Peter Zhang

Assistant Professor of Operations Research

Peter received his Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science and Master of Applied Science from the University of Toronto, and Ph.D. in Engineering Systems from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests are in optimization theory, with applications in supply chain, transportation, health, and other socio-technical systems.

Publications

1. Designing response supply chain against bioattacks, Operations Research. (joint work with Simchi-Levi, D., Trichakis, N.)
  - MSOM SIG (2017)
  - POMS SCM student paper competition runner-up (2017)
  - POMS HOCM best paper competition runner-up (2018)
2. Identifying risks and mitigating disruptions in the automotive supply chain. Interfaces. (joint work with Simchi-Levi, D., Schmidt, W., Wei, Y., Combs, K., Ge, Y., Gusikhin, O., Sander, M., and Zhang, D. )
  - INFORMS Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice (2014)
  - Ford Engineering Excellence Award (2015)
3. Multi-Stage Resource-Aware Scheduling for Data Centers with Heterogenous Servers. Journal of Scheduling. (joint work with Tran, T. T., Li, H., Down, D., Beck, J. C. )
4. Solving Wind farm layout optimization with mixed integer programs and constraint programs. EURO Journal on Computational Optimization. (joint work with Romero, D., Beck, J. C., Amon, C.)