Edgar Gutierrez-Franco. PhD.

Dr. Edgar is Research Affiliate at the Center for Latin-American Logistics Innovation (CLI) part of the MIT Global SCALE Network and a Postdoctoral Associate at the University of Central Florida. His expertise includes the use of machine learning, operation research, and simulation techniques for supply chain management,  systems modeling and optimization. He has experience in consultancy, retail, and beverage industry (LOGYCA, Falabella, and SABMiller in Latin America). Also, during his stay at the Center for Transportation and Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2009-2010) he participated in projects of MIT CTL’s in Supply Chain Innovation in Emerging Markets (city logistics) and Carbon-Efficient Supply Chains/Sustainability. His educational background includes a B.S. in Industrial Engineering from the University of La Sabana (2004, Colombia). MSc. in Industrial Engineering, from the University of Los Andes (2008, Colombia) and and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Systems from the University of Central Florida (USA),  Edgar has over fifteen years of academic and industry experience in prescriptive analytics and supply chain management. 

1. Fiok, L., Karwowski, W., Gutierrez, E. Wilamowski M. Analysis of sentiment in tweets addressed to a single Twitter account: comparison of model performance and explainability of predictions. Accepted: Expert Systems with Applications. 2020.

2. Karwowski, W., Kern, D., Murata, A., Ahram, T., Gutiérrez, E., Sapkota, N., & Marek, T. (2019). The complexity of human performance variability on watch standing task. Applied ergonomics, 79, 169-177. 2019.

3. Bonacelli, M., Gutierrez, E., Pastrana, J., Predictive Analytics for Thermal Coal Prices Using Neural Networks and Regression Trees. Artificial Intelligence: Advances in Research and Applications. Nova Science Publishers. 2018.

4. Velasquez J., Saldana C., Gutierrez E., A Mathematical Programming Model for Regional Planning Incorporating Economy, Logistics, Infrastructure, and Land Use. Network Design and Optimization for Smart Cities. World Scientific. Volume 8. 2017.

5. Joledo, O., Gutierrez, E., Bukhari, H., Agent-Based Modeling Simulation and its Application to Ecommerce. Artificial Intelligence: Advances in Research and Applications. Nova Science Publishers. 2017.