Onno Johan Boxma (born 1952) is a Dutch

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, and Professor 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 ...

, known for several contributions to

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and applied

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Biography

Born in

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, Boxma earned his B.Sc. in Mathematics at

Delft University of Technology The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft; ) is the oldest and largest Dutch public university, public Institute of technology, technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. It specializes in engineering, technology, computing, design, a ...

in 1974, and his Ph.D. cum laude in Mathematic from

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 ...

in 1977 on the dissertation entitled "Analysis of Models for Tandem Queues", advised by

Wim Cohen Jacob Willem "Wim" Cohen (27 August 1923 Leeuwarden – 12 November 2000) was a Dutch mathematician, well known for over hundred scientific publications and several books in queueing theory. Cohen was born in a Jewish family, as the son of B ...

. Boxma continued at Utrecht as faculty from 1974 to 1985, and was

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postdoctoral fellow in 1978–79, before joining the faculty of

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. There he chaired the performance analysis group until 1998. He was full professor at

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from 1987 to 1988. and since 1998 he is as full professor holding the chair of Stochastic Operations Research in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at

Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 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 ...

, becoming vice dean of the department in 2009. He was the editor-in-chief of

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from 2004 to 2009, and scientific director of EURANDOM from 2005-2010. In 2009 he was awarded an honorary degree by the

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(Israel), and received the 2011 ACM SIGMETRICS Achievement Award in June 2011.Onno J. Boxma Wins the 2011 SIGMETRICS Achievement Award
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, Edinburgh, UK (2008-2010 and 2011-2013).

Work

Boxma's research focuses on the field of applied probability and stochastic operations, particularly of queueing theory and its application to the performance analysis of computer, communication and production systems.

Publications

Books, a selection: * 1977. ''Analysis of Models for Tandem Queues''. Doctoral thesis Utrecht University. * 1983.
Boundary Value Problems in Queueing System Analysis
'. Editor with

Articles, a selection: * Boxma, Onno J., and Hans Daduna. "Sojourn times in queueing networks." CWI. Department of Operations Research, Statistics, and System Theory SR 8916 (1989): 1-47. * Boxma, Onno J.
Workloads and waiting times in single-server systems with multiple customer classes
" Queueing Systems 5.1-3 (1989): 185-214. * Cohen, Jacob Willem, and Onno J. Boxma. Boundary value problems in queueing system analysis. Elsevier, 2000. * Albrecher, Hansjörg, and Onno J. Boxma.
A ruin model with dependence between claim sizes and claim intervals
" Insurance: Mathematics and Economics 35.2 (2004): 245-254.

References

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