Fliege Jorg

Professor Dr. Jörg Fliege is a German mathematician and operational researcher, currently Professor of Operational Research at the University of Southampton. His research spans multi-objective optimization, stochastic programming, space trajectory analysis, and applications of operational research in engineering, defense, and computational science. With over 140 peer-reviewed publications, leadership roles in CORMSIS and international advisory panels, and numerous collaborations with industry and government, he is recognized as a leading scholar and innovator in operational research.

Habilitation (venia legendi), Faculty of Mathematics, University of Dortmund, Germany – 13 June 2001

Ph.D. in Mathematics (summa cum laude), University of Dortmund, Germany – 27 July 1997

Diplom (equiv. MSc) in Mathematics (summa cum laude), University of Dortmund – 11 October 1993

Diploma Thesis (summa cum laude), University of Dortmund – February 1993

Studies in Mathematics & Computer Science, University of Dortmund – 1987–1993

Professor for Operational Research, University of Southampton (since 2007)

Managing Director, Nucleolus Software Ltd (since 2020)

Visiting Professor, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil (2024)

Head of Operational Research Group, University of Southampton (2012–2024)

Director of PhD Graduate School, University of Southampton (2011–2014)

Director of CORMSIS, University of Southampton (2008–2011)

Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham (2004–2007)

Assistant Professor, University of Dortmund (2002–2004)

Research Fellow, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (1998–1999)

Assistant Lecturer, University of Dortmund (1994–1998)

Fellow of the Operational Research Society (FORS) – since 2006

Head of Operational Research Group, Southampton (2012–2024) – ranked top 10 worldwide

Director of CORMSIS, UK’s largest OR/Management Science research centre (2008–2011)

Member, Council for Mathematical Sciences (UK) (2014–2018)

ESA Steering Committee Member, Project STA (Space Trajectory Analysis) (2007–2010)

Best Dissertation of the Year, University of Dortmund (1997)

Best Dissertation on Location-Related Research, SOLA/INFORMS (1997)

Summa cum laude in Diplom and Dissertation

Biskin, B., Fliege, J., Martinez-Sykora, A. Autonomous navigation of UAVs for border patrolling: a stochastic framework. IMA J. Management Mathematics (2025).

Coutinho, W., Fliege, J. Nash equilibria in transmitter-jamming games for UAV fleets. Proceedings SBMAC (2025).

Ding, K., Fliege, J., Vuong, P. Fast convergence of primal-dual dynamical systems. Computational Optimization and Applications (2025).

Benedek, M., Fliege, J., Nguyen, T. Finding and verifying the nucleolus of cooperative games. Mathematical Programming (2021).

Fliege, J., Vaz, A.I.F. A SQP type method for constrained multiobjective optimization. SIAM J. Optimization (2016).

Fliege, J., Werner, R. Robust Multiobjective Portfolio Optimization. European J. Operational Research (2014).

Scientific Advisory Panel Member, UKRI A4I Programme (since 2022)

Advisory Group Member, DSTL Electromagnetic Environment Initiative (since 2022)

Board Member, Defence & Security Doctoral Training Programme (since 2021)

Board Member, SPRINT Space Research Network (since 2018)

Executive Committee Member, CORMSIS (since 2012)

Council for Mathematical Sciences, UK (2014–2018)

Committee of Professors in Operational Research (COPIOR), UK (since 2008)