Robust optimization can replace gaming strategy when you can’t predict an opponent’s next move—or any move. Using advanced equations and algorithms, Dr. Ardestani-Jaafari attempts to insulate networks from attack, be it a wildfire threatening a highway system or a hospital planning the best routes for home health-care delivery.

Congratulations to Amir Ardestani-Jaafari, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Management at The University of British Columbia, received the Principal’s Research Chair in Data-Driven Operations Management (Tier 2) from UBC Okanagan.

Stores remained stocked with AC units, fans despite sweltering temperatures, with Amir Ardestani-Jaafari, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Management, The University of British Columbia.