University at Buffalo
My name is Parshan Pakiman. I am a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Operations Management at the University at Buffalo (UB) School of Management, affiliated with the Department of Operations Management and Strategy.
University of Chicago Booth
Before joining UB, I was a Principal Researcher at the Tolan Center for Healthcare at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where I had the great opportunity to work with Professor Dan Adelman.
University of Illinois Chicago
I earned my Ph.D. in Information and Decision Sciences from the University of Illinois Chicago, an experience I am deeply grateful for. I had the honor of being advised by Professor Selva Nadarajah and worked closely with Professor Negar Soheili.
University of Tehran
My academic journey began with a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from the University of Tehran, where I was fortunate to learn from many faculty members, notably Professors Majid Soleimani-Damaneh, Gholam Reza Rokni Lamouki, and Alireza Hosseini.

Research

My research advances dynamic decision-making on two areas:

(1) Specialized algorithms tailored to business applications. I investigate emerging healthcare and retail operations problems in which real-world business constraints, which are identified through collaboration with hospitals and industry partners, limit the applicability of existing methods. I thus develop algorithms with strong theoretical guarantees to tackle these impactful problems.


(2) Accessible optimization methodologies for business users. I develop algorithms to tackle large-scale Markov decision processes, specifically designing them to require minimal human intervention during implementation while ensuring near-optimal policies. My research broadens and eases the use of approximate dynamic programming for business users, even those with limited domain knowledge.


For a complete list of my published and working papers, please visit my research page.