Subodha Kumar

Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management at Mays Business School

Anderson Distinguished Chair Professor of Statistics, Operations, Data Science & Information Systems / Founding Director, Center for Business Analytics and Disruptive Technologies at Fox School of Business

Biography

Mays Business School

Subodha Kumar is interested in increasing efficiency through his research, which focuses on diverse areas such as e-commerce, mobile commerce, software development and maintenance, and information technology.

He currently has 13 papers in respected publications such as Management Science, Information Systems Research, Production and Operations Management, Journal of Management Information Systems, IIE Transactions, European Journal of Operational Research, and IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. He has a number of papers still in the process of being published. In addition to his publishing activity, Kumar is also a patent holder, as he worked with a team to develop a robotic system control.

Kumar has both education and industry experience. He has taught for the past few years at the University of Washington, winning awards for the quality of his instruction. He came to academia after working as an engineer for Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (India), and as a research assistant and scientist for FSI International (Dallas, Texas).

Kumar currently serves as the senior editor of Productions and Operations Management Journal. He is also a member of the editorial review board of Journal of Database Management.

EDUCATION

  • 1999 – 2001 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Management Science and Information Systems, School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
  • 1999 – 2000 Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) School of Management, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas
  • 1995 – 1997 Master of Technology (M. Tech.) Industrial and Management Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
  • 1990 – 1994 B.Sc. Engg. Mechanical Engineering, BIT Sindri, India

Fox School of Business

Subodha Kumar is the Paul R. Anderson Distinguished Chair Professor of Statistics, Operations, and Data Science and the Founding Director of the Center for Business Analytics and Disruptive Technologies at Temple University’s Fox School of Business. He has a secondary appointment in Information Systems. He also serves as the Concentration Director for Ph.D. Program in Operations and Supply Chain Management.

Prof. Kumar has been awarded a Changjiang Scholars Chair Professorship by the China’s Ministry of Education. He is also a Visiting Professor at the Indian School of Business (ISB), and he previously served on the faculty of University of Washington and Texas A&M University.

Prof. Kumar has received numerous other research and teaching awards and has published more than 185 papers in reputed journals and refereed conferences. In 2019, he was elected to become a Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Fellow. He was ranked #1 worldwide for publishing in Information Systems Research. In addition, he has authored books, book chapters, Harvard Business School cases, and Ivey Business School cases. He is routinely cited in different media outlets including NBC, CBS, Fox, Business Week, and New York Post.

He is the Deputy Editor of Production and Operations Management Journal and the Founding Executive Editor of Management and Business Review (MBR), among other editorial boards. He was the conference chair for POMS 2018 and DSI 2018, and he has co-chaired several other conferences.

Research Interests

Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, Blockchain, Fintech, Supply chain analytics, Healthcare analytics, Social media analytics, Retail analytics, Digital marketing, Cybersecurity, Econometric and Analytical modeling, Software management, Project management, Scheduling, Combinatorial optimization, Data mining

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas 2001 (Supervisor: Prof Chelliah Sriskandarajah)
  • MBA, University of Texas at Dallas 2000
  • M. Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur 1997
  • B.Sc. Engg., BIT Sindri 1994

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