MANUEL A. NUNEZ

MANUELA.NUNEZ
2100HillsideRoad,Unit1041
Phone:(860)‐486‐1333
Storrs,CT06269‐1041
Fax:(860)‐486‐4839
E‐mail:[email protected]
EDUCATION
1. Ph.D. Operations Research, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts
InstituteofTechnology,1997.
2. Engineer Degree Operations Research, Department of Management Science
andEngineering,StanfordUniversity,1990.
3. M.S. Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, Stanford
University,1990.
4. M.S. Operations Research, Department of Management Science and
Engineering,StanfordUniversity,1989.
5. M.S.Mathematics,SchoolofMathematics,UniversityofCostaRica,1993.
6. B.S.ComputerScience,SchoolofComputerScience,UniversityofCostaRica,
1987.
7. B.S.Mathematics,SchoolofMathematics,UniversityofCostaRica,1986.
DOCTORAL&ENGINEERDISSERTATIONS
1. “Condition Numbers and Properties of Central Trajectories in Convex
Programming,” Ph.D. dissertation. Advisor: Prof. Robert M. Freund, MIT,
1997.
2. “Experiments Using Ellipsoid Algorithm in Linear Programming,” Engineer
Degreethesis.Advisor:Prof.GeorgeB.Dantzig,StanfordUniversity,1990.
CURRENTPOSITION
Associate Professor, Department of Operations and Information
Management,UniversityofConnecticut,since2007.
AREASOFEXPERTISEANDRESEARCH
1. Convexoptimization
2. Combinatorialoptimization
3. Stochasticmodels
4. Operationsmanagementandmanufacturing
5. Statisticalmodelingandsimulation
6. Computerprogramminganddatastructures
7. Geneticalgorithms
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Supplychainmanagement
Projectportfoliomanagement
Behavioraldecisiontheory
Decisionsupportsystems
Securityandconfidentialityindatabasesystems
Economicsofinformationsecurity
Cloudcomputing
PUBLICATIONS
PublishedArticlesinRefereedJournals:
1. “A Simple Mean‐Dispersion Model of Ambiguity Attitudes,” with M.
Schneider.ToappearintheJournalofMathematicalEconomics.March,2015.
2. “A Decision Methodology for Managing Operational Efficiency and
Information Disclosure Risk in Healthcare Processes,” with X. Bai, R. Gopal,
andD.Zhdanov.DecisionSupportSystems,Vol.57,pages406–416,2014.
3. “StrategicAlignmentandValueMaximizationforITProjectPortfolios,”with
R. Chiang. Information Technology and Management, Vol. 14, No. 2, pages
143‐157,2013.
4. “On the Prevention of Fraud and Privacy Exposure in Process Information
Flow,”withX.Bai,R.Gopal,andD.Zhdanov.INFORMSJournalonComputing,
Vol.24,No.3,pages416–432,2012.
5. “ManagingDataQualityRiskinAccountingInformationSystems,”withX.Bai
andJ.Kalagnanam. InformationSystemsResearch,Vol.23,No.2,pages453‐
473,2012.
6. “Batch‐Size Based Line Segmentation,” with J. Cruz. International Journal of
ProductionResearch,Vol.49,No.17,pages5099–5119,2011.
7. “Managing Information Security Risk in Business Processes,” with X. Bai, R.
Gopal,andD.Zhdanov.InternationalJournalofDecisionSciences,Vol.1,No.1,
pages45‐53,2010.
8. “BusinessProcessIntegrationofMultipleCustomerOrderReviewSystems,”
with L. Chen. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 57, No. 3,
pages502‐512,August2010.
9. “Efficient Short Term Allocation and Reallocation of Patients to Floors of a
Hospital during Demand Surges,” with R. Garfinkel, S. Thompson, and M.
Dean.OperationsResearch,Vol.57,No.2,pages261‐273,March‐April2009.
10. “Simulation of a Machining Sequence Using Delmia/Quest Software,” with
Z.M. Bzymek, M. Li, and S. Powers. Computer‐Aided Design and Applications,
Vol.5,No.1‐4,pages401‐411,2008.
11. “StochasticProtectionofConfidentialInformationinStatisticalDatabases:A
HybridofQueryRestrictionandDataPerturbation,”withR.GarfinkelandR.
Gopal. Operations Research, Vol. 55, No. 5, pages 890‐908, 2007. Chosen as
OperationsResearchFeaturedArticleinDecember2007.
12. “Improving Web‐Catalog Design for Easy Product Search,” with R. Chiang.
INFORMSJournalonComputing,Vol.19,No.4,pages510‐519,2007.
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13. “Extreme Points and Conditioning of Well‐Posed Polytopes.” Optimization,
Vol.55,No.3,pages269‐288,June2006.
14. “ActivityStructuresinaProject‐BasedEnvironment:ACoordinationTheory
Perspective,” with M. Meixell and A. Talalayevsky. IEEE Transactions on
EngineeringManagement,Vol.53,No.2,pages285‐296,May2006.
15. “Secure Electronic Markets for Private Information,” with D. Rice, R.
Garfinkel, and R. Gopal. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
Vol.36,No.3,pages461‐471,May2006.
16. “A Characterization of Ill‐Posed Data Instances for Convex Programming,”
MathematicalProgramming,Vol.91,No.2,pages375‐390,January2002.
17. “Condition‐Measure Bounds on the Behavior of the Central Trajectory of a
Semi‐Definite Program,” with R. Freund, SIAM Journal on Optimization, Vol.
11,No.3,pages818‐836,November2000.
18. “Condition Measures and Properties of the Central Trajectory of a Linear
Program,”withR.Freund,MathematicalProgramming,Vol.83,No.1,pages
1‐28,September1998.
RefereedProceedings:
1. “Integrating the Case Method and Design Projects in the Industry‐Sponsored
Academic Education,” with Z.M. Bzymek. Proceedings of the International
Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exhibition, IMECE 2014, Montreal,
Canada,November,2014.
2. “Integrating Design and Production Problem‐Solving in Industry‐Sponsored
Academic Education,” with Z.M. Bzymek. Proceedings of the International
MechanicalEngineeringCongressandExhibition,IMECE2013,SanDiego,CA,
November,2013.
3. “StrategicAlignmentandValueMaximizationforITProjectPortfolios,”withR.
Chiang.ProceedingsoftheTwentiethWorkshoponInformationTechnologies
andSystems(WITS),December,2010.
4. “Reducing Privacy Exposure in Healthcare Workflows,” with X. Bai, R. Gopal,
and D. Zhdanov. Proceedings of the Workshop on Health Information and
Economics(WHITE),Washington,DC,October,2010.
5. “StrategicPlanningandProjectSelectionforITPortfolioManagement,”withR.
Chiang.Proceedingsofthe4thInternationalResearchWorkshoponITProject
Management,2009.
6. “Secure Electronic Markets for Private Information: Economic and Security
Consideration”, with R. Garfinkel, R. Gopal, and D. Rice. Proceedings of the
Thirty‐Ninth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS‐
39),Hawaii,January2006.
7. “Sample Design in the Context of Data Security,” with R. Garfinkel and R.
Gopal.ProceedingsoftheEuropeanConferenceonQualityandMethodology
inOfficialStatistics(Q2004),May2004.
8. “ACoordinationModelforTimeEfficiencyAnalysisinOrganizations,”withA.
Talalayevsky, Proceedings of the 2002 Annual Meeting of the Decision
SciencesInstitute,August2002.
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ArticlesinProgressorUnderReview:
1. “Sustainability and Competition for Limited Critical Resources,” with H.‐H.
LeeandJ.Cruz.InpreparationtobesubmittedtoManagementScience.
2. “PricingStrategyandCapacityPlanninginCloudComputingMarkets,”withL.
DuandX.Bai.InpreparationtobesubmittedtoManagementScience.
3. “Mean‐Dispersion Preferences over States and Consequences,” with M.
Schneider.InpreparationtobesubmittedtoManagementScience.
4. “Asymmetric Information in the Collectibles Market,” with M. Schneider. In
preparationtobesubmittedtoManagementScience.
5. “Mixed Sourcing Strategies in IT Project Portfolio Management,” with R.
Chiang.InpreparationtobesubmittedtoManagementScience.
6. “Bayesian Dynamic Project Portfolio Selection Based on Earned Value
Analysis,” with R. Chiang and L. Kuo. In preparation to be submitted to
OperationsResearch.
7. “Interval Data Design for Secure Data Discrimination,” with F. Boylu. In
preparationtobesubmittedtoOperationsResearch.
8. “The Inference Matroid Problem in Statistical Databases.” In preparation to
besubmittedtoOperationsResearch.
9. “Quick Response Strategy, Transactional Data, and Concealed Sensitive
Patterns,” with R. Chiang and A. Saharia. In preparation to be submitted to
OperationsResearch.
10. “A Convergence Theory for Genetic Algorithms.” In preparation to be
submittedtoOperationsResearch.
BooksandChapters:
1. “Information Systems Security and Statistical Databases: Preserving
ConfidentialitythroughCamouflage,”withR.Garfinkel,R.Gopal,andD.Rice.
Chapter12ofHandbooksofInformationSystemsVolume3SeriesonBusiness
Computing, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, UK, pages 319‐346,
2009.
2. Instructor's Manual for the textbook “Data, Models, and Decisions, the
Fundamentals of Management Science” by D. Bertsimas and R. Freund,
South‐WesternCollegePublishing,2000.
RESEARCHGRANTS
“CreationofaLaboratoryforResearchandTeachingofIndustrialModeling,”
withZ.Bzymek.FoundedbytheConnecticutCenterforAdvancedTechnology,
CatalystGrantProgramoftheNationalAerospaceLeadershipInitiative,foran
amountof$44,200.April,2008.
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WORKEXPERIENCE
1. VisitingProfessor,SchoolofBusiness,FordhamUniversity,NewYork,Spring
2013.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Operations and Information
Management,UniversityofConnecticut,2001‐2007.
3. AssistantProfessorofManagementScience,ArgyrosSchoolofBusinessand
Economics,ChapmanUniversity,California,1997‐2001.
4. Teaching Assistant, Operations Research Center, Sloan School of
Management,MIT,1994‐1997.TAinthefollowingclasses:
a. Nonlinearprogramming(Doctoralcourse)
b. Optimizationmodelingformanagers(M.B.A.electivecourse)
c. Data,models,anddecisions(M.B.A.requiredcourse)
COURSESTAUGHT
OperationsManagement:
1. Operationsmanagement(OPIM3104),undergraduatelevelatU.Conn.,Fall
2001‐2006,2014.
2. Operationsmanagementseminar(OPIM6202),doctorallevelatU.Conn.,Fall
2007,Spring2011,2015.
3. Operations management (BADM3761), online course for the Business
Administrationminor,undergraduatelevelatU.Conn.,Fall2009‐2013.
4. Seminarinsupplychain(OPIM5894SC),MBAlevelatU.Conn.,Fall2008.
InformationSystems:
1. Introductiontodataanalytics(OPIM5181),MBAlevelatU.Conn.,Fall2015.
2. Adaptivebusinessintelligence(OPIM5504),M.S.levelatU.Conn.,Fall2013‐
2015.
3. Quantitative methods for computer information systems (MATH 346),
undergraduatelevelatChapmanU.,Fall1999.
Management&EngineeringforManufacturing:
1. Computers in manufacturing (MEM 3231), undergraduate level at U. Conn.,
Spring2002‐2015.
2. Seniordesignproject1(MEM4971W),MEMcapstonecurse,undergraduate
levelatU.Conn.,Fall2015.
3. Advanced manufacturing systems (MEM 4915W), MEM capstone course,
undergraduatelevelatU.Conn.,Spring2002‐2015.
4. Principles of engineering management (MEM2221), online course for the
EngineeringManagementminor,undergraduatelevelatU.Conn.,Fall2009‐
2013.
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Statistics:
1. Corestatistics(BADM5180),MBAlevelatU.Conn.,Fall2015.
2. Decisionanalysisandforecasting(MGSC619),MBAlevelatChapmanU.,Fall
andSpring1998‐2000.
3. Introductory business statistics (MGSC 309), undergraduate level at
ChapmanU.,Fall1998‐2000,Spring1998‐2001.
ADVISING
1. Doctoral:
 “Essays on Decision Making under Risk in Decision Theory and
AuctionTheory,”byMarkSchneider,co‐advisor,April2015.
 “Essays on Healthcare Information Systems,” by Steven Thompson,
co‐advisor,May2005.
 Member of the advising committee in the qualifying paper of eleven
doctoralstudents.
2. PontificiaUniversidadCatólicadelPerú:Memberoftheadvisorygroupofthe
OfficeoftheVicePresidentforResearch.SinceMarch2013.
3. Edgelab:Facultyadvisorfortheproject“SupplyChainVariation,”sponsored
byGeneralElectricEnergyGroup.Summer2010.
4. UConn Honors Program: Two students in “Computers in Manufacturing,”
Spring2006and2010;onestudentin“OperationsManagement,”Fall2006;
andfivestudentsin“AdvancedManufacturingSystems,”Spring2007‐2010,
and2015.
5. Management and Engineering for Manufacturing (MEM) Program: Faculty
advisorfortheMEMStudentSociety,2004and2006.
6. DepartmentalStudentAdvisor:Advised40students2001‐2006.
INVITEDLECTURES/SEMINARS/CONFERENCES
1. “StrategicPricingandCapacityPlanninginCloudComputingMarkets,”with
X.BaiandL.Du.INFORMSMeeting,Minneapolis,October2013.
2. “Strategic Alignment, Outsourcing, and Value Maximization for IT Project
Portfolios,” with R. Chiang. Gabelli School of Business, Fordham University,
February2013.
3. “Operationalizing Sustainable Production Strategies Subject to Diminishing
Resources,” with H.‐H. Lee and J. Cruz. INFORMS Meeting, Phoenix, October
2012.
4. “Seminar on Adaptive Business Intelligence.” Centro de Investigaciones en
Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación, University of Costa Rica,
August2012.
5. “Challenges in the Development of Secure Information Markets.” Centro de
InvestigacionesenTecnologíasdelaInformaciónyComunicación,University
ofCostaRica,August2012.
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6. “Managing Operational Efficiency and Information Disclosure Risk in
Workflow Processes,” with X. Bai, R. Gopal, and D. Zhdanov. INFORMS
Meeting,Charlotte,November2011.
7. “ManagingDataQualityRiskinAccountingInformationSystems,”withX.Bai
andJ.Kalagnanam.INFORMSMeeting,Austin,November2010.
8. “Innovating Operations Management.” Lecture seminar at the V Semana
Internacional, CENTRUM, Pontificia Universidad Católica. Lima, Perú,
September6‐9,2010.
9. “Optimal Workflow Design with Security Considerations,” with X. Bai, R.
Gopal,andD.Zhdanov.QuinnipiacUniversity,November2009.
10. “A New Groebner Basis Algorithm to Solve the Inference Problem in
StatisticalDatabaseSecurity.”INFORMSMeeting,SanDiego,October2009.
11. “An Algebraic Algorithm to Solve the Inference Problem in Statistical
Databases.”SchoolofMathematics,UniversityofCostaRica,August2009.
12. “SecurityRiskManagementofConfidentialInformationinSocialNetworks.”
INFORMSMeeting,WashingtonDC,October2008.
13. “Batch‐Size Based Line Segmentation,” with J. Cruz. INFORMS Meeting,
Seattle,November2007.
14. “Improving Web‐Catalog Design for Easy Product Search,” with R. Chiang.
UniversityofWyoming,January2007.
15. “Efficient Short Term Allocation of Patients to Floors of a Hospital During
Demand Surges,” with S. Thompson, R. Garfinkel, and M. Dean. INFORMS
Meeting,Pittsburgh,November2006.
16. “ImprovingSearchinOnlineCatalogs,”withR.Chiang.UniversidadNacional
deCostaRicaandUniversidadLatinadeCostaRica,July2005.
17. “ElectronicMarketsforPrivateInformation,”withR.Garfinkel,D.Rice,andR.
Gopal.OPIMSeminarSeries,UniversityofConnecticut,November2004.
18. “A Pricing Model for DB Queries under Security Constraints”. INFORMS
Meeting,Denver,October2004.
19. “A New Statistical DB Algorithm to Protect Confidential Data,” with R.
GarfinkelandR.Gopal.UniversidadNacionaldeCostaRicaandUniversidad
LatinadeCostaRica,July2004.
20. “Sample Design in the Context of Data Security,” with R. Garfinkel and R.
Gopal.EuropeanConferenceonQualityandMethodologyinOfficialStatistics
(Q2004),Mainz,Germany,May2004.
21. “Data Protection and Accuracy on Statistical Database Systems,” with R.
GarfinkelandR.Gopal.DSIMeeting,WashingtonD.C.,November2003.
22. “Data Protection and Accuracy on Statistical Database Systems,” with R.
GarfinkelandR.Gopal.INFORMSMeeting,Atlanta,October2003.
23. “Optimal Sampling Design in Hypothesis Testing,” with R. Garfinkel. Invited
Seminar, Department d’Estadistica i Investigacio Operativa, Universitat
PolitecnicadeCatalunya,Barcelona,Spain,March2003.
24. "DataPerturbationandRecoveryonStatisticalDatabaseSystems."INFORMS
Meeting,SanJose,CA,November2002.
25. “Large‐Sample Analysis of Linear Programming under Random Data
Perturbations.”INFORMSMeeting,SanAntonio,November2000.
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26. “Condition Numbers and Infeasible Convex Programs.” INFORMS Meeting,
SaltLakeCity,May2000.
27. “Time Efficiency in Organizations and Markets,” with A. Talalayevsky,
INFORMSMeeting,Philadelphia,November1999.
28. “A Characterization of Ill‐Posed Data Instances for Convex Programming.”
INFORMSMeeting,Cincinnati,May1999.
29. “Stability of the Central Trajectory of a Semi‐definite Program under Data
Perturbations.”INFORMSMeeting,Seattle,October1998.
30. “International Trade with Costa Rica: Internet Resources.” Costa Rica‐US
ChamberofCommerce,LosAngeles,June1998.
31. “Time Efficiency and Organizational Delayering,” with A. Talalayevsky.
Proceedings of the Western Decision Science Institute Conference, Reno,
April1998.
32. “Large‐Sample Analysis of Linear Programming under Random Data
Perturbations.”INFORMSMeeting,Montreal,April1998.
33. “Complexity of an Interior‐Point Method based on the Distance to
Degeneracy,”withR.Freund.INFORMSMeeting,SanDiego,May1997.
34. “Bounds on the Curvature of the Central Trajectory of a Linear Program,
using Condition Numbers,” with R. Freund. INFORMS Meeting, Atlanta,
November3‐6,1996.
35. “Condition Measures and Properties of the Central Trajectory of a Linear
Program,”withR.Freund.INFORMSMeeting,Atlanta,November1996.
36. “Condition Measures and Properties of the Central Trajectory of a Linear
Program,” with R. Freund. SIAM Conference on Optimization, Victoria,
BritishColumbia,May1996.
37. “Condition Numbers and Properties of the Central Trajectory of a
Semidefinite Program,” with R. Freund. Workshop on Semidefinite
ProgrammingandInterior‐PointApproachesforCombinatorialOptimization
Problems, The Fields Institute for Research and Mathematical Sciences,
Toronto,May1996.
38. “GeneticAlgorithmsforProductionPlanningandScheduling.”Invitedcourse
lectureatMIT,May1995.
39. “Applications of Genetic Algorithms to Optimization Problems.” Computer
Science Colloquium, Costa Rica Institute of Technology, Costa Rica, June
1994.
UCONNSERVICE
1. Chair of the School of Business Research Computing Committee, since
08/2014.
2. Member of the UConn’s National Center of Academic Excellence in
InformationAssuranceResearch,since12/2009.
3. Departmental Doctoral Program Admissions Coordinator, 08/2008‐
08/2012.
4. EngineeringManagementMinorProgramCoordinator,08/2008‐08/2014.
5. MemberoftheAccreditationCommitteefortheMEMProgram,since2007.
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Assisted the faculty recruiting process for several candidates, throughout
2004‐2007.
PromotedMEMprogramintheSchoolofBusinessOpenHouseeventduring
everyyearsince2003.
ParticipatedinCommencementCeremoniesin2002,2004,2005,2008,and
2012.
Member of the School of Business Teaching and Research Excellence
Committee,2007.
MemberofthedepartmentalRecruitingCommittee,since08/2007.
Member of the departmental Promotion and Tenure Review Committee,
2007.
MemberofthedepartmentalDoctoralProgramCommittee,since08/2005.
Member of the departmental Undergraduate Program Committee, since
07/2003.
Member of the School of Business Undergraduate Curriculum Committee,
2003,2012.
MEMBERSHIPS
Memberofthefollowingorganizations:
1. MathematicalOptimizationSociety(MOS),since1994.
2. InstituteforOperationsResearchandtheManagementSciences(INFORMS),
since1997.
3. SocietyfortheIndustrialandAppliedMathematics(SIAM),since1989.
4. InstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers(IEEE),since2012.
REFEREEWORK
1. INFORMSInformationSystemsResearch:twomanuscripts.
2. INFORMSJournalonComputing:threemanuscripts.
3. INFORMSMathematicsofOR:onemanuscript.
4. IEEETransactionsonEngineeringManagement:onemanuscript.
5. JournalofGlobalOptimization:onemanuscript.
6. JournalofOptimizationTheoryandApplications:onemanuscript.
7. LinearAlgebraandApplications:onemanuscript.
8. ManagementScience:fourmanuscripts.
9. MathematicalProgramming:fivemanuscripts.
10. MISQuarterly:onemanuscript.
11. SIAMJournalonOptimization:twomanuscripts.
12. WITS:threemanuscripts.
13. CLEI(ConferenciaLatinoamericanadeInformática):ninemanuscripts.
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AWARDS
1. BestPaperAwardforthepaper“ManagingDataQualityRiskinAccounting
Information Systems,” with X. Bai and J. Kalagnanam, U.Conn., September
2010.
2. Teaching Excellence Award, School of Engineering, U. Conn., September
2009.
3. Achievement award for support and mentoring of Sikorsky Aircraft
Corporation and University of Connecticut, Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation,
March2007.
4. Winner of the best paper award for "Secure Electronic Markets for Private
Information," with Daniel Rice, Robert Garfinkel, and Ram Gopal. Hawaii
InternationalConferenceonSystemSciences,January2006.
5. Achievement award in recognition for successful completion of a turbine
bladeandvaneproductionoptimizationproject,PrattandWhitneyAircraft
Company,May2003.
6. Achievementawardinrecognitionforimprovingrepairprocessofhelicopter
blades,SikorskyAircraftCorporation,May2002.
7. OrganizationofAmericanStatesScholarship,1996‐97.
8. USAgencyofInternationalDevelopmentScholarship,1988‐90.
OTHERSKILLS
 Software:C/C++,VB/VBA,Delphi,MSProject,MSVisio,Arena,RExcel.
 Languages:Spanish(fluent)
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