Management Science

Management Science covers a wide range of problem-solving and mathematical modelling techniques that help managers to improve decision-making and efficiency.

Examples of these techniques are econometrics, mathematical optimization, simulation, data analytics, statistics, and decision analysis. These techniques are widely applied in areas such as finance, risk management, economics, strategic management, international business, logistics and quality management.

Past and current research topics

• Large-scale optimization and evolutionary computation
• Statistical natural language processing and semantic text analysis
• Portfolio decision analysis and resource allocation models
• Performance, productivity and efficiency analysis (learn more)
• Multiple criteria decision making and support (learn more)
• Behavioral decision theory and support
• Quantitative marketing; consumer preferences and pricing

Professional societies

• Finnish Operations Research Society (FORS)
• International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making
• Association of European Operational Research Societies  (EURO)
• The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
• The ACM Special Interest Group on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation (ACM SIGEVO)
• Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO)
• IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE - CEC)

Juuso Liesiö
Associate Professor

Pekka Malo
Associate Professor 

Eeva Vilkkumaa
Assistant Professor

Ilkka Leppänen
Assistant Professor

Jyrki Wallenius
Professor (Emeritus) 

Markku Kallio
Professor (Emeritus) 

Pekka Korhonen
Professor (Emeritus) 

Merja Halme
Hourly paid Teacher 

Tomi Seppälä
Senior Fellow 

Panu Erästö
University Lecturer

Sami Helander
University Lecturer

Philipp Back
Postdoctoral Researcher

Matias Kivikangas
Postdoctoral Researcher

Andrei Vedernikov
Doctoral Researcher

Antti Suominen
Doctoral Researcher

Ellie Dillon
Doctoral Researcher

Iaroslav Kriuchkov
Doctoral Researcher

Lauri Neuvonen
Doctoral Researcher

Taeyong Kee
Doctoral Researcher

Teemu Seeve
Doctoral Researcher

Tuan Anh Nguyen
Doctoral Researcher

Zhiqiang Liao
Doctoral Researcher

Lina Siltala-Li
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Leena Tanner
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Xun Zhou
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