Javier Rubio Herrero
University of North Texas
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
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Education

PhD, Rutgers University, 2016.
Major: Operations Research
Dissertation Title: Price-setting Newsvendor Policies with Mean-Variance Criteria
MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009.
Major: Industrial Engineering
BS, University of Seville, 2007.
Major: Industrial Engineering

Professional Positions

Academic - Post-Secondary
Assistant Professor, University of North Texas. (August 1, 2020 – Present).
Assistant Professor, St. Mary's University. (August 2017 – May 2020).
Government
Researcher, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. (June 2007 – June 2008).
Professional
Master Production Scheduler, Solutia Inc. (January 2010 – August 2012).

Professional Memberships

Production and Operations Management society. (April 2023 – Present).

Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics. (December 2022 – Present).

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. (2013 – Present).

American Society for Engineering Education. (2017 – 2020).

Development Activities Attended

Self-Study Program,"Introduction to Demand Transport Modeling," Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile. (2019 – 2019).

Conference Attendance,"2019 SHPE National Convention," Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Phoenix, AZ, United States of America. (October 30, 2019 – November 3, 2019).

Conference Attendance,"2019 AISES National Convention," American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Milwaukee, WI, United States of America. (October 10, 2019 – October 12, 2019).

Conference Attendance,"2019 GMiS Conference," Great Minds in STEM, Orlando, FL, United States of America. (September 25, 2019 – September 28, 2019).

Workshop,"Determining and Describing the Outcomes and Broader Impact of your Work," St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (January 9, 2019).

Workshop,"Advanced Grant Writing Workshop," St. Mary's University, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (October 26, 2018).

Conference Attendance,"NSF Grants Conference," NSF, Detroit, MI, United States of America. (June 4, 2018 – June 5, 2018).

Workshop,"Strategies for Effective Teaching and Research in Undergraduate STEM Academic Programs," Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, United States of America. (May 23, 2018 – May 25, 2018).

Seminar,"NIH Regional Seminar," NIH, Washington, DC, United States of America. (May 2, 2018 – May 4, 2018).

Self-Study Program,"Machine Learning," Stanford University, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

University of North Texas
DSCI 3870, Management Science, 7 courses.
DSCI 4900, Special Problems, 2 courses.
DSCI 5240, Data Mining and Machine Learning for Business, 13 courses.
DSCI 5260, Business Process Analytics, 8 courses.

Teaching at Other Institutions

St. Mary's University, Applied Optimization and Stochastic Analysis, EG 3336, Spring 2020.

St. Mary's University, Senior Design II, EG 4363, Spring 2020.

St. Mary's University, Engineering Economy, EG 3334, Fall 2019.

St. Mary's University, Operations Research, EG 6332, Fall 2019.

St. Mary's University, Optimization, EG 3335, Fall 2019.

St. Mary's University, Senior Design I, EG 4362, Fall 2019.

St. Mary's University, Applied Optimization and Stochastic Analysis, EG 3336, Spring 2019.

St. Mary's University, Lean Logistics, EG 4338, Spring 2019.

St. Mary's University, Introduction to Engineering, EG 1111, Fall 2018.

St. Mary's University, Optimization, EG 3335, Fall 2018.

St. Mary's University, Optimization, EG 3335, Fall 2017.

St. Mary's University, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes, EG 6308, Fall 2017.

St. Mary's University, Engineering Economy, EG 3334, Spring 2017.

St. Mary's University, Statistical Data Analysis, EG 6301, Spring 2017.

Directed Student Learning

Dissertation Committee Member,"Examining data-driven demand models using text-mining and analytical approaches," Information Technology and Decision Sciences. (September 29, 2022 – Present).

Dissertation Committee Member,"Transportation and Distribution in Healthcare Applications Including Delivery of Biodegradable Products," Information Technology and Decision Sciences. (March 26, 2022 – June 9, 2023).

Master's Thesis Committee Chair,"Automotive Manufacturing Demand Forecasting for Chemical Materials," Other - Outside UNT. (2018 – 2020).

Directed Individual/Independent Study, Information Technology and Decision Sciences. (August 24, 2020 – December 11, 2020).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter
Chakraborty, I., Dasgupta, A., Rubio Herrero, J., Nandanoori, S., Kundu, S., Chandan, V. (2023). Application of Machine Learning for Energy-Efficient Buildings. Handbook of Smart Energy Systems. Springer Nature.
Tipireddy, R., Rubio Herrero, J., Chatterjee, S., Chikkagoudar, S., Muller, G. (2020). Exploring Metaheuristic Approaches for Solving the Traveling Salesman Problem Applied to Emergency Planning and Response. Applied Risk Analysis for Guiding Homeland Security Policy and Decisions. 528. Wiley.
Conference Proceeding
Rubio Herrero, J. (2018). Simpson’s Paradox and Equity in a Classroom: When Dropping the Worst Homework is Prejudicial to Your Students. Other. ASEE.
Rubio Herrero, J., Chandan, V., Siegel, C., Vishnu, A., Vrabie, D. (2017). A learning framework for control-oriented modeling of buildings. Other. 473--478. IEEE.
Rubio Herrero, J. (2015). The rise of unaccompanied alien children: Assessing the performance of a transition center with queuing theory. Other. 1--6. IEEE.
Nelson, C., Boros, E., Roberts, F., Rubio Herrero, J., Kantor, P., McGinity, C., Nakamura, B., Ricks, B. (2014). ACCAM Global Optimization Model for the USCG Aviation Air Stations. Other. Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE).
Journal Article
Rubio Herrero, J., Ninh, A., Lefew, M. (2023). Improving the Performance of Supply Chains in Clinical Trials with Delays: An Optimization Approach to Determining the Number of Recruitment Sites. Annals of Operations Research.
Rubio Herrero, J., Muñuzuri, J. (2023). Sparse Regression for Data-driven Deterrence Functions in Gravity Models. Annals of Operations Research.
Rubio Herrero, J., Wang, Y. (2022). A Flexible Rolling Regression Framework for the Identification of Time-Varying SIRD models. Computers & Industrial Engineering. Elsevier.
Rubio Herrero, J., Ortiz Marrero, C., Fan, W. (2021). Modeling Atmospheric Data and Identifying Dynamics: Temporal Data-Driven Modeling of Air Pollutants. Journal of Cleaner Production. 333, .
Rubio Herrero, J., Baykal-Gursoy, M. (2020). Mean-variance analysis of the newsvendor problem with price-dependent, isoelastic demand. European Journal of Operational Research. 283(3), 942--953. North-Holland.
Rubio Herrero, J., Munuzuri, J. (2019). Indirect estimation of interregional freight flows with a real-valued genetic algorithm. Transportation. 1--26. Springer US.
Rubio Herrero, J., Baykal-Gursoy, M. (2018). On the unimodality of the price-setting newsvendor problem with additive demand under risk considerations. European Journal of Operational Research. 265(3), 962--974. North-Holland.
Rubio Herrero, J., Baykal-Gursoy, M., Jaskiewicz, A. (2015). A Price-Setting Newsvendor Problem Under Mean-Variance Criteria. European Journal of Operational Research. 247(2), 575--587. Elsevier.
Research Report
Soria, A., Rubio Herrero, J. (2008). El estudio WETO-H2: una introduccion a la economia del hidrogeno. Other. (15), 179-189. Federacion de Cajas de Ahorros Vasco-Navarras.
Technical Report
Wiesenthal, T., Saveyn, B., Soria, A., Nill, J., Rubio Herrero, J., Nemeth, G. (2008). Energy research capacities in EU member states. Other.

Presentations Given

Invited Talk

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), 33rd POMS Annual Conference, Improving Trip Distribution Modeling with Sparse Regression, POMS, Orlando, FL, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Joint Mathematics Meeting 2023, Trip Distribution Modeling with Sparse Regression, American Mathematical Society, Boston, MA, United States of America. (2023 – 2023).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Munuzuri, J. (Author), Estimation of Disaggregated Freight flows with a Genetic Algorithm, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Elche, Spain, Spain. (2019).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Munuzuri, J. (Author), POMS 30th Annual Conference, Estimation of Interregional Freight Flows via a Real-valued Genetic Algorithm, Washington, DC., United States of America. (2019 – 2019).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), 2015 INFORMS Annual Meeting, The Unaccompanied Alien Children Challenge: Applying Queuing Theory to Improve Logistics in Immigration, INFORMS, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Baykal-Gursoy, M. (Author), 2015 Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference, On the Optimality of the Newsvendor Problem with Isoelastic Demand and Mean-Variance Considerations, Nashville, TN, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Baykal-Gursoy, M. (Author), 2014 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Stocking and Pricing Policies of the Newsvendor Problem Under Mean-Variance Considerations, INFORMS, San Francisco, CA, United States of America. (2014 – 2014).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Baykal-Gursoy, M. (Author), Jaskiewicz, A. (Author), 2014 Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference, A Price-Setting Newsvendor Problem Under Mean-Variance Criteria, Montreal, Canada, United States of America. (2014 – 2014).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis (CCICADA) Research Retreat, An Approach to Bed Availability in a Transition Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States of America. (2014).

Oral Presentation

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Wang, Y. (Author), EURO 2022, A flexible rolling regression framework for the identification of time-varying SIRD models, The Association of European Operational Research Societies, Espoo, Finland. (2022 – 2022).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Wang, Y. (Author), INFORMS 2021 Annual Meeting, A Flexible Rolling Regression Framework for the Identification of Time-Varying SIRD Models, The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Anaheim, CA, United States of America. (2021 – 2021).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Ortiz Marrero, C. (Author), Fan, W. (Author), IFORS 2021, Identifying Dynamics of Atmospheric Pollutants with Domain-Aware Modeling, International Federation of Operational Research Societies, Seoul, South Korea (Virtual), Korea, South. (2021 – 2021).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Ortiz Marrero, C. (Author), Fan, W. (Author), 2020 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Modeling Atmospheric Data and Identifying Dynamics, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, Virtual, United States of America. (2020 – 2020).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Munuzuri, J. (Author), VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Mexicana de Investigación de Operaciones, Indirect Estimation of Interregional Freight Flows with a Real-valued Genetic Algorithm, Sociedad Mexicana de Investigación de Operaciones, Mexico City, Mexico. (2019 – 2019).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Munuzuri, J. (Author), 7th Annual Workshop of the EURO Working Group on Vehicle Routing and Logistics Optimization, Estimation of Interregional Freight Flows via a Real-valued Genetic Algorithm, Association of European Operational Research Societies, Seville, Spain. (2019 – 2019).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Simpson's Paradox and Equity in a Classroom: When Dropping the Worst Homework is Prejudicial to your Students, American Society for Engineering Education, Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (2018 – 2018).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), 29th European Conference on Operational Research, How Dropping their Worst Homework might be Prejudicial to your Students: an Application of Simpson’s Paradox and its Impact on Equity, Association of European Operational Research Societies, Valencia, Spain. (2018 – 2018).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Munuzuri, J. (Author), 29th European Conference on Operational Research, Mathematical Characterization of Interregional Freight Flows by Road, Association of European Operational Research Societies, Valencia, Spain. (2018 – 2018).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author), Chandan, V. (Author & Presenter), Siegel, C. (Author), Vrabie, D. (Author), Vishnu, A. (Author), 2017 IEEE International Conference on Machine Learning Applications, A Learning Framework for Control-Oriented Modeling of Buildings, IEEE, Cancun, Mexico. (2017 – 2017).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Baykal-Gursoy, M. (Author), 2017 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Optimality of Price-setting Newsvendor Problems Subject to Mean-variance Risk Measures: An Elasticity Approach, INFORMS, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2017 – 2017).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Baykal-Gursoy, M. (Author), 2016 INFORMS International Meeting, Price-Setting Newsvendor Optimal Policies with Mean-Variance Criteria, INFORMS, Waikoloa Village, HI, United States of America. (2016 – 2016).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Baykal-Gursoy, M. (Author), 2015 INFORMS Annual Meeting, Analysis of the Unimodality of the Newsvendor Problem with Mean-Variance Trade-off, INFORMS, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Baykal-Gursoy, M. (Author), 2015 Annual International Conference on Operations Research, Price and Quantity Optimization in the Risk-sensitive Newsvendor Problem with Isoelastic Demand, German Society of Operationa Research, Vienna, Austria. (2015 – 2015).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), Baykal-Gursoy, M. (Author), 22nd International Symposium on Mathematical Programming, The Newsvendor Problem with Price-dependent, Isoelastic Demand: Optimality and Risk Considerations, Mathematical Optimization Society, Pittsburgh, PA, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author), McGinity, C. (Presenter), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Technologies for Homeland Security, The Rise of Unaccompanied Alien Children: Assessing the Performance of a Transition Center with Queuing Theory, IEEE, Waltham, United States of America. (2015 – 2015).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author), Nelson, C. (Author & Presenter), Boros, E. (Author), Roberts, F. (Author), Kantor, P. (Author), McGinity, C. (Author), Nakamura, B. (Author), Ricks, B. (Author), Ball, P. (Author), Conrad, C. (Author), Hanson, K. (Author), Rader, T. (Author), 2014 Industrial & Systems Engineering Research Conference, A Price-Setting Newsvendor Problem Under Mean-Variance Criteria, Montreal, Canada, United States of America. (2014 – 2014).

Poster

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), 2014 Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments (VACCINE) Annual Meeting, A Queuing Theory Approach to Modeling Bed Availability in a Transition Center for Unaccompanied Alien Children, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States of America. (2014).

Rubio Herrero, J. (Author & Presenter), 2013 Visual Analytics for Command, Control, and Interoperability Environments (VACCINE) Annual Meeting, Unaccompanied Alien Children Project for the Department of Homeland Security, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States of America. (2013).

Contracts, Grants and Sponsored Research

Fellowship
Rubio Herrero, J., "Talentia," Sponsored by Junta de Andalucía, Regional, $70000 Funded. (2008 – 2009).
Grant - Research
Rubio Herrero, J. (Principal), "Improving Last-Mile Delivery Services with Machine Learning and Optimization," Sponsored by Global Venture Fund, University of North Texas, $2930 Funded. (November 30, 2023 – August 10, 2024).
Rubio Herrero, J. (Principal), "Mathematical Characterization of Interregional Freight Flows by Road," Sponsored by St. Mary’s University, Private, $4995 Funded. (June 1, 2018 – May 31, 2019).
Grant - Service
Rubio Herrero, J., "Faculty Conference Fund," Sponsored by St. Mary's University Alumni Association, Local, $1075 Funded. (2019 – 2020).
Rubio Herrero, J., "ASSIST Travel Grant," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $2000 Funded. (2019).
Rubio Herrero, J., "ASSIST Travel Grant," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $2000 Funded. (2019).
Rubio Herrero, J., "ASSIST Travel Grant," Sponsored by National Science Foundation, Federal, $2000 Funded. (2019).
Rubio Herrero, J., "Conference Travel Funds," Sponsored by Rutgers Business School, State, $4700 Funded. (2014 – 2016).
Rubio Herrero, J., "Conference Travel Funds," Sponsored by Rutgers Graduate School, State, $4767 Funded. (2014 – 2016).

Awards and Honors

INFORMS New Jersey Chapter Student Contest, INFORMS. (2015 – 2015).

Service

University Service

Member, ITDS Website Working Group. (November 10, 2023 – Present).

Member, Academic Integrity Committee. (September 2022 – Present).

Other, DSCI 5240 Coordinator. (August 2022 – Present).

Committee Member, Ph.D. Exam Pool Committee. (2021 – Present).

Attendee, Meeting, CoB Faculty Meetings. (August 1, 2019 – Present).

Attendee, Meeting, ITDS Research Forum. (August 1, 2019 – Present).

Attendee, Meeting, ITDS Faculty Meetings. (August 1, 2019 – Present).

Member, Committee on Student Conduct. (October 2023 – August 31, 2026).

Faculty Mentor, ITDS Doctoral Workshop. (February 2, 2024).

Member, Personnel Affairs Committee. (September 2022 – September 2023).

Faculty Mentor, ITDS Doctoral Workshop. (September 8, 2023).

Faculty Mentor, ITDS Doctoral Workshop. (February 17, 2023).

Faculty Mentor, ITDS Doctoral Workshop. (September 16, 2022).

Committee Member, ITDS Scholarship Committee. (January 28, 2022 – September 15, 2022).

Committee Member, Search for Assistant/Associate Professor. (November 16, 2021 – June 1, 2022).

Guest Speaker, ITDS Research Forum Presenter. (April 15, 2022).

Committee Member, Search for ITDS Chair. (November 17, 2021 – March 1, 2022).

Faculty Mentor, ITDS Doctoral Workshop. (January 28, 2022).

Faculty Mentor, ITDS Doctoral Workshop. (September 23, 2021).

Faculty Mentor, ITDS Doctoral Workshop. (January 29, 2021).

Faculty Mentor, ITDS Doctoral Workshop. (September 4, 2020).

Committee Member, Committee for the organization of engineering seminars. (September 2019 – May 2020).

Committee Member, Committee for the 2020 Conference on Justice and Social Concerns. (September 2019 – February 2020).

Member, Grant Writing Cohort. (September 2019 – May 2019).

Committee Member, Committee for ABET accreditation of the Engineering Management program. (September 2018 – May 2019).

Committee Member, Committee for ABET accreditation of the Industrial Engineering program. (September 2018 – May 2019).

Committee Member, Faculty Learning Committee. (2018).

Faculty Mentor, Northwest Vista College University Day. (2018).

Committee Member, Committee for the organization of engineering seminars. (September 2017 – May 2018).

Faculty Mentor, Faculty Academic Mentor Program. (September 1, 2017 – May 1, 2018).

Member, St. Mary's University Saturday Showcase. (February 17, 2018).

Professional Service

Editor, Associate Editor, Decision Analytics. (September 6, 2023 – Present).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Information Systems Management. (March 14, 2024).

Reviewer, Journal Article, European Journal of Operational Research. (June 15, 2023).

Session Chair, 33rd POMS Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida. (May 21, 2023 – May 25, 2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Information Systems Management. (May 19, 2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Supply Chain Analytics. (May 18, 2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Supply Chain Analytics. (May 1, 2023).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Decision Support Systems. (June 28, 2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, Operations Research and Decisions. (February 24, 2022).

Reviewer, Journal Article, European Journal of Operational Research. (December 1, 2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, European Journal of Operational Research. (February 19, 2021).

Reviewer, Journal Article, European Journal of Operational Research. (October 22, 2020).

Reviewer, Journal Article, European Journal of Operational Research. (October 14, 2019).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition. (March 4, 2019).

Reviewer, Journal Article, European Journal of Operational Research. (January 8, 2019).

Reviewer, Journal Article, European Journal of Operational Research. (May 9, 2018).

Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Production Economics. (March 27, 2018).

Reviewer, Journal Article, European Journal of Operational Research. (March 14, 2018).

Reviewer, Conference Paper, ASEE. (March 1, 2018).

Reviewer, Journal Article, International Journal of Production Economics. (November 29, 2017).

Reviewer, Journal Article, European Journal of Operational Research. (November 16, 2017).

Session Chair, 2016 INFORMS International Meeting, Waikoloa Village, HI. (June 15, 2016).