Dr. Jose M. Cruz is an Associate Professor and an Ackerman Scholar in Operations and Information Management, and the Director of the Masters of Science in Business Analytics and Project Management Program at the School of Business at the University of Connecticut. His research is multidisciplinary and combines his background and interests in management science, engineering, computer systems, and applied mathematics. His general area is complex decision-making on network systems with a specific focus on global issues. He is especially interested in international financial networks with intermediariation and electronic transactions, global supply chain networks, corporate social responsibility, and risk management. The methodological tools that he utilizes are: variational inequalities, dynamical systems, network theory, multicriteria decision-making, game theory, and optimization. He has published in many journals, including the European Journal of Operational Research, Naval Research Logistics, and Quantitative Finance. He is the recipient of several awards including UConn's School of Business' Undergraduate Teaching Award.
Title of the Presentation: The myths and facts of how to get a tenure-track job and how to get tenure.
Dr. Cruz was my doctoral student and his dissertation was entitled: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NETWORKS AND GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS: A UNIFIED FRAMEWORK FOR DECISION-MAKING, OPTIMIZATION, AND RISK MANAGEMENT.
Specific information on the talk as to time and location can be found on the nice poster featured above, which was prepared by the students.
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