prof.dr.ir. Renata Sotirov

Bio

Full Professor
Department of Econometrics & Operations Research, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
(Oct 2014 - present)

Associate Professor
Department of EOR, Tilburg University, The Netherlands 
(July 2009 - present)

Assistant Professor 
Department of EOR, Tilburg University, The Netherlands 
(March 2007 - July 2009)

Researcher
Department of EOR Tilburg University, The Netherlands 
(March 2006 - March 2007)

Honorable Appointment 
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Australia 
(March 2006 - Dec 2007)

Research Fellow 
Department of Mathematics & Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Australia 
(Sept 2004 - Feb 2006) 

Post Doctoral Fellow
Department of Computing and Software, McMaster University, Canada

and Department of Combinatorics and Optimization, University of Waterloo, Canada

(September 2003 - August 2004)

Expertise

Mathematical Programming, Combinatorial Optimization, Semidefinite Programming, Operations Research

Courses

• Combinatorial Optimization
• Operations Research Methods
• Orientation Research Topics in Operations Research (CentER)
• RM Research Skills (CentER)

Collaboration

Managerial duties:

• Aug 2017 -  Dec 2022: Director of Graduate Studies Business
• Sept 2016 - Sept 2017: member of the Faculty Council
• Sept 2012 - Aug 2017: Research coordinator of the Operations Research group
• Nov 2012 - Aug 2017: Education coordinator of the Operations Research group
• Sept 2009 - Aug 2013: Treasurer of the Department of Econometrics and OR
   

Consulting:

• AiMark marketing strategy for CZ  with Dr. J. Vera (Sept 1 - Dec 31, 2016)
• AiMark marketing strategy for KPB Pijnenburg  with Dr. J. Vera (Sept 15 - Dec 31, 2015)
• BHP--Billiton, Australia (Sept 2004 - Feb 2006)
   

Recent publications

1. Partitioning through projections: Strong SDP bounds for large graph p…

   de Meijer, F., Sotirov, R., Wiegele, A., & Zhao, S. (2023). Partitioning through projections: Strong SDP bounds for large graph partition problems. Computers & Operations Research, 151, [106088].

2. Mathematical programming models and exact algorithms

   Punnen, A. P., & Sotirov, R. (2022). Mathematical programming models and exact algorithms. In A. P. Punnen (Ed.), The Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization Problem Theory, Algorithms, and Applications (pp. 139-185). Springer.

3. Facial reduction for symmetry reduced semidefinite and doubly nonnega…

   Hu, H., Sotirov, R., & Wolkowicz, H. (2022). Facial reduction for symmetry reduced semidefinite and doubly nonnegative programs. Mathematical Programming .

4. The maximum $k$-colorable subgraph problem and related problems

   Kuryatnikova, O., Sotirov, R., & Vera, J. C. (2022). The maximum $k$-colorable subgraph problem and related problems. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 34(1), 656-669.

5. On the generalized ϑ-number and related problems for highly symmetric…

   Sinjorgo, L., & Sotirov, R. (2022). On the generalized ϑ-number and related problems for highly symmetric graphs. SIAM Journal on Optimization, 32(2), 1344-1378. ,