Kok Choon Tan
Associate Professor / Deputy Head, Department of Analytics & Operations at NUS Institute of Systems Science

Schools
- NUS Institute of Systems Science
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Biography
NUS Institute of Systems Science
Education Qualifications
- Post-Graduate Diploma of Teaching in Higher Education, National Institute of Education, 1995
- PhD in Operations Research, Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990
- B.Sc. (1st Class) in Mathematics, Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 1984
Research Interest
- Container Terminal Operations Modeling And Optimization
- Urban Operations Research Applications In Healthcare And Transportation
- Logistics And Supply Chain Optimizaiton
Academic Experience
- Associate Professor (Practice), Department of Analytics & Operations, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, 2009 - current
- Director (Degree Education), The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific, National University of Singapore, 2009 - current
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2002 - 2009
- Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, 1998 - 2000
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, 1990 - 1998
- Senior Tutor, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, 1984 - 1990
Corporate Experience
- Container Terminal Process Manager, PSA Corporation Limited, 2006 - 2009
- Manager (Operations Research), PSA International Pte Ltd, 2005
- Manager (Operations Research), PSA Corporation Limited, 2000 - 2004
- Operations Research Manager, Land Transport Authority (LTA), 2001 - 2002
Courses
- DAO1704X, Decision Analytics with Spreadsheets
- DSC1007, Business Analytics - Models and Decisions
- DSC2003, Management Science
- DSC3218, Physical Distribution Management
- IE5401, Industrial Logistics
- IE5405, Inventory Systems
- LI5101, Supply Chain Management Thinking and Practice
- LI5201, Special Topics in Logistics
- LI5202, Supply Chain Management Strategies and Cases
- LI5203, Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Membership & Professional Activities
- Deputy Chairman of Logistics Technical Committee, (under Services Standards Committee)(2018 - present)
- Member of Manufacturing Standards Committee, (under Singapore Standards Council)(April 2014 - 2017)
- Member of Logistics Technical Committee , (under Manufacturing Standards Committee)(2014 - 2017)
- President, Operational Research Society of Singapore (2002 - 2005, 2016 - present)
- Vice-President, Operational Research Society of Singapore (2006 - 2010)
- Member, INFORMS, POMS, ORSS and Singapore Mathematical Society
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