Data and Decision Sciences in Action Proceedings of the Australian Society for Operations Research Conference 2016

Prof. Ruhul Sarker received his Ph.D. in Operations Research (under Industrial Engineering) from Dalhousie University, Canada in 1992. He is currently a Professor of Operations Research at the School of Engineering and Information Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia. Prof. Sarker is also Director of Postgraduate Research (equivalent to Assistant Dean) in his faculty. He is well known for his contributions to Operations Research and Evolutionary Optimization. He has published one book (Optimization Modelling: A Practical Approach, CRC Press) and 250+ technical papers for respected journals and conferences in his field. He currently serves as Associate Editor of three ISI Indexed International Journals in his field. Prof. Sarker has also edited/co-edited several books (including four with Springer) and several special issues of international journals (including one with Springer/Kluwer). He was the editor/co-editor of several conference proceedings including two major IEEE conferences. Prof. Sarker has received numerous awards for his research, as well as significant and prestigious research grants.