Panos Pardalos

Field of studies

Computer science and information technologies

Distinguished professor, director of the Center for Applied Optimization at the University of Florida (USA)

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Leading scientist's research interests: Global and combinatorial optimization, problems of network design, optimization of telecommunications, electronic trading, biomedical applications and data processing

Quote by the head of the laboratory: "The Laboratory specialized in analysis of large arrays of data and networks. Nowadays everybody collects data but not so many people know what to do with it – it is like having a lot of books but not knowing how to read them".

Awards and achievements:

2018-21 – University Term Professorship.

2018 – Humboldt Research Award (Germany).

2017 – University of Florida Chapter Sigma Xi Senior Faculty Research Award for 2017 (USA).

2016 – Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (USA).

2015 – Elected EUROPT Fellow.

2014 – Paul and Heidi Brown Preeminent Professor in Industrial and Systems Engineering.

2013 – Constantin Carathéodory Prize (Greece).

2013 – EURO Gold Medal.

2013 – Honorary Professor of Anhui University of Sciences and Technology (China PR).

2013 – Elizabeth Wood Dunlevie Honors Term Professor for 2013-2014, University of Florida (USA).

2013 – Medal (in recognition of broad contributions in science and engineering) of the University of Catania (Italy).

2012 – Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada).

2009 – Roberto D. Galvão Prize Best Paper Award (Brazil).

2007 – Senior Fulbright Specialist Award (USA).

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Hosting organization	Field of studies	City	Invited researcher	Time span of the project
Laboratory of Self-healing Construction Materials Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University	Mechanics and machinery	St. Petersburg	Kordas Georgios Greece	2021-2023
Research Laboratory for the Mechanics of Bio-compatible Materials and Devices Perm National Research Polytechnic University	Mechanics and machinery	Perm	Silberschmidt Vadim United Kingdom	2021-2023
Laboratory of Digitalisation, Analysis and Synthesis of Complex Mechanical Systems, Networks and Environments Institute for Problems in Mechanical Engineering of the Russian Academu of Sciences	Mechanics and machinery	St. Petersburg	Fridman Emilia Moiseevna Israel	2021-2023