Shtern Shimrit - The Faculty of Data and Decision Sciences

Shtern Shimrit

Assistant Professor

Overview
Research

Overview

Dr. Shimrit Shtern Joined the Faculty in 2018. She received his Ph.D. in Operations Research from the Technion in 2015. Between 2015-2017 Shimrit was an instructor and post-doctoral associate at the ORC at MIT.

Her Research focuses on developing models and algorithms for robust optimization and continuous optimization and their applications.

Research

Optimization applications in: inventory systems, estimation and control, statistics and healthcare.

Robust and adaptive optimization.

Data-driven optimization.

Algorithms for nonconvex and mixed-integer optimization.

Nonconvex and nonsmooth optimization theorey and algorithms,

First order and primal-dual methods.

Semidefinite programming.

The Technion Optimization Lab (TOL) –

Fundamental research in the area of Continuous Optimization and its applications, with emphasis on developing novel optimization methodologies, models and algorithms
Applications of optimization models and techniques in Engineering, Medicine, Industry, etc.
Supervising and supporting graduate research projects in the area of Continuous Optimization
Disseminating advances in optimization techniques via organizing workshops, schools, seminars, etc