Contact Information
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Richard Ivey Building 2338
Expertise
- Operations Research
- Optimization
- Non-linear Optimization
- Smart Cities
- Energy Networks
- Transportation Networks
- Water Networks
- Machine Learning
- Big Data Analytics
Research Publications
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Bissan Ghaddar is an Associate Professor of Management Science at the Ivey Business School working on problems at the intersection of smart cities, IoT, and optimization models. Prior to joining Ivey Business School, she was an Assistant Professor in Data Analytics at the Department of Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. She has also worked on energy, water, and transportation network optimization at IBM Research and on inventory management problems at the Centre for Operational Research and Analysis, Department of National Defence Canada. She was invited for extended research visits at the Universität zu Köln in Germany and the University of Avignon in France. Dr. Ghaddar received a Ph.D. degree in operations research from the University of Waterloo, Canada. Her work has been published in prestigious journals such as Mathematical Programming, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Transportation Research, among others. Her research has been supported by national and international scholarships including NSERC, Cisco, H2020, and FP7 IIF European Union Grant.
Teaching
- Decision Making with Analytics
Programs Taught
- HBA
- PhD
Education
- MASc Management Sciences, University of Waterloo
- Ph.D. Management Sciences, University of Waterloo
Honours & Awards
- Faculty Scholars Award (2024)
Experience
- Assistant Professor, University of Waterloo
- Research Scientist, IBM Research