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Centre for Operational Research, Management Science and Information Systems (CORMSIS)

Our people

Learn more about our team and their expertise in specific areas of risk, optimisation, finance and health.

Dr PK Senyo

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Digital Transformation and Innovation
  • FinTech

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: p.k.senyo@soton.ac.uk

Address: Boldrewood Campus, Burgess Road, SO16 7QF

Dr Qin Zhou

Lecturer in Operations Management

Research interests

  • Applications: Operations Management: closed-loop supply chain management, production outsourcing, remanufacturing management (authorization and outsourcing), technology innovation, Nash bargaining, contract design.Marketing-Operations Management Interface: trade-in, strategic consumers behaviour, fairness concerns, anticipated regret.Marine Policy: clean technology innovation, abatement decision. Methodologies: Game theory, optimization.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: q.zhou@soton.ac.uk

Address: Boldrewood Campus, Burgess Road, SO16 7QF

Professor Sally Brailsford

Professor of Management Science

Research interests

  • Healthcare modelling
  • Hybrid simulation
  • Behavioural Operational Research

Mr Samuel Ward

Research interests

  • Convex Optimisation
  • Bilevel Optimisation
  • Machine Learning

Email: s.ward@soton.ac.uk

Address: B54, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Sasan Barak

Lecturer in Business Analytics

Research interests

  • Financial Machine Learning (including Portfolio Optimisation, Algorithmic Trading)
  • Forecasting (Model Selection, Meta-Learning, Deep Learning)
  • Statistical and Machine Learning Algorithms in Analytics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: s.barak@soton.ac.uk

Address: B2, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Selin Ahipasaoglu PhD

Professor

Research interests

  • Convex Optimisation
  • Robust Optimisation
  • Discrete Choice Theory and Applications

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: s.d.ahipasaoglu@soton.ac.uk

Address: B54, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Simon Troup

Principal Enterprise Fellow

Research interests

  • data wrangling, data science and data products
  • tech product strategy and business models
  • fintech unbundling and platforms

Email: simon.troup@soton.ac.uk

Address: B2, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Soroosh Saghiri BSc, MSc, MA, PhD, SFHEA, FCILT

Associate Professor of Operations

Research interests

  • Procurement and Supply Chain Strategies: with an emphasis on industry 4.0 applications
  • Supply Chain Risk and Resilience Management
  • Operations Digital Transformation

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: ss3c22@soton.ac.uk

Address: B2, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Stefano Cipolla

Lecturer in Operational Research

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: s.cipolla@soton.ac.uk

Address: B54, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Steffen Bayer

Lecturer in Business Analytics

Research interests

  • Simulation Modelling
  • Health Systems Research
  • Health Planning

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: s.c.bayer@soton.ac.uk

Address: B2, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ