Location where work is to be performed:

Main Campus

Session:

2025 Trimestre d'hiver | Winter Term

Faculty:

École de gestion Telfer / Telfer School of Management

Unit:

Telfer School of Management_Students and Casuals

Job Classification:

Research Assistant (CUPE)

Posting Type:

Fonds externes de recherche / Research External Funds

Course Title:

Christopher Sun

Course Code:

Christopher Sun

Section:

Supervisor name (if known):

Date Posted:

December 11, 2024

Applications must be received BEFORE:

December 26, 2024

Description of tasks (hours):

Recherche / Research:120Préparation / Preparation:0Contact avec étudiants / Contact with Students:0Correction - Notation / Grading:0Surveillance / Proctoring:0Formation / Training:0Autre / Other:0

Number of positions:

1

Expected Enrolment:

n/a

Work Start Date:

January 06, 2025

Work End Date:

April 30, 2025

Total Work Hours:

120

Language of Work:

Anglais | English

Graduate Hourly Rate:

58.6

Undergraduate Hourly Rate:

37.16

Requirements and Nature of Work:

Nature of work:

The proposed research aims to develop and implement novel prediction and optimization models to improve operating room (OR) efficiency for cardiac care. The study will be conducted in close collaboration with knowledge users to ensure clinical relevancy. These models will specifically improve the prediction of surgical procedure durations, which will subsequently be incorporated into OR scheduling optimization models to improve OR efficiency. The proposed models will allow for the automation of OR schedules that minimize overtime costs as well as patient wait times. These models will also explore novel approaches to OR scheduling, including holistically accounting for OR resource availability, postoperative surgical patient flow, and surgical uncertainties.

Minimum qualifications:

Strong Programming Skills (Python), Strong Operations Research Skillsets (MIP, Optimization under uncertainty), Experience with Machine Learning, Prior experience with scheduling optimization is desired.

Additional Information and/or Comments:

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