Dr Felipe Maldonado
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Email
felipe.maldonado@essex.ac.uk -
Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 876231
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Location
2.528, Colchester Campus
Profile
Qualifications
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PhD Australian National University, (2019)
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Mathematical Engineering (BA + MSc) University of Chile, (2012)
Appointments
University of Essex
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Lecturer in Data Science, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex (5/7/2021 - present)
Other academic
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Decision Sciences & Systems, Technical University Munich (1/10/2019 - 30/6/2021)
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PhD Researcher, Data61, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (5/7/2015 - 31/7/2019)
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Research Visitor Scholar, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, University of Michigan (2/11/2015 - 31/5/2016)
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Instructor, Department of Mathematical Engineering, University of Concepcion (1/3/2013 - 30/1/2015)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Supply Chain & Logistics - Machine Learning Approach
Use of techniques such as Reinforcement Learning and Monte Carlo Tree Search for traditional problems of Supply Chain and Logistics.
Market Design and Optimisation
With a particular focus on Energy Markets with a strong presence of renewables and an active demand side.
Revenue Management
Studying problems such as optimal assortment, pricing. Ranking selection and analysis of consumer behaviour.
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Combinatorial Optimisation (MA306)
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Dynamic programming and reinforcement learning (MA338)
Publications
Journal articles (4)
Maldonado, F., Martin, B. and Johannes, K., Pricing in Non-Convex Markets: How to Price Electricity in the Presence of Demand Response. Information Systems Research
Bichler, M., Buhl, HU., Knörr, J., Maldonado, F., Schott, P., Waldherr, S. and Weibelzahl, M., (2022). Electricity Markets in a Time of Change: A Call to Arms for Business Research. Schmalenbach Journal of Business Research. 74 (1), 77-102
Maldonado, F., Van Hentenryck, P., Berbeglia, G. and Berbeglia, F., (2018). Popularity signals in trial-offer markets with social influence and position bias. European Journal of Operational Research. 266 (2), 775-793
Maldonado, F., Van Hentenryck, P., Berbeglia, G. and Berbeglia, F., (2018). Popularity signals in trial-offer markets with social influence and position bias. European Journal of Operational Research. 266 (2), 775-793
Conferences (2)
Abeliuk, A., Berbeglia, G., Maldonado, F. and Van Hentenryck, P., (2016). Asymptotic optimality of myopic optimization in trial-offer markets with social influence
Van Hentenryck, P., Abeliuk, A., Berbeglia, F., Maldonado, F. and Berbeglia, G., (2016). Aligning popularity and quality in online cultural markets
Reports and Papers (2)
Ashour Novirdoust, A., Bichler, M., Bojung, C., Buhl, HU., Fridgen, G., Gretschko, V., Hanny, L., Knörr, J., Maldonado, F., Neuhoff, K., Neumann, C., Ott, M., Richstein, JC., Rinck, M., Schöpf, M., Schott, P., Sitzmann, A., Wagner, J., Wagner, J. and Weibelzahl, M., (2021). Electricity Spot Market Design 2030-2050
Maldonado, F., Berbeglia, G. and Hentenryck, PV., (2020). Pricing under a multinomial logit model with non linear network effects