Andrés L. Medaglia, Ph.D. Professor of Industrial Engineering Director, Center for Optimization and Applied Probability (COPA)

Contact information

e-mail:	amedagli@uniandes.edu.co
Address:	Of. ML-730 Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial Universidad de los Andes Carrera 1 Este # 19 A - 40 Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
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Short bio

Andrés Medaglia is full professor of Industrial Engineering at Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) and director of the research center Centro para la Optimización y Probabilidad Aplicada (COPA). He holds a Ph.D. (2001) in Operations Research (OR) from North Carolina State University (USA). From 1999 to 2002 he worked as an optimization specialist developing decision support systems for SAS (Cary, NC, USA). In 2002, he joined the Industrial Engineering Department at Universidad de los Andes and served as Department Chair from 2014 to 2017. He has more than 20 years of experience designing, developing, and applying optimization methodologies to transportation and logistics, healthy and sustainable cities, engineering design, and agricultural systems. His research has led to over 70 peer-reviewed publications in operational research (OR). He currently serves in the editorial boards of Transportation Science, Computers and Operations Research, the European Journal of Industrial Engineering, and TOP (journal of the Spanish OR and Statistics Society). He has served as Secretary and Vicepresident of the Latin-Ibero American Association of Operations Research (ALIO); as Vicepresident of Central/South America for the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE); and as Vicepresident of the Colombian Operational Research Society (ASOCIO). In INFORMS, he currently serves in the committees of the Stella Dafermos Award (TSL) and the Case Competition. He has been the recipient of several awards, most recently, the Glover-Klingman Prize (2020), the INFORMS/TSL President’s Service Award (2017), the IFORS Prize for OR in Development (Quebec City, Canada, 2017), and the EURO Award for the Best EJOR (Review) Paper in 2015. He was the IFORS Invited Tutorial Lecturer at EURO 2018 (Valencia, Spain); and keynote speaker at the IISE Annual Conference and Expo (2021), the International Conference on OR for Development (ICORD 2016) (México DF, Mexico), Optimization Days (Montréal, Canada, 2014), and the NSF - Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) on Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Globalized Physical Distribution Systems (Santiago, Chile, 2013). As an avid amateur cyclist, he has won bronze, silver, and gold medals in the (Colombian) individual time trial championships at the masters category. More information at: http://wwwprof.uniandes.edu.co/~amedagli

Interview in Subject to by Anand Subramanian.

Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Industrial Engineering Department - N.C. State U. and SAS Institute Inc., (Raleigh & Cary, NC, U.S.A.), 2001-2002
• Ph.D. in Operations Research, North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.), 2001
• M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia), 1995
• B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia), 1992

Research Interests

Design, development, and application of optimization models and solution techniques to:

• transportation and logistics
• healthy and sustainable cities
• agricultural systems
• engineering systems

Teaching

Courses

• Optimization Principles (IIND2103) - Bachelors in Industrial Engineering
• Network Flows (IIND4115) - Masters in Industrial Engineering
• Advanced Optimization (IIND4101) - Masters in Industrial Engineering
• Processes Modeling and Improvement (MIIA4102) - Masters in Analytics
• Optimization for Decision Making (MIID4204) - Masters in Analytics (Coursera)

Office Hours

• By appointment via e-mail

Journal Articles

1. Fernández, R., Correal, J. F., D’Ayala, D., Medaglia, A. L. (2024). Large-scale school building infrastructure improvement: the case of the city of Cali, Colombia. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. In press.
2. Suárez, D., Gómez, C., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., Medaglia, A. L. (2024). Integrated decision support for disaster risk management: aiding preparedness and response decisions in wildfire management. Information Systems Research.
3. Wilches, M. A., Sarmiento. O. L., Medaglia, A. L., Montes, F., Guzman, L. A., Sánchez-Silva, M., Hidalgo, D, Parra, K., Useche, A. F., Meisel, J. D., Ochoa-Montero, H., Rodríguez-Castañeda, N. (2024). Impact assessment of an active transport intervention via systems analytics. Transportation Research – Part D. 128(104112)
4. Yamín, D., Medaglia, A. L., Prakash, A. A. (2024). Reliable routing strategies on urban transportation networks. Transportation Science. 58(2).
5. Van Hoof, B., Solano, A., Riaño, J., Méndez, C., Medaglia, A. L. (2024). Decision-making for circular economy implementation in agri-food systems: A transdisciplinary case study of cacao in Colombia. Journal of Cleaner Production. 434 (140307).
6. Fernández, R., Correal, J. F., D’Ayala, D., Medaglia, A. L. (2023). Towards disaster risk mitigation on large-scale school intervention programs. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 90 (103655).
7. Fernández, R., Correal, J. F., D’Ayala, D., Medaglia, A. L. (2023). A decision-making framework for school infrastructure improvement programs. Structure and Infrastructure Engineering.
8. Solano-Blanco, A. L., González, J., E., Medaglia, A. L. (2023). Production planning decisions in the broiler chicken supply chain with growth uncertainty. Operations Research Perspectives. 10 (100273)
9. Solano-Blanco, A. L., González, J. E., Gómez, L. O., Vargas-Sánchez, J. J., Medaglia, A. L. (2023). Integrated planning decisions in the broiler chicken supply chain. 30(4):1579-2131. International Transactions in Operational Research.
10. Cabrera, N., Huertas, J. A., Medaglia, A. L. (2022). Evacuation planning: unveiling evacuation routes via column generation. EURO Journal of Transportation and Logistics. 11 (100089).
11. Escobar, M., Jeanneret, G., Bravo-Sánchez, L., Castillo, A., Gómez, C., Valderrama, D., Roa, M. F., Martínez, J., Madrid-Wolff, J., Cepeda, M., Guevara-Suarez, M., Sarmiento, O. L., Medaglia, A. L., Forero-Shelton, M., Velasco, M., Pedraza-Leal, J. M., Laajaj, R., Restrepo, S., Arbelaez, P. (2022). Smart Pooling: AI-powered COVID-19 informative group testing. Scientific Reports. 12:6519.
12. Yamín, D., Medaglia, A. L., Prakash, A. A. (2022). Exact bidirectional algorithm for the least expected travel-time path problem on stochastic and time-dependent networks. Computers and Operations Research. 141 (105671).
13. Rodríguez, A., Aristizábal, J., Cabrales, S., Gómez, J. M., Medaglia, A. L.. (2022) Optimal waterflooding management using an embedded predictive analytical model. Journal of Petroleum Science & Engineering. 208, Part B (109419).
14. Higuera-Mendieta, D., Uriza, P. A., Cabrales, S. A., Medaglia, A. L., Guzmán, L. A., Sarmiento, O. L., (2021). Is the built environment at origin, on route, and at destination associated with bicycle commuting? A gender-informed approach. Journal of Transport Geography. 94(103120).
15. Sefair, J. A., Guaje, O., Medaglia, A. L. (2021). A column-oriented optimization approach for the generation of correlated random vectors. 43:777–808. OR Spectrum.
16. Corredor, D., Cabrera, N., Medaglia, A. L., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R. (2021). On the shortest α-reliable path problem. TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research. 29: 287–318.
17. Betancourt-Ruiz, P., Guevara-Suárez, M., Hidalgo, M., Restrepo, S., Potdevin, E., Huertas, J. A., Medaglia, A. L., Pedraza, J. M., Cepeda, M. L., Arbeláez, P. (2020). El papel de la ingeniería en la pandemia de COVID-19. Revista de Ingeniería. 50: 8-13.
18. Escallón, M., Castillo, D., Leal, J., Montenegro, C., Medaglia, A. L. (2020). Improving harvesting operations in an oil palm plantation. Annals of Operations Research.
19. Carvajal, G. A., Sarmiento, O. L., Medaglia, A. L., Cabrales, S. A., Rodríguez, D., Quitsberg, A., & López, S. (2020). Bicycle safety in Bogotá: a seven-year analysis of bicyclists’ collisions and fatalities. (2020). Accident Analysis and Prevention. 144(105596).
20. Cabrera, N., Medaglia, A. L., Lozano, L., Duque, D. (2020). An exact bidirectional pulse algorithm for the constrained shortest path. Networks. 76(2):128-146.
21. Huertas, J. A., Palacio, A., Botero, M., Carvajal, G. A., van Laake, T., Higuera-Mendieta, D., Cabrales, S. A., Guzmán, L. A., Sarmiento, O. L., Medaglia, A. L. (2020). Level of traffic stress-based classification: A clustering approach for Bogotá, Colombia, Colombia. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment. 85(102420).
22. Sarmiento, O. L., Higuera-Mendieta, D., Wilches-Mogollon, M.A., Guzman, L. A., Rodriguez, D. A., Morales, R., Méndez, D., Bedoya, C., Linares-Vásquez, M., Arévalo, M. I., Martínez-Herrera, E., Montes, F., Meisel, J.D., Useche, A. F., García, E., Triana, C. A., Medaglia, A. L., Hessel, P., Arellana, J., Moncada, C., King, A.C., Diez-Roux, A. V. (2020). Urban Transformations and Health: Methods for TrUST--a Natural Experiment Evaluating the Impacts of a Mass Transit Cable Car in Bogotá, Colombia. Frontiers in Public Health.
23. Zambrano, J. A., Huertas, J. A., Segura-Durán, E., and Medaglia, A. L. (2020). Time estimation and hotspot detection in the evacuation of a complex of buildings: a mesoscopic approach and case study. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 67(3): 641-658.
24. Duque, D. and Medaglia, A. L. (2019). An exact method for a class of robust shortest path problems with scenarios. Networks. 74(4):360-373.
25. Sefair, J. A., Espinosa, M., Behrentz, E., Medaglia, A. L. (2019). Optimization model for urban air quality policy design: A case study in Latin America. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems. 78:101385.
26. Fontecha, J. E., Guaje, O.O., Duque, D., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., Rodríguez, J. P., and Medaglia, A. L. (2019). Combined maintenance and routing optimization for large-scale sewage cleaning. Annals of Operations Research.
27. Huertas, J. A., Duque, D., Segura, E., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R. & Medaglia, A. L. (2019). Evacuation dynamics: a modeling and visualization framework. OR Spectrum. 42(3):661-691.
28. Medaglia, A. L. & Uribe, C. M. (2019). Capiro: La Ingeniería de las Flores. Revista de Ingeniería. 47:68-75.
29. Abolghasem, S., Solano, F., Bedoya, C. D., Navas, L.P., Ríos. A. P., Pinzón. E. A., Medaglia, A. L., Sarmiento, O. L. (2019). A robust DEA-centric location-based decision support system for expanding Recreovía hubs in the city of Bogotá (Colombia).. International Transactions in Operational Research. 26:1157-1187.
30. Abolghasem, S., Gómez-Sarmiento, J., Medaglia, A. L., Sarmiento, O. L., González, A. D., Díaz del Castillo, A., Rozo-Casas, Juan F., Jacoby, E. (2018). A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)-centric decision support system for evaluating Ciclovía-Recreativa (CR) programs in the Americas. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 61:90–101.
31. Sefair, J. A., Méndez, C. Y., Babat, O., Medaglia, A. L., Zuluaga, L. F. (2017). Linear solution schemes for mean-semivariance project portfolio selection problems: An application in the oil and gas industry. Omega. 68:39–48.
32. Fontecha, J. E., Akhavan-Tabatabei, R., Duque, D., Medaglia, A. L., Torres, M. N., Rodríguez, J. P. (2016). On the preventive management of sediment-related sewer blockages: a combined maintenance and routing optimization approach. Water Science and Technology. 74 (2): 302–308.
33. Gómez, A., Mariño, R., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., Mendoza, J. E., and Medaglia, A. L. (2016). On modeling stochastic travel and service times in vehicle routing. Transportation Science. 50(2): 27 – 641.
34. Lozano, L., Duque, D., and Medaglia, A. L. (2016). An exact algorithm for the elementary shortest path problem with resource constraints. Transportation Science. 50(1):348–357.
35. López-Santana, E., Akhavan, R., Dieulle, L., Labadie, N., and Medaglia, A. L. (2016). On the Combined Maintenance and Routing Optimization Problem. Reliability Engineering & System Safety. 145: 199–214.
36. González, A., Dueñas-Osorio, L., Sánchez-Silva, M., and Medaglia, A. L. (2016). The interdependent network design problem for optimal infrastructure system restoration. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering. 31(5):334–350.
37. Duque, D., Lozano, L. and Medaglia, A. L. (2015). An exact method for the biobjective shortest path problem for large-scale road networks. European Journal of Operational Research. 242:788-797.
38. Duque, D., Lozano, L. and Medaglia, A. L. (2015). Solving the Orienteering Problem with Time Windows via the Pulse Framework. Computers & Operations Research. 54:168-176.
39. Walteros, J. L., Medaglia, A. L., and Riaño, G. (2015). Hybrid algorithm for route design on bus rapid transit systems. Transportation Science. 49(1):66-84.
40. Bolívar, M. A., Lozano, L. and Medaglia, A. L. (2014). Acceleration Strategies for the Weight Constrained Shortest Path Problem with Replenishment. Optimization Letters. 8(8): 2155-2172.
41. Lozano, A. J. and Medaglia, A. L. (2014). Scheduling of parallel machines with sequence-dependent batches and product incompatibilities in an automotive glass facility. Journal of Scheduling. 17(6):521-540.
42. Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., Bolívar, M. A., Hincapié, J. A., and Medaglia, A. L.. (2013). On the optimal parking lot subscription policy problem: a hybrid simulation-optimization approach. Annals of Operations Research. 222(1):29-44.
43. Pillac, V., Guéret, C. and Medaglia, A. L.. (2013). A parallel matheuristic for the technician routing and scheduling problem. Optimization Letters. 7(7):1525-1535.
44. Flórez, L., Castro-Lacouture, D. and Medaglia, A. L.. (2013). Sustainable workforce scheduling in construction program management. Journal of the Operational Research Society. 64(8):1169-1181.
45. García-López, N. P., Sánchez-Silva, M., Medaglia, A. L., and Chateauneuf, A. (2013). An improved robust topology optimization approach using multiobjective evolutionary algorithms. Computers & Structures. 125:1-10.
46. Villegas, J. G., Prins, C., Prodhon, C., Medaglia, A. L. and Velasco, N. (2013). A matheuristic for the truck and trailer routing problem. European Journal of Operational Research. 230(2):231-244.
47. Pillac, V., Gendreau, M., Guéret, C. and Medaglia, A. L.. (2013). A review of dynamic vehicle routing problems. European Journal of Operational Research. 225(1):1-11. Note: Received the 2015 EJOR Best Paper Award - Review.
48. Lozano, L. and Medaglia, A. L. (2013). On an exact method for the constrained shortest path problem. Computers & Operations Research. 40 (1):378-384.
49. Pillac, V., Guéret, C. and Medaglia, A. L. (2012). An event-driven optimization framework for dynamic vehicle routing. Decision Support Systems. 54(1):414-423.
50. Restrepo, M. I., Lozano, L., and Medaglia, A. L. (2012). Constrained network-based column generation for the multi-activity shift scheduling problem. International Journal of Production Economics. 140(1):466-472.
51. Villegas, A. M., Medaglia, A. L. and Zuluaga, L. F. (2012). Computing bounds on the expected pay of Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) products. Insurance: Mathematics and Economics.51(2):271-281.
52. Mendoza, J. E., Castanier, B., Guéret, C., Medaglia, A. L., Velasco, N. (2011). Constructive heuristics for the multi-compartment vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands. Transportation Science. 45(3):346-363.
53. García-López, N. P., Sánchez-Silva, M., Medaglia, A. L., and Chateauneuf, A. (2011). A hybrid topology optimization methodology combining simulated annealing and SIMP. Computers and Structures. 89:1512-1522.
54. Villegas, J. G., Prins, C., Prodhon, C., Medaglia, A. L., Velasco, N. (2011). A GRASP with evolutionary path relinking for the truck and trailer routing problem. Computers & Operations Research. 38:1319-1334.
55. Feillet, D., Gendreau, M., Medaglia, A. L., Walteros, J. L. (2010). A note on branch-and-cut-and-price. Operations Research Letters. 38(5):346-353.
56. Villegas, J. G., Prins, C., Prodhon, C., Medaglia, A. L., and Velasco, N. (2010). GRASP/VND and multi-start evolutionary local search for the single truck and trailer routing problem with satellite depots. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 23(5), pp. 780-794.
57. Mendoza, J. E., Castanier, B., Guéret, B., Medaglia, A. L. and Velasco, N. (2010). A memetic algorithm for the multi-compartment vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands. Computers & Operations Research. 37, pp. 1886-1898.
58. Medaglia, A. L., Sefair, J. A. (2009). Optimizando la planeación en el sector público. EGOB: Revista de Asuntos Públicos (ISSN: 2027-2421). 3: 44-49.
59. Castro-Lacouture, D., Sefair, J. A., Florez, L., and Medaglia, A. L.. (2009). Optimization model for the selection of materials using a LEED-based green building rating system in Colombia, Building and Environment, 44(6):1162-1170.
60. Mendoza, J. E., Medaglia, A. L. and Velasco, N. (2009). An evolutionary-based decision support system for vehicle routing: the case of a public utility. Decision Support Systems, 46(3):730-742.
61. Medaglia, A. L., Villegas, J. G. and Rodríguez-Coca, D. M. (2009). Hybrid biobjective evolutionary algorithms for the design of a hospital waste management network, Journal of Heuristics. 15(2):153-176.
62. Rodríguez, J. E., Medaglia, A. L. and Coello-Coello, C.A. (2009). Design of a motorcycle frame using neuroacceleration strategies in MOEAs. Journal of Heuristics. 15(2): 177-196.
63. Molano, A. M., Medaglia, A. L., Sarmiento, O. L., Sefair, J. A. (2009). Modelo de planeación de áreas urbanas para construir nuevos parques vecinales en Bogotá. Revista Planeación y Desarrollo, 39(2): 140-173.
64. Medaglia, A. L., Hueth, D., Mendieta, J. C. and Sefair, J.A. (2008). Multiobjective Model for the Selection and Timing of Public Enterprise Projects. Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 42(1):31-45.
65. Gutiérrez, E. and Medaglia, A. L.. (2008). Labeling Algorithm for the Shortest Path Problem with Turn Prohibitions with Application to Large Scale Road Networks. Annals of Operations Research. 157(1): 169-182.
66. Rodríguez-Coca, D. M. and Medaglia, A. L.. (2007). Configuración logística para tratamiento de residuos hospitalarios peligrosos. Revista de la Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería, 68: 65-75.
67. Santamaría, N., Medaglia, A. L., and Beltrán, H. F. (2007). The winner determination problem in divisible object auctions. The Engineering Economist. 52(2): 179-194.
68. Castro-Lacouture, D., Medaglia, A. L. and Skibniewski, M. J. (2007). Supply chain optimization tool for purchasing decisions in B2B construction marketplaces. Automation in Construction. 16(5): 569-575.
69. Medaglia, A. L., Graves, S. B., and Ringuest, J. L. (2007). Multiobjective evolutionary approach for linearly constrained project selection under uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research. 179(3): 869-894.
70. Medaglia, A. L., Cohen, M-d., and Castro-Lacouture, D. (2006). Optimizing B2B transactions using the Marketplace Competitive Analyzer. International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, 1(1):37-46.
71. Villegas, J. G., Palacios, F., and Medaglia, A. L.. (2006). Solution methods for the bi-objective (cost-coverage) unconstrained facility location problem with an illustrative example. Annals of Operations Research. 147(1): 109-141.
72. Medaglia, A. L. and Fang, S.-C. (2003). A genetic-based framework for solving (multi-criteria) weighted matching problems.. European Journal of Operational Research, 149(1): 77-101.
73. Medaglia, A. L., Fang, S.-C., Nuttle, H. L. W., and Wilson, J. R. (2002). An efficient and flexible mechanism for constructing membership functions. European Journal of Operational Research, 139: 84-95.
74. Medaglia, A. L., Fang, S.-C., and Nuttle, H. L. W. (2002). Fuzzy controlled simulation optimization. Fuzzy Sets and Systems. 127(1):65-84.
75. Cohen, M-d., Kelly, C. B., and Medaglia, A. L. (2001). Decision support with Web-enabled software. Interfaces, 31(2):109-129.

Book Chapters

1. Medaglia, A. L., Wilches-Mogollon, M. A., Sarmiento, O. L., Montes, F., Guzmán, L. A., Sanchez-Silva, M., Menezes, R., Hidalgo, D., Parra, K., Useche, A., Ochoa-Montero, H., Rodríguez, N., Salamanca, L. (2022). Towards intelligent dynamics of an active transport system for biking. In Safer Complex Systems Case Studies. ISBN: 978-1-909327-55-9. Royal Academy of Engineering. pp. 108-125.
2. Pillac, V., Guéret, C., and Medaglia, A. L. (2018). A Fast Reoptimization Approach for the Dynamic Technician Routing and Scheduling Problem. In Recent Developments in Metaheuristics. Amodeo, L., Talbi, E.G., Yalaoui, F. (eds). Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, Vol. 62. Springer.
3. Sefair, J. A., Molano, A., Medaglia, A. L., and Sarmiento, O. L. (2011). Locating neighborhood parks with a lexicographic multiobjective optimization method. In Community-Based Operations Research: Decision Modeling for Local Impact and Diverse Populations. Michael P. Johnson (Ed.). International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, Volume 167, Part 2, 143-171.
4. Lozano, L., Medaglia, A. L., and Velasco, N. (2009). Generation of Pop-Rock Chord Sequences Using Genetic Algorithms and Variable Neighborhood Search. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 5484, pp. 573-578.
5. Peñaranda, A., Sarmiento, O. L., Medaglia, A. L., García, J. M., Aparicio, M. L., Barón, C., Rodríguez, J. H., Calderón, L., Tovar, S. and Satizábal, C. L. (2007). Factores predictivos en la percepción del habla en niños posimplante coclear. In Manual de Otorrinolaringología, cabeza y cuello. Augusto Peñaranda, Juan Manuel García y Martín Pinzón (Eds.). Actualidades Médico Odontológicas Latinoamérica C.A. (AMOLCA). ISBN: 980-6574-80-X.
6. Medaglia, A. L., and Gutiérrez, E. (2006). JGA: An Object-Oriented Framework for Rapid Development of Genetic Algorithms. In Handbook of Research on Nature Inspired Computing for Economics and Management. Jean-Phillipe Rennard (Ed.). ISBN: 1-59140-984-5.
7. Medaglia, A. L., and Gutiérrez, E. (2006). Applications of JGA to Operations Management and Vehicle Routing. In Handbook of Research on Nature Inspired Computing for Economics and Management. Jean-Phillipe Rennard (Ed.). ISBN: 1-59140-984-5.
8. Medaglia, A. L., Gutiérrez, E., and Villegas, J.G. (2006). Solving Facility Location Problems using a Tool for Rapid Development of Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithms (MOEAs). In Handbook of Research on Nature Inspired Computing for Economics and Management. Jean-Phillipe Rennard (Ed.). ISBN: 1-59140-984-5.
9. Medaglia, A. L. (2003). An evolutionary algorithm for project selection problems based on stochastic multiobjective linearly constrained optimization. Chapter in Graves, S. B. and Ringuest, J. L., Models and methods for project selection: concepts from management science, finance, and information technology. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Working papers

1. Cortés, M. F., Parra, K., Rodríguez, D., Ardila, C., Escobar, S., van Hoof, B., Mura, I., Rodríguez, J., Medaglia, A. L. (2023). An integrated value chain modeling approach for the large-scale production of fine flavor cocoa in Arauca (Colombia).
2. Acevedo-Ramos, J. A., Giraldo, L. F., Solano-Blanco, A. L., and Medaglia, A. L. (2021). Precision crop spraying through energy-efficient UAV trajectory design coupling machine learning and optimization.
3. Restrepo, M. I., García, A. F., Medaglia, A. L. and Fowler, J. W. (2020). Staff task assignment in healthcare centers.

Technical Reports

1. González, J. E., Lozano, L., Walteros, J. L., Feillet, D., and Medaglia, A. L. (2013). Solving the bus rapid transit route design problem with general topologies via simultaneous column and cut generation. COPA Tech Report. Universidad de los Andes.
2. Ramírez, M. A., Medaglia, A. L. and J. E. Mendoza (2012). A column generation-based heuristic for two-dimensional cutting stock problems with variable dimensions. COPA Tech Report. Universidad de los Andes
3. Pillac, V., Guéret, C., and Medaglia, A. L. (2012). On the dynamic Technician Routing and Scheduling Problem. Technical Report 12/5/AUTO, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France.
4. Pillac, V., Guéret, C., and Medaglia, A. L. (2012). A fast reoptimization approach for dynamic vehicle routing. Technical Report 12/6/AUTO, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France.
5. Pillac, V., Gendreau, M., Guéret, C., and Medaglia, A. L.. (2011). A review of dynamic vehicle routing problems. Technical Report CIRRELT - 2011- 62, Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les réseaux d’enterprise, la logistique et le transport (CIRRELT).
6. Pillac, V., Guéret, C. and Medaglia, A. L. (2010). Dynamic Vehicle routing problems: state of the art and prospects. Technical Report 10/4/AUTO, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France.
7. Flórez, D. C., Walteros, J. L., Vargas, M. A., Medaglia, A. L., and Velasco, N. (2009). A mathematical programming approach to airline crew pairing optimization. Technical Report No.: COPA-2009-100. Universidad de los Andes.
8. Sefair, J. A., Medaglia, A. L., Cohen, M.-d. (2008). Método de Puntaje Óptimo (MPO). Technical Report No.: COPA-2008-4. Universidad de los Andes.
9. Mendoza, J. E., Castanier, B., Guéret, C., Medaglia, A. L., and Velasco, N. (2008). An instance generator for Vehicle Routing Problems with Stochastic Demands. Technical Report N: 08/01/AUTO. École des Mines de Nantes. France.
10. Mendoza, J. E., Castanier, B., Guéret, C., Medaglia, A. L., and Velasco, N. (2008). Approximating the expected recursion cost on a Multi-Compartment Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands. Technical Report N: 08/03/AUTO. École des Mines de Nantes. France.
11. Sefair, J. A. and Medaglia, A. L. (2006). Project selection and timing under finite capacity resource constraints. Technical Report No.: COPA-2006-7. Universidad de los Andes.

Other Professional Publications

1. Medaglia, A. L. Subject to: Andrés Medaglia. Interview by Subramanian, A. (podcast).
2. Medaglia, A. L. (2021). Lessons from Latin America for sustainable, healthier cities. ISE Magazine. November 2021. 53(11):28-33.
3. Solano, A. L., González, J.E., Medaglia, A. L. (2020). ¿Cómo optimizar su plan de encasetamiento para el próximo año? Revista Avicultores.
4. Medaglia, A. L. (2019). Report on the) XIII Metaheuristics International Conference. In IFORS News. Conferences Section. 10(1). ISSN: 2223-4373
5. Ríos-Mercado, R., González-Velarde, J. L., Medaglia, A. L. (2019). ALIO and INFORMS meet at Cancun for an Operational Research Beach Party. In IFORS News. Conferences Section. 10(1). ISSN: 2223-4373
6. Medaglia, A. L., Lozano, L., and Duque, D. (2018). Solving hard shortest path problems with the pulse framework. In IFORS News. Tutorial Section. 12(2). ISSN: 2223-4373
7. Medaglia, A. L. (2017). Promoting health and wellness through OR. In IFORS News. OR-Impact Section. 11(4). ISSN: 2223-4373
8. Sarmiento, O. L., Gómez, J., Medaglia, A. L., Southern, A., Fernandez, D., Jacoby, E. (2012). Bicis de Calidad: Indicadores de Evaluación para la Ciclovías Recreativas. Sponsored by: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
9. Cancela, H., García, A., Loiseau, I., and Medaglia, A. L. Preface of the Special Issue Dedicated to the XIII Latin-Ibero-American Conference on Operations Research (CLAIO 2006). Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization. 5(2): i-ii.
10. Medaglia, A. L. Programación a gran escala: generación de columnas. Universidad de los Andes: Centro de Optimización y Probabilidad Aplicada. Reporte COPA 2008 - 5, 2008.
11. Medaglia, A. L., Takahashi, S., Mejía, G., Gutiérrez, E., Hernández, J., Botero, R., & Sarmiento, M.C.. Producción modelo. Colombia Ciencia y Tecnología., 23 (3): 34-41, ISSN: 0120-5595, 2007.
12. Medaglia, A. L. and Santamaría, N. DLP and Extensions: An Optimization Model and Decision Support System (Springer-Verlag, 2001.). Book review for the Journal of the Operational Research Society, 56 (12): 1452-1454, 2005.
13. Medaglia, A. L.. Palm Enterprise Applications by Ray Rischpater (John Wiley & Sons, 2000). Book review for the Journal of the Operational Research Society, 55 (6): 679-680, 2004.

Invited Talks and Plenaries

1. Medaglia, A. L.. Analítica de datos para la sostenibilidad: retos en América Latina. Conferencia plenaria. Congreso 2022 ASOCIO-IISE Región 16, Septiembre 9, 2022.
2. Medaglia, A. L.. Panel de conferencistas (con C. Mejía - MIT, R. Ruiz – Amazon & A. L. Medaglia - Uniandes). Conferencia plenaria. Congreso 2022 ASOCIO-IISE Región 16, Universidad Sergio Arboleda – Hall 74, Septiembre 8, 2022.
3. Medaglia, A. L.. Panel de ciencia abierta (organizador/moderador: Juan Guillermo Villegas; panelistas: Alejandra Tabares Pozos – Uniandes; Indira Sotelo- U. de la Sabana; Luis Fernando Lopez – U. de la Sabana; Valentina Gutiérrez – U. del Valle; A. L. Medaglia – Uniandes).Congreso 2022 ASOCIO-IISE Región 16, Universidad de la Sabana, Septiembre 6, 2022.
4. Medaglia, A. L.. Exact bidirectional algorithm for the constrained shortest path: stochastic extensions and applications. INFORMS Transportation and Logistics Society – Webinar. Host: Mathias Klapp. December 10, 2021.
5. Medaglia, A. L., Wilches, M. A. Transporte sostenible en Bogotá: una mirada desde la analítica de datos. Conferencias Virtuales: Transporte Sostenible. ASOCIO, Septiembre 28, 2021. Available at: http://asociocolombia.org/site
6. Medaglia, A. L. (2021). Towards sustainable and healthier cities: lessons from Latin America. IISE Annual Conference and Expo, May 23, 2021.
7. Medaglia, A. L. (2021). Exact Bidirectional (pulse) algorithm for constrained shortest path and extensions. ISE Seminar Series Spring 2021, April 20, 2021.
8. Medaglia, A. L. (2020). Level of traffic stress in Bogotá: towards a friendlier city for cyclists. O.R. in Latin America: From Theory to Practice. IFORS Global Webinar Series, July 29, 2020.
9. Medaglia, A. L., Guzmán, L.A., Sarmiento, O. L. (2020). Metodología basada en analítica de datos para la clasificación de vías: Level of Traffic Stress (LTS) en Bogotá. Encuentros Grupo SUR. Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia, Julio 8, 2020.
10. Medaglia, A. L. (2020). Curso: Enfoque de pulsos para solución de problemas de caminos más cortos con restricciones. Departamento de Investigación Operativa. Instituto de Computación (InCo). Universidad de la República. Montevideo, Uruguay, Marzo 9-13, 2020.
11. Medaglia, A. L.(2019). Transformando datos en información para tomar decisiones: retos de la analítica. Seminarios Virtuales de Investigación. Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia, Noviembre 29, 2019.
12. Medaglia, A. L. (2019). Panel: La información estadística en la revolución 4.0 - Políticas públicas y ecosistema del big data. Moderador: Alejandro Patiño (CEPAL). Taller: Uso de Big Data en las Estadísticas Oficiales para la Medición de la Economía Digital y el Desarrollo Sostenible. DANE, Bogotá, Mayo 7-9, 2019.
13. Huertas, J. A., Palacio, A., Botero, M., Carvajal, G. A., Uriza-Antorveza, P.A., Sarmiento, O. L., Cabrales, S., Guzmán, L. A., Medaglia, A. L.. (2018). Estudiando el transporte sostenible y su entorno: la bicicleta. Academic Track. Analytics Forum 2019, Bogotá, Colombia, Marzo 11, 2019.
14. Medaglia, A. L.. (2018). Inteligencia analítica para las agrocadenas: transformando datos en decisiones. Agro talk en Agrofuturo 2018 (Corferias), Bogotá, Agosto 23, 2018.
15. Medaglia, A. L.. Solving hard shortest path problems with the pulse framework. IFORS Invited Tutorial Lecturer at EURO 2018, Valencia (España), July 8-11, 2018.
16. Medaglia, A. L., Sandoval, L. (2016). Integrando la Analítica en la Toma de Decisiones. 2da. Convención Latinoamericana de Analítica, Bogotá, Noviembre 2, 2016.
17. Medaglia, A. L. (2016). Exploiting Network Structures on Engineering Design Problems. International Conference on OR for Development (ICORD), México City, June 9-10, 2016.
18. Guaje, O., Medaglia, A. L., Sefair, J. (2016). A decomposition approach for correlated random vector generation. Column Generation 2016. Búzios, Brazil, May 22-25, 2016.
19. Medaglia, A. L. (2015). Optimización combinada de mantenimiento y enrutamiento. III Encuentro Regional de Investigación de Operaciones – Revoluciona, Zarzal (Valle, Colombia), Noviembre 27, 2015.
20. Medaglia, A. L.(2015). On the Combined Maintenance and Routing. Del and Beth Kimbler Lecture Series. Department of Industrial Engineering. University of South Florida, Tampa (USA), November 7th, 2015.
21. Medaglia, A. L. (panelist). Panel Discussion: International Academic Career Opportunities. Co-chairs: Co-Chair: Shengfan Zhang and Raha Akhavan-Tabatabaei. INFORMS Annual Meeting. Phildelphia, Pennsylvania (U.S.A.), November 2nd, 2015.
22. Medaglia, A. L. (2015). Solving hard shortest paths with the pulse algorithm: overview and recent advances. Department Seminar, Polytech Tours, Tours (France), May 21, 2015.
23. Fontecha, J., Duque, D., Akhavan-Tabatabaei, R., Medaglia, A. L., Rodríguez, J. P. (2015). Combined maintenance-routing optimization: the case of a water utility. Network Optimization Workshop (NOW); La Rochelle (France), May 18-20, 2015.
24. Medaglia, A. L. (2014). The pulse algorithm: a modular framework for hard shortest path variants. Plenary Session, Montréal, Canada, Optimization Days, May 5-7, 2014.
25. Medaglia, A. L. (2013). Exploiting Network Structures on Transportation and Logistics Problems. Lecture. Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) on Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of Globalized Physical Distribution Systems, Santiago, Chile. August 5-17, 2013. Supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) and the US Department of Energy (DOE).
26. Amaya, C. A., Medaglia, A. L., Mendoza, J. E., Velasco, N., and Villegas, J. G. (2008). Avances en problemas de ruteo. Conferencia Plenaria. V Congreso Latinoamericano del Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE)- Región Centro y Suramérica, Paipa, Colombia, Marzo 28-29, 2008.
27. Amaya, C. A., Medaglia, A. L., Mendoza, J. E., Velasco, N., and Villegas, J. G. (2008). Ruteo de vehículos: casos de aplicación y software. II Encuentro Latinoamericano de Académicos de Ingeniería Industrial-ELAIN 2008, Lima, Perú, 2008 (videoconferencia).
28. Sefair, J. A. and Medaglia, A. L. (2007). Modelos de selección y ordenamiento de proyectos de inversión. Plenaria en el Seminario Nacional: Optimización de la Cadena de Valor. UIS, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
29. Zarama, R., Medaglia, A. L. and Félix, R. H. (2007). Industrial Engineering perspectives in Latin America. IIE Annual Conference and Expo, Nashville, U.S.A..
30. Gutierrez, E., Hernandez, J., Takahashi, S., Botero, R., Sarmiento, M. C. and Medaglia, A. L. (2006). Motor de modelado para la programación de la producción. 3ra Conferencia Regional (Central and South America) del IIE, Bogotá, Colombia.
31. Sarmiento, O. L., Peñaranda, A., Medaglia, A. L., Aparicio, M. L., Barón, C., García, J. M., Ramírez, I. C., Rodríguez, J. H., Perdomo, V. (2005). Modelo de percepción del habla en niños colombianos post-implante coclear. Invited talk at Academia Nacional de Medicina.
32. Medaglia, A. L. (2005). Componentes de ruteo (urbano): algunas experiencias en Bogotá. 2da Conferencia Regional del IIE, Bogotá, Colombia.
33. Medaglia, A. L., Mendieta, J. C., Sefair, J. A., and Hueth, D. (2004). Hacia una metodología formal de selección y ordenamiento de proyectos de inversión. Exposición plenaria dada en el 3er Congreso Internacional "Decisiones Efectivas, Nueva Tendencia de Gestión en la Excelencia Empresarial", Universidad Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia.
34. Medaglia, A. L., Mendieta, J. C., Sefair, J. A., and Hueth, D. (2004). Selección y ordenamiento de proyectos en un plan de Inversión. Exposición plenaria dada en el I Congreso Región 16 del Institute of Industrial Engineering - Universidad Distrital, Bogotá, Colombia.

Decision Support Systems and Software Libraries

1. Medaglia, A. L. Medaglia, A. L., Cárdenas, J. C., Santamaría, N., Sefair, J. A., et al. Portal Viaje: Carpooling at Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia).
2. Medaglia, A. L., Gutiérrez, E., Mendoza, J. E., JGA and MO-JGA: A Java framework for single and multiobjective evolutionary programming.
3. Mendoza, J. E., Guéret, C., Medaglia, A. L., Velasco, N. and Villegas, J. G.. JCW: an object-oriented framework for the rapid development of vehicle routing heuristics based on savings.
4. Mendoza, J. E., Medaglia, A. L. and Velasco, N. RoutePlotter: MS Excel add-in for visualization and analysis of vehicle routes.
5. Villegas, J. G., Medaglia, A. L., Prins, C., Prodhon, C., Velasco, N. jSplit: Split-based (route first, cluster second) framework for vehicle routing.
6. Flórez, W., Palacio, J. D., Ortíz, J. D., Medaglia, A. L., Rojas, J., Pérez, L. M., Zarama, R.. Sistema de Información para la Planeación de la Inversión - SIPI. Armada República de Colombia (ARC).
7. Flórez, W., Palacio, J. D., Londoño, M. A., Medaglia, A. L., Rojas, J., Pérez, L. M., Zarama, R.. Sistema de Información para la Programación del Personal - SIPP. Armada República de Colombia (ARC).

Editorial Service

1. Transportation Science. Associate editor (since 2021)
2. Top - Official Journal of the Spanish Society of Statistics and Operations Research (SEIO). Associate editor (since 2020)
3. Computers and Operations Research. Editorial advisory board (since 2019)
4. European Journal of Industrial Engineering. Editorial board member (since 2017)
5. Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization. Associate editor (2005-2015) and guest co-editor on May 2009 Special Issue on CLAIO/Uruguay (2006).
6. International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management. Editorial board.
7. International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management (IJISSCM). Editorial review board.
8. The Open Operational Research Journal. Editorial advisory board (2007-2012).
9. Revista Ingeniería y Universidad . Editorial committee.

Professional Service

• College of Expert Reviewers, European Science Foundation (since 2021).
• Advisory Board, Agromovil (since 2019).
• INFORMS Publications Committee (led by Cole Smith as VP for Publications), (since 2020).
• Program Committee – XLVII Confererencia Latinoamericana en Informática (CLEI) - Simposio Latinoamericano de Investigación de Operaciones e Inteligencia Artificial (SLIOIA) Costa Rica. 2021.
• Evaluator, Research Foundation - Flanders (Fonds voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek - Vlaanderen – FWO). 2020.
• Program co-chair (with R. Rios-Mercado) – 2019 INFORMS/ALIO International Conference – Cancun (México)
• Scientific Committee – International Conference on Computational Logistics (ICCL 2019) – Barranquilla (Colombia)
• Scientific Committee – VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Mexicana de Investigación de Operaciones (CSMIO2019), ITAM, Mexico City (Mexico)
• Program Committee – III International Conference on Agro Big Data and Decision Support Systems in Agriculture (BigDSSAgro 2019), Valparaiso (Chile)
• Jury for the “Concurso Nacional Otto de Greiff” for the best undergraduate graduation projects in Colombia.
• Organizing Committee – Metaheuristics International Conference (MIC 2019) – Cartagena (Colombia)
• Program Committee - International Workshop on Hybrid Metaheuristics (HM 2019)
• INFORMS Transportation Science & Logistics Society – Liason for the Americas, 2014-2017.
• INFORMS Transportation Science & Logistics Society – Best Paper Award Committee, 2015-2017.
• Vicepresident – Asociación Colombiana de Investigación de Operaciones (ASOCIO), 2015-2016.
• Academic Committee – ELAVIO 2015, Quito, Ecuador, 2015
• Scientific Committee – XV ELAVIO, Areia-PB, Brazil, 2014.
• Scientific Committee, XLIV Brazilian Symposium on Operations Research (XLV SBPO), Sept. 16 -19, 2013, Natal, Brazil, 2013.
• International Scientific Committee, TRISTAN VIII, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile. 2013.
• Scientific Committee, XVII ELAVIO, Valencia, España. 2013.
• International Program Committee Member, The 9th International Conference on Control and Optimization Theory and Applications (ICOTA-9), Taipei (Taiwan), 2013.
• Guest lecturer, National Science Foundation (NSF) funded Pan-American Advanced Studies Institutes Program (PASI) on Distribution Systems. Santiago de Chile (Chile), Aug. 5-16, 2013.
• Program Committee Member, Sixth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management. Pakistan, Nov. 11-14, 2012.
• Scientific Committee, XVI Latin-Ibero-American Conference on Operations Research (XVI CLAIO) , Sept. 24 -28, 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2012.
• Scientific Committee, XLIV Brazilian Symposium on Operations Research (XLIV SBPO), Sept. 24 -28, 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2012.
• Scientific Committee, XVI ELAVIO, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2012.
• Program Committee Member, Fifth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management. Macau, 2011.
• Speaker at TEDxCeiba: Grandes ciudades, grandes desafíos, Bogotá (Colombia), 2011
• Comitê de Programa, XLIII Simpósio Brasileiro de Pesquisa Operacional (SBPO), Ubatuba-SP, Brazil, 2011.
• International Program Committee Member, The 8th International Conference on Control and Optimization Theory and Applications (ICOTA-8), Shanghai (China), December 10-13, 2010.
• Program Committee Member, Fourth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management. Taiwan, Nov. 15-17, 2010.
• Academic Committee, XV ELAVIO, Pacoti-CE (Serra de Guaramiranga), Brazil, 2010.
• Programme Committee, ICPR Americas 2010, Bogotá, Colombia, 2010.
• Program Committee, XLII Simpósio Brasileiro de Pesquisa Operacional (SBPO), Bento Gonçalves, RS (Brazil), 2010.
• Vicepresident, Association of Latin-Iberoamerican Operational Research Societies (ALIO), 2008-2010.
• Program Committee Member, Third International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management. Bangkok (Thailand), Nov. 2-4, 2009.
• Scientific Committee, Congreso Peruano de Investigacion De Operaciones y de Sistemas, COPIOS 2009, Lima, Perú, Nov. 3-5, 2009.
• Program Committee Member, Second International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management. Chongqing (China), Nov. 3-8, 2008.
• Program Committee, VI ALIO/EURO Workshop on Applied Combinatorial Optimization, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 15 - 17, 2008.
• Profesor invitado, Minicurso Optimización multicriterio - XIII ELAVIO, Lima, Perú. 2008
• Comité Internacional, XIII ELAVIO, Lima, Perú.2008.
• Program Committee Member. First International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management. Chengdu (China), 2007.
• Secretary, Association of Latin-Iberoamerican Operational Research Societies (ALIO). 2006-2008.
• Regional Vice President for Central and South America (Region 16), Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2006-2008.
• IIE International Council, Institute of Industrial Engineers, 2006-2008.
• Chair of the Latin American Track, Institute of Industrial Engineers, IIE Annual Conference and Expo held in Nashville, TN (USA), 2007.
• Comitê de Apoio Internacional, XII ELAVIO, held in Itaipava, Brasil. 2007.
• Program Committee, XIII Congreso Latino-Iberoamericano de Investigación de Operaciones (CLAIO), held in Montevideo, Uruguay. 2006.
• Workshop co-chair, XI Latin American Summer Workshop on Operations Research (XI Escuela Latinoamericana de Verano en Investigación de Operaciones - ELAVIO), held in Villa de Leyva, Colombia. 2005.
• Member of the CNA (Consejo Nacional de Acreditación) Accreditation Commission for the Industrial Engineering Program at Universidad de Antioquia, 2003
• Faculty advisor and founding member - Institute of Industrial Engineers - Universidad de los Andes Chapter. 2003
• Co-founder of the research group Centro para la Optimización y Probabilidad Aplicada (COPA), 2002

Honors and Awards

• Recipient of the "Distinguished Alumnus Award" of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department, North Carolina State University. Award handed by Dr. Julie Swann, Chair of the ISE Department. Raleigh, NC (USA), 2023.
• Co-recipient (with B. van Hoof) of the 2021 “Dejar Huella” Awards – 2nd prize in the project’s category for "Modelo de Agronegocios Sostenibles". Award handed by the President of the University, Raquel Bernal. Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá (Colombia).
• Co-recipient (with N. Cabrera, L. Lozano and D. Duque) of the 2020 Glover-Klingman Prize. Awarded by the editors of Networks.
• Distinguished Senior Researcher – School of Engineering (Universidad de los Andes). Award handed by Dean Alfonso Reyes at the Encuentro de Experiencias de Investigación en Ingeniería 2019. Bogotá (Colombia).
• IFORS Invited Tutorial Lecturer at EURO 2018. The lecture titled “Solving Hard Shortest Path Problems with the Pulse Framework” was published in IFORS News and delivered at the EURO 2018, Valencia (España).
• Recipient of the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society (TSL) President’s Service Award. Award given at the 2017 INFORMS Annual Conference, Houston (USA).
• Co-recipient (with O. L. Sarmiento, S. Abolghasem, E. Pinzón, A. P. Ríos, F. Solano, C. D. Bedoya, and L. P. Navas) of the 2017 IFORS Prize for Operations Research (OR) in Development. 21th Conference of the International Federations of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). Quebec City (Canada).
• Co-recipient (with A. González, M. Sánchez-Silva and L. Dueñas-Osorio) of the Wilson Tang Best Paper Award for the work titled “The time-dependent interdependent network design problem (td-INDP) and the evaluation of multi-system recovery strategies in polynomial time” awarded at the 6th Asian-Pacific Symposium on Structural Reliability and its Applications. Shanghai (China).
• Co-recipient (with V. Pillac, C. Guéret and M. Gendreau) of the EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper - Review. This best paper prize was awarded for the work titled "A review of dynamic vehicle routing problems" published in the European Journal of Operational Research published in 2013.
• Recipient of the Distinguished Industrial Engineer (in Spanish, Ingeniero Industrial Destacado) award given by the board of the Industrial Engineering alumni chapter of Uniandinos (alumni association of Universidad de los Andes), 2012
• Advisor and Koppa team member (with J. E. González and L. Lozano). First prize in the 2011 RAS Problem Competition organized by the Railway Applications Section (RAS) of INFORMS, 2011.
• Co-author (with A. Molano, O. L. Sarmiento and J. Sefair), 1st prize in the paper competition: "El papel de la planeación en el desarrollo colombiano", organized by the Departamento Nacional de Planeación-50 años (Bogotá, Colombia), 2008.
• Co-recipient (with Fernán Pedraza and Alfredo Garcia), Best Paper Award in Wireless Networks and Military Applications, 2006 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, U. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA (USA), 2006.
• Recipient of the Director’s Partnership Award from the (U.S.) National Textile Center, 1997
• Inducted member of the Omega Rho International Honor Society (Operations Research), 1997
• Recipient of the Colciencias Scholarship (Colombia), 1996-1999
• Best instructor in the Industrial Engineering Department at Universidad de los Andes (Colombia), 1996
• Recipient of the Colfuturo (Foundation for the Future of Colombia) Scholarship (Colombia), 1996-1998
• Recipient of the Merit Scholarship from Fulbright (Colombia), 1995
• Recipient of the Best Thesis Award in the Industrial Engineering Department at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia), 1992

Students' Honors and Awards (Advising/Mentoring)

• Advisor of Daniel Yamín. 2020 INFORMS Undergraduate Operations Research Prize. Honorable Mention.
• Co-advisor (with J. Sefair) of Team 4101 (Felipe Solano, Santiago Cabrera and Diego Cely). First prize in the 8th AIMMS-MOPTA Optimization Modeling Competition on Multiobjective Network Disruption, Lehigh University, Bethlehem. PA (USA).
• Co-advisor (with D. Castro-Lacouture) of Laura Flórez (Georgia Tech), First place in the 2014 IIE Student Paper Competition - Construction Division for the work titled "Decision support system for sustainable labor management in masonry construction", Montréal (Canada). 2014.
• Co-advisor (with J. L. Walteros) of Nicolás Hoyos, 1st place in the 2010 IIE Uniandes Chapter Technical Paper Competition (Bogotá, Colombia) for the work titled "A column generation approach to steel cutting in ACESCO", 2010.
• Co-advisor (with N. Velasco) of Leonardo Lozano, 1st place in the 2009 IIE Uniandes Chapter Technical Paper Competition (Bogotá, Colombia) for the work titled "Generation of Pop-Rock Accompaniments Using Genetic Algorithms and Variable Neighborhood Search", 2009.
• Co-author (with J. A. Sefair, D. Castro-Lacouture, and L. Flórez) 2nd prize in the Sustainability Poster Session for the work titled "Optimization model for the selection of materials using a LEED-based green building rating system in Colombia". Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems (ISS) of Georgia Tech (Atlanta, USA). 2008.
• Co-advisor (with J. A. Sefair and J. L. Walteros) of Miguel Angel Vargas (Universidad de los Andes), 2nd place in the V Regional Conference - IIE Central and South American Region - Technical Paper Competition - Paipa (Colombia), 2008.
• Co-advisor (with O. L. Sarmiento) of Nathalie Baracaldo (Universidad de los Andes), 3rd place in the IV Regional Conference - IIE Region 16 (Central and South America) Technical Paper Competition, held at Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá (Colombia), 2007.
• Advisor of Carlos A. Pineda (Universidad de los Andes), 3rd place in the finals of IIE Technical Paper Competition, IIE Annual Conference, Orlando (USA), 2007.
• Advisor of Carlos A. Pineda (Universidad de los Andes), 1st in the IIE Region 16 (Central and South America) Technical Paper Competition, held at Universidad de la Sabana, Bogotá (Colombia), 2007.
• Advisor of Carlos A. Pineda, 3rd place on the IIE Technical Paper Competition, Orlando, FL, (USA), 2006.
• Faculty Advisor of the IWANA group, Winner of the 10th IIE/Rockwell Software Student Simulation Competition, 2004

Affiliations

Professional Organizations

• INFORMS:

  Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences

• IISE:

  Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (senior member)

• ACM:

  Association for Computing Machinery

• MCDM:

  International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making

• EU/ME:

  European Chapter on Metaheuristics

• COPA:

  Centro para la Optimización y Probabilidad Aplicada (founding member and director)

Research Groups

• Center for Optimization and Applied Probability (COPA):

  Research group at Universidad de los Andes.

• EpiAndes- Grupo de EpidemiologÍa:

  Research group at Universidad de los Andes.

• CinfonIA- Centro de Investigación y Formación en Inteligencia Artificial:

  Research group at Universidad de los Andes.

Links

Universidad de los Andes

• Universidad de los Andes
• School of Engineering, Universidad de los Andes
• Industrial Engineering Department, Universidad de los Andes
• Center for Optimization and Applied Probability (COPA)

Created: October 12, 2002

Last modified: April 2, 2024 (15:00, GMT - 5h)