Hi there, I'm Jessica Weeres
I'm applying for thesis-based masters programs in Operations Research for Fall 2024 start.
I'm especially interested in applications of operations research for social good in health care, the public sector, and nonprofit organizations.
Education
BSc Applied Mathematics & Computer Science, University of British Columbia, 2012
Graduating Student Award in Computer Science, University of British Columbia, 2012
Honours Thesis: The use of the internet in the marketing of independent restaurants
Research Experience
NSERC USRA: Optimizing road design: From earth moving costs to vertical alignment, 2010
Independent study on mathematical models of disease transmission (supervised by Fred Brauer), 2009
Contact
Get in touch if you know someone looking for a motivated masters student to tackle an applied operations research project, or if you want to discuss the relative merits of different running shoes and the endless frustration of having a race build interrupted by injury.