Dr Jana Ries

Faculty Director of Postgraduate Research

Jana.Ries@port.ac.uk

PhD Supervisor

Faculty of Business and Law Operations and Systems Management ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Business School School of Organisations, Systems, and People Business and management Operational research and logistics Centre for Operational Research and Logistics Food Cultures in Transition research cluster Centre for Blue Governance

Biography

After completing my Phd at the Department of Mathematics (ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú), I have been a post-doctoral researcher on two EU-funded projects under the 7th Framework Programme: LOGMAN (www.logman-footprint.eu) and SEABILLA (www.seabilla.eu). Since 2011, I have been lecturing at the Faculty of Business and Law. My main research interests are in algorithmic design for combinatorial optimisation problems with a particular interest in transport logistics and the use of fuzzy logic to deal with uncertain environments in real-time optimisation. I have worked with industry in the defence and maritime logistics sector.

Research interests

Design and calibration of approximation algorithms (e.g. heuristics, meta-heuristics, hybrid concepts)

  • Fuzzy logic.
  • Operational efficiency in supply chains: Decision support systems in dynamic and sustainable transport, road and carbon pricing, fleet management, resource scheduling.
  • Applications in maritime logistics and manufacturing, food supply chains, green logistics.