Monday, May 11, 2026

Congratulations to My PhD Student, Dana Hassani, on His Outstanding Doctoral Teaching Award

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Last Friday, we had our end of the academic year All School Meeting at the Isenberg School of Management at which milestones were celebrated...
Saturday, May 9, 2026

Delighted that Our Paper on Fresh Produce Trade and "Choke Points" is Published in EJOR!

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The three of us worked very hard on this paper, "Fresh Produce Spatial Price Equilibrium on General Networks: Capturing Commodity Quali...
Thursday, May 7, 2026

Magnificent OIM Awards Celebration 2026

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On April 20, 2026, my Operations and Information Management (OIM) Department at the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst helds its...
Wednesday, April 29, 2026

Outstanding Guest Lecture by Mr. Seth Thayumanavan on Biotech in My Humanitarian Logistics Class

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Last Thursday, I was delighted to welcome Mr. Seth Thayumanavan to my Humanitarian Logistics and Healthcare class at the Isenberg School of ...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Thanks to Dr. Les Servi for Speaking in Our UMass Amherst INFORMS Speaker Series

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On April 10, 2026, we had the honor and pleasure of having Dr. Les Servi speak in our UMass Amherst INFORMS Speaker Series. We were very exc...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

I Thoroughly Enjoyed Speaking on Trade Wars and Game Theory at the Great INFORMS Analytics Conference

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Conferences can be deeply engaging and energizing and the recent INFORMS Analytics Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention ...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

The Experience of Giving a Distinguished Engineering Lecture at Purdue University Was Extraordinary - Thank You!

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Last evening I returned from a whirlwind trip to Purdue University, where I was deeply honored to deliver a Distinguished Engineering Lectur...