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William Jones

Dr William Jones is a Research Fellow in Planning and Optimisation. He has extensive experience applying modelling, dynamic simulation and optimisation techniques to support capital growth and productivity improvements for internationally recognisable brands in the transport, telecommunications, healthcare and resource sectors worldwide. With experience in academia and consulting his focus is on applying state-of-the-art, research-informed techniques from the fields of mathematics, operations research and software development to help organisations identify opportunities to increase efficiency and improve their value chains.

Dr Jones received a B.Sc. Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Cardiff University (2013) and an EngD. in Systems from the University of Bristol (2019). He has previously held postdoctoral positions at the University of Kent and the University of Sydney’s Rio Tinto Centre for Mine Automation. His particular research specialism is in the area of hybrid simulation (i.e., models that combine multiple simulation paradigms/techniques) and the processes of hybrid simulation conceptualisation and development.

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