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Congratulations to Dr. Taraneh Sowlati for successfully chairing the 2022 CORS/INFORMS International Conference, IERG graduate students for presenting their research, and Sahar Ahmadvand for winning the David Martell Student Paper Prize in Forestry!

Congratulations to Dr. Taraneh Sowlati for successfully chairing the 2022 CORS/INFORMS International Conference, IERG graduate students for presenting their research, and Sahar Ahmadvand for winning the David Martell Student Paper Prize in Forestry!

  Dr. Taraneh Sowlati chaired the 2022 CORS/INFORMS International Conference that was hosted in Vancouver from June 5 to June 8. This international conference is one of the well-known learning and connecting events for the Operations Research, Management Science, and Analytics scholars. IERG graduate students participated in the conference by delivering the following presentations on […]

Dr Taraneh Sowlati named as a fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science

Congratulations to Dr. Taraneh Sowlati who has been named a fellow of the International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS). For more information, please check https://forestry.ubc.ca/awards/taraneh-sowlati-fellow-international-academy-of-wood-science/?_ccCt=gcbo-2ipj1d-xh1ar3-ebkx3jb2

Dr. Taraneh Sowlati and Sahar Ahmadvand presented at INFORMS-ENRE Scientific event

Dr. Sowlati and Sahar Ahmadvand presented at INFORMS-ENRE Scientific event on March 24, 2022. Please see the link below for the abstracts of their talk and the recording of the event: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/enre/past-events/

Dr. Sowlati will present at IUFRO World Day on Sept. 28, 2021

Dr. Sowlati will present at IUFRO World Day on Sept. 28, 2021

Dr. Sowlati will join a panel during the IUFRO World Day to discuss the relevance of value chain optimization in forestry.  

Congratulations to Dr. Malladi and Professor Sowlati for receiving the Best Publication Award

Dr. Malladi and Professor Sowlati received the 2021 INFORMS-ENRE Best Publication Award in Natural Resources for their paper: Malladi, K.T., Sowlati, T. Impact of carbon pricing policies on the cost and emission of the biomass supply chain: Optimization models and a case study. Applied Energy, 267, 115069, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115069 Please click on the link below […]

Dr. Sowlati presented at Eco-Engineered Wood Products International Seminar

Dr. Sowlati gave a presentation at Eco-Engineered Wood Products International Seminar on Wednesday Sept. 15, 2021. program-seminar-E2WP-september-15-2021

Welcome to our new member Kimia Rahmani

Welcome to our new Ph.D. student Kimia Rahmani

Presentation at IFORS 2021 by Dr. Sowlati

Dr. Sowlati will present at the 22nd Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Society (IFORS). The conference will be held virtually from August 23 to August 27, 2021. Conference link: https://www.ifors2021.kr/sub01/sub01.php Dr. Sowlati’s presentation title: “Modeling the risk in multi-criteria evaluation of producing biofuels from construction and demolition waste”

Post-doctoral fellow position available

The Industrial Engineering Research Group at the University of British Columbia seeks a candidate with a strong background in mathematical programming and operations research methods, and a great interest in applying those methods in forest products/forest-based biomass supply chain management. The candidate has to have a Ph.D. degree in operations research, industrial engineering, or other […]

The planning of the CORS-INFORMS International Conference 2022 is underway

Dr. Taraneh Sowlati is the Chair of the CORS-INFORMS International Conference, which will be held in Vancouver in June 2022. https://www.informs.org/Meetings-Conferences/INFORMS-Conference-Calendar/CORS-INFORMS-International-Conference-2022