Herrn Prof

Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Alena Otto
Department III
Management Information Science
University of Siegen
Hölderlinstraße 3
57068 Siegen
Tel.: +49(0)271 740 2986
E-Mail: [email protected]
Working experience in academia
From Sep.12
 University of Siegen http://www.wiwi.uni-siegen.de/mis/team/otto/?lang=de
Postdoc
Dec.05 – Jun.06  EERC Research and Outreach Center, Kyiv
Research assistant in Advanced Econometrics and Productivity Analysis
Sep.05 – Jun.06  Economic Education and Research Consortium (EERC), Kyiv
Teaching assistant in Advanced Mathematics for master students
Education
Apr.09 – Jun.12  Friedrich-Schiller-University, Jena http://www.gsbc.uni-jena.de/
PhD thesis: „Application of operational research methods for ergonomic design of working places at assembly lines“
Degree: Dr. rerum politicarum
− A close cooperation with planners from the automotive industry
− Teaching in Modern Decision Making (master and bachelor students), supervision of
numerous seminar papers, master and bachelor theses
− Certificate „LehreLernen Basic“
Sep.04 – Jun.06  Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC), Kyiv http://www.eerc.ru/
The leading American-type economics program with highest requirements for entry
Degree: MA in Economics with highest honors, Rank: 3 out of 36 students
Master thesis: „Relative Performance of Data Envelopment Analysis and Stochastic Frontier Analysis in Response to Multicollinearity and Measurement Error Problems“
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Sep.00 – Jun.04  Belarusian State University, Minsk http://www.bsu.by/
The leading Belarusian university
Degree: BA in Economics, among the 5% best students
− Specialization in Economic Analysis (mathematical methods)
Oct.03 – Mar.04  Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena http://www.uni-jena.de/
Exchange semester
Sep.89 – Jun.00  Borovljany Gymnasium, Minsk
Degree: university-entrance diploma, Grade: excellent 1.0 (the Russian system: 5.0)
− Specialization in Natural Sciences
− Award: „The Best Pupil of the Year“
− Director of the Scientific Society of the school
− Diploma of the 1st degree in the National contest in Astronomy
− 1st place in the National contest in Mathematics for university applicants
Working experience in business
Apr.08 – Feb.09  Bain & Company, Munich http://www.bain.de/
A worldwide leading strategy consultancy
Associate Consultant
May 07 – Feb.08  Bain & Company, Kyiv
A worldwide leading strategy consultancy
Associate Consultant
Case-Team award „Bain CIS – Results Challenge Award“
Sep.06 – May 07  Spektor, Sachs & Company, Kyiv
A leading strategy consultancy in Ukraine
Business Analyst
Stipends and awards
 Dissertation award of the Society for Operations Research (GOR e.V.)
 "Optware Research Award" of the Initiative for Science and Automobile Industry (IWA e.V.)
 Dissertation award of Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena
 Stipend of Graduate Academy of Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena
 ProChance stipend of Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena
 Scholarship from the Federal Programme "ProExzellenz" of the Free State of Thuringia
 Award: „The Best Teaching Assistant of the Year“ of the Economics Education and Research Consortium
(EERC), Kyiv
 Scholarship of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency and the Norwegian Ministry of
Foreign Affairs
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
 Otto, C., Otto, A. (2014). Multiple-source learning precedence graph concept for the automotive industry. European Journal of Operational Research, 234, 253–265.
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 Otto, C., Otto, A. (2014). How to design effective priority rules: Example of simple assembly line balancing,
Computers & Industrial Engineering, 69, 43–52.
 Otto, A., Otto, C. and Scholl, A. (2013). Systematic data generation and test design for solution algorithms
on the example of SALBPGen for assembly line balancing. European Journal of Operational Research, 228,
33–45.
 Otto, A. and Scholl, A. (2012). Reducing ergonomic risks by job rotation scheduling. OR Spectrum, 35, 711–
733.
 Otto, A. and Scholl, A. (2011). Incorporating ergonomic risks into assembly line balancing. European Journal
of Operational Research, 212, 277–286.
Further publications
 Otto, A. (in press) "Minimizing Risks for Health at Assembly Lines", Proceedings of the International Conference on Operations Research, Rotterdam 2013.
 Otto, A. (2013) "Fit statt krank am Fließband!", OR News, 49.
 Otto, A. (2012). Improving ergonomics by OR methods applied in the planning process: The example of the
automobile industry. Working Papers in Supply Chain Management, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena.
 Otto, A., Otto, C., and Scholl, A. (2012). How to design and analyze priority rules: Example of simple assembly line balancing. Working Papers in Supply Chain Management, 3, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena.
 Otto, A., Otto, C. and Scholl, A. (2011). SALBPGen – A systematic generator for (simple) assembly line balancing. Jena Research Papers in Business and Economics, 05/2011, School of Economics and Business
Administration, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena.
 Otto, A. (2012). Applications of Operational Research methods for ergonomic design of working places at
assembly lines. Pro BUSINESS: Berlin.
Posters and talks
 Incorporating ergonomic aspects into production planning, Faculty Seminar Series, Johannes Gutenberg
University of Mainz, 01/2014
 Application of operational research methods for ergonomic design of working places at assembly lines, International Conference on Operations Research, Rotterdam 2013
 Crane scheduling at rail-road transshipment yards, 26th European Conference on Operational Research,
Rome 2013
 Berücksichtigung ergonomischer Aspekte in der Montageoptimierung, Symposium "Theory meets practice",
Jena 2013
 Application of operational research methods for ergonomic design of working places at assembly lines.
Supply Chain Management Research Seminar, Cologne, 05/2012.
 Naturanalogien in Operations Research (interactive program for kids and grown-ups, posters). Lange Nacht
der Wissenschaften (presention of research topics for general public), Jena, 03/2012.
 Improving ergonomics by OR methods applied in the planning process: The example of the automobile industry (posters). 22. Workshop für Quantitative Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Hittfeld, 03/2012.
 Design von Computer-Experimenten (Tutorial, 120 minutes). Intensiv-Workshop Operations Research,
Würzburg, 09/2011.
 Ergonomic job rotation – Generating working schedules that minimize health risks. International Conference
on Operations Research, Zurich, 09/2011.
 Berücksichtigung von Ergonomie bei der Fließbandabstimmung. 6. Beiratstreffen der Initiative Wissenschaft
und Automobile Industrie e.V., Jena, 05/2011.
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 Job rotation as a tool for reducing ergonomic risks. 21. Workshop für Quantitative Betriebswirtschaftslehre,
Pfronten-Rehbichl, 03/2011.
 Zusammenhänge zwischen Ergonomie und Qualität in der Automobilindustrie. 3. Beiratstreffen der Initiative
Wissenschaft und Automobile Industrie e.V., Jena, 09/2009.
 Ergonomie bei der Arbeitsplatzgestaltung und Personaleinsatzplanung. 2. Beiratstreffen der Initiative Wissenschaft und Automobile Industrie e.V., Wolfsburg, 06/2009.
Training
Oct. 08
 Bain international Associate Consultant Training (ACT), Boston
Training participants: ~150 consultants from ~40 countries
From Mar.03
 Conferences, Summer schools und Workshops
In European Conference on Operational Research (Rome, Vilnius, Lissbon), International
Conference of the German Operations Research Society (Rotterdam, Hanover, Zürich),
Workshop on Quantitative Methods (Pfronten and Emmelndorf), Operations Research
Workshop (Würzburg), Uncertainty Summer School (IMPRSS,Jena), Summer School onProductivity Theory (EGATE, Praha), Summer School on Economics (SCEU, Minsk)
Other
Languages
Russian (native language), Belarusian (native language), German (fluently), English (fluently), Ukrainian (very good), French (intermediate)
PC Knowledge
Well-established programming languages (e.g., VBA, Delphi), Matlab, Matcad, SPSS,
Stata, Eviews, programs of the Microsoft Office-Package, ILOG Cplex, FICO Xpress
Hobbys
Playing the piano, classical music, rock climbing, yoga, trekking
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