J. Christopher Beck
Scholar

J. Christopher Beck

Google Scholar ID: y_pAyuQAAAAJ
Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto
Constraint ProgrammingAutomated PlanningHeuristic SearchArtificial IntelligenceOperations Research
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
3,122
 
H-index
29
 
i10-index
76
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
116
list available
Resume
Academic Achievements
  • Several papers were accepted at international conferences in 2023, including one that won the best paper award at CPAIOR2023; three papers were accepted for ICAPS2023; Chris Beck started a new role as Associate Editor-in-Chief of the 'Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research' since 2023.
Research Experience
  • Current application areas of research include scheduling, robotics, supply chain management, vehicle routing, decision-making in uncertain and dynamic environments, and the development of intelligent restaurant and hotel reservation systems.
Education
  • Members hold undergraduate and graduate degrees from diverse fields such as computer science, engineering science, industrial engineering, mechatronics, and operations research.
Background
  • Research interests include, but are not limited to, constraint programming, local search, hybrid AI/OR techniques, stochastic optimization, machine learning, data mining, and preference representation and reasoning.
Miscellany
  • In addition to the core research areas, there is also interest in security, planning and scheduling of web services, automated composition, and software engineering.