Shmuel Onn is a Mathematician, Professor of Operations Research and Dresner Chair at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. His research interests include algebraic and geometric methods for discrete optimization, and he is known for his contributions to integer programming and nonlinear combinatorial optimization.
Shmuel Onn is a Mathematician, Professor of Operations Research and Dresner Chair at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. His research interests include algebraic and geometric methods for discrete optimization, and he is known for his contributions to integer programming and nonlinear combinatorial optimization.
He did his elementary education in Kadoorie, his B.Sc. at Technion - IIT in 1980, and following his obligatory service in the Navy, his M.Sc. at Technion in 1987. He obtained his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1992, advised by Louis Billera, Bernd Sturmfels, and Leslie Trotter. He was a postdoctal fellow at DIMACS in 1992-1993 and an Alexander von Humboldt fellow in Passau, Germany in 1993-1994.
He did his elementary education in Kadoorie, his B.Sc. at Technion - IIT in 1980, and following his obligatory service in the Navy, his M.Sc. at Technion in 1987. He obtained his Ph.D. from Cornell University in 1992, advised by Louis Billera, Bernd Sturmfels, and Leslie Trotter. He was a postdoctal fellow at DIMACS in 1992-1993 and an Alexander von Humboldt fellow in Passau, Germany in 1993-1994.
He joined the Technion faculty in 1994, and spent sabbaticals at the University of California, Davis in 2001-2002, ETH Zürich, where he delivered the Nachdiplom Lectures, in 2009, and ICERM at Brown University in 2023. He visited many times various Mathematical Research Institutes including the Mittag-Leffler, MSRI Berkeley, Banff, Oberwolfach, ETH, Max Planck Leipzig, and ICERM Brown.
He joined the Technion faculty in 1994, and spent sabbaticals at the University of California, Davis in 2001-2002, ETH Zürich, where he delivered the Nachdiplom Lectures, in 2009, and ICERM at Brown University in 2023. He visited many times various Mathematical Research Institutes including the Mittag-Leffler, MSRI Berkeley, Banff, Oberwolfach, ETH, Max Planck Leipzig, and ICERM Brown.
He advised several students and postdoctoral researchers who proceeded to pursue academic careers, including Antoine Deza, Sharon Aviran, Tal Raviv, Nir Halman, and Martin Koutecky. He is a recipient of the 2010 INFORMS Computing Society Prize, 2009 IBM Faculty Award, 2005 Henry Taub Prize, and 2005 ORSIS Prize.
He advised several students and postdoctoral researchers who proceeded to pursue academic careers, including Antoine Deza, Sharon Aviran, Tal Raviv, Nir Halman, and Martin Koutecky. He is a recipient of the 2010 INFORMS Computing Society Prize, 2009 IBM Faculty Award, 2005 Henry Taub Prize, and 2005 ORSIS Prize.
Shmuel Onn is the author of the research monograph Nonlinear Discrete Optimization published by the European Mathematical Society in 2010. In recent years he has been pioneering an algorithmic theory that uses Graver bases to solve sparse (non)-linear integer programs in variable dimension in polynomial and fixed-parameter tractable time.
Shmuel Onn is the author of the research monograph Nonlinear Discrete Optimization published by the European Mathematical Society in 2010. In recent years he has been pioneering an algorithmic theory that uses Graver bases to solve sparse (non)-linear integer programs in variable dimension in polynomial and fixed-parameter tractable time.