Ellis L. Johnson

Ellis Johnson
Born (1938-07-26) July 26, 1938 (age 86)
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materGeorgia Institute of Technology
University of California at Berkeley
Known forInteger programming
Combinatorial optimization
Cyclic group
Crew scheduling
Scientific career
FieldsMathematician
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Thomas J. Watson Research Center

Ellis Lane Johnson is the Professor Emeritus and the Coca-Cola Chaired Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia.

In 1988, Johnson was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for fundamental contributions to discrete optimization and software design, and its practical applications to distribution and manufacturing systems.