Prof. Mathieu ( Martin ) Savelsbergh

Biography

Martin Savelsbergh is a logistics and optimization specialist with over 20 years of experience in mathematical modelling, optimization methods, performance analysis, supply chain management, production planning, and transportation. Martin has published over 100 research papers in many of the top operations research and optimization journals.

He has a track record of creating innovative techniques for solving large-scale optimization problems in a variety of areas, ranging from vehicle routing and scheduling problems, to per-seat on-demand air transportation problems, to lot-sizing problems.

Martin has demonstrated ability to design and implement highly sophisticated and effective optimization algorithms as well as an ability to analyse practical decision problems and translate the insights obtained into optimal business solutions. Before joining the University of Newcastle in October of 2011, Martin Savelsbergh led the Business and Services Analytics research program in the Mathematics, Informatics, and Statistics division of CSIRO.

Prior to July of 2010, he was Schneider professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering of Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, and Research Director at The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL). As Research Director, Martin was responsible for SCL’s Leaders in Logistics program, an industry outreach/partnership program focused on developing innovative solutions that enhances companies’ competitiveness. Leaders in Logistics companies include YRC Worldwide, Intel, Sabre, Praxair, and the United States Postal Service.

Qualifications

• PhD, Erasmus University - Rotterdam, 1959
• Master of Science, University of Amsterdam - Netherlands, 1983

Research

Research keywords

• Combinatorial Optimisation
• Integer Programming
• Logistics
• Operations Research
• Scheduling
• Transportation

Research expertise

Martin Savelsbergh is a logistics and optimization specialist with over 20 years of experience in mathematical modeling, operations research, optimization methods, algorithm design, performance analysis, supply chain management, production planning, and transportation. Martin has published over 100 research papers in many of the top operations research and optimization journals.

He has a track record of creating innovative techniques for solving large-scale optimization problems in a variety of areas, ranging from vehicle routing and scheduling problems, to per-seat on-demand air transportation problems, to lot-sizing problems.

Martin has demonstrated an ability to design and implement highly sophisticated and effective optimization algorithms as well as an ability to analyze practical decision problems and translate the insights obtained into optimal business solutions. He has excellent project management, leadership, and team building skills.

Languages

• Dutch
• English

Fields of Research

Centres and Groups

Centre

• Newcastle Institute for Energy and Resources (NIER)
• PRC - Computer Assisted Research Mathematics and its Applications

Teaching

Teaching keywords

• Combinatorial Optimisation
• Integer Programming
• Operations Research
• Scheduling
• Transportation