Dr Kai Helge Becker
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Biography
Education- PhD in Operations Research, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK (2010)
- M.A. in Sociology (Integrated BA/MA degree), University of Hamburg, Germany (2006)
- Diplom in Mathematics & Management (Integrated BSc/MSc degree), University of Hamburg, Germany (1998)
Positions held
- 2011-2016: Lecturer in Decision Science, Queensland University of Technology
- 2008-2010: LSE Fellow (Lectureship), London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- 2002-2005: Operations Research consultant with British Petroleum
- 1998-2002: Lecturer in Management, University of Hamburg, Germany
Personal details
Keywords
Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, Graphs and Networks, Combinatorial Optimization, Decision Analysis, Behavioural OR, Rationality and decision-making in organisations, Operations Research in an organizational context, Organisation Theory and Social Theory
Discipline
Applied Mathematics, Business and Management
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (London School of Economics & Political Science)
Professional memberships and associations
- Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
- The Operational Research Society
- Australian Society for Operations Research (ASOR)
- European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS)
- Academy of Management (AOM)
Teaching
- MXB232 Operations Research 1 (Semester 2, 2015)
- MAB525 Operations Research 3A (Semester 1, 2015)
- MAB210 Probability and Stochastic Modelling (Semester 1, 2015, UC)
- MAB623 Financial Mathematics (Semester 2, 2014, UC)
- MAB525 Operations Research 3A (Semester 1, 2014)
- MAB210 Probability and Stochastic Modelling (Semester 1, 2014, UC)
- MAB778 Applications of Discrete Mathematics (Semester 2, 2013)
- MAB210 Probability and Stochastic Modelling (Semester 1, 2013)
- MAB525 Operations Research 3A (Semester 1, 2013)
- MAB210 Probability and Stochastic Modelling (Semester 1, 2012)
- MAB525 Operations Research 3A (Semester 1, 2012)
- MAB210 Probability and Stochastic Modelling (Semester 2, 2011)
- MAB122 Linear Algebra and Multivariate Calculus (Semester 1, 2011)
London School of Economics and Political Science
- OR401 Techniques of Operational Research (Lent Term 2010)
- OR428 Model Building in Mathematical Programming (Michelmas Term 2009)
- OR428 Model Building in Mathematical Programming (Michelmas Term 2008)
Experience
- Optimal adaptive management of invasive species under scarce data (PhD project in collaboration with CSIRO)
Previous research project supervision
- The Traveling Salesman Problem on threshold graphs (Honours Project)
- Transit assignment on a railway network using automated fare collection data (Honours project in collaboration with Queensland Rail)
- Optimizing the design of electricity tariff structures (Honours project in collaboration with Energex)
- Exploring Decision Making Processes in-situ, in-actu, in-toto: An empirical study of decision making processes in medium software development projects (PhD co-supervision at the London School of Economics and Political Science)
- Load forecasting on a passenger railway system - a system utilization model (Bachelor project in collaboration with Queensland Rail)
- Hamiltonian cycles on 3-regular graphs (Masters project)
Selected publications
QUT ePrints
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