Operations Research and Analytics

Advancing the design of complex systems to ensure safe, effective and reliable performance.


Design, prototype, test, break, improve. That’s the tried-and-true engineering model — for things like cars and planes. But some systems are so big and complex — a series of interdependent hydroelectric dams or miles of highway full of fast-moving autonomous cars, for example — that prototypes are not practical or cost effective. Typical challenges our Operations Research and Analytics researchers take on involve systems within systems that must work together seamlessly. Our researchers use the latest tools in systems modeling and data analytics, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, optimization, stochastic processes, and discrete-event and agent-based simulation.

Our faculty are experts in developing tools that simulate real-world infrastructure or applications to understand how component parts integrate to perform as a whole, as well as how to analyze and continually improve performance in real time once a system is operational. Working with such partners as the Port of Virginia and the Department of Defense, our faculty discover innovative ways to improve the structures of society that profoundly affect our economic and social well-being, from the manufacture and distribution of goods and services to national security.

Operations Research and Analytics Faculty

Negin Alemazkoor

Negin Alemazkoor


Assistant Professor

Reid Bailey

Reid Bailey


Laura Barnes

Laura Barnes


Professor

Olsson Hall 277 (Link Lab)

Phone: 434-924-1723
lb3dp@virginia.edu
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Madhur Behl

Madhur Behl


Associate Professor

Olsson Hall 265 (Link Lab)

Phone: 434-924-1021
mb2kg@virginia.edu
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Donald E. Brown, Ph.D.

Donald E. Brown, Ph.D.


W.S. Calcott Professor

Cindy Chang

Cindy Chang


Professor

Mechanical Engineering 310

Phone: 434-243-3456
qc9nq@virginia.edu
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Seokhyun Chung

Seokhyun Chung


Assistant Professor

Olsson Hall 257 (Link Lab)

Phone: 434-924-5394
schung@virginia.edu
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Roman Krzysztofowicz, Ph.D.

Roman Krzysztofowicz, Ph.D.


Professor

Olsson Hall 111A

Phone: 434-982-2067
rk@virginia.edu
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James H. Lambert

James H. Lambert


Professor

Henning S. Mortveit

Henning S. Mortveit


Associate Professor

Biocomplexity Institute

Phone: 434-243-5883
hsm2v@virginia.edu
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Daniel Otero-Leon, Ph.D.

Daniel Otero-Leon, Ph.D.


Research Scientist

Remote - District of Columbia

Phone: 734-780-0768
dfotero@virginia.edu
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B. Brian Park

B. Brian Park


Professor

Olsson Hall 253 (Link Lab)

Phone: 434-924-6347​
bp6v@virginia.edu
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Michael D. Porter

Michael D. Porter


Associate Professor

Julianne Quinn

Julianne Quinn


Assistant Professor

William T. Scherer

William T. Scherer


Professor

Majid Shafiee-Jood

Majid Shafiee-Jood


Research Assistant Professor