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Cesar Rego is a Full Professor of Operations Management and Business Analytics at the University of Mississippi's School of Business Administration, Department of Marketing, Analytics and Professional Sales. He holds tenured positions at multiple institutions, including visiting roles at MIT. His academic journey includes a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics from Universidade Portucalense (1990), an M.Sc. in Operations Research from the University of Lisbon (1993), a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Versailles (1996), and a Habilitation (post-doctorate) from the same university (2012).
Rego specializes in optimization algorithms, heuristics, and metaheuristics, with a focus on combinatorial optimization, parallel computing, and operations research applications. His research addresses problems like the Traveling Salesman Problem, resource scheduling, and clustering. He has contributed to advancements in Tabu Search, Scatter Search, and Ejection Chain methods.
Rego has served on NSF and NSERC committees, organized international conference sessions, and delivered invited lectures. His work spans over 50 publications in journals like European Journal of Operational Research and Management Science. Notable areas include algorithm design for large-scale problems and interdisciplinary curriculum development at the operations research-computer science interface.
His career includes faculty roles at Portucalense University and the University of Lisbon, alongside his current tenure at the University of Mississippi since 2011. He advises on complex planning procedures and collaborates on projects involving data analytics and optimization frameworks.
