Alkiviadis Vazacopoulos
Teaching Associate Professor
School of Business
Education
- PhD (1994) Carnegie Mellon University (Industrial Administration)
- MS (1990) Carnegie Mellon University (Operations Research)
- MS (1988) Florida International University (Management Information Systems)
- BA (1986) University of Piraeus (Business Adminstration)
Research
Mathematical Programming
Supply Chain Analytics
Machine Learning and Optimization
Supply Chain Analytics
Machine Learning and Optimization
General Information
Alkis Vazacopoulos is a Business Analytics and Optimization expert. From January 2008 to January 2011 he was Vice President at FICO (NYSE: FICO) Research. Prior to that he was the President at Dash Optimization, Inc. where he worked closely with end-users, consulting companies, OEMs/ISVs in developing optimization solutions. He also does consulting work with Fortune 500 companies in the areas of finance, marketing optimization, data mining, supply chain, retail optimization, procurement, and decision analytics.
Dr. Vazacopoulos is a pioneer in using Parallel Programming for solving Large-Scale Optimization problems for several verticals, particularly in Banking and Retail Industries.
Dr Vazacopoulos has an Erdos3 number, has coauthored four major publications with Dr. Egon Balas, and his dissertation paper Guided Local Search for the Jobshop Scheduling paper has more than 300 citations, for 1988 to 1992 was the William Larimer King Fellow at GSIA, Carnegie Mellon University.
Specialties: Operations Research, Analytics
Dr. Vazacopoulos is a pioneer in using Parallel Programming for solving Large-Scale Optimization problems for several verticals, particularly in Banking and Retail Industries.
Dr Vazacopoulos has an Erdos3 number, has coauthored four major publications with Dr. Egon Balas, and his dissertation paper Guided Local Search for the Jobshop Scheduling paper has more than 300 citations, for 1988 to 1992 was the William Larimer King Fellow at GSIA, Carnegie Mellon University.
Specialties: Operations Research, Analytics
Experience
2012 – Present: CEO/Founder Industrial Algorithms.
2013 - 2016: Adjunct Faculty Stevens Institute of Technology.
2005 - 21012: Affiliated Faculty, Center for Applied Optimization, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida.
2011 - 2012: Client Partner, Verisk Analytics/Interthinx/Strategic Analytics 2008 - 2011: Vice President Research, FICO, Co. (Member of the Research Management Team
2004 - 2008, President, President, Dash Optimization, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
2013 - 2016: Adjunct Faculty Stevens Institute of Technology.
2005 - 21012: Affiliated Faculty, Center for Applied Optimization, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida.
2011 - 2012: Client Partner, Verisk Analytics/Interthinx/Strategic Analytics 2008 - 2011: Vice President Research, FICO, Co. (Member of the Research Management Team
2004 - 2008, President, President, Dash Optimization, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
Institutional Service
- BIA FACULTY Meetings Member
- School Faculty Meetings Member
- Board Of Directors BIA Member
- BIA FACULTY Meetings Member
- School Faculty Meetings Member
- Board Of Directors BIA Member
- Corporate Event Committee Member
- BIA Faculty meetings Member
- Board of Directors BIA Member
- Faculty Meeting Member
- SAIL Comitte Member
- Corporate Event Committee Spring Event Member
Professional Service
- Optimization Direct Inc. Partner
- Optimization Direct Inc. Partner
Consulting Service
Fair Isaac
Innovative Scheduling
Southwest
Aspentech
Bank of America
Chase
M&T
Cayuga Partners
Cosytec
HNC
Honeywell
PA Consulting
Printcafe
BASF
Economia Applicada
Frito Lay
ICF
Pacific Gas and Electric
Perseco
Air Products
Praxair
Procter & Gamble
I2 Technologies
Delaware Investments
Edison Mission
Retek
Department of Energy
Kronos
Workbrain
Clorox
Department of Sanitation, New York
Marvin Palmer
Perseco
Frito Lay, PepsiCO
Prograph Management Systems
General Mills
PSR Brazil
Target
Llamasoft
HESI INC. presented seminars: Mathematical Modeling and Project Management
Innovative Scheduling
Southwest
Aspentech
Bank of America
Chase
M&T
Cayuga Partners
Cosytec
HNC
Honeywell
PA Consulting
Printcafe
BASF
Economia Applicada
Frito Lay
ICF
Pacific Gas and Electric
Perseco
Air Products
Praxair
Procter & Gamble
I2 Technologies
Delaware Investments
Edison Mission
Retek
Department of Energy
Kronos
Workbrain
Clorox
Department of Sanitation, New York
Marvin Palmer
Perseco
Frito Lay, PepsiCO
Prograph Management Systems
General Mills
PSR Brazil
Target
Llamasoft
HESI INC. presented seminars: Mathematical Modeling and Project Management
Appointments
August 2016-Today: Teaching Associate Professor, School of Business, Stevens Institute of Technology
April 2014 – today: Partner Optimization Direct, Inc.
April 2011- March 2012: Client Partner, Verisk Analytics/Interthinx/Strategic Analytics.
2008-February 2011: Vice President Research, FICO, Co. (Member of the Research Management Team, 3 members)
2004-2008: President, Dash Optimization, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
1998-2004: Vice President and Founder, Director, Dash Optimization, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ
1999-2000: COO, Founder Axioma Inc.
1982-1983: Personnel Department, Accounting Department, Hellenic Shipyards, Athens, Greece.
April 2014 – today: Partner Optimization Direct, Inc.
April 2011- March 2012: Client Partner, Verisk Analytics/Interthinx/Strategic Analytics.
2008-February 2011: Vice President Research, FICO, Co. (Member of the Research Management Team, 3 members)
2004-2008: President, Dash Optimization, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
1998-2004: Vice President and Founder, Director, Dash Optimization, Inc. Englewood Cliffs, NJ
1999-2000: COO, Founder Axioma Inc.
1982-1983: Personnel Department, Accounting Department, Hellenic Shipyards, Athens, Greece.
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Model Development for Machine Learning and Mathematical Programming
Honors and Awards
1999-2000: Research Award, S. J. Silberman College of Business Administration, Fairleigh Dickinson University.
1997: Visiting Scientist in FAW (Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing), ULM, Germany.
1988-1991: William Larimer Mellon Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University.
1990: Nomination for The Richard M. and Margaret S. Cyert Family Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University. (2nd place)
1986-1988: Graduate Fellowship, School of Business, Florida International University.
1986: Fellowship, University of Piraeus, Greece.
1986, Fellowship, National Foundation of Fellowships, Greece.
1997: Visiting Scientist in FAW (Research Institute for Applied Knowledge Processing), ULM, Germany.
1988-1991: William Larimer Mellon Fellow, Carnegie Mellon University.
1990: Nomination for The Richard M. and Margaret S. Cyert Family Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon University. (2nd place)
1986-1988: Graduate Fellowship, School of Business, Florida International University.
1986: Fellowship, University of Piraeus, Greece.
1986, Fellowship, National Foundation of Fellowships, Greece.
Professional Societies
- INFORMS is the leading international association for Operations Research & Analytics professionals. – INFORMS Member
Patents and Inventions
Patent Application Publication, Pub. No.: US 2011/0066481 Al, Vazacopoulos et al. (43) Pub. Date: Mar. 17,2011, RANDOM PARTITIONING AND PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR VERY LARGE SCALE OPTIMIZATION AND METHOD. Inventors: Alkiviadis Vazacopoulos, Gabriel
Tavares.
Patent Application Publication, VAZACOPOULOS et al., US 20090271337A1, (io) Pub. No.: US 2009/0271337 Al (43) Pub. Date: Oct. 29, 2009, (54) APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUT AND OUTPUT TO PROCESS TO BE OPTIMIZED, (76) Inventors: Alkis VAZACOPOULOS, Harrington Park, NJ (US); Horia TIPI, New York, NY (US).
Patent Application Publication, VAZACOPOULOS et al., US 20090271337A1, (io) Pub. No.: US 2009/0271337 Al (43) Pub. Date: Oct. 29, 2009, (54) APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INPUT AND OUTPUT TO PROCESS TO BE OPTIMIZED, (76) Inventors: Alkis VAZACOPOULOS, Harrington Park, NJ (US); Horia TIPI, New York, NY (US).
Courses
BIA 600
BIA 674
MGT 657
BIA 678
BIA 610
BIA 674
MGT 657
BIA 678
BIA 610