On September 18, 2020 my article, "Keeping coronavirus vaccines at subzero temperatures during distribution will be hard, but likely k...

While many students and faculty were heading to warmer climates at the beginning of our spring break, I was off to speak at the Univers...

Yesterday I had the great pleasure and honor of delivering a Distinguished Lecture at the Yale Institute for Network Science (YINS). The tit...

The new semester begins at UMass Amherst on Tuesday. It will be a very busy semester but a thrilling one. Besides teaching two courses at th...

In my previous blogpos t, I wrote about books that I am reading this summer, and I mentioned that one of the books that I had read (all 21 c...

Resilience is a theme that resonates among researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers. Michael Batty, in his editorial,  Resilient cities...

I have returned from the Philly area. I flew back to Bradley Airport at Hartford/Springfield this afternoon via USAIR and actually had legro...

Last week I spoke at the University of Oklahoma and had wonderful experiences and now I am preparing a presentation that I will be giving n...

Now that I am back from another wonderful stint in Europe I have some time to reflect on my great experiences as a Visiting Professor in Swe...

My suitcases are (almost) packed and soon I will be heading back to Europe as part of my sabbatical this year. And, the lectures that I wi...

I usually try to motivate my doctoral students with carrots, since sticks belong on trees and in happy dogs' mouths. Here, in Gothenb...

It is a wonderful time to be living in Sweden (although, regretfully, Sweden lost its recent Euro 2012 soccer match, and we were hoping for ...

What an amazing week it has been! Last Friday, at UMass Amherst, several of my colleagues and I from the Isenberg School spoke at a Risk Man...

What a week it has been! On Friday, October 28, 2011, I had the pleasure of being hosted by the Management Science group at the Desautels Fa...

I will be speaking at McGill University in the Management Science research seminar this Friday. I am very much looking forward to being back...

For many months now, we have been researching health care supply chains, with a focus on perishable products ranging from blood supply chain...

Blood is a life-saving "product" and, at the same time, it is highly perishable. Its delivery is also time-sensitive. In addition,...