Teaching
Courses Taught at VCU
FIRE 691 International Consulting Program
FMBA 603 Executive MBA Statistics
FMBA 609 Executive MBA Quality
INFO 320 Business Intelligence and Data Mining
DAPT 631 Decision Analytics Professional Track Data Mining
DAPT 641 Decision Analytics Professional Track Introduction to R
DAPT 643 Decision Analytics Professional Track Optimization
OPER 327 Mathematical Modeling
OPER 428 Stochastic Simulation
OPER 427 Deterministic Operations Research
OPER 527 Optimization I
OPER 528 Stochastic Operations Research/Stochastic Simulation
OPER 631 Mathematical Programming
OPER/STAT 636 Machine Learning Algorithms
OPER 639 Practical Optimization
OPER 731 Discrete Optimization
SCMA 302 Business Statistics II
SCMA 645 Management Science/Advanced Decision Analytics
SCMA 648 Business Data Analytics
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:
Assigning Information Technology Employees to Multi-Function Teams, 2021.
Assigning Workspaces to Information Technology Teams for a Bank, 2020
Inventory Optimization for a Technology Manufacturer, 2019
Designing an Optimal Supply Chain Network in Brazil, 2016
Scheduling Classrooms for the VCU School of Business, 2015
Scheduling Recreational Sports Leagues for Henrico County, 2014
Routing School Buses for Open Enrollment Transportation for Richmond Public Schools, 2013
Scheduling Quality Service Reviews and Training Reviewers for the Virginia Department of Social Services, 2012
Staffing and Scheduling an Outbound Call Center, 2012
Generating Schedules for a Call Center, 2011
The Virginia Redistricting Competition, 2011
Scheduling Panels for the Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2010
Scheduling MBA Classes for the VCU School of Business, 2009
Network Design for Middle East Water Distribution, 2008
Generating Faculty Schedules for UNIV 111/112, 2007
Telecommunications Network Design, 2007
Data Camp
https://www.datacamp.com/ for learning R, Python, Data Visualization, and more online.