Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization

Professor Igor Litvinchev is a Professor at the Graduate Program in Systems Engineering (PISIS) of the Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (FIME) at Nuevo Leon State University (UANL), Monterrey, Mexico and a Head of Department at Computing Center Russian Academy of Sciences (CCRAS), Moscow, Russia. He received his Doctor of Sciences Degree (Habilitation) in Systems Modeling and Optimization and a Ph.D. (Candidate of Sciences Degree) in Systems Theory and Operations Research, both from CCRAS. His research interests include Modeling, Optimization and Control ofLarge Scale Systems. He is the co-founder of the Mexican Society of Operations Research and the Mexican Logistics and Supply Chain Association, is on numerous editorial boards, has been committee chair for dozens of conferences, has received many awards, and has contributed to several books. He is a member of Mexican Academy of Sciences and Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

Professor Jose Antonio Marmolejo is a Professor at Panamerican University, Mexico. His research is on operations research, large-scale optimization techniques, computational techniques and analytical methods for planning, operations, and control of electric energy and logistic systems. He received his Doctorate in Operations Research (Hons) at National Autonomous University of Mexico. At present, He has the third highest country-wide distinction granted by the Mexican National System of Research Scientists for scientific merit (SNI Fellow, Level 1). He is a member of the Network for Decision Support and Intelligent Optimization of Complex and Large Scale Systems and Mexican Society for Operations Research. He has co-authored research articles in science citation index journals,conference proceedings, presentations and book chapters.