Ricardo Valerdi
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| Citizenship | United States, Mexico |
| Occupations | Sports Analytics, Systems Engineering, Cost Estimation |
Ricardo Valerdi is a computer scientist and a professor in the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering at the University of Arizona.[1][2] His research interests encompass systems engineering, cost estimation, and sports analytics. Valerdi is known for founding and serving as co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Enterprise Transformation, and he has also held the position of editor-in-chief for the Journal of Cost Analysis and Parametric.[3][4]
Ricardo Valerdi is a Fellow of the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) and a foreign member of the Mexican Academy of Engineering.[5][6] He has held several academic positions, including Visiting Fellow at the UK Royal Academy of Engineering, Visiting Professor at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and Fulbright Scholar at Universidad Carlos III in Madrid, Spain. Valerdi also serves as the Faculty Athletics Representative for the University of Arizona, where he acts as a liaison to the Big 12 Conference and the NCAA.[7][8][9]
Ricardo Valerdi obtained his PhD in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in 2005. During his doctoral studies, he developed the Constructive Systems Engineering Cost Model (COSYSMO), a parametric model designed to estimate the cost, effort, and schedule of large-scale systems engineering projects.[10] COSYSMO is utilised in both industry and government to improve the accuracy of cost estimation for complex systems. In addition to his PhD, Valerdi holds a Master of Science in System Architecture and Engineering from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of San Diego.[11][12][13]
