Citation for: 2015 Paul Y. Tseng Memorial Lectureship in Continuous Optimization

Masao Fukushima

Masao Fukushima's research contributions range over a wide variety of subjects, including nonlinear optimization, variational inequality and complementarity problems, parallel optimization, nonsmooth optimization, global optimization, game theory, and applications in finance and transportation. In particular, he has carried out pioneering research in the development of methods for optimization and equilibrium problems. He has published over 200 papers in international journals and has been distinguished as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher in mathematics. Furthermore, he has played a leading role in the optimization community of the Asia Pacific region for many years. He is one of the founders of the Pacific Optimization Research Activity Group and served as the Chairman of the Working Committee. He is the founder and the Co-Editor of the Pacific Journal of Optimization, and he is currently on the editorial boards of 15 international journals in optimization and operations research.