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Nathaniel D. Bastian is an Adjunct Professor in Data Analytics/Business Analytics at the Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University. He has extensive experience as a leader, practitioner, researcher, and educator in mathematical, computational, analytical, and data-driven decision-centric methods that support improvement and enhancement in decision-making across various fields including cyber security, national defense, military operations, human resources, healthcare, logistics, energy, and finance. Dr. Bastian has authored 60 refereed journal and conference papers, book chapters, and textbooks, and has been recognized with numerous academic awards and grants including the Fulbright Scholarship and the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. His roles also include serving as Associate Editor for multiple academic journals and being an active member of several professional organizations. His research interests focus on computational stochastic optimization, robust learning, multiple objective optimization, simulation, and decision science. He is committed to developing intelligent decision-support models, tools, and systems that utilize operations research, data science, artificial intelligence, and economics.
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