Andre Augusto Cire is an Associate Professor at the Department of Management at the University of Toronto Scarborough, cross-appointed with the Operations Management area at the Rotman School of Management. Andre's research investigates new methodologies to address large-scale, difficult optimization problems arising in organizations, with a recent focus on discrete optimization, scheduling, social good, and healthcare applications. To this end, Andre's research agenda considers rigorous approaches that incorporate concepts from mathematical programming, dynamic programming, and artificial intelligence to derive actionable insights and computationally efficient techniques.
PhD, Operations Research, Carnegie Mellon University, 2014
MSc, Operations Research, Carnegie Mellon University, 2011
MSc, Computer Science, University of Campinas, 2009
BSc, Computer Science, University of Campinas, 2006
PERSONAL AWARDS
2019 Research Excellence Award
Department of Management, University of Toronto Scarborough
2016 ACP Doctoral Dissertation Award
Association for Constraint Programming
2015 Gerald L. Thompson Doctoral Dissertation Award in Management Science
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
2014 INFORMS Computing Society Best Student Paper Award
INFORMS Computing Society, USA
2011 Egon Balas Award - Best Student Paper in Operations Research
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
2009 -2011 William L. Mellon Fellowship
Carnegie Mellon University
2009 Latin American Master’s Thesis Contest in Informatics, Second Place
Latin American Center for Informatics Studies
2008 Best Paper Award, Applications Track
The 14th International Conference on Principles & Practice of Constraint Programming
Paper title: Planning & Scheduling the Operation of a Very Large Oil Pipeline Network
2005 Scientific Initiation Prize, First Place
Brazilian Operational Research Society
STUDENT AWARDS
2020 First Place, Canadian Operations Research Society Best Student Paper Award
Margarita Castro, Ph.D. student (also co-supervised by Prof J. C. Beck)
2020 Runner-up, INFORMS Computing Society Best Student Paper Award
Margarita Castro, Ph.D. student (also co-supervised by Prof J. C. Beck)