Posts Tagged: Timothy Chan
Professor Timothy Chan (MIE) is featured in the Canadian Business cover story about his research into the use of sports analytics to quantify the value of hockey players. He and David Novati (IndE 1T1 + PEY) developed a unique “Split Personality” model to analyze NHL…
The University of Toronto Operations Research Group (UTORG) in the Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering (MIE) has been recognized as a student chapter by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). Operations Research, or simply OR,…
Prompt use of an automated external defibrillator, or AED, can greatly increase the survival rates of people who suffer a cardiac arrest. And MIE Professor Tim Chan, working with Dr. Laurie Morrison at St. Michael’s Hospital, has developed a formula to…
Five engineering educators across all stages of their careers have been honoured by the Faculty for excellence in teaching. PhD candidate Aaron Persad (MIE) received the Teaching Assistant (TA) Award, which recognizes TAs who demonstrate outstanding performance in classroom instruction, effective teaching…
How do you program a robot to navigate a zombie-infested campus? That was one of many problems that 80 high school students from grades 9 through 12, had to solve during the third-annual Operations Research Challenge (TORCH). TORCH is a one-day contest…
What can sports teams learn from the manufacturing industry? Plenty, according to Professor Timothy Chan(MIE) and Douglas Fearing, an Assistant Professor in Technology and Operations Management at the Harvard Business School. Professor Chan and Fearing took first place in the 2013…
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