12月11日，应英国正版365官方网站邀请，新加坡知名运筹学专家孟凡文博士以“PATIENT FLOW AND WORKLOAD MAPPING AT EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT”为题，为学院本科生带来了一场精彩的学术报告。报告由学院党委副书记赵杰主持，2016级部分本科生到场聆听。

报告以急诊室医院护士的排班问题为例，探讨供给侧优化对急诊室医院护士整体服务效率的影响。孟凡文博士运用线性规划数学原理计算急诊科夜间上班的最少人数，并根据每名护士的平均服务时间最优化指派护士工作。通过护士上下班时间、服务时间、病人数量与时间变化等要素在时间维度的对比，表明运用线性规划可实现优化急诊室护士的人力配置、达到护士分层使用的效果。他指出，管理科学需要结合实际情况进行优化，有时理论上的最优并不能应用于实际问题。

孟凡文博士的报告逻辑清晰、旁征博引，既高屋建瓴又具体实用，到场学生纷纷表示受益匪浅。互动交流环节，孟博士提醒同学们在新的时代背景下，要踏踏实实学习专业基础知识，尤其是多涉猎数据分析处理方面的内容，同时要求大家进行学术研究要与时俱进，要实时关注世界科研前端。

主讲人简介

Dr. Meng Fanwen is working as operations research specialist at Department of Health Services & Outcomes Research of National Healthcare Group, Singapore. Dr. Meng obtained a PhD in operations research (OR) from National University of Singapore (NUS). Prior to joining National Healthcare Group, he worked in NUS and the University of Southampton in UK on problems concerning operations planning and management in deterministic or uncertain environments. His research interests include capacity planning, resource allocation/scheduling in hospital, medical decision making, robust optimization, logistics and supply chain management. Some of his research work has been published in leading OR journals like Operations Research, Mathematics of Operations Research, SIAM Journal on Optimization, and Mathematical Programming.