[5][6] Michalewicz attended Warsaw University of Technology where he earned a Master of Science degree in Applied Mathematics in 1974.
In an interview, he stated that he left Poland for many reasons including the difficult economy at that time and the lack of access to scientific publications to conduct research.
[2] Michalewicz also consulted on data mining and optimisation projects for companies and governmental agencies in the United States, Australia, and Poland.
He served as the Chairman of the Technical Committee on Evolutionary Computation and also as the Executive Vice-President of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Neural Network Council.
[12] The company develops advanced planning and scheduling business optimisation software, which helps manage complex operations using artificial intelligence.
[13] The software helps companies accurately predict and plan their production, supply chain, shipping and currency hedging.
[24] He was the recipient of the prestigious Pearcey Award which recognises young entrepreneurs in the ICT space that have made significant contributions and taken entrepreneurial risks.