Innovative Scheduling - Management Team

Dr. Wei Huang is a Director of Research & Development at Innovative Scheduling. He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Control Theory and Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Florida, Gainesville. Huang specializes in solving large-scale optimization models arising in logistics and transportation. He has considerable experience in packaging optimization algorithms within user-friendly, web-enabled decision support systems, which have been well received by industry practitioners. Huang’s operations research skills are complemented by his acute knowledge of computer science, including advanced data structures, databases, and software engineering. This unique combination of skills enables Huang to engineer holistic software solutions.

Prior to joining the company, Huang designed and implemented several commercial-grade production systems that employed a variety of programming languages and database environments. These include traffic management systems for Yantai City, China, an information management system for Fujian Refinery, China, and a water management and optimization system for the city of Cocoa, FL. At Innovative Scheduling, Huang developed a suite of controls that facilitate rapid packaging of optimization and simulation algorithms into web-enabled decision support systems. He is one of the lead developers of the Innovative Railroad Blocking Optimizer and the Innovative Train Scheduling Optimizer.