<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} </style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="`"100%`"">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="background:#bba555;padding:5.25pt 5.5pt 5.25pt 1.5pt"></td>
<td width="`"100%`"" style="width:100.0%;background:#FADF9B;padding:5.25pt
3.75pt 5.25pt 11.25pt; word-wrap:break-word" cellpadding="`"7px" 5px="" 7px="" 15px`?="" color="`"#212121`"">
<div>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:
#212121"><b>This Message Is From An External Sender:</b> Use caution when opening links or attachments if you do not recognize the sender.
</span></p>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div>
<div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Dear Colleagues,</div>
<div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Good morning. Please see the new faculty hires at USF below. </div>
<div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br>
</div>
<div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Sincerely,</div>
<div class="elementToProof" style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
Tapas</div>
<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tapas K. Das, Ph.D.</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Professor & Department Chair</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Room # ENC2400</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">University of South Florida</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tampa, Florida 33620</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">Ph. (813) 974-5585</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">email: </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: blue;"><u><a href="mailto:das@usf.edu" target="_blank" id="OWAb769bd1c-a560-6185-bac1-610d086781cf" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: blue; margin: 0px;">das@usf.edu</a></u></span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">;</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;">website: <a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftapaskdas5.wordpress.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7Cc426d3fc797b4f580e8d08dd9eb3853a%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638841216060868530%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=2AbwOQKY6VIme9alKxjK3NmLaPr6Lip7BNOzDnuw06M%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://tapaskdas5.wordpress.com/" id="OWAb8085759-01dd-539c-aa68-469ea616e94a" class="OWAAutoLink" style="margin: 0px;">
tapaskdas5.wordpress.com</a></span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px 0in 0in; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: blue;">
<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><u><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fcitations%3Fuser%3DCWwXkxcAAAAJ%26hl%3Den&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7Cc426d3fc797b4f580e8d08dd9eb3853a%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638841216060883905%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FiaLxuklD%2F3Yn4W85Q0jkYN%2B1E%2BHBNjQ3QivVsqxS48%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CWwXkxcAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank" id="OWA5798769e-ec66-f184-6adf-ff782325bbeb" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CWwXkxcAAAAJ&hl=en. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="color: blue; margin: 0px;">Google
</a>Scholar<a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholar.google.com%2Fcitations%3Fuser%3DCWwXkxcAAAAJ%26hl%3Den&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7Cc426d3fc797b4f580e8d08dd9eb3853a%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638841216060898637%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5z3%2FIZ7B8T0E4XzLdS6oGX8%2B5py3FVRl3W1zfERwKZI%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CWwXkxcAAAAJ&hl=en" target="_blank" id="OWA5798769e-ec66-f184-6adf-ff782325bbeb" class="OWAAutoLink" title="Original URL: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CWwXkxcAAAAJ&hl=en. Click or tap if you trust this link." style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"> Page</a></u></span></p>
<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br>
</div>
<div align="center" style="margin: 0px; min-width: 100%;">
<div style="background-color: rgb(0, 103, 71);">
<table id="x_table_0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-imagetype="External" style="direction: ltr; background-color: initial; width: 100%; table-layout: auto; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top;">
<table align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; width: 700px; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; padding: 15px 10px; vertical-align: top;">
<table align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807977-968" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748009807977-781" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748011689683-136" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><img data-image-content="" width="680" style="width: 680px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/2b6bc964301/ee378ca5-a431-4ab3-988d-58fbc9f292ac.png?rdr=true"></span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 30px;"> </div>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807977-722" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; padding: 10px 40px; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<h1 style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 103, 71);">New Faculty at the Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering</span></h1>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807977-124" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748009807977-778" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;">
<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 10px;"> </div>
<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 25px;"> </div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-228" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-153" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 35%;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807977-756" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px; vertical-align: top;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><img data-image-content="" width="170" style="width: 170px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/2b6bc964301/4b81487b-e872-460c-92aa-90d43dea6670.png?rdr=true"></span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-787" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 65%;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-235" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<h3 style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 103, 71);">Alexander Semenov, PhD</span></h3>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-188" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Dr. Alexander Semenov will join in fall 2025 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial
and Management Systems Engineering at the University of South Florida. Dr. Semenov is currently a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering, University of Florida. Dr.
Semenov received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, and an M.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Saint-Petersburg State Electrotechnical University, Russia.</span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">His research and teaching interests include network science, social media analytics, design of efficient
algorithms, analysis of large datasets, optimization, and machine learning. He has co-authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications and has been a recipient of research grants from agencies such as NIFA, USDA, AFOSR, and Business Finland. Dr. Semenov is an Associate
Editor of the Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Energy Systems, and IET Blockchain journal. He is also a member of the editorial board of Scientific Reports.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 30px;"> </div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748010785975-572" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748010785997-443" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748010786019-818" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; padding: 10px 40px; vertical-align: top;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><img data-image-content="" width="594" style="width: 594px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/2b6bc964301/616f6b23-0c5a-4b73-ad61-526865728eba.png?rdr=true"></span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748010356235-817" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748010356255-686" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;">
<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 30px;"> </div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-673" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748009876888-255" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 40%;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-389" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px; vertical-align: top;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><img data-image-content="" width="179" style="width: 179px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/2b6bc964301/4c2c9f3e-3629-469f-8ce5-b2e629c8fbaa.png?rdr=true"></span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-739" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 60%;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-481" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<h3 style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 103, 71);">Sarper Aydin, PhD</span></h3>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-047" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dr. Sarper Aydin will join in fall 2025 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial
and Management Systems Engineering at University of South Florida in Fall 2025. Dr. Aydin received a B.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey in 2017. Before joining Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA in 2019,
where he obtained his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering, Sarper was at Lehigh University, PA as a PhD student. Dr. Aydin’s research is focused on decentralized control of multi-agent systems and game-theoretic learning with applications to assignment
problems in autonomous robot teams.</span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">He is currently finishing his postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied
Sciences. His postdoctoral mentors are Dr. Stephanie Gil from Harvard University and Dr. Angelia Nedich from Arizona State University, where he also worked as a postdoctoral scholar during the academic year 2023-2024. Dr. Sarper published in journals including
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Automatica, and IEEE Control Systems Letters. </span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748010848586-833" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748010848606-381" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;">
<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 30px;"> </div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748010839582-028" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748010839605-434" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748010836665-656" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; padding: 10px 40px; vertical-align: top;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><img data-image-content="" width="594" style="width: 594px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/2b6bc964301/616f6b23-0c5a-4b73-ad61-526865728eba.png?rdr=true"></span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748010439251-433" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748010439272-544" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;">
<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 30px;"> </div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748010329222-981" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748010329222-476" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 40%;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748010329222-214" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; padding: 10px 20px 10px 40px; vertical-align: top;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><img data-image-content="" width="174" style="width: 174px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/2b6bc964301/c9477566-cab7-4223-ab27-394eb6f8f7cc.png?rdr=true"></span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748010329222-564" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 60%;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748010329222-778" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<h3 style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 103, 71);">Juan Borrero, PhD</span></h3>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748010329222-221" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; padding: 10px 40px 10px 20px; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Dr. Juan S. Borrero joined as an Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Management
Systems Engineering at the University of South Florida in Fall 2024. He holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and a M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, both from the University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, and holds a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University
of Pittsburgh (2017). His research interests are mainly in optimization under uncertainty. Methodologically, his focus is on bilevel, robust, network, and mixed-integer optimization, probability, and stochastic processes.</span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><br>
</span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">He has focused on sequential hierarchical decision-making problems with uncertainty and learning,
including applications such as smuggling interdiction, defender-attacker problems, and commit or defer problems. More recently, he has worked in applications such as preparedness and response against tornado hazards, UAV routing for intelligence, surveillance,
and reconnaissance missions, influence problems in social networks, information discovery optimization, among others. His research has been funded by ONR, AFOSR, and by an NSF CAREER award and has been published in journals including
<i>Operations Research</i>, <i>INFORMS Journal on Computing</i>, the <i>European Journal of Operational Research,</i> <i>Heredity</i>, among others. He is also an Associate Editor of
<i>Omega</i>.</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-854" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-717" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;">
<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 30px;"> </div>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748010984727-435" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: left; line-height: 1.2; padding: 10px 40px; vertical-align: top; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b><i>For more information:</i></b></span></p>
<p style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; color: rgb(44, 116, 255);"><b><a href="https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usf.edu%2Fengineering%2Fimse%2Findex.aspx&data=05%7C02%7Ciefac.list%40mailhost.ces.clemson.edu%7Cc426d3fc797b4f580e8d08dd9eb3853a%7C0c9bf8f6ccad4b87818d49026938aa97%7C0%7C0%7C638841216060913791%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uaAXu0zUnlv4QsBFoEUTAMe49N4%2Fpt4%2FVIYmAyp1N5I%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.usf.edu/engineering/imse/index.aspx" id="OWAa3188c92-c12a-00e8-370b-84947595b812" class="x_OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(44, 116, 255); text-decoration: none; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">www.usf.edu/engineering/imse</a></b></span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748011897815-488" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; padding: 10px 40px; vertical-align: top;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><img data-image-content="" width="295" style="width: 295px; height: auto; max-width: 100%; display: block;" src="https://files.constantcontact.com/2b6bc964301/aade29ea-56ca-4b31-be37-14ff89dd00b8.jpg?rdr=true"></span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div style="direction: ltr; line-height: 30px;"> </div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">
<table id="x_table_1" align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; width: 700px; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; vertical-align: top;">
<table align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-552" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-553" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-483" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; line-height: 1.2; padding: 10px 40px; color: rgb(89, 89, 89);">
<p class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">USF Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering</span></p>
<p class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">4202 E. Fowler Avenue ENG 030 | Tampa, FL 33620 US</span></p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); vertical-align: top;">
<table align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; width: 700px; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; padding-right: 10px; padding-left: 10px; vertical-align: top;">
<table align="center" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-443" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-847" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top; width: 100%;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" data-cpeid="w-1748009807978-114" style="direction: ltr; width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td align="center" style="direction: ltr; vertical-align: top;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="direction: ltr; table-layout: fixed; box-sizing: border-box; border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px;">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(62, 62, 62);">
<div class="elementToProof" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center; line-height: 1.2; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(44, 116, 255);">
<b><br>
</b></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div align="center" style="background-color: rgb(243, 243, 243);">
<div style="direction: ltr; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
<br>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>