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Adriano O. Solis

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School of Administrative Studies

Professor

Office: Atkinson College, 256
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 22239
Email: asolis@yorku.ca


Dr. Adriano O. Solis is Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management in the Decision Sciences Area of the School of Administrative Studies. He was the Director of the School of Administrative Studies from November 2015 to June 2019.

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Professor Solis has previously taught undergraduate and graduate courses in business and mathematics programs at the University of the Philippines, the University of Alabama, Oregon State University, Millikin University (Illinois), and the University of Texas at El Paso. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Calabria in Italy, and continues to supervise management engineering graduate students in their research work.

His teaching is enhanced by industry experience, including having been Vice President and Division Manager for Professional Products and Systems in the Philippine operations of Philips Electronics, the Netherlands-based multinational company.

His research articles are published in European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Decision Sciences, Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, Computers & Operations Research, Journal of Forecasting, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Information Systems Management, International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, International Journal of Emergency Services, and other publications.

He is a Department Editor of the journal IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management.

Degrees

PhD (Management Science), University of Alabama
MBA, University of the Philippines
Master of Science (Mathematics), University of the Philippines
Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), University of the Philippines

Professional Leadership

Department Editor, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, since September 2020.

General Co-Chair, 24th International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation [MAS 2025], Fes, Morocco, 17-19 September 2025.

General Co-Chair, 23rd International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation [MAS 2024], Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain, 18-20 September 2024.

General Co-Chair, 22nd International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation [MAS 2023], Athens, Greece, 18-20 September 2023.

General Co-Chair, 21st International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation [MAS 2022], Rome, Italy, 19-21 September 2022.

General Co-Chair, 20th International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation [MAS 2021], virtual conference, 15-17 September 2021.

General Co-Chair, 19th International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation [MAS 2020], virtual conference, 16-18 September 2020.

Lead Guest Editor, Special Section on Modeling and Simulation in Disaster & Emergency Management: Planning, Strategy Formulation, Decision-Making, and Training, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 67, No. 3, August 2020 (with Dr. L.O. Marquez and Prof. A.G. Bruzzone as Co-Guest Editors).

Program Co-Chair, 12th International Workshop on Applied Modeling and Simulation [WAMS 2019], Singapore, 30-31 October 2019.

General Co-Chair, 18th International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation [MAS 2019], Lisbon, Portugal, 18-20 September 2019.

Director, School of Administrative Studies, York University, November 2015 – June 2019.

General Co-Chair, 17th International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation [MAS 2018], Budapest, Hungary, 17-19 September 2018.

Member, Board of Directors, ISM—Canada (Canadian affiliate of the Institute for Supply Management), June 2013 – June 2018.

General Co-Chair, 16th International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation [MAS 2017], Barcelona, Spain, 18-20 September 2017.

Program Co-Chair, 15th International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation [MAS 2016], Larnaca, Cyprus, 26-28 September 2016.

Program Co-Chair, 14th International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation [MAS 2015], Bergeggi, Italy, 21-23 September 2015.

Area Coordinator for Management Science, School of Administrative Studies, York University, July 2013 – June 2015.

General Co-Chair, 13th International Conference on Modeling & Applied Simulation [MAS 2014], Bordeaux, France, 10-12 September 2014.

Program Chair, 2013 Summer Computer Simulation Conference [SCSC 2013], Society for Modeling & Simulation International, Toronto, 7-10 July 2013.

Research Interests

Operations and supply chain management, inventory systems modeling, intermittent/lumpy demand forecasting, applied modeling and simulation, IT in operations and supply chain management, data analytics and pattern recognition