristics, 6 February 2004

• Gistantika Harianto, Optimisation in planning pork processing, focus on MILP, 6 February 2004

• Timmy S. Knippers, Deriving Supply, Use and Input-Output tables with disaggregated data, 4 February 2004

• Peter Smits,Ontwerp en implementatie van een kalibratietool voor SMART op basis van Genetische Algoritmen, 19 May 2003

• Maaike Poppema,The ranking of DESAR alternatives: With special interest for case Swichum, 1 july 2002

• Menno Rustenburg, Obtaining the Maximum of the Minimum Distances in Little Squared Environment between Points in a Square Bounded Region, 14 August 2001

Teaching

current

• 2016-     Operating Systems, Undergraduate Informatics, Málaga University

• 2015-     Fundamentos de Computadores, BSc Industrial Engineering, Málaga University

• 2012-      Computer Technology, Undergraduate Informatics, Málaga University

past

• 2013-2014  HintBioref, Erasmus intensive summerschool, Lisboa

• 2010-2014  Localización distribución y transporte, Master Advanced and Professional Mathematics, Murcia University

• 2010-2012  Operating Systems, Undergraduate Telecommunication, Málaga University

• 2008-2011  Optimización y Simulación de Procesos Industriales, Master Industrial Informatics, Almería University

• 2003-2014  Operations Research and Logistics, Master Management and Economics, Wageningen University

• 2002-2012  Algoritmos de Optimización Global, Estrategias Paralelas, Master Advanced Information Technologies, Almería University

• 1987-2007 Course Introduction Operations Research, 2nd year students

• Contributing to several courses on Logistics, MBA, Forest Management

• Course Nonlinear optimization, Wageningen University

• 1985/1986 Management Science, 2nd year economics and OR, 2nd year econometrics

• 1984/1985 Calculus, 1st year econometrics, Tilburg University

Editorial activities

• Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Global Optimization.

Professional affiliation

• The Mathematical Optimization Society

• Dutch Society for Statistics and Operational Research (VVS)

• Dutch OR society

• Sarteco: Sociedad de Arquitectura y Tecnología de Computadores

• RedLoc: Red de Localización y problemas afines

• EUROPT, European working group on continuous optimization

Science  interests

Application of OR in Agricultural and Environmental sciences, applicable Global Optimization methods such as evolutionary algorithms, stochastic GO, nonlinear optimization, quadratic optimization, modelling of uncertainty in decision models, robustness concept, optimal control application in economics, localization optimization.

Managerial activities 

• Principal Investigator project Computational Methodologies for Challenges of the Society, TIN2015-66680-C2-2-R

• Coordinator second year courses in English, School of Informatics, Málaga University

• Board of School of Informatics, Málaga University

• Partner in the Erasmus project HintBioref

• Partner in the Cost project Mathematical Optimization in the Decision Support Systems for Efficient and Robust Energy Networks

• Committee on evaluation of PhD proposals, Mansholt Graduate School

• Board of the LNMB (Landelijk Netwerk mathematische Besliskunde)

• Mansholt educational committee, chairman from March 2004

• Scientific co-ordinator group Operations Research and Logistics

• Editorial board Journal of Global Optimization

• Organiser Workshop on Global Optimization, Go05

• Organiser workshop sago; Stochastic and Applied Global Optimization, South Africa, 2008

• Organiser stream Global Optimization in EURO Conference Bonn 2009

• Scientific expert FP6 and FP7, European committee

• Organiser stream Global Optimization in EURO Conference Lisbon 2010

• Organiser workshop togo10 2010; International workshop on Global Optimization GOW10, Toulouse

• Organiser stream applications, International Conference on Continuous Optimization 2013, Caparica

• Program committee, workshop HPCO 2013, Compiègne

• Organiser workshop Mathematical and Applied Global Optimization (mago14), 2014, Málaga

• Program Committee EURO 2021, Athens

• Organiser Conference CEDI 2021, Málaga

• Organiser ICCSA 2022, Málaga

• Partner in the Erasmus+ project iMath 2021-1-PT01-KA220-HED-000023288 

The iMath project aims at promoting e-learning of mathematics applying new learning algorithms