معرفی
Fatma Gzara is a Professor at the Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, and co-founder/co-director of WANOPT (Waterloo Analytics and Optimization Lab). Her research focuses on supply chain analytics, large-scale optimization, and data-driven decision-making in logistics systems. She has led industry-funded projects with NSERC, OCE, MITACS, and collaborators like Bombardier and Unilever.
Education: PhD in Management Science from McGill University (2003). Teaches courses such as MSCI 331 (Optimization), MSCI 734 (Network Models), and graduate seminars (MSCI 200A/B). Active in graduate student supervision.
Research interests include optimization under uncertainty, drone delivery systems, hazmat transportation planning, and airline operations. Recent publications explore pandemic resource allocation, crowdsourced delivery economics, and urban UAV traffic management.
Funding collaborations include NSERC grants for supply chain analytics and MITACS partnerships. WANOPT lab focuses on integrating analytics with optimization for large-scale systems.
