Stan Dimitrov, PEng, PhD

Stan Dimitrov, PEng, PhD
Professor, Director of Business Data Analytics Lab, Director of Professional Masters Programs, Faculty of Engineering
Location: CPH 4346
Status: Active

Biography

Stan Dimitrov is a Professor in Management Sciences at the University of Waterloo.

His research primarily focuses on the interface of operations research and information systems. Specifically speaking, Professor Dimitrov is interested in sustainable operations management, business data analytics, the ciruclar economy, mechanism design, game theory, nonlinear optimization, and measuring the impact of artificial intelligence (AI). He is interested in addressing problems in industry related to circular economy, AI, pricing, process improvement, and customer relationship management. He has received funding from NSERC, SSHRC, Mitacs, and the University of Waterloo.

Research Interests

  • Sustinable Operations Management

  • Business Data Analytics

  • Mechanism design

  • Artificial Intelligence

  • Prediction markets

  • Game theory

  • Nonlinear optimization

  • Data envelopment analysis

  • Network design

  • Data analytics research

  • Application domains

  • Networking and data

  • Dependability and security

  • Stakeholders

  • Pricing

  • Experimental Design

Scholarly Research

Industrial Research

Dr. Dimitrov advances applied research through the Business Data Analytics Lab, which partners with organizations on analytics projects and supports student training on industry-relevant problems. Through these partnerships, the lab helps translate research into tools and evidence that can support operational improvement, AI deployment, and sustainability reporting in practice.

Education

  • 2010, Doctorate Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, USA

  • 2006, Master of Engineering Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan, USA

  • 2004, Bachelor of Science in Engineering Computer Science, University of Michigan, USA

Awards

  • 2021 Canadian Operational Research Society Eldon Gunn Service Award

  • 2018 University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering Distinguished Performance Award

Teaching*

  • MSCI 445 - Telecommunication Systems: from protocols to applications
    • Taught in 2021
  • MSCI 555 - Scheduling: Theory and Practice
    • Taught in 2021, 2023
  • MSCI 609 - Quantitative Data Analysis for Management Sciences
    • Taught in 2024
  • MSCI 700 - Topics in Operations Research and Management
    • Taught in 2021
  • MSCI 724 - Game Theory and Recent Applications
    • Taught in 2024
  • MSE 432 - Production and Service Operations Management
    • Taught in 2025
  • MSE 551 - Quality Management and Control
    • Taught in 2024, 2025
  • MSE 752 - Behavioural Decision-making
    • Taught in 2024

* Only courses taught in the past 5 years are displayed.

Selected/Recent Publications

Graduate studies