Maria Vlasiou

Maria Vlasiou is a Full Professor of Mathematics of Operations Research at the University of Twente, an Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, and a Research Fellow of EURANDOM. Her work focuses on stochastic processing networks, particularly layered architectures arising in energy systems, high-tech manufacturing supply chains, and bandwidth-sharing networks.

Education & Qualifications

• UTQ (University Teaching Qualification) diploma obtained in 2010; continuous professional-education training thereafter.

Research Interests

Vlasiou’s research spans the performance analysis of stochastic networks, with special emphasis on:

• Electric-vehicle charging networks and congestion control.
• Extreme-value theory for fork-join queues inspired by ASML/Philips/Boeing supply chains.
• Lévy-driven queues, heavy-tailed risk models, and large-deviations asymptotics.
• Resource-allocation problems involving non-convex optimisation and heavy-traffic limits.

She combines rigorous probabilistic methods (fluid & diffusion approximations, perturbation analysis) with practical applications in energy, logistics and manufacturing.

Scientific Awards & Recognition

• AMSI-ANZIAM Lecturer 2017
• Marcel Neuts Student Paper Award (MAM8)
• 3rd Prize, 8th Conference in Actuarial Science & Finance 2014
• Best Paper Award, ICORES 2013
• Excellent Course Prize, University of Twente 2021

Grants & Projects

She has attracted over €4.5 million in external funding from NWO, Australian Research Council, 4TU.CEE, and industry, including current NWO LTP ROBUST programme on “AI for Energy Grids” (2023-2032).

Teaching & Supervision

Vlasiou teaches Probability, Stochastic Processes, Performance Modelling and Infectious-Disease Epidemiology. She has supervised nine PhD dissertations and numerous BSc/MSc theses, internships and PDEng projects, and leads educational-innovation grants on mini-lectures and student engagement.

Editorial & Leadership Roles

Associate editor for OR Spectrum, IISE Transactions, Math. Methods of OR, and INFOR. She represents the Netherlands at the IMU Committee for Women in Mathematics and serves on advisory boards for national women-in-math organisations in Cyprus and Greece.