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Fu, Michael

Fu, Michael

Professor
Smith Chair of Management Science
Robert H. Smith School of Business
The Institute for Systems Research
Electrical and Computer Engineering
4341 Van Munching Hall
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Michael Fu holds the Smith Chair of Management Science in the Robert H. Smith School of Business, Department of Decision, Operations & Information Technologies and has a joint appointment with the Institute for Systems Research and an affiliate appointment with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, both in the A. James Clark School of Engineering. He was named a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland for 2004-2005.

His research interests include simulation modeling and analysis, production/inventory control, applied probability and queueing theory, with application to manufacturing, supply chain management, and financial engineering.

He is co-author of the books, Conditional Monte Carlo: Gradient Estimation and Optimization Applications (1997), which was awarded the INFORMS College on Simulation Outstanding Publication Award in 1998, and Simulation-Based Algorithms for Markov Decision Processes (2007, 2nd edition 2013). He also co-edited the books Perspectives in Operations ResearchAdvances in Mathematical Finance, and the Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science (3rd edition, 2 volumes), and edited the Handbook of Simulation Optimization. Other awards include the Business School's Allen J. Krowe Award for Teaching Excellence (1995), the Institute for Systems Research Outstanding Faculty Award (2002), the IIE Operations Research Division Award (1999), an Operations Research Meritorious Service Award (1999), an IIE Transactions Best Paper Award (1998), two Best Theoretical Paper and one runner-up Awards from the Winter Simulation Conference (2009, 2012, 2019), and the INFORMS College on Simulation Outstanding Publication Award again in 2019.

He served as the Stochastic Models and Simulation Department Editor of Management Science from 2006-2008 and as the Simulation Area Editor of Operations Research from 2000-2005, and on the editorial boards of Mathematics of Operations Research, INFORMS Journal on Computing, IIE Transactions, and Production and Operations Management. He was also Guest co-Editor of a special issue on simulation optimization for the ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation.

His research has been sponsored by grants from the National Science Foundation, the Semiconductor Research Corporation, International SEMATECH, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. He served as Operations Research Program Director at the National Science Foundation 2010-2012 and 2015. He is a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In 2018 he received the INFORMS Simulation Society's Distinguished Service Award. 

 

 

 

Simulation modeling and analysis, production/inventory control, applied probability, and queueing theory; stochastic derivative estimation, simulation optimization of discrete-event systems, Markov decision processes; with application to supply chain management and financial engineering


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Hoyer Honors UM Solar Decathlon Team

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System Failure Averted

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NanoCenter Improves Energy Storage Options

Maryland NanoCenter researchers create new device to store electrical energy.

Distinguished Alumnus William Bissell Passes Away

Alum worked for 40 years at Lockheed and was designer in Skunkworks project.

Alumnus Griffin Honored

Former NASA head receives National Space Trophy.

CALCE Tech Innovation Honored by NSF

Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize recognizes reliability, supply chain research.

Greer to Lead at Historic Women's College

ChBE professor named provost and dean for faculty at Mills College.

Inaugural Anderson Scholarship Awarded to Kirk

Madeline Kirk announced as first recipient of Anderson Scholarship in Aerospace Engineering.

Pecht to Deliver IEEE Keynote

Lifetime Achievement Award recipient to discuss new approach to qualification testing.

"Leaders We Need" Seminar Online

Watch video of Michael Maccoby's presentation.

ANSSC Brings Energy Experts to Campus

Student society to host panels, seminars on nuclear and alternative energy.

Preparing for Real-Life Disasters, Virtually

Clark School develops online training environment for emergency responders.

Giving Rubberneckers Less to See

New transportation technology seeks to improve information, traffic flow.

UM $50K Business Plan Competition Winners Announced

Three winners chosen among nine finalists.

Clark School Selected for UniStar Scholarships

Constellation Energy and AREVA Inc. encourage undergraduates to consider nuclear power.

DHS to Fund Chang I-495 Study

Traffic research nets $500,000 from Department of Homeland Security.

UM Announces $50K Business Plan Competition Winners

2D-Security Mark, Electronic Receipts, Affiliate Marketing Companies Take Top Prizes

$50K Business Plan Competition Semifinalists Announced

The 16 semifinalist teams include university faculty, students, and young alumni.

Clark School Celebrates Scholarship Donors, Recipients

Engineering scholarship benefactors and their student recipients met over lunch at the Kim Building this week.

Griffin Presents Plan for NASA’s Future

Alumnus and NASA Administrator Michael Griffin shared his vision for space exploration at the Clark School this week.

Ducao Takes First Place at MERIT Fair

Electrical and computer engineering (ECE) undergraduate Amon Ducao took a first prize in the 2005 Maryland Engineering Research Internship Teams (MERIT) Fair.

Experts Tackle Energy Policies, Laud New Program

Public policy, business and engineering experts debated international energy issues in a panel hosted by the new Master of Engineering and Public Policy program.

Design Teams Win Welcome Center Sustainable Technology Showcase Competition

Clark School ME faculty and grad students win design competition to build eco-friendly welcome center.

Clark School Accomplishments Spring 2002

A list of Clark school accomplishments for Spring 2002

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

  • Fellow, 2007

Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

  • Fellow, 2007