About
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1985 Panos M. Pardalos serves as professor emeritus of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Florida. Additionally, he is the Paul and Heidi Brown Preeminent Professor of industrial and systems engineering. He is also an affiliated faculty member of the computer and information science Department, the Hellenic Studies Center, and the biomedical engineering program. He is also the director of the Center for Applied Optimization. Pardalos is a world leading expert in global and combinatorial optimization. His recent research interests include network design problems, optimization in telecommunications, e-commerce, data mining, biomedical applications, and massive computing. I will be on sabbatical leave during the 2018-2019 academic year.
Panos M. Pardalos earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1985.
He serves as distinguished professor of industrial and systems engineering at the University of Florida. Additionally, he is the Paul and Heidi Brown Preeminent Professor of industrial and systems engineering. Panos M. Pardalos is also an affiliated faculty member of the Computer & Information Science & Engineering Department, Biomedical Engineering Department, McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida Informatics Institute, the Genetics Institute and Warren B. Nelms Institute. Further, he is the director of the Center for Applied Optimization, University of Florida and a world leading expert in global and combinatorial optimization. In 2021, he got elected as Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea.
Panos M. Pardalos worked on the following research projects, among others: NRI: INT: COLLAB: High Throughput Multi-Robot Weed Management for Specialty Crop. National Robotic Initiative (NRI), Nasional Research Foundation (NSF)/USDA, duration: 04/01/2020 – 03/31/2024, NIH-NIGMS RO1 “Precision and Intelligent Systems in Medicine Partnership”, duration: 2016 – 2019, and UF Informatics Institute (UFII) Seed Fund for “Data Science Techniques for Studying Patient-Specific Risk Assessment for Acute Kidney Injury”, duration: 2016 – 2017.
He received the following awards, among others: Distinguished Alumni Award, Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2019; Humboldt Research Award, 2018-2019; University of Florida Chapter Sigma Xi Senior Faculty Research Award for 2017; Constantin Caratheodory Prize, 2013; and EURO Gold Medal (EGM), 2013.
Skills & Expertise
Data Mining
Algorithms
Matlab
Mathematical Modeling
LaTeX
Research Interests
Genetics
Data Mining
Data Science
E-Commerce
Software Design
Systems Engineering
Network design problems
optimization in telecommunications
biomedical applications
massive computing
Telecommunications
Supply Chain
Financial Engineering
Information Theory
Biomedical engineering
Global Optimization
Combinatorial Optimization
Network Design Problems
Optimization in Telecommunications
E-commerce Optimization
Biomedical Applications
Massive Computing
Applied Optimization
Industrial and Systems Engineering
Computer and Information Science
Informatics
Multi-Robot Systems
Precision Medicine
Patient Risk Assessment
Agricultural Robotics
Acute Kidney Injury
Brain Informatics
High-Performance Computing
Connect With Me
Experience
Director & Associate Professor
Elected Full Professor
Visiting Professor
Research Visitor
Professor
Education
University of Minnesota (UMN)
Clarkson University, Potsdam
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
Projects
Mathematical Approaches to WMD Defense and Vulnerability Assessments on Dynamic Networks
DTRA “Mathematical Approaches to WMD Defense and Vulnerability Assessments on Dynamic Networks” (co-PI with C. Smith and M. Thai), $632,407
Applying Systems Engineering Concepts to Improve Efficiency, Patient Satisfaction, and Quality of Care in a Veterans Health Administration Medical Center
Veterans Health Administration Improvement Capability Grant “Applying Systems Engineering Concepts to Improve Efficiency, Patient Satisfaction, and Quality of Care in a Veterans Health Administration Medical Center”, $1.5 M, 3 years (2009-2011). Team involves VAMC, Tampa, FL and Center for Applied Optimization, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Biological Models for Information Systems Dynamics
Florida Institute for Information Systems Dynamics “Biological Models for Information Systems Dynamics” $10,000 (Fall 2009)
Modeling and Optimization of Network Response to WMD Attacks Under Uncertainty
U.S. Department of Defense/DTRA “Modeling and Optimization of Network Response to WMD Attacks Under Uncertainty” (with V. Boginski (co-PI), and S. Uryasev (co-PI)) $219,016 (2009-2010)
Development of a Multimodal Transportation Educational Virtual Appliance
Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation, US Dept. of Transportation/Fed Highway Admin. “Development of a Multimodal Transportation Educational Virtual Appliance” (with P. Sheng and R. Figueiredo) $110,000 (2009 – 2010)
Conferences & Seminars (2)
Complexity Issues for Numerical Optimization
Chairman and Workshop Organizer for the Workshop on \Complexity Issues for Numerical Optimization"
(with S. Vavasis), Cornell Univ. (March 1991).
4th Advanved Online & Onsite Course on Data Science & Machine Learning (ACDL 2021)
NSF support for the conference on “Network Optimization” (with W. Hager and D. Hearn), Grant: NSF – DMS-9522573 (January 1, 1996 — Dec. 31, 1996) $15,000.
Awards & Achievements (45)
🏆 Cornell National Supercomputer Facility Award
🏆 IBM Support Program Award
🏆 Fellowships awarded
🏆 Excellent Performance
🏆 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
Patents (10)
Methods and systems for brain function analysis
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Variational parameter neurostimulation paradigm for treatment of neurologic disease
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Sensor registration by global optimization procedures
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Global optimization by continuous greedy randomized adaptive search procedure
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Closed-loop state-dependent seizure prevention systems
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Invited Position (5)
Invited Speakar
Invited speaker
Invited Distinguished seminar speaker
Invited plenary speaker
Invited Plenary Speaker
Role in Research Journals (6)
Associate Editor
IJAMC
Advisory Member
FODM
Associate Editor
JOTA
Editor-in-Chief
OL
Editor-in-Chief
ES
Publications (232)
Keywords and Phrases Introduction Complexity of Quadratic Programming Equivalence Between Discrete and Continuous Problems Integer Programming Problems and Complementarity Problems Integer Programming...
The logistics companies executing the last mile delivery of goods in urban areas deal every day with the problem of routing their vehicles, while taking into account multiple trips per vehicle, time-d...
Learning with inexact supervision, rather than definite labels, has been proposed to relieve the labeling burden. Pairwise comparison (Pcomp) is a novel inexact supervision setting for binary classifi...
This comprehensive volume presents essential mathematical results devoted to topics of mathematical analysis, differential equations and their various applications. It focuses on differential operator...
Modern large-scale vehicle design (aircraft, ships, automobiles, mass transit) requires the interaction of multiple disciplines, traditionally processed in a sequential order. Multidisciplinary optimi...
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