Opher Baron, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Optimizing the staffing and scheduling decisions of a large retail network
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$62,000
Modern Waiting Time Management Using Business Analytics (Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, ML and AI) and its Applications in e.g., Healthcare
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$69,000
ServiceMiner: Transforming process data into actionable insights
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$184,300

All 7 grants and awards

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Optimizing the staffing and scheduling decisions of a large retail network

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Sarhangian, Vahid V

Keywords: causal inference; machine learning; operations research; optimization; retail operations; scheduling; staffing

$62,000

Modern Waiting Time Management Using Business Analytics (Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, ML and AI) and its Applications in e.g., Healthcare

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Baron, Opher

Keywords: queueing theory; business analytics; machine learning; artificial inteligence; operations management; access to care; healthcare operations; simulation

$69,000

ServiceMiner: Transforming process data into actionable insights

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Idea to Innovation

Principal investigators: Baron, Opher O

Keywords: artificial intelligence; decision support systems; forecasting; machine learning; management analytics; prescriptive analytics; process mining and queue mining; queueing theory; service and production processes; simulation

$184,300

Waiting Time Management, Its Consideration with Business Analytics, and Operating Autonomous Vehicles

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Baron, Opher

$312,000

Improving Operations in Services and Manufacturing Using Queuing Models

Principal investigatorNSERC2013Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Baron, Opher

$140,000

Improving service operations

Principal investigatorNSERC2008Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Baron, Opher

$85,000

Pricing and resource planning to improve the efficiency of shared services

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Baron, Opher

$51,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Baron, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Modern Waiting Time Management Using Business Analytics (Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, ML and AI) and its Applications in e.g., Healthcare" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]