News

New postdoc in our Department

On March 1st Arek Jędrzejewski joined our Department, as a postdoc in the MAESTRO grant. Arek has background in Physics (BSc, Dr) and Applied Math (MSc). He is passionate about modeling and analyzing socio-economic phenomena, including price forecasting, opinion dynamics

SONATA BIS grant for our Department

National Science Centre has announced the laureates of the SONATA BIS 9 grant scheme. Among them is a project from our Department: Short-term forecasting of intraday electricity prices (PI: Katarzyna Maciejowska, budget: 1 542 000 PLN) Congrats!

Assistant Professor position

Department of Operations Research and Business Intelligence invites applications for an Assistant Professor position in Management Science. Requirements: PhD in Management Science, Economics/Finance, Computer Science, Mathematics or Physics. Advanced knowledge in the application of quantitative and computational methods in management,

Two new Associate Professors

By decision of the Rector, Anna Kowalska-Pyzalska and Leopold Szczurowski were appointed as Associate (“University”) Professors, respectively in the group of research employees and lecturers. Vivat Akademia! Vivat Profesores!

New Department name and code number

Since 1 January 2020 our Department has a new name and code number in the university structure: Department of Operations Research and Business Intelligence (K43W08D12).

Anna Kowalska-Pyzalska’s habilitation

By decision of the Senate of the Wrocław University of Science and Technology on 19 December 2019 Anna Kowalska-Pyzalska obtained a habilitation in the discipline of Management and Quality Sciences. Congrats!

Diamond Grant award ceremony 2019

On 3 December 2019, the Copernicus Center in Warsaw hosted the award ceremony of the Diamond Grant 2019 program. Our doctoral students – Grzegorz Marcjasz and Bartosz Uniejewski – were among the laureates. Congrats!

“Best diploma of the year 2018/2019” goes to Bartosz Uniejewski

Bartosz Uniejewski from our Department is the laureate of the Marshal’s Office competition for the “Best diploma of the year 2018/2019” among graduates of the second degree studies at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Congrats!

7 departmental articles in impact factor journals (April-October 2019)

In the last six months 7 departmental articles have been published in impact factor (IF) journals: Y. Chawla, A. Kowalska-Pyzalska (2019) Public awareness and consumer acceptance of smart meters among Polish social media users, Energies 12(14), 2759 (doi: 10.3390/en12142759). M.

Professor Rafał Weron is the new Head of Department

Professor Rafał Weron took up the position of the Head of Department of Operations Research on 1 October 2019. He is also the Head of the Management and Quality Studies Council at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology. Warm