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MIT Activities & Leadership Positions

  1. Associate Dean of SERC (Social and Ethical Responsibility in Computing), MIT Schwartzman College of Computing and MIT Sloan, September 2022-present
  2. Co-Director of the Operations Research Center, MIT, July 2019-present.
  3. Member in the Leadership Council and Faculty Promotions Subcommittee in the Schwarzman College of Computing Council, representing MIT Sloan, January 2020 - present.
  4. Faculty Director of EMBA program, and Chair of EMBA Faculty Committee, MIT Sloan, July 2017-August 2022.
  5. Member of the Sloan Fellows Faculty Committee, MIT, September 2017-2022.
  6. Member of the MBAn Faculty Committee, MIT, September 2017-2022.
  7. Member of the MIT Working Group on Space, Fall 2022.
  8. Member of the MIT Working Group on Disclosures, Summer 2020-Summer 2021.
  9. Member of the MIT Working P-CRSP Working Group for renovation and space planning, 2021-22.
  10. Member of the MIT Committee on Killian Awardee selection, 2020-21.
  11. Faculty Policy MIT Institute Committee, Fall 2017- Spring 2020.
  12. Member of the Committee for a Blended Program, MIT Sloan, 2019.
  13. Faculty Director, Certificate of Analytics, MIT Sloan, September 2016-June 2019 and Chair of the Committee for creating Analytics Certificate at MIT Sloan 2016-17.
  14. Gender Equity Committee, MIT Sloan, 2007-2020.
  15. Member of the Faculty Editorial Working Group, MIT Sloan, Jan 2019-December 2019.
  16. Member of the MIT CWSEM Working Group, Spring and Summer 2019.
  17. Search Committee Member for Assistant Professor in Operations Research and Statistics, MS Area, MIT, 2011-2022.
  18. Search Committee Member for Assistant Professor in Operations Management, MS Area, MIT, 2006-2007, 2009-2022.
  19. Search Committee Member for Assistant Professor in Operations Management joint with the Schwartzman College of Computing, MIT, 2020-21.
  20. Operations Management Group representative of the promotion committee: Negin Golrezaei to AWOT, Fall 2022.
  21. Operations Management Group representative of the reappointment committee: Negin Golrezaei, Spring 2020, Spring 2022.
  22. Mentor to junior faculty in the Operations Management Group: Negin Golrezaei, Fall 2018-present.
  23. Mentor to junior and now senior faculty in the Operations Management Group: Karen Zheng, Fall 2011-present.
  24. Mentor of junior faculty and now senior in the Operations Management Group: Nikos Trichakis, Summer 2016-present.
  25. Committee member to review AWOT of Dean Eckles (Marketing Group), Fall 2017, Fall 2018.
  26. Committee member for the promotion of Tony Ke (Marketing Group), Spring 2019.
  27. Committee member to Full Professor, AWIT, AWOT cases of Nemit Shroff, Spring 2018- Fall 2021.
  28. Spoke at the Kickoff of the Annual Sloan Fund for EMBA Class 2017 (Dec 2016), at the Kickoff of the Annual Sloan Fund for EMBA Class 2018 (Jan 2018). Gave a presentation at the Dean's Circle January 2018.
  29. Member of MBA Policy Committee, MIT, 2016-17.
  30. Head of the Operations Management Group, MIT Sloan, July 2011-July 2017.
  31. Head of Search Committee for hiring in Operations Management at MIT Sloan, 2011- 2012, 2015-2017.
  32. Head of Search Committee for hiring in Operations Research and Statistics at MIT Sloan, 2010-2015.
  33. Head of the Operations Research and Statistics Group, MIT Sloan, July 2010-2011.
  34. Co-Chair of the Committee on Graduate Student Officers Roundtable (with Christine Ortiz and Leslie Kolodziejski) 2015-16, 2016-17.
  35. Member of Search Committee for Director of the Technology Licensing Office at MIT (Winter and Spring 2016).
  36. Representative member from Sloan on the Institute CoN Committee (Institute Committee on Nominations), 2012-2013, 2014-2015, 2015-2016 (break due to Sabbatical in 2013-2014).
  37. Faculty Co-director, Leaders for Global Operations Program (LGO), July 2009-July 2015.
  38. Co-Chair with David Simchi-Levi of Search Committee for the new Executive Director of LGO (Don Rosenfield’s replacement), Fall 2013.
  39. Member of MIT Innovation Committee, Nov-2013-2014.
  40. Member of MIT Sloan School Committee for Online Strategy of the School, SOLARIS (Chair A. Lo) 2014-2015.
  41. Committee on International Initiatives, 2014-2015.
  42. Committee member to review the reappointment of Juanjuan Zhang as (i) Assistant Professor, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, (ii) committee for promotion to Associate Professor without tenure, Fall 2010, committee for tenure case, 2012-2013, (iii) committee for Full Professor, Spring 2015.
  43. Committee member to review the case for Full Professor of Kate Kellogg, Spring 2015.
  44. Chair of committee for consideration of Professor J. Santos as Professor of Practice at the GEM group at MIT Sloan, Spring-Fall 2012.
  45. Committee member to review the reappointment of Elena Obukhova as Assistant Professor, Spring 2009 and Spring 2011, Spring 2012.
  46. Committee for awarding the Edgerton prize to a junior faculty at the Institute, Spring 2008, Spring 2012.
  47. Committee member for adjunct professor case of Zeynep Ton, Spring 2012.
  48. Executive Personnel Committee, MIT Sloan, 2009-2010, 2011-2012, 2012-2013.
  49. MIT Sloan Core Review Committee, 2010-2011.
  50. MIT Task Force appointed by the Provost, 2010-2011.
  51. Co-Chair (with D. Berechman) of Committee on Values Committee, 2006-August 2010.
  52. Member of Faculty Committee on Values, 2010-2011.
  53. Sloan PhD Committee Member, Spring 2010.
  54. Associate Director for LGO and SDM programs, 2009-2010.
  55. OR/Statistics group co-head (with A. Schulz), Management Science Area, July 2008-July 2009.
  56. Chair of Committee on Reviewing the Operations Research Center PhD Program, Fall 2008- Spring 2009.
  57. Chair of Committee for the Operations Management Track for the Operations Research Center, Fall 2009.
  58. Search Committee co-chair (with A. Schulz) for Assistant Professor in Statistics, MS Area, 2008-2009.
  59. Search Committee for a faculty position in Transportation across the Institute, Spring 2009.
  60. Search Committee for Assistant Professor in Accounting, EFA Area, 2006-2007.
  61. Search committee for a faculty position in Computational Engineering at the Institute, Spring 2004.
  62. Committee member to review the reappointment of Michelle Hanlon, Outside Appointment Target of Opportunity as Associate Professor with tenure, Spring 2009.
  63. Committee member for promotion of Michelle Hanlon from Associate to Full Professor at MIT Sloan, Fall 2011.
  64. Committee to review the reappointment of Jeremie Gallien as Associate Professor without tenure, Spring 2008.
  65. Committee member to review the reappointment of Mark Mortensen as Assistant Professor, Spring 2007.
  66. Committee member to review Diane Burton for reappointment as Assistant Professor, Spring 2002.
  67. Institute Committee on Operations Research, June 1998-Fall 2001.
  68. Five times member of the committee for awarding the Merit Scholarship Awards to the second year MBA classes, Spring 2000-Spring 2004.
  69. Five times Faculty Advisor for a cohort (~55 students) of the incoming MBA class, Fall 2000, Fall 2001, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2006.
  70. Admissions committee for the PhD program at the Operations Research Center, 2003-2004, 2007-2010.
  71. Admissions committee for the Master’s program CDO, Spring 2009.
  72. INFORMS MIT Student Chapter Faculty Advisor, Summer 1998-Summer 2001.
  73. Faculty Advisor for the Operations Research Center IAP Activities, IAP 2000.
  74. Faculty Advisor for organizing the Operations Research Seminar Series, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2011, Fall 2012.
  75. Coordinator of Qualifying Examination on Mathematical Programming for the Operations Research Center, 1998 - 1999, 2000 – 2001, 2010-2011.
  76. Member of the Operations Research Center.
  77. Faculty Associate at the Singapore-MIT Alliance Program, 1998-2010.
  78. Member of the CDO Program.
  79. Served on several Thesis Committees of Doctoral Candidates and General Examination Committees at the Operations Research Center, the Sloan School as well as the School of Engineering.

Professional Activities & Leadership Positions

  • Editor in Chief M&SOM journal, Jan 2021-present.
  • Department Editor for the journal Service Science, Jan 2019-December 2020.
  • Chair for the Best Student Paper in Supply Chain of the POM College, Spring 2019.
  • Co-Chair of INFORMS 2018, Plenaries and Keynote Speakers,
  • America’s Editor in Chief (with Ian Yeoman) for the journal Revenue Management and Pricing, Fall 2003-2010.
  • Chair of the Revenue Management and Pricing Section of INFORMS, 2001-2003.
  • Member of the Board of the Revenue Management and Pricing Section of INFORMS, 2003-2005.
  • Vice President of Communications and Meetings for the INFORMS MSOM Society, 2009-2010.
  • Member of the INFORMS Council
  • Chair of the RMP Best Dissertation Award, INFORMS, 2017
  • Chair for the TSL Best Dissertation Award, for the INFORMS TSL Society, 2009.
  • Chair for the George Nicholson Competition for Best Student Paper in Operations Research and Management Science by INFORMS,
  • Member of the INFORMS Committee for the UPS George Smith Prize, for selecting the Best Academic Program in Analytics that had an impact in training students in Analytics in practice, 2014-2016.
  • Member of committee for selection of editor in chief of the MSOM journal (2008-09).
  • Area Editor in the area of Supply Chain Management and Services for the journal Networks and Spatial Economics, summer 2003-2010.
  • Area Editor in Pricing and Revenue Management for Encyclopedia in Operations Research, 2008-2011
  • Associate Editor for the journal Operations Research, January 2006-present.
  • Senior Editor for the journal POM (Production and Operations Management), 2009-present.
  • Associate Editor for the journal Management Science, 2008-present.
  • Associate Editor for the journal Management Science, 1998-2003.
  • Associate Editor of the journal MSOM, Jan 2019-present.
  • Associate Editor of the INFORMS Journal on Optimization, Fall 2017-present.
  • Associate Editor for the journal Naval Logistics Research, 2003-2017.
  • Associate Editor for the Special Issue of the journal Management Science on Online Auctions,
  • Senior Editor for the Journal of Flexible Services and Manufacturing, 2006-2010.
  • Guest Associate Editor for the journal Operations Research, 2005-2006.
  • Editorial Board for the journal MSOM, 2004-2005.
  • Advisory Editorial Board of the journal Transportation Research B, 2004-2007.
  • Advisory Editorial Board of the journal Transportation Research C, 2005-present.
  • Committee to evaluate the MSOM conference format, Summer 2008.
  • Committee of the 2008 and 2010 MSOM conferences.
  • Judge for the 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 MSOM Best Student Paper Competition.
  • Judge in Nicholson Best Student Paper Competition in Operations Research,
  • Judge in Nicholson Best Student Paper Competition in Operations Research, 2015 and 2016.
  • Judge for the TSL INFORMS Section, Best Dissertation Award, 2007, 2008.
  • Judge for the JFIG (Junior Faculty Interest Group) INFORMS Section, Best Paper Award, 2007, 2011, 2018.
  • Judge for the Data Mining Informs Competition, Fall 2018.
  • Co-organizer of the INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Conference, at Columbia University, June 2003, June 2006, and at Sloan, MIT, June 2004, June 2005.
  • Organizing committee of the INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Conference, Barcelona, June 2007, Montreal, June 2008, June 2018.
  • Main Organizer of the MSOM conference at MIT Sloan School, June 2009.
  • Organizing Committee MSOM conference, Technion Israel June 2010.
  • Co-organizer with D. Simchi-Levi of “The Second MIT Symposium in Operations Research: “Procurement and Pricing Strategies to improve Supply Chain Performance” May 30, Sloan School, MIT,
  • Co-chair with Xin Chen of the Cluster on Logistics and Transportation, ISMP Conference, Chicago 2009.
  • Co-chair with Marco Luebbecke of the Cluster on Logistics and Transportation, ISMP Conference, Berlin, Germany, August 2012.
  • Organizer of the Invited and Sponsored Clusters in "Revenue Management – Pricing", for the INFORMS conference in Spring 2000, Fall 2001, Fall 2006 and Fall 2007.
  • Organizer and chair of sessions in Revenue Management, Pricing, Transportation, Optimization and Supply Chain, at Conferences such as INFORMS, EURO-INFORMS, IFORS, CORS- INFORMS, ISMP Conferences, IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, TRISTAN.
  • Served several times as a panelist for the NSF Operations Research, Service Enterprise, and Production Systems Programs.
  • Reviewer for NSF proposals in Mathematical Sciences, Operations Research, Service Enterprise.
  • Reviewer for journals such as Management Science, Operations Research, Mathematics of Operations Research, Mathematical Programming, JOTA, Networks, Transportation Science, Transportation Research B and C.
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