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Edward Wasil Professor Department of Information Technology & Analytics

Degrees
B.S., Fairfield University; M.B.A. and Ph.D., University of Maryland

Bio
Professor Wasil is a well-known scholar in the areas of network optimization and applications of decision-aiding methods. He has published more than 100 technical articles in a wide variety of academic outlets including Production and Operations Management, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and the INFORMS Journal on Computing. In 2005, Professor Wasil received the INFORMS Computing Society Prize for research excellence in the interface between operations research and computer science (awarded with four co-authors). From 1992 to 2014, he was the Feature Article Editor of the INFORMS Journal on Computing. In 2002, 2005, 2014, 2017, and 2021, Professor Wasil received the Kogod Graduate Business Association award for Distinguished Professor of the Year. In 2006, he was named the American University Scholar/Teacher of the Year. In 2011, he received the American University Faculty Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Research, Creative Activity, and Other Professional Contributions. Currently, he holds the UPS Professorship in the Kogod School.
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Teaching

Spring 2024

  • ITEC-610 Applied Managerial Statistics

  • ITEC-618 Applied Prod & Operations Mgmt

Fall 2024

  • ITEC-610 Applied Managerial Statistics

  • ITEC-620 Business Insights/Analytics

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Selected Publications

Kogod Now, Fall 2011. "Patient Care Optimized." View article

AU Experts

Area of Expertise

Decision analysis, decision making with personal computers, distribution management, network optimization, applications of management science models, hospital IT operations, healthcare analytics

Additional Information

Edward Wasil's teaching interests include applied business statistics, production and operations management, and management science. His research interests focus on network optimization and applications of metaheuristics to optimization problems. He has published more than 90 technical articles in a variety of areas. He has edited special issues of Interfaces(2008, 1995); American Journal of Mathematical and Management Sciences(1992); Socio-Economic Planning Sciences(1991); and Computers & Operations Research(2003, 1986). He edited Excellence in Management Science Practice (Prentice Hall, 1992) and the Analytic Hierarchy Process (Springer-Verlag, 1989). Currently, he serves as feature article editor of the INFORMS Journal on Computingand associate editor of INFOR: Canadian Journal of Operational Research and Information Processing. Wasil was the American University Scholar-Teacher of the Year in 2006. In 2005, he was co-awarded the INFORMS Computing Society Prize for research excellence in the interface between operations research and computer science.

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