Toshihide Ibaraki

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Toshihide Ibaraki

• October 1985, Professor, Kyoto University
• April 2001-March 2003, Dean, Graduate School of
  Informatics, Kyoto University
• April 2004, Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University
• Fellow ACM, Operations Research Society of
  Japan, Institute of Electronics, Information and
  Communication Engineers, Information Processing
  Society of Japan, etc. Advisory Editor of
  Discrete Applied Mathematics, etc.
• Award 2007, The first reciepant of Kondo Jiro
  Award, which is the very important prize in OR
  society of Japan.

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Shu-Cherng Fang

• Walter Clark Chair and University Alumni
  Distinguished Graduate Professor
• 2002 Fellow Award, Institute of Industrial
  Engineers
• 2002 Scientific Excellence Award, National
  Textile Center, US Department of Commerce
• 2001 R. J. Reynolds Award for Excellency in
  Teaching, Research, and Extension, College of
  Engineering, NC State University
• 1998 N C State Outstanding Research Award,
  University Alumni Association
• 1998 IBM Global Partnership Award, IBM University
  Relations

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Hans-Otto Günther

• 2001-2003 Dean, Faculty of Business and
  Management, Technical University Berlin, Germany
• 1999-2001 Head of the Department of Management,
  Technical University Berlin, Germany
• Papers published and accepted for publication in
  International Journal of Production Research,
  European Journal of Operational Research (EJOR),
  OR Spectrum, etc.
• Numerous publications in proceedings of
  international conferences
• 14 editions of textbooks on Production Management
  / Production and Logistics since 1993 (in German)
• Several monographs and contributions to books (in
  German)

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Xiuli Chao

• Professor of Industrial Operations Engineering,
  University of Michigan.
• Dr. Chao is the co-developer of Lekin Scheduling
  System.
• He is the co-author of two books, "Operations
  Scheduling with Applications in Manufacturing and
  Services" (Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 1998), and
  "Queueing Networks Customers, Signals, and
  Product Form Solutions" (John Wiley Sons,
  1999).
• Chao received the 1998 Erlang Prize from the
  Applied Probability Society of INFORMS, and he
  received the Outstanding Overseas Chinese
  Scientist Award from National Natural Science
  Foundation of China in 2002, the Outstanding
  Overseas Scientist Award from Chinese Academy of
  Science in 2004.
• In 2005 he received the David F. Baker
  Distinguished Research Award from Institute of
  Industrial Engineers (IIE).

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Xiang-Sun Zhang

• 1983- Research Associate Professor, Full Research
  Professor, Institute of Applied Mathematics, CAS
• 1992-1998 Director, Institute of Applied
  Mathematics, CAS
• 1999-2003 Vice President, Academy of Mathematics
  and Systems Sciences, CAS.
• 2002- Director of the Center of Bioinformatics,
  AMSS
• The Honorary President of the Operations Research
  Society of China, 2004.
• First Prize of the OR in Development, awarded by
  the International Federation of Operations
  Research Societies (IFORS) at the 14th
  International Conference at Vancouver, Canada,
  1996.

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Katsushige Sawaki

• Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences,
  Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan
• 2005 Edelman Finalist Award Winner An OR/MS
  group consisting of OR professors at Nanzan
  Gakuen is applying various OR/MS methodologies to
  improve operations and reduce costs. The group
  evaluated the financial effectiveness of a new
  campus using a simulation technique. Linear
  programming was used to improve the cost
  effectiveness of the school bus system, resulting
  in a savings of 5 million in five years.
• He has been keeping very important position
  including Vice President and Council Member at
  Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan.