2026 Alexander Shapiro: Mathematics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mathematics	81	133	111	76	60	240	39770
Engineering and Technology	78	586	554	201	183	231	36781

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Mathematics in United States Leader Award
2021 - INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize
2020 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to the theory, computation, and application of stochastic programming.
2018 - Dantzig Prize, by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS)
2013 - Khachiyan Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society

Overview

Alexander Shapiro is a researcher affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on decision sciences and engineering, with a specialization in management science and operations research, control and systems engineering, computational theory and mathematics, statistics and probability, and economics and econometrics.

The main topics they address in their research include:

Risk and Portfolio Optimization
Fuzzy Systems and Optimization
Sparse and Compressive Sensing Techniques
Optimization and Variational Analysis
Optimization and Mathematical Programming
Water resources management and optimization
Economic theories and models

Alexander Shapiro has published research in various academic venues, frequently contributing to:

arXiv (Cornell University)
Operations Research
Operations Research Letters
SIAM Journal on Optimization
European Journal of Operational Research

Recent notable publications include:

"Tutorial on risk neutral, distributionally robust and risk averse multistage stochastic programming," 2020, European Journal of Operational Research
"Bayesian Distributionally Robust Optimization," 2023, SIAM Journal on Optimization
"Duality and sensitivity analysis of multistage linear stochastic programs," 2022, European Journal of Operational Research
"Technical Note-Time Inconsistency of Optimal Policies of Distributionally Robust Inventory Models," 2020, Operations Research
"Mathematical Foundations of Distributionally Robust Multistage Optimization," 2021, SIAM Journal on Optimization

Frequent co-authors in Shapiro's work include Andrzej Ruszczyński, Enlu Zhou, Yi Cheng, Alois Pichler, and Vincent Guigues.

Alexander Shapiro has published a book titled Lectures on Stochastic Programming: Modeling and Theory, Third Edition with the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in 2021.

Awards received by Alexander Shapiro include:

Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2020), recognized for contributions to the theory, computation, and application of stochastic programming
Dantzig Prize by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and the Mathematical Optimization Society (MOS) in 2018
Khachiyan Prize of the INFORMS Optimization Society in 2013

Best Publications

Lectures on Stochastic Programming: Modeling and Theory

Alexander Shapiro;Darinka Dentcheva;Andrzej P. Ruszczyński

3595
Citations
Perturbation Analysis of Optimization Problems

J Frédéric Bonnans;Alexander Shapiro

3271
Citations
Robust Stochastic Approximation Approach to Stochastic Programming

A. Nemirovski;A. Juditsky;G. Lan;A. Shapiro

2503
Citations
The Sample Average Approximation Method for Stochastic Discrete Optimization

Anton J. Kleywegt;Alexander Shapiro;Tito Homem-de-Mello

2395
Citations
Stochastic Approximation approach to Stochastic Programming

Anatoli Juditsky;Guanghui Lan;Arkadii S. Nemirovski;Alexander Shapiro

2063
Citations
A stochastic programming approach for supply chain network design under uncertainty

Tjendera Santoso;Shabbir Ahmed;Marc Goetschalckx;Alexander Shapiro

1540
Citations
Value-at-Risk-Based Risk Management: Optimal Policies and Asset Prices

Suleyman Basak;Alexander Shapiro

1483
Citations
Convex Approximations of Chance Constrained Programs

Arkadi Nemirovski;Alexander Shapiro

1401
Citations
Monte Carlo Sampling Methods

Alexander Shapiro

952
Citations
On the multivariate asymptotic distribution of sequential Chi-square statistics.

James H. Steiger;Alexander Shapiro;Michael W. Browne

711
Citations
Sample Average Approximation Method for Chance Constrained Programming: Theory and Applications

Bernardo K. Pagnoncelli;Shabbir Ahmed;Alexander Shapiro

675
Citations
Optimization of Convex Risk Functions

Andrzej Ruszczyński;Alexander Shapiro

613
Citations
The Sample Average Approximation Method Applied to Stochastic Routing Problems: A Computational Study

Bram Verweij;Shabbir Ahmed;Anton J. Kleywegt;George Nemhauser

602
Citations
Analysis of stochastic dual dynamic programming method

Alexander Shapiro

562
Citations
Stochastic Programming Models

Andrzej Ruszczyński;Alexander Shapiro

534
Citations
On Complexity of Stochastic Programming Problems

Alexander Shapiro;Arkadi Nemirovski

425
Citations
Lectures on Stochastic Programming: Modeling and Theory, Second Edition

Alexander Shapiro;Darinka Dentcheva;Andrzej Ruszczynski

424
Citations
The empirical behavior of sampling methods for stochastic programming

Jeff T. Linderoth;Alexander Shapiro;Stephen J. Wright

414
Citations
On the Rate of Convergence of Optimal Solutions of Monte Carlo Approximations of Stochastic Programs

Alexander Shapiro;Tito Homem-de-Mello

413
Citations
A simulation-based approach to two-stage stochastic programming with recourse

Alexander Shapiro;Tito Homem-de-Mello

406
Citations
Production, Manufacturing and Logistics A stochastic programming approach for supply chain network design under uncertainty

Tjendera Santoso;Shabbir Ahmed;Marc Goetschalckx;Alexander Shapiro

5
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrzej Ruszczyński Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Shabbir Ahmed Georgia Institute of Technology

Michael W. Browne The Ohio State University

Suleyman Basak London Business School

Arkadi Nemirovski Georgia Institute of Technology

Stan Uryasev Stony Brook University

Jos M. F. ten Berge University of Groningen

Roberto Cominetti Adolfo Ibáñez University

Guanghui Lan Georgia Institute of Technology

Michael Beenstock Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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