Melanie Reuter-Oppermann
Interest in healthcare, e.g. emergency services; some projects require knowledge in operations research or design science research; for some topics programming skills (e.g. Python or Julia) are beneficial or required
TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE WUERZBURG-SCHWEINFURT
Research topics may include compiling data, implementing mathematical models or developing protototypes or designs for applications in healthcare services and logistics: 1) Overview of different care forms / emergency services / initiatives 2) Planning models and methods for radiotherapy 3) Design Science projects for healthcare logistics applications, e.g. in radiotherapy or for simulation models. 4) Development of an optimisation model or a heuristic for the integrated bed and nurse assignment problem of the time-tabling competition 2024 with adapted constraints to match the (German) practice. 5) Design an e-learning course to teach and inform about AI and operations research approaches in healthcare. 6) Using drones to detect and triage patients in case of a mass-casualty event. 7) Testing open source solvers for operations research problems, e.g. locating ambulances. 8) Generic simulation models for integrated healthcare problems, e.g. hospital departments.
Strong focus on impact-driven research; strong network in practice and research; many contacts to experts from practice and access to data; highly motivated research group; longterm research collaborations possible
1-3 months
Until mid-January or from end-March
Speaking German is not a requirement, but a plus; I have strong experience supervising (international) students and enjoy working together on research topics; the aim for all topics is to publish the models and results in peer-reviewed conference proceedings or journal papers which I can write or I can support the student(s) in writing them.