Developing your Research: What I Wish I had Known when I was Younger -- Talk by Professor Stewart Robinson (Loughborough University) Event
- Time:
- 14:00 - 16:00
- Date:
- 14 March 2019
- Venue:
- Room 8033, Building 54, School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, SO17 1BJ
For more information regarding this event, please email Christine Currie at Christine.Currie@southampton.ac.uk .
Event details
A key question for those who are early in their research careers is how can they develop their research and their profile among the research community? In this talk I shall reflect on over 25 years of experience as a researcher, and on some of the successes and struggles that I have had along the way. In particular I shall focus on how two streams of research have developed: one, a contribution to an existing field; the other, breaking new ground and trying to lead the way. Not all was plain sailing ... nor is it still. We shall conclude with some key lessons which I wish I had known when I started out.
Speaker information
Stewart Robinson, University of Loughborough, Dean and Professor of Management Science at Loughborough University, School of Business and Economics. Previously employed in simulation consultancy, he supported the use of simulation in companies throughout Europe and the rest of the world. He is author/co-author of six books on simulation. His research focuses on the practice of simulation model development and use. Key areas of interest are conceptual modelling, model validation, output analysis and alternative simulation methods (discrete-event, system dynamics and agent based). Professor Robinson is co-founder of the Journal of Simulation and the UK Simulation Workshop conference series. He was President of the Operational Research Society (2014-2015).