Dr. Andrei Sleptchenko is an Associate Professor at the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Khalifa University. His primary research interests are in stochastic modeling and optimization of Production and Logistics Systems. Before joining Khalifa University, Dr. Sleptchenko served as a faculty member at the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at Qatar University. Prior to that, Dr. Sleptchenko worked for several years for different consulting companies in the area of Supply Chain and Transportation and as an Assistant Professor and a researcher at various Universities in the Netherlands and the USA.