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Dr. Karolina Glowacka

Assistant Professor

Location:Babbio 427
Phone:201.216.8935
Fax:201.216.5385
Email:kglowack@stevens.edu

Courses:
MGT 609 - Introduction to Project Management
 

Research & Education

Education

PhD, 2008, University of Pittsburgh, Operations Research.

BS, 2000, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Accounting

Research
  • Project management
  • Planning under uncertainty
  • Machine learning
  • Healthcare operations
 

Experience & Service

General Information
Dr. Karolina Glowacka is an Assistant Professor at Howe School of Technology Management. Her research focuses on managing project uncertainty in task duration, work content and disruptions, and supporting dynamic decision making in complex project environments. Dr. Glowacka holds a PhD degree in Operations Research from the University of Pittsburgh.
Professional Service
  • Reviewer, Cengage Learning, 2008
  • Ad-hoc reviewer, Decision Sciences Journal
  • Reviewer, Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, 2004-2007
  • Reviewer, Southwest Decision Sciences Institute 38th Annual Conference, 2007
  • Session Chair, INFORMS Annual Meeting, 2003, 2007
Appointments
  • Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken NJ (2009-present).
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University, Montreal QC (2008-2009).
  • Instructor, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA (2003-2008).
  • Instructor, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh PA (2007).
  • Graduate Research Assistant, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA (2001-2003).
Experience
  • Project Coordinator, Motorola, Warsaw Poland (2000-2001).
 

Achievements & Professional Societies

Honors & Awards

Excellence in Teaching, College of Business Administration, University of Pittsburgh, 2006

Professional Societies
  • INFORMS: Computing Society, Women in OR/MS, Artifical Intelligence
  • Decision Sciences Institute

Publications

    Journals

    • Glowacka K, Henry R, May J. (2009). "A hybrid data-mining/simulation approach for modelling outpatient no-shows in clinic scheduling", Journal of the Operational Research Society (60)

    Conference Proceedings

    • Glowacka K, Tjader Y.. "An empirical study of three packing heuristics for bins with adjustable capacity – an application to operating room scheduling", Proc. 35th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2004