Mehmet Begen, Western University

Research

Mathematical Programming Scheduling Service and Operations Management Simulation Stochastic Programming dynamic programming non-smooth optimization applications, especially in healthcare

Latest funding

How Community Characteristics Shape the Impact of Generative AI on User Contributions
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$71,066
Stochastic integrated resource planning and scheduling with applications, especially in combined (advance and appointment) scheduling and home healthcare
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$43,000
Scheduling and Resource Allocation for Improving Service and Operations Management: Modelling, Solution Methods and Applications (especially in Healthcare)
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$156,000

All 4 grants and awards

How Community Characteristics Shape the Impact of Generative AI on User Contributions

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Zhang, Mengxia

$71,066

Stochastic integrated resource planning and scheduling with applications, especially in combined (advance and appointment) scheduling and home healthcare

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Begen, Mehmet

Keywords: scheduling; service and operations management; mathematical programming; dynamic programming; stochastic programming; simulation; non-smooth optimization; applications, especially in healthcare

$43,000

Scheduling and Resource Allocation for Improving Service and Operations Management: Modelling, Solution Methods and Applications (especially in Healthcare)

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Begen, Mehmet

Keywords: Applications; Logic Based Benders Decomposition; Markov Decision Processes; Mathematical Programming; Scheduling; Service and Operations Management; Simulation; Stochastic Programming

$156,000

Stochastic scheduling and capacity planning models and methods for operations and service management, with an application to healthcare industry

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Begen, Mehmet

$120,000

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: Mathematical Programming Dear Professor Begen, 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 on mathematical programming 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 "Stochastic integrated resource planning and scheduling with applications, especially in combined (advance and appointment) scheduling and home 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]