Janna Magrietje (Marjan) van den Akker (born 1965) is a Dutch computer scientist and

operations research Operations research () (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a branch of applied mathematics that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve management and ...

er specializing in

scheduling algorithms In computing, scheduling is the action of assigning resources to perform tasks. The resources may be processors, network links or expansion cards. The tasks may be threads, processes or data flows. The scheduling activity is carried out by ...

with applications including transportation and

software engineering Software engineering is a branch of both computer science and engineering focused on designing, developing, testing, and maintaining Application software, software applications. It involves applying engineering design process, engineering principl ...

. She is an associate professor in the Department of Information and Computing Sciences at

Utrecht University Utrecht University (UU; , formerly ''Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht'') is a public university, public research university in Utrecht, Netherlands. Established , it is one of the oldest universities in the Netherlands. In 2023, it had an enrollment of ...

, where she directs the Utrecht AI & Mobility Lab and Robust Rail Lab. She also holds a research affiliation with

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, or simply KLM (an abbreviation for their official name Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. , ),

Education and career

Van den Akker completed her Ph.D. in 1994 at the

Eindhoven University of Technology The Eindhoven University of Technology (), Abbreviation, abbr. TU/e, is a public university, public technical university in the Netherlands, situated in Eindhoven. In 2020–21, around 14,000 students were enrolled in its Bachelor of Science, BS ...

, with the dissertation ''LP-based solution methods for single-machine scheduling problems'' jointly supervised by

Jan Karel Lenstra Jan Karel Lenstra (born 19 December 1947, in Zaandam) is a Dutch mathematician and operations researcher, known for his work on scheduling algorithms, local search, and the travelling salesman problem. Lenstra received his Ph.D. from the Univers ...

and Martin Savelsbergh. After postdoctoral research at the

Center for Operations Research and Econometrics The Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE) is an interdisciplinary research institute of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) located in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Since 2010, it is part of the Louvain Institute of Data Analysis ...

in Belgium, she worked for several years as a consultant for the Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory. In 2000 she returned to academia as an assistant professor at

, in the group of

Hans L. Bodlaender Hans Leo Bodlaender (born April 21, 1960) is a Dutch computer scientist, a professor of computer science at Utrecht University. Bodlaender is known for his work on graph algorithms and parameterized complexity and in particular for algorithms relat ...

. She is currently an associate professor there.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Akker, Marjan van den 1965 births Living people Dutch computer scientists Dutch women computer scientists Dutch operations researchers Eindhoven University of Technology alumni Academic staff of Utrecht University