Dr. Mahdi Fathi
Assistant Professor at University of North Texas (UNT)
Denton, Texas, United States
About
He received his BS and MS from the Department of Industrial Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) and Ph.D. from Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran in 2006, 2008 and 2013, respectively. He won three postdoctoral fellowships at Industrial Engineering lab-Ecole Central Paris (France), Stochastic Modeling and Analysis of Communication Systems (SMACS) Group at Dep. of Telecommunications and Information Processing (TELIN) -Ghent University (Belgium), Dep. of Industrial & Systems Engineering-Mississippi State University (USA). Moreover, he was visiting scholar at Center for Applied Optimization, Dep. of Industrial and Systems Engineering-University of Florida (USA), at Dep. of Electrical Engineering-National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, and at Dep. of Industrial Engineering-Tecnológico de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. Also, he worked at Optym as a senior systems engineer and at A Model Of Reality Inc. as a system design engineer in the USA and several other companies in different industry sectors. He has published in such journals as the Technometrics, IIE Transactions on Healthcare Systems Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, International Journal of Production Economics, Reliability Engineering & System Safety, International Journal of Production Research, Applied Soft Computing, Journal of Risk and Reliability, Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Computers and Industrial Engineering. He is the corresponding editor of the textbooks "Large Scale Optimization in Supply Chains and Smart Manufacturing: Theory and Applications" and "Optimization in Large Scale Problems: Industry 4.0 and Society 5.0 Applications". He is also currently editing the "Handbook of Smart Energy Systems" with Prof. Enrico Zio and Prof. Panos M. Pardalos. Prof. Fathi is an active member of several societies and institutions and serves as an associate editor for AI in Business Journal, Energy Systems Journal, and Operations Research Forum Journal. His current research interests include Operations Research, Management Science, Data Science, Energy and sustainability, Healthcare, AI in Business, Cybersecurity and Information Systems, Social Goods, and Disrupting Human Trafficking and Illicit Markets.
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Experience
Supply Chain & Operations Management Researcher
Institute for Trade Studies & Research (ITSR), Iran
Education
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) (AUT)
M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering
Passout Year: 2008
Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) (AUT)
B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering
Passout Year: 2006Publication
Time-to-Adapt (TTA)
Manufacturing operations rely heavily on external sources and supply chain (SC) networks, making them susceptible to material and operational risks. In response, manufacturers are investigat...
Theory of AI-driven scheduling (TAIS): a service-oriented scheduling framework by integrating theory of constraints and AI
This paper introduces the Theory of AI-driven scheduling (TAIS), an innovative framework designed to revolutionise service-oriented scheduling (In the context of this paper, ‘service-orien...
A robust optimization approach for designing multi-period airport hub network with uncertain capacity
Airports are increasing their capacity to accelerate and facilitate travel and cargo delivery. At the same time, they aim to decrease expenses on delays caused by capacity overflow, encourag...
The Impact of Emerging Trends and Increased Supply Chain Costs on Retail Goods Returns: An Analytical Model for Optimizing Pricing and Refund Strategi...
Journal : Computational Logistics (ICCL 2024)
The impact of emerging operations and marketing management trends on retail goods returns is significant. While customers are experiencing increasingly lenient return and purchase procedures...
Assessing resiliency in scale-free supply chain networks: a stress testing approach based on entropy measurements and value-at-risk analysis
Supply chain (SC) resiliency and risk management have garnered increasing attention recently. While several studies have explored the use of scale-free network models to design and optimise ...
An Introduction to the Applications of Operations Research and Data Science in Disrupting Illicit Markets
This publication was developed under an appointment of the corresponding guest editor of Annals of Operations Research—Special Issue: Applications of Operations Research and Data Science i...
Reliability Assessment of Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication Networks through Headway Distribution and Information Propagation Delay
Several developed vehicle spaces and time headway distribution models in traffic flow theory have been widely used in the literature, reflecting the primary uncertainty in drivers’ car-fol...
An Integrated Pricing, QoS-Aware Sensor Location Model for Security Protection in Society 5.0
Society 5.0 refers to an advanced society based on big data, artificial intelligence, sensors, and robots to improve many aspects of life in a smart city. The role of sensors in Society 5.0 ...
Two-stage nodal network interdiction under decision-dependent uncertainty
Infrastructures such as power stations, water systems, railways, highways, subway stations, and roads play an important role in ensuring that the network operates safely and effectively. In ...
Scheduling in Industrial environment toward future: insights from Jean-Marie Proth
According to [Dolgui, Alexandre, and Jean Marie Proth. 2010. Supply Chain Engineering: Useful Methods and Techniques. Vol. 539. Springer.], advancing tactical levels in production systems ha...
Role in Research Journals
Conference/Seminar/STTP/FDP/Symposium/Workshop
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Oct 2019
Computers & Industrial Engineering
Beihang University ,
Beijing, Beijing, China-
May 2018
IISE Annual Conference & Expo
Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Orlando ,
Orlando, Florida, United States-
Apr 2018
Integrated Product and Process Design
University of Florida (UF) ,
Florida City, Florida, United States-
Apr 2018
WTS Symposium on Smart Cities
University of Florida (UF) ,
Florida City, Florida, United States-
Mar 2018
4th Annual Informatics Institute Symposium
University of Florida (UF) ,
Floral City, Florida, United States-
Mar 2018
Data Science and Informatics Spring Symposium
University of Florida (UF) ,
Florida City, Florida, United States-
Feb 2018
Fifth International Conference on Computational Biomedicine (CBM 2018)
University of Florida (UF) ,
Gainesville, Florida, United States-
Dec 2017
Visualizing Transportation Big Data for Efficient Decision Making
University of Florida (UF) ,
Gainesville, Florida, United States-
Nov 2017
5th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region
University of Florida (UF) ,
Gainesville, Florida, United States-
Oct 2017
Risk Management Approaches in Engineering Applications
University of Florida (UF) ,
Gainesville, Florida, United States-
Sep 2015
27th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC 27)
Ghent University ,
Beijing, Beijing, China-
Nov 2015
Young European Queueing Theorists (YEQTIX)
TU Eindhoven, Netherlands ,
Amsterdam, Netherlands The-
Jul 2014
The 16th International DSM Conference
Ecole Centrale Paris (ECP) ,
Paris, Paris, France-
Oct 2014
RED 2014 Rencontres Entreprises-Doctorants
Ecole Centrale Paris (ECP) ,
Paris, Paris, France-
Nov 2014
DA2PL 2014 from Multiple Criteria Decision Aid to Preference Learning
Ecole Centrale Paris (ECP) ,
Paris, Paris, France-
Dec 2013
Mathematical Modelling of Complex Systems
Ecole Centrale Paris (ECP) ,
Paris, Paris, FranceMembership
Member
Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE)
From year 2023 to PresentInvited Position
Research Method
Isfahan University of Technology
From year 2016 to 2016Honours & Awards
Washington D.C. Faculty Fellow
University of North Texas
Year: 2022
Best Paper Award
Beihang University, Beijing
Year: 2019
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Mississippi State University, USA
Year: 2018
Nominated for editing two Springer books
Optimization
Year: 2018
Computers & Industrial Engineering Outstanding Reviewer Award
Computers & Industrial Engineering, International Journal of Production Research, Applied Soft Computing, Knowledge Based Systems
Year: 2018
Nominated for NIW Green Card
United State
Year: 2016
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore
Year: 2015
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Ghent University, Belgium
Year: 2014
Best PhD thesis
IUST
Year: 2013
Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Ecole Centrale Paris, France
Year: 2013
Member
Iran’s National Elites Foundation
Year: 2009
Exceptional talent scholarship
AUT
Year: 2006Doctoral and Master Thesis Guided
Positioning the order penetration point (decoupling point) in supply chains under uncertain demand and lead-time
Ph.D Thesis (Ph.D. Thesis)
Institute : Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST)
Area of research: Industrial Engineering
A Method for Evaluating Eco-efficiency of Reverse Supply Chain Network
M.Sc. Thesis (M.Sc. Thesis)
Institute : Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) (AUT)
Area of research: Industrial Engineering
Using Data Mining Techniques in Customer Relationship Management
B.Sc. Thesis (B.Sc. Thesis)
Institute : Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic) (AUT)
Area of research: Industrial Engineering
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