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Joe Naoum-Sawaya, Ph.D.

Department of Management Sciences
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West, Waterloo,
ON, Canada,
N2L 3G1 (Google Map)
Office: CPH 4330
e-mail: jnaoumsa (at) uwaterloo (dot) ca
Phone: (519)-888-4567 x 32359
Fax: (519)-746-7252
Joe Naoum Sawaya

Publications


Research Interests:
Large Scale Linear and Integer Optimization, Decomposition Methods, Simulation Optimization, Health Care Systems, Supply Chain Management.

Education:
- (2011) Ph.D. in Operations Research, Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo.
- (2007) Masters of Applied Sciences in Operations Research, Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo.
- (2005) Bachelor of Engineering in Computer and Communication Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

Selected Experience:
- Mar. 10 - Jul. 10: Visiting Researcher, Institut für Informatik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany.
- June 09 - Sept. 09: Research Scientist Summer Intern, CPLEX R&D, IBM.
- Sept. 07 - Date: Research Assistant, Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo.
- Mar. 07 - Jul. 07: ADONET Marie-Curie Visiting Researcher, Institut für Informatik, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany.
- Sept. 05 - Apr.07: Research Assistant, Department of Management Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, University of Waterloo.

Teaching Experience:
Instructor:
- May. 11 – Aug. 11, Sept. 10 – Dec. 10: Introduction to Operations Research (MSCI 331)
Teaching Assistant:
- Jan. 10 – Apr. 10, Jan. 09 – Apr. 09, Apr. 06 – Aug. 06: Introduction to Operations Research (MSCI 331)
- Sept. 09 - Dec. 09, Sept. 08 - Dec. 08, Sept. 07 - Dec. 07: Principles of Operations Research (MSCI 603: Graduate Course)
- Aug. 06 – Dec. 06: Production & Operations Management (MSCI 432)
- Jan. 06 – Apr. 06: Telecommunication Management (MSCI 433)

Awards:
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council - Postdoctoral Fellowship (Sept 2011 – Aug. 2013).
- NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (May 2010 - July 2010).
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council - Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships NSERC CGS-D2 (Sept 2009 – Aug. 2011).
- Sandford Fleming Foundation Teaching Assistantship Award (2010).
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) (Sept. 2009 – Aug. 2010).
- UW President’s Scholarship (Sept. 2009 – Aug. 2011, Sept. 2007 – Aug. 2008).
- Fraser Award for Graduate Research, UW (2009, 2007).
- First Prize, Simul8 Simulation Competition (2008), CORS 2008, Quebec, QC.
- Honorable Mention, Student Paper Competition,  Canadian Operational Research Society (2008).
- Teaching Assistant Award, Fall 2008.
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), only 60 are awarded to international students in Ontario (Sept. 2007 – Aug. 2008).
- Canadian Operations Research Diploma in Operations Research (2007).
- UW Grad Merit (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009). 
OR Links:
OR Blog
OR Forum
ORMS Today
ORMS Tomorrow
OR Science of Better
INFORMS Resources
LP/NLP FAQ
Optimization Online
DMANET

Test Problems, Benchmarks and Solvers:
OR-Lib
MIPLIB
COR@L
Hanz Mittelmann
NEOS

Links to Others:
Micheal Trick's OR page
John Mitchell's OR page
Tom Cavalier's OR page
Kartik's OR page
Michael Jünger's group
Bissan Ghaddar's OR page

Test Problems, Benchmarks and Solvers:
OR-Lib
MIPLIB
COR@L
Hanz Mittelmann
NEOS

Online Courses:
Academic Earth
MIT Open Course Ware
UDACITY

UW Links:
UW CORS Chapter
UW-LIB
Grad Schedule
UGrad Schedule
UGrad Calendar
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Last Updated: September, 2011