Klaus-Dieter Rest

Mag.Dr. Klaus-Dieter Rest is a researcher at the Institute of Production and Logistics within the Department of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). His academic career at BOKU spans multiple periods as a research assistant (2009-2016, 2019-2020, 2023-present) and includes a doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences (2010-2021).

Education

• Doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (2010-2021)
• Degree program in Business and Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business (2005-2009)

His research focuses on operations research applications in health care logistics, particularly urban home health care scheduling and disaster response planning. Key areas include time-dependent routing, multimodal transport optimization, and resilience building in critical health care systems. He has developed planning algorithms and tabu search strategies for optimizing home health care services using public transport networks.

His work has been recognized with the Peter-Faller-Nachwuchsförderpreis (2022) from the Österreichische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (ÖVG). He has contributed to publications and presentations on topics including blockchain-based information systems (NutriSafe project), GIS applications in disaster planning, and dynamic scheduling challenges in health care logistics.

Scientific Awards

• Peter-Faller-Nachwuchsförderpreis 2022, Österreichische Verkehrswissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (ÖVG)

His professional experience includes working at ingentus decision support KG (2016-2022) and temporary roles at ACNielsen Ges.m.b.H. (2004-2005). He has presented at numerous international conferences including EURO 2016, INFORMS Healthcare 2011, and VRP2013, focusing on home health care scheduling and disaster response optimization.