About
Dr. Wolfgang Garn is an Associate Professor in Analytics at the University of Surrey’s Surrey Business School, specializing in Business Analytics and Operations. His roles include Programme Director of Business Analytics and Acting Head of the Business Transformation Department. He holds a PhD in Technical Mathematics and Computer Science from the Vienna University of Technology. His research focuses on operational research, machine learning applications in logistics and healthcare, and sustainable supply chains. He has led industry projects with organizations like Royal Mail, Surrey County Council, and Smartana, his analytics consultancy firm.
Research interests include Discrete Event Simulation (DES), Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics, and optimizing transportation networks. Notable contributions include frameworks like SAGE (Settings, Audience, Goals, Ethics) for explainable AI and the PURE framework for e-waste management. He has authored books on Data Analytics and teaches modules in machine learning, business intelligence, and supply chain analytics. His industry collaborations span telecommunications optimization, military decision support systems, and environmental sustainability.
Dr. Garn advises PhD students exploring topics like sustainable supply chains (Sheeba Pathak), fraud detection (Eleanor Mill), and medical AI applications (Vasilis Nikolaou). He is a member of professional bodies including INFORMS, EURO, and the Society for Modeling & Simulation International.
