Gita Taherkhani

About

Dr. Taherkhani is an assistant professor in the Information Systems and Supply Chain Management Department in Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University Chicago.  She received her Ph.D. degree in Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo. Prior to joining Loyola University Chicago, she was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Interuniversity Research Centre on Enterprise Networks, Logistics, and Transportation (CIRRELT) and the School of Management at the University of Quebec in Montreal.  Her main research area is in supply chain management analytics, in particular developing both deterministic and stochastic models and solution algorithms for data-driven decision problems at strategic, tactical, and operational levels arising in transportation, logistics, and telecommunications.  She studiens these problems from both the analytical and empirical perspectives.  In 2020, her Ph.D. dissertation was granted the second best INFORMS SOLA Dissertation Award and INFORMS AAS Dissertation Award.

Degrees

• Ph.D. in Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Canada
• M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey
• B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Research Interests

Applications:

• Supply Chain Management
• Intelligent Transport Systems
• Logistics and Telecommunications Systems
• Business Analytics

Methodologies:

• Mixed-Integer Programming
• Stochastic Optimization
• Decomposition Methods for Large-Scale Optimization

Professional & Community Affiliations

• Interuniversity Research Centreon Enterprise Networks, Logistics, and Transportation (CIRRELT)
• The Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis (EWGLA)
• Canadian Operational Research Society (CORS)

Awards

• 2nd place in the INFORMS SOLA Dissertation Award, USA. Fall 2020
• 2nd place in the INFORMS AAS Best Dissertation Award, Seattle, USA. Fall 2019
• 2nd place in the INFORMS SOLA Best Student Paper Award, Seattle, USA. Fall 2019
• Doctoral Thesis Completion Award ($5K), Unversity of Waterloo, Canada., Winter 2019
• Student Award from EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis ($1.5K), Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Spring 2018
• Graduate Travel Award ($1K), University of Waterloo Faculty of Graduate Studies, Canada. Spring 2017, 2018
• Teaching Assistant Award for Excellent TA, University of Waterloo, Canada. Spring 2017
• Graduate Studies Award ($1K), University of Waterloo, Canada. Winter 2017
• International Doctoral Student Award (DSA), University of Waterloo, Canada. 2015-2019
• Provost Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo, Canada. 2015-2019
• Provost Doctoral Entrance Award (PDEA) for Women ($5K), University of Waterloo, Canada. Fall 2015
• TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), Koç University, Turkey. 2013-2015
• Awarded Direct Entrance to Graduate Studies with Full Scholarship by Dean of Sharif University of Technology, Iran. Spring 2013
• Ranked 83rd among 450,000 participants in the National Entrance Exam of the Public Universities of Iran (99 percentile), Iran. Spring 2009

Selected Publications

Janschekowitz, M., Taherkhani, G., Alumur, S. A., Nickel, S., 2020. An alternative approach to address uncertainty in hub location. Submitted to EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics.

Taherkhani, G., Alumur, S. A., Hosseini, S. M., 2020. Robust-stochastic models for profit maximizing hub location problems. Under the 2nd round revisions in Transportation Science.

Taherkhani, G., Alumur, S. A., Hosseini, S. M., 2020. Benders decomposition for profit maximizing capacitated hub location problem with multiple demand classes. Transportation Science, https://doi.org/10.1287/trsc.2020.1003.

Awards: 2nd place in the INFORMS SOLA Best Student Paper Competition, Fall 2019. Student Award from EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis, Spring 2018.

Tarherkhani, G., Alumur, S. A., 2019. Profit maximizing hub location problems. Omega: The International Journal of Management Science, 86, 1-15.

Ernest, A. T., Oğuz, C., Singh, G., and Taherkhani, G., 2017. Mathematical models for the berth allocation problem in dry bulk terminals. Journal of Scheduling, 20 (5), 459-473.

Working Papers

Taherkhani, G., Crainic, T. G., Gendreau, M., Rei, W., 2020. Intelligent service network design for freight transportation.

Taherkhani, G., Crainic, T. G., Gendreau, M., Rei, W. 2020. Capacity planning in an integrated multi-stakeholder system.

Taherkhani, G., Alumur, S. A., Ghaddar, B., 2020. Hub location in ride sharing systems: a data-driven approach for network design.

Taherkhani, G., Alumur, S. A., Hosseini, S. M., 2020. Revenue management in hub location problems.

Conference Presentations

Taherkhani, G., Crainic, T. G., Gendreau, M., Rei, W., "Intelligent service network design for freight transportation", ODYSSEUS - 8th International Workshop on Freight Transportations and Logistics, Tangier, Morocco, 31 May - 4 June 2021

Taherkhani, G., Alumur, S. A., Hosseini, S. M., "Robust -stochastic models for profit maximizing hub location problems", INFORMS Annual Meeting, USA, 7-13 Nov. 2020.

Taherkhani, G., Alumur, S. A., Hosseini, S. M., "Revenue management in hub location problems", CORS - 60th Canadian Operational Research Society, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Cananda, 4-6 June 2018.

Taherkhani, G., Alumur, S. A., Hosseini, S. M., "Benders decomposition for profit maximizing hub location problems with capacity allocation", EWGLA XXIV - 24th EURO Working Group on Locational Analysis, Edinburgh, Scotland, 23-26 May 2018.

Taherkhani, G., Alumur, S. A., Hosseini, S. M., "Benders decomposition for profit maximizing hub location problems with capacity allocation", Optimization Days, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 7-9 May 2018.

Taherkhani, G., Alumur, S.A., "Profit maximizing hub location problems", ISOLDE XIV - 14th International Symposium on Locational Decisions, Toronto and Huntsville, Ontario, Canada, 9-14 July 2017.

Taherkhani, G., Oğuz, C., "Berth allocation problem in dry bulk terminals", EURO XXVII - 27th European Conference in Operational Research, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 12-15 July 2015.