Awi Federgruen (born 1953, in
Geneva) is a Dutch/American mathematician and
operations researcher and Charles E. Exley Professor of Management at the
Columbia Business School
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and affiliate professor at the university's
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Biography
Federgruen received his BA from the
University of Amsterdam in 1972, where he also received his MS in 1975 and his PhD in Operations Research in 1978
[http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/cbs-directory/detail/494917/Awi+Federgruen]
with a thesis entitled "Markovian Control Problems, Functional Equations and Algorithms" under supervision of
Gijsbert de Leve and
Henk Tijms.
[.]
Federgruen started his academic career as Research Fellow at the
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
The (abbr. CWI; English: "National Research Institute for Mathematics and Computer Science") is a research centre in the field of mathematics and theoretical computer science. It is part of the institutes organization of the Dutch Research Cou ...
, Amsterdam early 1970s, and was faculty member of the
University of Rochester, Graduate School of Management. In 1979 he was appointed Professor at the
Columbia University. In 1992 he was named the first Charles E. Exley Jr. Professor of Management, and holds the Chair of the Decision, Risk and Operations (DRO) Division. From 1997 to 2002 he was Vice Dean of the University. He serves as a principal consultant for the Israel Air Force, in the area of logistics and procurement policies.
Federgruen has supervised many PhD students;
recent graduates include Yusheng Zheng (at
Wharton Business School), Ziv Katalan (at Wharton Business School), Yossi AVIV (
Olin Business School), Fernando Bernstein (
Fuqua School of Business
The Fuqua School of Business (pronounced ) is the business school of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. It enrolls more than 1,300 students in degree-seeking programs. Duke Executive Education also offers non-degree business education and ...
),
Joern Meissner Joern Meissner (born c. 1970) is a German academic, business consultant, entrepreneur and Professor of Supply Chain Management & Pricing Strategy at Kühne Logistics University in Hamburg.
Biography
Meissner received MA in Business Management in ...
(
Kuehne Logistics University), Gad Allon (Wharton Business School), Nan Yang (
Miami Business School, Margaret Pierson (
Tuck School of Business
The Tuck School of Business (also known as Tuck, and formally known as the Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance) is the graduate business school of Dartmouth College, a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Founded in ...
), Lijian Lu (
HKUST Business School
The School of Business and Management is the business school of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), today considered one of the world's leading business schools in Asia.
Established in 1991 in Hong Kong, it offers unde ...
) and Zhe Liu (
Imperial College Business School), see
Federgruen was awarded the 2004 Distinguished Fellowship Award by the Manufacturing, Service and Operations Management society for Outstanding Research and Scholarship in Operations Management; and also the Distinguished Fellow, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society.
He was elected to the 2009 class of
Fellows of the
Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.
Work
Federgruen is known for his work in the development and implementation of planning models for supply chain management and logistical systems. His work on scenario planning is widely cited, the field has gained prominence as computers now allow the processing of large masses of complex data.
His work on supply chain models has wide applications in, for example, flu vaccine and the risks of relying too heavily on a single vaccine supplier.
He is also an expert on applied probability models and dynamic programming. In the wake of
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina was a destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. It was at the time the cost ...
, Federgruen was quoted on the subject of applying predictive models to minimize risk in disaster situations.
Columbia Business School: Hermes Magazine
Publications
Books, a selection:
* 1978. ''Markovian Control Problems, Functional Equations and Algorithms''. Doctorate thesis University of Amsterdam.
Articles, a selection:
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References
External links
Awi Federgruen
at Columbia
A. Federgroen
at the University of Amsterdam ''Album Academicum'' website
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Living people
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
American business theorists
American operations researchers
Dutch mathematicians
University of Amsterdam alumni
Columbia University faculty
Year of birth uncertain
Dutch emigrants to the United States
1953 births
Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences