Bio
Dr. Melvyn Sim is Professor and Provost's Chair at the Department of Analytics & Operations, NUS Business school. His research interests fall broadly under the categories of decision making and optimization under uncertainty with applications ranging from finance, supply chain ma....
Recognition & Awards
- Faculty Outstanding Researcher Award (NUS) - 2011
- University Young Researcher Award (NUS) - 2009
- First place, INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group (JFIG) Best Paper Competition - 2007
- Faculty Outstanding Researcher Award (NUS) - 2007
- Department Outstanding Researcher Award (NUS) - 2005
- Second place, INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Competition - 2004
- Second place, INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Competition - 2002
Educational Qualifications
- PhD, Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 2004
- S.M (HPCES), Computational Engineering, Singapore-MIT-Alliance, 2000
- M.Eng (EE), Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 1996
- B.Eng (EE), First Class Honors, Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 1995
Academic Experience
- Professor, National University of Singapore, 2012 - current
- Affiliated Researcher, NUS Risk Management Institute, 2007 - current
- Fellow, Singapore-MIT Alliance, 2005 - current
- Dean's Chair, National University of Singapore, 2009 - 2012
- Deputy Head, Department of Decision Sciences, National University of Singapore, 2009 - 2011
- Associate Professor (with tenure), National University of Singapore, 2008 - 2011
- Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, 2004 - 2008
Corporate Experience
- DSP Group Leader, MINDEF, 1997 - 1999