Business School / IREM- 2025/2026

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Information about this opportunity

Department/Lab/Unit

Business School / IREM

University of the inviting researcher

TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE WUERZBURG-SCHWEINFURT

Internship School Year

2025/2026

Research lines/projects

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.

Name of inviting researcher

Melanie Reuter-Oppermann

Who is offering this opportunity?

Inviting researcher email

melanie.reuteroppermann@thws.de

Academic Position of the inviting researcher

Professor for intersectoral management in healthcare

Web page/ORCID

0000-0003-2231-7749

Who is this opportunity for?

Academic position of invited researcher

Master's students, PhD students, Academic and research staff

Ideal profile and expertise expected from the invited researcher

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

Description and additional information

Strenghts of the offer/Expected benefits

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

Additional information

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.