Bismark Singh
I am Bismark Singh, an Associate Professor of Operational Research in the School of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Southampton, UK. My research lies at the intersection of mathematical optimization, data-driven decision-making, and quantitative modeling. A central strand develops theory, models, and algorithms for optimization under uncertainty and fairness, while my broader interdisciplinary work spans energy systems, public health and epidemiology, sustainability, logistics, and resource allocation. Explore my research →
Before joining Southampton, I held research positions at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen–Nürnberg and Sandia National Laboratories. I hold a habilitation in mathematics from FAU Erlangen–Nürnberg, a PhD and MSc in Operations Research from The University of Texas at Austin, and a BTech from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. Recent international appointments include a Visiting Professorship at the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, China, and a Guest Professorship at Plaksha University, India. I also held a recent research stay at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge. Short CV →
I have secured approximately €370,000 in competitive research funding as PI or co-PI, from agencies including the German Research Foundation (DFG), the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme, and the US Department of Energy/Sandia National Laboratories.
My forthcoming book, Optimization and Data-Driven Decision-Making: From Deterministic to Chance-Constrained Models, will be published by Springer in 2027. [ Springer link]
Recent Highlights
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2026 — Research and policy impact: Our work on reorganizing Hampshire’s Household Waste Recycling Centre network is published in Networks. Funded by the University of Southampton’s Sustainability and Resilience Institute, the project develops optimization models for balancing access, utilisation, and equity in undesirable facility-location decisions and provides quantitative evidence relevant to Hampshire’s local waste-management policy.
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Recent publications: Recent work includes articles in Networks on facility-location and recycling-center reorganization, Discrete Applied Mathematics on analytical bounds for quadratic integer optimization, IISE Transactions on allocating scarce therapeutic resources under uncertainty, and Annals of Operations Research on mobility inequity in India. Publications →
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2026 — International appointments: During my recent sabbatical, I held a Visiting Professorship at the Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Applications, China, and a Guest Professorship at Plaksha University, India, alongside a research stay at the Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge.
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2026 — Invited lectures: I gave invited seminars at institutions including Tsinghua University, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Indian School of Business, IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, and the University of Birmingham. Invited talks →
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2026 — Editorial role: I joined the Editorial Board of Optimization Letters.
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2026 — Student accomplishments: Montree Jaidee completed his PhD and was a finalist in the Smith Institute’s TakeAim competition. Zheng Sun won 2nd place in the 2025 INFORMS OR/MS Tomorrow Mini-Poster Competition, while Malena Schmidt received the 2024 Jan Hemelrijk Award of the Dutch OR Society for her MSc thesis. Research team →
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2026 — UK–India research partnerships: My Global Partnership Award by the the University of Southampton on developing research partnerships with institutions in India was featured in a short video. Watch on YouTube →
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2025–26 — Research recognition: I was awarded a Dresden Senior Fellowship at TU Dresden, following my 2024–25 Distinguished Research Fellowship.