Professor Mohan Krishnamoorthy MSc (Delhi University) MSc, Management Science (Imperial College) PhD (Imperial College, London University) Email: Mohan.Krishnamoorthy@eng.monash.edu.au Tel:: +61 3 9905 3628 Mob: +61 418 969 409 Office: Level 2, Room 214, Building 72, Monash University, Clayton Campus Professor Mohan Krishnamoorthy is Associate Dean Research of the Faculty of Engineering, Monash University. He is also Director of BD & Strategy at Monash University of the IITB-Monash Research Academy

Current activities

As Associate Dean Research, Professor Mohan Krishnamoorthys’ main focus is in Industry Engagement and in aligning the Engineering Faculty’s strategic science priorities with industry needs.

Mohan Krishnamoorthy is also for forging Monash University’s participation in the exciting and visionary IITB-Monash Research Academy, a joint-venture research academy that is being set up in Mumbai, India.

His own research interests lie in the use of advanced mathematical, statistical, simulation, and optimisation models to turn data into information that can be used to make better decisions. His work includes:

• Collaborative optimisation in complex supply chains.
• Sequential and iterative decision making in complex decision environments.
• Optimal location scheduling in telecommunications, transportation networks.
• Optimised staff rosters for workplaces.

Professor Krishnamoorthy has active collaborative research links with researchers at, for example:

• University of Missouri at St Louis, USA
• Technical University, Kaiserslautern
• Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Background

Prior to joining Monash University in July 2008 Professor Mohan Krishnamoorthy was on a one-year secondment to Monash University from July 2007 to June 2008. In that time he worked on shaping Monash Universitys’ engagement with IIT Bombay in the IITB-Monash Research Academy.

Prior to that, from January 1992 to July 2008, Professor Krishnamoorthy worked for CSIRO. Initially he specialised in using his capabilities in operations research methods for engaging with several industrial clients.

After securing his PhD from Imperial College London, in 1990, Professor Krishnamoorthy also taught Operations Research at the University of Kent, Canterbury from 1990 to 1991.

Academic qualifications

Professor Mohan Krishnamoorthy holds:

• a Bachelor of Science awarded in 1983 by Bangalore University, India
• a Master of Science in Operational Research awarded in 1985 by Delhi University, India
• a Master of Science in Management Science (and Diploma of Imperial College) awarded in 1986 by Imperial College London, UK
• a Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research awarded in 1990 by the Imperial College, University of London.

Research Interests

Mohan Krishnamoorthy completed his PhD thesis on the travelling salesman problem in 1990.

He has published in Australian and International Journals as well as in Conference Proceedings. He is a member of the Australian Society of Operations Research (ASOR) and the Institute for Operations Research and management Science (INFORMS).

At CSIRO, Mohan Krishnamoorthy undertook several research projects with industrial clients. He also carried out strategic research into generic OR problems and their solution methodologies.

Mohan Krishnamoorthy has refereed papers for international journals and conferences such as Omega, Journal of Applied Intelligence, Journal of Artificial Intelligence, APJORS, Computers and Operations Research, Annals of Operations Research and Location Science, European Journal of Operational Research, Computers & OR, ANZIAM, Journal.

Professor Krishnamoorthy’s main research interests includes:

• location of spatially interacting facilities,
• vehicle despatch problems,
• constrained spanning trees,
• optimisation using neural networks,
• problems faced by the airline industry,
• complex routing and scheduling problems ,
• staff scheduling and rostering,
• vehicle despatch problems.