Professional Service
Key Editorial Positions
- Associate Editor, Operations Research (2000—present)
- Editorial Board, The Mathematica Journal (1992—present)
- Editorial Board, American Journal of Operations Research (2011—present)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Modelling in Management (JM2) (2014—present)
- Senior Editor, The DEA Journal (2010—2014)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Productivity Analysis (1991—2011)
- Advisory Editor, Global Management Research (2003—2006)
- Editorial Board, Health Care Management Science (1997—2005)
- Area Editor, Interfaces (1999—2004)
- Editor-in-Chief, OMEGA, the International Journal of Management Science (2000—04) Past Editor-in-Chief and Editorial Advisory Board (2004—present)
- Associate Editor, OR Letters (1997—2000)
- Editor, Special Issue of Annals of Operations Research
- Editor, Special Issue of OMEGA, The International Journal of Management Science (Vol. 41, No. 1, 2013) on Data Envelopment Analysis: The Research Frontier
- Editor Special Issue of INFOR (Vol. 36, No. 3) on Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking
- Editor Special Issue of Studies in Regional and Urban Planning
- Editor, Special Issue of European Journal of Operational Research
- Associate Editor, INFOR: Information Systems and Operational Research
Major Professional Activities
- Goff Smith Co-Director of The Tauber Institute for Global Operations, The University of Michigan, 2010 to 2024.
- Program Director and Faculty Advisor, Engineering Global Leadership Honors Program, The University of Michigan, 2011 to present.
- Member of Board of Directors, Seth Bonder Foundation, 2012 to present.
- Chair, Industry Academic Collaborations Committee , Institute for Operations Research and
the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2018 to 2023.
- Fellow Selection Committee, INFORMS, 2011-2013 and 2015-2017.
- Chair, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering, The University of Michigan, 2000–2009.
- Committee of Visitors, External Review Committee, Directorate of Engineering, National Science Foundation, 2019.
- External Review Committee, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Southern California, 2015.
- External Review Committee, Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 2011.
- Panel Chair, Aalto University Research Assessment, Helsinki, Finland, 2009
- External Review Committee, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Washington, 2008.
- External Review Committee, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 2007.
- External Review Committee, Centre of Excellence Programme, Academy of Finland,
Helsinki, Finland, 2006.
- External Review Committee, IEOR Department, UC Berkeley, 2005.
- External Review Committee, Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, 2005.
- Chair, Membership and Member Services Committee, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 1999–2004.
- Interim Director, Financial Engineering Program, The University of Michigan, October 2002–August, 2003.
- External Review Committee, Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2002.
- Program Director, Operations Research and Production Systems Programs, National Science Foundation, 1997–2000.
- Founder and Director of Systems Quality and Productivity Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, 1990–2000.
- Engineering Management Graduate Program Coordinator, College of Engineering, University of Massachusetts, 1986–1995.
- Founder and Co-director of Systems Modeling Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, 1986–1997.
- Chair, Personnel Committee, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of Massachusetts, 1991–1993.
- Graduate Program Director, Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of Massachusetts, 1991–1992.
- Area Coordinator, Statistics, Operations Research and Information Systems, College of Busi- ness Administration, University of Texas.
- DPA 310 Coordinator, Department of MSIS, University of Texas (director of laboratory and coordinator of 16 sections, 1500 students per semester, Introduction to Management Information Systems course).