Ivan Brezina

Prof. Ing. Ivan Brezina, CSc. is a Professor at the Department of Operations Research and Econometrics, Faculty of Economic Informatics, University of Economics Bratislava. His academic career spans over three decades, with roles including assistant (1990–1999), Associate Professor (1999–2011), and Professor (2011–present).

• Ing. (Economic-Mathematical Calculations), Vysoká škola ekonomická v Bratislave, Fakulta riadenia (1985)
• CSc. (Management and Planning Theory), Vysoká škola ekonomická v Bratislave, Fakulta riadenia (1990)
• Doc. (Quantitative Methods in Economics), University of Economics (1999)
• Professor (Econometrics and Operations Research), University of Economics (2011)

His research focuses on operations research, econometrics, logistics optimization, and financial modeling. Key projects include APVV-SRB 18 (electric mobility logistics, 2019–2021), VEGA 1/0245/15 (emission reduction transport planning, 2015–2018), and VEGA 1/0339/20 (hidden Markov models in finance, 2020–2022). Publications include 39 registered in WoS/Scopus with 125 citations.

Recent articles address agricultural optimization (2020), green finance (2025), and reverse logistics (2019). He has delivered 16 international/national invited lectures and participated in 2019–2024 grants like VEGA 1/0373/18 (big data analytics) and Visegrád Fund Project No. 21830031 (SimplexV4 tool development).

• President, Slovak Society for Operations Research (2020–present)
• Editorial Board, Central European Journal of Operations Research (2014–2020)
• Member, editorial councils of multiple journals

International mobilities include ERASMUS stays at VŠE Praha (2013, 2017, 2022), TEMPUS (1993), and lecture stays in Uzbekistan (2022), Kazakhstan (2023), and Serbia (2024).