Dr. Ricardo Fukasawa

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Biography

Professor in the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization at the University of Waterloo. He holds a PhD in Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization from Georgia Tech, where he received supervision from Bill Cook. Dr. Fukasawa was the recipient of the 2008-2009 IBM Herman Goldstine Postdoctoral Fellowship and has been recognized with an Early Research Award. His research focuses on developing exact methods for hard discrete optimization problems and applying them to practical issues, including mixed-integer programming cuts, vehicle routing problems, bilevel optimization, and stochastic programming, particularly in applications in medicine, scheduling, and group decision-making.

Research Interests

Mixed-Integer Programming Computational Optimization Operations Research Routing Problems Stochastic Programming Bilevel Programming

Requirements for University of Waterloo

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:90
Prerequisites
Honours Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field Strong background in Statistics
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Specialization Notes

Includes fields like Clinical, Cognitive, Developmental, and Industrial/Organizational Psychology.