From October 2 - 5, Thomas attended the 63rd Annual Symposium of the Airline Group of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (AGIFORS) in Montréal, Canada. He was invited to present his work on “Apron Layout Planning - Optimal Positioning of Aircraft Stands”, which he co-authored with Prof. Rainer Kolisch, Prof. Pirmin Fontaine, and Prof. Sebastian Schiffels, in front of the Anna Valicek Award Committee.
The Anna Valicek Award promotes original and innovative research in the application of Operations Research to civil airline and/or civil airline related business problems.
The award committee recognized Thomas' innovative research and regarded his work to be directly relevant to the needs of the AGIFORS Community and the airline industry. Therefore, the committee awarded the silver Anna Valicek Medal to Thomas along with a 2,500 USD prize.
Chair of Operations Management
We are welcoming you at the Chair of Operations Management, led by Prof. Dr. Rainer Kolisch. The teaching and research at the chair is centering on the application of Operations Research methods for analyzing and optimizing Operations Management problems. Current research topics are Scheduling, Routing, Health Care Operations, Airport Operations, Project Scheduling and Management, as well as Make-to-Order and Engineer-to-Order Operations.
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Thomas Hagspihl honored with Anna Valicek Award for Innovative Airline and Aviation Research
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