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Gerald G. Brown, Distinguished Professor of Operations Research, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

Dr. Gerald G. Brown is Distinguished Professor of Operations Research at the Naval Postgraduate School , where he has taught and conducted Photo of Gerald G. Brown, Professor of Operations Researchbasic and applied research in optimization theory and optimization-based decision support since 1973. His military research has been applied by every uniformed service, in areas ranging from strategic nuclear targeting to capital planning. He has been awarded the Rist Prize for military operations research. He has designed and implemented decision support software currentlyused by two-thirds of the Fortune 50, in areas ranging from vehicle routing to supply chain optimization. His research appears in scores of open-literature publications and classified reports, many of which are seminal references in the field. He has earned long-term sustaining basic mathematics research support from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and Office of Naval Research. Brown holds a TS/SCI clearance.