معرفی
Dr. Thanos Avramidis is a Lecturer in Operational Research at the School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Southampton. His research focuses on Markov Decision Processes, stochastic simulation, and financial derivatives pricing, with applications in dynamic pricing under demand uncertainty. He has held academic roles at Cornell University and research positions at the University of Montreal, collaborating with Prof. Pierre L'Ecuyer.
Education & Career:
- PhD in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University
- Assistant Professor, Cornell University (1997–2001)
- Researcher at University of Montreal (2002–2006)
- Joined University of Southampton in 2007
Research Themes: Current work develops algorithms for pricing in unknown demand environments. Past contributions include variance reduction methods, call-center optimization models, and Monte Carlo analysis in finance.
Awards: Recipient of the INFORMS Simulation Society Award (2009) and George Nicholson Prize (1993).
Teaching: Courses include Introduction to Operational Research and Stochastic OR Methods.
Lab/Teams: Member of the CORMSIS research group.
