Johann L. Hurink received the Ph.D. degree from University of Osnabrück (Germany) in 1992 for a thesis on a scheduling problem occurring in the area of public transport.
From 1992 until 1998 he has been an assistant professor at the same university working on local search methods and complex scheduling problems.
This work resulted in a Habilitation thesis at the University of Osnabrück in 1999.From 1998 until 2009 he has been an assistant and associated professor in the group Discrete Mathematics and Mathematical Programming at the department of Applied Mathematics at the University of Twente.
Since 2009 he is a full professor of the same group and since 2010 also the Director of the Dutch Network on the Mathematics of Operations Research (LNMB).
He has published more than 150 refereed papers in international journals and conferences and has been involved in several European and national research projects.
Current work includes the application of optimization techniques and scheduling models to problems from decentarlized energy management, logistics, and health care.
I started my research in the area of 'Combinatorial Optimization'; mainly in 'Scheduling'. However, during the last years my research is focusing more on the development of optimization approaches for specific application domains. Hereby the focus is twofold. On the one hand, the aim is to develop and study conceptual models and approaches. On the other hand, it is the aim to developed the models and approaches in such a way that they can be used also in practice.
There are two main application areas, where I have been active in the last years: ‘decentralized energy management’ and ‘health care logistics’.
Decentralized Energy Management
The research on decentralized energy management started around 2006 and is carried out in cooperation with the chair (Computer Architecture for Embedded Systems (CAES).
Meanwhile we are involved in many national and international projects and have set up contacts and cooperation’s with several energy related companies and research groups in the Netherlands and Europe.
At the University of Twente we have developed a management and control methodology for decentralized energy systems called TRIANA. This concept is the base of several scientific publications, has been incorporated in a simulator and is used in case studies. Furthermore, we are involved in field tests and have integrated our concept in a Home Energy Controller in cooperation with the German energy company RWE and at the moment this controller is tested in two field tests in Germany (a promotional video from RWE can be found here - in German).
More information on this research can be found on our website Energy in Twente and via my publication list.
A short interactive mini course, where I explain in three minutes in a laypersons language the challenges with 'ICT and Smart Grids' can be found here - in Dutch, also with German or English subtitles).
Health Care Logistics
The research on health care logistics is carried out in cooperation with the chairs Stochastic Operations Research (SOR) and Industrial Engineering and Business Information Systems (IEBIS). The aims is to improve healthcare operations by developing tailored operations research models for healthcare optimization problems from practice. The research is bundled in the Centre for Healthcare Operations Improve (CHOIR).
More information on this research can be found on the CHOIR website and via my publication list.
In total more than 150 papers have been published in Journals and Conference Prooceedings since 1986. Below these papers and some other research reports are categorized according to 'type' or 'topic'.
As nowadays h-indices seem to be an aften used measure, here my data:
- Web of Science: 138 entries, h-index 21
- Google Scholar: h-index 38 ; i10-index 100
I am an Editor for
OR Spectrum
and an Associate Editor for
OR Letters.
Furthermore I have been a Guest Editor for the following special issues:
- Special Issue on Quantative Solutions for Future Energy Systems and Markets,
with R. Schulz, D. Wozabal,
OR-Spectrum 38 (3).
DOI:
10.1007/s00291-016-0449-8
- Special Issue: 12th Cologne/Twente workshop on graphs and combinatorial optimization (CTW 2013),
with B. Manthey,
Discrete Applied Mathematics 158 (4).
DOI:
10.1016/j.dam.2015.06.013
- Special Issue: 6th Cologne/Twente Workshop on Graphs
and Combinatorial Optimization (CTW2007),
with U. Faigle,
Discrete Applied Mathematics 158 (4) (2010).
DOI:
10.1016/j.dam.2009.09.011
- Proceedings of the 63rd European Study Group 'Mathematics with Industry', Enschede, The Netherlnads,
with O. Bokhove, G. Meinsma, C. Stolk, M. Vellekoop,
ISBN: 978-90-365-2779-8 (2008).
- Special Issue: 2nd Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs
and Combinatorial Optimization (CTW2003),
with U. Faigle, S.W. Pickl,
Discrete Applied Mathematics 154 (9) (2006).
DOI:
10.1016/j.dam.2005.12.003
- The 1st Cologne-Twente Works on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization (CTW 2001),
with U. Faigle, S. Pickl, H.J. Broersma,
Discrete Applied Mathematics 136 (2-3) (2004).
DOI:
10.1016/S0166-218X(03)00437-2
- Proceedings of the
2nd CologneTwenteWorkshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization,
with H.J. Broersma, U. Faigle, S. Pickl, G.J. Woeginger
Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics 13 (2003).
- Special Volume devoted to the Sixth Twente Workshop on Graphs
and Combinatorial Optimization - Enschede, the Netherlands 26-28 June 1999,
with U. Faigle, H.J. Broersma,
Discrete Applied Mathematics 120 (1-3) (2002).
DOI:
10.1016/S0166-218X(01)00274-8
- Proceedings of the 1st CologneTwenteWorkshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization, with H.J. Broersma, U. Faigle, S. Pickl,
Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics 8 (2001).
- Proceedings of the 6th Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization,
with H.J. Broersma, U. Faigle, C. Hoede,
Electronic Notes in Discrete Mathematics 3 (1999)
Via this
link test instances and results for the flow-shop problem with intermediate buffers related to the paper
P. Brucker, S. Heitmann, J.L. Hurink: Flow-Shop Problems with Intermediate Buffers,OR Spectrum 25, 549 - 574 (2003); DOI: 10.1007/s00291-003-0133-7 can be found.
Here are a few links to pages I like, or find interesting enough to share with you.
