Ali Ala

About

Researcher with a research background in Healthcare operations and operational research. Ambition is to eventually have a broad-based academic career, including teaching, research and management responsibilities. An experienced supply chain management professional passionate about all areas of distribution and production. Creative, innovative and capable of taking on a project from concept to completion and discipline of business analytics and an extensive, peer-reviewed track record in machine learning, AI and data-driven decision modelling. Previous academic and work experience has enabled the development of outstanding communication skills with fluency in English and French.

Employment

• Technological University Dublin
  2026 - Present
• University College Dublin Research Fellow
  2024 - 2026
• INTI International University Research Fellow
  2022 - 2024
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University Ph.D/Researcher
  2014 - 2020

Education

• Shanghai Jiao Tong University Ph.D.
  2014 - 2020
• Wuhan University of Technology M.Sc.
  2012 - 2014

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (52)

• Enhancing optimization models for multi-commodity sustainable supply chain networks and managing environmental challenges
  Operational Research 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s12351-025-01010-3
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• Sustainable closed-loop supply chain network design under uncertainty using a fuzzy multi-objective optimization framework for the battery industry
  Scientific Reports 2026 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-47477-8
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• A cost-sensitive Dueling Double Deep Q-network framework for predicting medicines shortages in pharmaceutical supply chains
  Expert Systems with Applications 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2026.133239
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• The Development of a Shortages Prediction Model for Drug Supply Chains
  Iise Annual Conference and Expo 2025 Conference Proceedings 2025 DOI: 10.21872/2025IISE_5922
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• Leveraging large language models for cybersecurity: enhancing SMS spam detection with robust and context-aware text classification
  Cyber Physical Systems 2025 DOI: 10.1080/23335777.2025.2550938
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• Designing resilient pharmaceutical supply chains: optimization methods for medicine shortages
  Reliable Decision Making for Sustainable Transportation 2025 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-443-33740-6.00001-3
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• An adaptive equilibrium optimizer with information enhancement for global optimization
  Cluster Computing 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s10586-025-05334-9
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• A gravitational meta-heuristic algorithm for solving resource-constrained project scheduling problems
  Sādhanā 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s12046-025-02745-7
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• A System Dynamics Framework for Analyzing and Ranking Factors Influencing Life Expectancy
  Applied Research Advances 2025 DOI: 10.65069/ara1120253
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• Combining preventative maintenance planning and production scheduling with sequence dependent setups for decomposing items
  Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.engappai.2025.111550
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