Baruch Schieber is the manager of the Optimization Center in the
Mathematical Sciences Department at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center.
In this capacity Baruch leads a group of Computer Scientists, Mathematicians
and Operation Researchers in activities combining world class basic
research with the design and implementation of state of the art
software in areas such as supply chain management, personnel and
vehicle scheduling, production planning, print technology and intrinsic
function acceleration. Baruch received his PhD in Computer Science
from Tel Aviv University in 1987 and joined IBM as a post doctoral
fellow. His main interests are approximation algorithms, scheduling,
and routing. Baruch has published more than 60 papers in scientific
journals and is a regular presenter in leading Theoretical Computer
Science conferences.
