is a Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. His degrees are from the University of Waterloo in Systems Design Engineering (BASc 1977, MASc 1978, PhD 1983).
Professor Chinneck conducts research in the general area of applied optimization, including various applications in engineering. He has a special interest in the development of computer tools that assist in the formulation and analysis of very large and complex optimization models. His algorithms for the analysis of infeasible linear programs have been incorporated in many commercial linear programming solvers, including LINDO, IBM CPLEX, Gurobi, FICO Xpress, MATLAB, Frontline Systems Excel solvers, and others. His algorithms for mixed-integer linear programming branching rules are incorporated in the SCIP solver. His algorithms for nonlinear programming are incorporated in the AIMMS global solver. Two of his computer programs are available online: MProbe for analyzing the "shape" of arbitrary nonlinear functions of high dimension, and MINOS(IIS) for analyzing infeasibility in linear programs.
He is a member of the advisory board and former Editor-in-Chief (2007-2012) of the INFORMS Journal on Computing, which covers the interface between Operations Research and Computer Science, a member of the editorial board for the journal Constraints, and a past member of the editorial board for Computational Management Science. He is a past Chair (2005-2007) of the INFORMS Computing Society.
Professor Chinneck has several years of consulting experience including co-founding and operating a multi-person consulting engineering practice (Enermodal Engineering Limited). Experience also includes a stint as an energy conservation engineer for a large integrated steel manufacturer.
Professor Chinneck was awarded a Scholarly Achievement Award in 1988 by Carleton University, a Research Achievement Award in 1995 by Carleton University, an IBM Faculty Award in 2006, and an NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement in 2014. In 2017 he was given the INFORMS Computing Society Distinguished Service Award, and the CORS Award of Merit. Along with ex-PhD students Mubashsharul Shafique and Laurence Smith, Professor Chinneck won the 2017 COIN-OR Cup for the best use of or contribution to the COIN-OR repository of open source software for operations research, for the development of the CCGO global optimization software. He was awarded the 2024 INFORMS Impact Prize for “seminal contributions to infeasibility analysis in optimization”.
He was elected a 2025 Fellow of INFORMS. Citation reads: …recognized for algorithmic contributions to the field of optimization by providing essential computational tools to diagnose and resolve infeasible models, and for sustained service to the O.R. community.
At Carleton University he was the Associate Dean (Planning) for the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs (2009-2010), and the Associate Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Engineering and Design (2003-2006). He was Chair of the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering (2000-2001), and Associate Chair of Systems and Computer Engineering (1997-1999 and 2001-2006). He also served on the Senate (1997-1999) and the Board of Governors (2007-2010) .