Teaching

Courses Taught at VCU

  1. FIRE 691 International Consulting Program

  2. FMBA 603 Executive MBA Statistics

  3. FMBA 609 Executive MBA Quality

  4. INFO 320 Business Intelligence and Data Mining

  5. DAPT 631 Decision Analytics Professional Track Data Mining

  6. DAPT 641 Decision Analytics Professional Track Introduction to R

  7. DAPT 643 Decision Analytics Professional Track Optimization

  8. OPER 327 Mathematical Modeling

  9. OPER 428 Stochastic Simulation

  10. OPER 427 Deterministic Operations Research

  11. OPER 527 Optimization I

  12. OPER 528 Stochastic Operations Research/Stochastic Simulation

  13. OPER 631 Mathematical Programming

  14. OPER/STAT 636 Machine Learning Algorithms

  15. OPER 639 Practical Optimization

  16. OPER 731 Discrete Optimization

  17. SCMA 302 Business Statistics II

  18. SCMA 645 Management Science/Advanced Decision Analytics

  19. SCMA 648 Business Data Analytics

  20. SYSM 681/2/3 Ph.D. Systems Seminar I, II, III

Practical Optimization Class Projects

In SCMA 645 Management Science/Advanced Decision Analytics and OPER 639 Practical Optimization each year, the students use mathematical optimization to provide support to a real client. Here is a list of the past projects:

  1. Assigning Information Technology Employees to Multi-Function Teams, 2021.

  2. Assigning Workspaces to Information Technology Teams for a Bank, 2020

  3. Inventory Optimization for a Technology Manufacturer, 2019

  4. Designing an Optimal Supply Chain Network in Brazil, 2016

  5. Scheduling Classrooms for the VCU School of Business, 2015

  6. Scheduling Recreational Sports Leagues for Henrico County, 2014

  7. Routing School Buses for Open Enrollment Transportation for Richmond Public Schools, 2013

  8. Scheduling Quality Service Reviews and Training Reviewers for the Virginia Department of Social Services, 2012

  9. Staffing and Scheduling an Outbound Call Center, 2012

  10. Generating Schedules for a Call Center, 2011

  11. The Virginia Redistricting Competition, 2011

  12. Scheduling Panels for the Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2010

  13. Scheduling MBA Classes for the VCU School of Business, 2009

  14. Network Design for Middle East Water Distribution, 2008

  15. Generating Faculty Schedules for UNIV 111/112, 2007

  16. Telecommunications Network Design, 2007

Data Camp

https://www.datacamp.com/ for learning R, Python, Data Visualization, and more online.