Karmel S. Shehadeh
@karmelshehadeh.bsky.social
WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor of ISE| University of Southern California
New preprint 🚨. In this paper, we introduce an innovative framework that sets a new direction for the emerging fields of drone-based disaster management and
FL for drone delivery problems. Brilliant work led by amazing USC PhD student Yuyang Ma
optimization-online.org?p=32497
FL for drone delivery problems. Brilliant work led by amazing USC PhD student Yuyang Ma
optimization-online.org?p=32497
Integrated Planning of Drone-Based Disaster Relief: Facility Location, Inventory Prepositioning, and Fleet Operations under Uncertainty – Optimization Online
optimization-online.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
New preprint 🚨. In this paper, we introduce an innovative framework that sets a new direction for the emerging fields of drone-based disaster management and
FL for drone delivery problems. Brilliant work led by amazing USC PhD student Yuyang Ma
optimization-online.org?p=32497
FL for drone delivery problems. Brilliant work led by amazing USC PhD student Yuyang Ma
optimization-online.org?p=32497
I’m incredibly honored to receive the Chuck ReVelle Rising Star Award from SOLA @informs.bsky.social. This recognition is both inspiring and humbling; it raises the bar and motivates me to keep advancing location science and to live up to the spirit of this award. @viterbischool.usc.edu @usc.edu
October 28, 2025 at 1:03 PM
I’m incredibly honored to receive the Chuck ReVelle Rising Star Award from SOLA @informs.bsky.social. This recognition is both inspiring and humbling; it raises the bar and motivates me to keep advancing location science and to live up to the spirit of this award. @viterbischool.usc.edu @usc.edu
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For patients, every hour waiting for surgery feels endless. @viterbischool.usc.edu found a way to help — building data models that cut delays, ease hospital congestion, & improve access to care.
Harnessing Data to End Hospital Gridlock and Streamline Surgery - USC Viterbi | School of Engineering
New data-driven models developed by a USC and Carnegie Mellon-led team could reduce surgery delays, cut hospital costs by up to 60% and improve access to surgery.
viterbischool.usc.edu
October 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
For patients, every hour waiting for surgery feels endless. @viterbischool.usc.edu found a way to help — building data models that cut delays, ease hospital congestion, & improve access to care.
I was born to become a professor, and I'm incredibly honored & grateful to continue contributing to our field as the WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor of ISE at USC. I'm committed to advancing our research and educational mission at USC, and I'm thankful to everyone who makes this journey meaningful
October 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I was born to become a professor, and I'm incredibly honored & grateful to continue contributing to our field as the WiSE Gabilan Assistant Professor of ISE at USC. I'm committed to advancing our research and educational mission at USC, and I'm thankful to everyone who makes this journey meaningful
Looking forward to presenting our recent work on improving fairness in graduate medical education at the Virtual Discrete Optimization Talks (DOTs) tomorrow. We’ll share insights on how equity-promoting optimization techniques can address fairness concerns in medical resident training.
October 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Looking forward to presenting our recent work on improving fairness in graduate medical education at the Virtual Discrete Optimization Talks (DOTs) tomorrow. We’ll share insights on how equity-promoting optimization techniques can address fairness concerns in medical resident training.
I am super happy to share that my proposal, “Advancing Contextual Stochastic Optimization via Distributionally Robust Optimization Techniques,” has been recommended for sponsorship by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Mathematical Optimization program @usc.edu @viterbischool.usc.edu
September 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I am super happy to share that my proposal, “Advancing Contextual Stochastic Optimization via Distributionally Robust Optimization Techniques,” has been recommended for sponsorship by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Mathematical Optimization program @usc.edu @viterbischool.usc.edu
Congratulations to my brilliant PhD student, Shutian Li, on the acceptance of her paper, "Equity-promoting Integer Programming Approaches For Medical Resident Rotation Scheduling," in Health Care Management Science (co-authored with me, Prof. Frank E. Curtis, and Dr. Beth R. Hochman).
September 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Congratulations to my brilliant PhD student, Shutian Li, on the acceptance of her paper, "Equity-promoting Integer Programming Approaches For Medical Resident Rotation Scheduling," in Health Care Management Science (co-authored with me, Prof. Frank E. Curtis, and Dr. Beth R. Hochman).
Thanks to Greta Harrison for writing this news item about our recent paper and to my amazing co-authors, Dr. Padman, Dr. Tsang, Dr. Kilic (MD) @viterbischool.usc.edu @usc.edu
viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/09...
viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/09...
Harnessing Data to End Hospital Gridlock and Streamline Surgery - USC Viterbi | School of Engineering
New data-driven models developed by a USC and Carnegie Mellon-led team could reduce surgery delays, cut hospital costs by up to 60% and improve access to surgery.
viterbischool.usc.edu
September 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thanks to Greta Harrison for writing this news item about our recent paper and to my amazing co-authors, Dr. Padman, Dr. Tsang, Dr. Kilic (MD) @viterbischool.usc.edu @usc.edu
viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/09...
viterbischool.usc.edu/news/2025/09...
Kicking off my first semester with the Trojans family @usc.edu @viterbischool.usc.edu
Wishing everyone a happy and successful Fall semester. #FightOn
Wishing everyone a happy and successful Fall semester. #FightOn
August 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Kicking off my first semester with the Trojans family @usc.edu @viterbischool.usc.edu
Wishing everyone a happy and successful Fall semester. #FightOn
Wishing everyone a happy and successful Fall semester. #FightOn
Thrilled to be joining @usc.edu @viterbischool.usc.edu and the Daniel J. Epstein Department of ISE later this week as the Gabilan Assistant Professor of ISE. Excited to continue building, inspiring, elevating, and pushing boundaries. Onward and upward #FightOn!
August 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Thrilled to be joining @usc.edu @viterbischool.usc.edu and the Daniel J. Epstein Department of ISE later this week as the Gabilan Assistant Professor of ISE. Excited to continue building, inspiring, elevating, and pushing boundaries. Onward and upward #FightOn!
Happy to share that I've officially become a U.S. citizen! I'm deeply grateful for everything this country has given me—from higher education and a career to lifelong friendships, family, and unconditional love. I've been a good human and citizen, and I will continue to be.
#NewUSCitizen
#NewUSCitizen
June 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Happy to share that I've officially become a U.S. citizen! I'm deeply grateful for everything this country has given me—from higher education and a career to lifelong friendships, family, and unconditional love. I've been a good human and citizen, and I will continue to be.
#NewUSCitizen
#NewUSCitizen
Our paper, A Unified Framework for Analyzing and Optimizing a Class of Convex Fairness Measures, has been accepted in Operations Research.This paper, joint work w Dr.Tsang, presents a new step toward mulating and solving fairness-promoting optimization problems
shorturl.at/hmMq4 @informs.bsky.social
shorturl.at/hmMq4 @informs.bsky.social
A Unified Framework for Analyzing and Optimizing a Class of Convex Fairness Measures
We propose a new framework that unifies different fairness measures into a general, parameterized class of convex fairness measures suitable for optimization contexts. First, we propose a new class of...
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June 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Our paper, A Unified Framework for Analyzing and Optimizing a Class of Convex Fairness Measures, has been accepted in Operations Research.This paper, joint work w Dr.Tsang, presents a new step toward mulating and solving fairness-promoting optimization problems
shorturl.at/hmMq4 @informs.bsky.social
shorturl.at/hmMq4 @informs.bsky.social
Proud doesn’t even begin to cover it. Congratulations, Dr. Man Yiu (Tim) Tsang. It's been an honor to be part of your journey.
May 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Proud doesn’t even begin to cover it. Congratulations, Dr. Man Yiu (Tim) Tsang. It's been an honor to be part of your journey.
1/3 Congratulations to my first PhD student, Dr. Man Yiu (Tim) Tsang, on today's outstanding dissertation defense! Dr. Tsang's dissertation, which includes 7 chaps, pushes the theoretical and computational boundaries of stochastic and robust optimization methodologies and their applications…
May 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
1/3 Congratulations to my first PhD student, Dr. Man Yiu (Tim) Tsang, on today's outstanding dissertation defense! Dr. Tsang's dissertation, which includes 7 chaps, pushes the theoretical and computational boundaries of stochastic and robust optimization methodologies and their applications…
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Join us for the Robust Optimization Webinar (#ROW) this Friday, May 2, at 15:00 (CET).
Speaker: Francesca Maggioni (University of Bergamo)
Title: Sampling and Bounding Methods for Multistage Robust and Distributionally Robust Optimization
More information: sites.google.com/view/row-ser...
Speaker: Francesca Maggioni (University of Bergamo)
Title: Sampling and Bounding Methods for Multistage Robust and Distributionally Robust Optimization
More information: sites.google.com/view/row-ser...
April 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Join us for the Robust Optimization Webinar (#ROW) this Friday, May 2, at 15:00 (CET).
Speaker: Francesca Maggioni (University of Bergamo)
Title: Sampling and Bounding Methods for Multistage Robust and Distributionally Robust Optimization
More information: sites.google.com/view/row-ser...
Speaker: Francesca Maggioni (University of Bergamo)
Title: Sampling and Bounding Methods for Multistage Robust and Distributionally Robust Optimization
More information: sites.google.com/view/row-ser...
I’m looking for a Postdoc to join my research group at the of Southern California @usc.edu (we’re moving to USC this August!) to work on exciting projects in stochastic and distributionally robust optimization, with real-world applications in healthcare, FL, and transportation. shorturl.at/5L4Ne
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate at USC
Learn more about applying for Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate at USC
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April 24, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I’m looking for a Postdoc to join my research group at the of Southern California @usc.edu (we’re moving to USC this August!) to work on exciting projects in stochastic and distributionally robust optimization, with real-world applications in healthcare, FL, and transportation. shorturl.at/5L4Ne
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Just a few days left to submit those nominations
With @karmelshehadeh.bsky.social and Milos Kopa, we are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the triennial Dupačová-Prékopa Student Paper Prize in Stochastic Programming. Nominations are due March 25. For details about the prize and nomination process, see icsp2025.org/student-pape...
Student Paper Prize - ICSP 2025
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March 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Just a few days left to submit those nominations
1/3 I reached a minor milestone today—my citation count hit 500 this morning! I started my career with just one published journal paper (+ some preprints) and around two citations in 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
February 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
1/3 I reached a minor milestone today—my citation count hit 500 this morning! I started my career with just one published journal paper (+ some preprints) and around two citations in 2020 during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Reposted by Karmel S. Shehadeh
With @karmelshehadeh.bsky.social and Milos Kopa, we are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the triennial Dupačová-Prékopa Student Paper Prize in Stochastic Programming. Nominations are due March 25. For details about the prize and nomination process, see icsp2025.org/student-pape...
Student Paper Prize - ICSP 2025
icsp2025.org
January 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
With @karmelshehadeh.bsky.social and Milos Kopa, we are pleased to announce the call for nominations for the triennial Dupačová-Prékopa Student Paper Prize in Stochastic Programming. Nominations are due March 25. For details about the prize and nomination process, see icsp2025.org/student-pape...