Everything can be optimized

Hi - my name is Anthony Karahalios. I am an Operations Research scientist. I enjoy researching optimization methodologies, teaching optimization, and writing software that uses optimization to solve real-world problems.

My journey:

1. B.S. in Applied Mathematics and Statistics from Johns Hopkins University (2014-2017)
   • Solved umpire crew scheduling problems for Minor League Baseball.
2. Quantiative Developer for Marshall Wace (2017-2020)
   • Built a treasury optimization system and improved the automated trading system.
3. Ph.D in Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization from Carnegie Mellon University (2020-2025)
   • Developed a novel discrete optimization method that performs well on large-scale vehicle routing problems. I was advised by Willem-Jan van Hoeve. These are the slides from my dissertation defense.

Fun things:

1. I host a podcast called Optimizing You.
2. I won a charity competition at Marshall Wace to support the All Stars Project Development School for Youth.
3. I work as a freelancer on Upwork.com.
4. I am a former president of the CMU INFORMS Student Chapter and former chair of the student-run YinzOR Conference.

I am starting as a MIP Engineer for OptiLogic!

Checkout my CV.

Thanks for visiting, and feel free to reach out.