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Nick Uhorchak
PhD Student at the University Of Arkansas, Department of Industrial Engineering. Army ORSA, having served in various roles from budget analyst, to data scientist, at Joint and Army level commands.
Education
Ph.D., Industrial Engineering
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas
2026 - 2023
- PhD candidate, currently researching pediatric vaccine tender scheudling, utilizing mixed integer linear and stochastic optimization.
M.S., Operations Research
Air Force Instituite of Technology
Wright Patterson AFB, OH
2018 - 2016
- Thesis: An Analysis of Incomplete SOCOM Selection Data (Distribution Statement D). Thesis focused on predictive modeling for Air Force Special Operations Command selection and training pipeline.
- Applied Statistics Track Data Science Certificate
B.S., Information Technology
United States Military Academy
West Point, NY
2008 - 2004
- Selected as one of three MVPs during execution of the Cyber Defense Exercise, for performance as team leader in the larger group project
Industry Experience
Data Scientist
Network Enterprise Technology Command (NETCOM)
Fort Huachuca, AZ
2023 - 2021
- Data Scientist in Network Operations Analysis Division, Data Science Directorate.
- Resposible for the generation and start of an asset inventory managment tool, to catalogue US Army endpoints on the DODIN-A.
ORSA / Data Scientist
US Special Operations Command (SOCOM)
MacDill AFB, FL
2021 - 2018
- Data Science (R1J) qualified Operations Research Systems Analyst, serving as an data scientist in a combatant command headquarters.
- Responsible for multiple data science efforts, including predictive, prescriptive and statistical modeling
Selected Publications, Posters, and Talks
Academic presentations and publications
Pediatric Vaccine Tender Scheduling in Low and Middle Income Countries
https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07755
IISE Conference Proceedings
2024
A Stochastic Optimization Model for Scheduling Tenders for Pediatric Vaccines in Low- and Low-Middle-Income Countries
N/A
Planned Publication
2024
Vaccine Tender Scheduling and Procurement: A Taxonomic Review
Accepted
Encyclopedia in Operations Management
2024
Pediatric Vaccine Tender Scheduling in Low and Middle Income Countries
Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Bioinformatis Consortium
2024
Pediatric Vaccine Tender Scheduling in Low and Middle Income Countries
Montreal, Canada
IISE Annual Conference
2024
Pediatric Tender Scheduling Under Uncertainty
Seattle, WA
INFORMS Annual Conference
2024
Honors Received
Academic achievements
Alpha Pi Mu Honor Society
Industrial Engineering
University of Arkansas
2024
- Inducted into Alpha Pi Mu, for distinguished graduate achievement.
R1J (Data Science) PDSI
US Army
US Army
2019
- Awarded the Personnel Development Skill Identifier (PDSI) R1J for Data Science
Omega Rho Honor Society
INFORMS
AFIT
2018
- Inducted into Omega Rho Honor Society for academic excellence through GPA greater than 3.75