Christos Zacharias

Christos Zacharias is an Assistant Professor of Management Science at the University of Miami Herbert Business School. He received his PhD in Operations Management from Stern School of Business at New York University, and his BSc in Mathematics from the University of Athens. His research focuses on designing and optimizing service operations, with an emphasis on healthcare delivery. Broader areas of expertise include Stochastic Modeling, Applied Probability, Discrete Optimization, Dynamic Programming.

Research Interests and Methodologies

Stochastic Models, Stochastic Calculus, Applied Probability, Dynamic Programming, Queueing Theory, Discrete Optimization, Predictive Models, Service Operations, Healthcare Operations.

Education

• PhD New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business (2009 — 2014)
• Bachelor of Science (BSc) University of Athens (2005 — 2009)

Publications

• Zacharias, C. and T. Yunes. 2020. Multimodularity in the Stochastic Appointment Scheduling Problem with Discrete Arrival Epochs. Management Science 66(2) 744–763.
• Zacharias, C. and M. Armony. 2017. Joint Panel Sizing and Appointment Scheduling in Outpatient Care. Management Science 63(11) 3978–3997.
• Zacharias, C. and M. Pinedo. 2017. Managing Customer Arrivals in Service Systems with Multiple Identical Servers. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 19(4) 639-656.
• Pelechrinis, K., C. Zacharias, M. Kokkodis and T. Lappas. 2017. Economic Impact and Policy Implications from Urban Shared Transportation: The Case of Pittsburgh’s Shared Bike System.
• Pinedo, M., C. Zacharias and N. Zhu. 2015. Scheduling in the Service Industries: An Overview. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering 24(1) 1-48.
• Zacharias, C. and M. Pinedo. 2014. Appointment Scheduling with No-Shows and Overbooking. Production and Operations Management 23(5) 788-801.