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Ahmed Ghoniem
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Education:Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, |
Research/Teaching Interests:Large-scale optimization in logistics |
Publications
Ali, F. M., Al-Hamadi, H., Ghoniem, A., and Sherali, H. D. (2012), Hardware-software co-design for reconfigurable field programmable gate arrays using mixed-integer programming, Informatica, 36 (3), 287-295.
Ghoniem, A., Scherrer, C. R., and Solak, S. (2012), A specialized column generation approach for a vehicle routing problem with demand allocation, Journal of the Operational Research Society, (accepted).
Solak, S., Scherrer, C. R., and Ghoniem, A. (2012), The stop-and-drop problem in nonprofit food distribution networks, Annals of Operations Research, (accepted).
Mafakheri, F., Breton, M., and Ghoniem, A. (2011), Supplier selection-order allocation: A two stage multiple criteria dynamic programming approach, International Journal of Production Economics, 132 (1), 52-57.
Ghoniem, A. and Sherali, H. D. (2011), Defeating symmetry in combinatorial optimization via objective perturbations and hierarchical constraints, IIE Transactions, 43 (8), 575-588.
Ghoniem, A. and Sherali, H. D. (2011), Set partitioning and packing versus assignment formulations for subassembly matching problems, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 62, 2023-2033.
Ghoniem, A. and Sherali, H. D. (2010), Models and algorithms for the scheduling of a doubles tennis training tournament, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 61, 723-731.
Ghoniem, A. and Sherali, H. D. (2009), Complementary column generation and bounding approaches for set partitioning formulations, Optimization Letters, 3 (1), 123-136.
Sherali, H. D. and Ghoniem, A. (2009), Joint vehicle assembly-routing problems: An integrated modeling and optimization approach, Networks, 53 (3), 249-265.
Conference Proceedings
Al-Salem, A., Farhadi, F., Kharbeche, M., and Ghoniem, A. (2012), Multiple-runway aircraft sequencing problems using mixed-integer programming, Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, FL, May 2012 - Winning 2012 ISERC Paper, OR Track.
Musa, R., Chen, F. F. and A. S. Ghoniem (2006), Dynamic variation reduction technique in assembly lines after batch inspection, in Industrial Engineering Research Conference, Orlando, FL.
Grants
12/2012-12/2014: "Cutting-Edge Optimization
for Modern, Consumer-Focused Retailing." Agency: Qatar National Research
Fund, National Priorities Research Program, NPRP 5-591-5-082. Role: Co-PI; with
LPI Bacel Maddah, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, and Co-LPI Shaligram
Pokharel, Qatar University. Award: $511,185.
12/2010-06/2012: "Tactical Optimization Models for the Design of Retail Product Lines." Agency: Faculty Research Grant/Healey Endowment Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Award: $9,828.
2010-2012: "Integrated Modeling and Optimization Approaches for Airport Terminal Area Management." Agency: Qatar National Research Fund, National Priorities Research Program. Role: Lead Principal Investigator; with Co-PI Ghaith Rabadi, Old Dominion University, and Co-LPI Ameer Al-Salem, Qatar University. Award: $493,032.
2008-2009: "Optimization of Aircraft Arrival and Departure Schedules in Multiple-Runway Airports." Agency: Faculty Research Grant/Healey Endowment Grant, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Award: $6,990.
Presentations
A column generation approach for joint vehicle assembly-routing problems, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 13, 2009 (invited talk).
Joint optimization of aircraft arrival and departure schedules, INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Diego, October 11, 2009 (invited talk).
Joint assortment, pricing, and ordering in retail management, IIE Annual Conference and Expo, Miami, FL, June 2, 2009 (invited talk).
Joint vehicle assembly-routing problems: an integrated modeling and optimization approach, UMass Amherst INFORMS Student Chapter, October 24, 2008 (invited talk).
Symmetry compatible formulations via objective perturbations and hierarchical constraints, INFORMS Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., October 13, 2008 (invited talk).
Joint vehicle assembly-routing problems: an integrated modeling and optimization approach, Virginia Tech INFORMS Student Chapter, May 2, 2007 (invited talk).
Awards and Honors
2009: Outstanding Faculty Support Award, INFORMS Chapter, UMass Amherst.
1997-1999: Awarded an Excellence Scholarship by the French government.
1997: Ranked 1st at the French Baccalauréat exam for French schools in the Middle East.
Academic/Professional Activities
2006-present The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
2008-present The Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).
Referee for: Computational Management Science; European Journal of Operational Research; IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems; Journal of Global Optimization; Journal of the Operational Research Society.
2005-2006 President, INFORMS Student Chapter, Virginia Tech.
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