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Professional Activities

Keynote/Plenary Speaker:

  • Keynote Speaker, China Youth Management Science and System Science Annual Conference, August 23, 2025
  • Keynote Speaker, 3rd CEIBS Decision Sciences Symposium, Shanghai, China, July 15, 2025
  • Keynote Speaker, 9th International Conference of Marketing, Strategy and Policy (MSP) Research, Bournemouth University, Poole, England, June 5, 2025
  • Keynote Speaker, Traffic Club of Philadelphia’s Mini Mega Meeting on AI-Driven Supply Chain Analytics, Philadelphia, PA, March 13, 2025
  • Plenary Speaker, International Conference on Leveraging IT for Sustainable Business Transformation and Entrepreneurial Growth, Jagran Institute of Management, India, December 21, 2024
  • Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Business Analytics and Management Sciences and 57th Annual Convention of Operational Research Society of India, IIT Bombay, December 13, 2024
  • Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Next-Gen Supply Chain: Trends, Innovations, and Best Practice, Indian Institute of Management Jammu, November 23, 2024
  • Keynote Speaker, China Marketing International Conference (CMIC), July 11, 2024
  • Keynote Speaker, The 8th International Conference of Marketing, Strategy and Policy (MSP), March 22, 2024
  • Keynote Speaker, NJ-Eastern PA Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA), Philadelphia, January 25, 2024
  • Keynote Speaker, The 7th International Workshop on “Internet-Plus” Logistics Supply Chain Management and Operations, Shenyang, China, August 5, 2023
  • Keynote Speaker, 11th China Marketing International Conference (CMIC), Chengdu, China, June 23-26, 2023
  • Keynote Speaker, Supply Chain Management in the Post-Pandemic and AI Age Conference, Rutgers Business School, June 14-15, 2023
  • Keynote Speaker, 3rd Operations Management Young Scholars Forum, College of Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, April 14, 2023
  • Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Operations and Analytics (ICETOA), T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), March 17-19, 2023
  • Keynote Speaker, Online Winter Business School, Poddar Management and Technical Campus, India, January 12, 2023
  • Keynote Speaker, 5th International Workshop on Internet-plus Manufacturing and Services Operations Management, Shenyang, China, November 20, 2022
  • Keynote Speaker, 16th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (ICOSCM 2022), August 18, 2022
  • Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Supply Chain and Operations (ICESCO), IMT Ghaziabad and POMS India Chapter, July 25, 2022
  • Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Operations & Supply Chain Management (ICOSCM 21-22), Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nashik, India, January 22, 2022
  • Keynote Speaker, “Business Analytics as Strategy,” VISHLESH, Annual Business Analytics Conclave, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sambalpur, January 8, 2022
  • Keynote Speaker, XXIV Annual International Conference of The Society of Operations Management (SOM-2021), XLRI Jamshedpur, November 12-15, 2021
  • Keynote Speaker, International High-End (Online) Forum, Beijing Institute of Technology, China, July 2, 2021
  • Keynote Speaker, Post-Pandemic Supply Chain and Healthcare Management Conference, Rutgers Business School, June 3 – 4, 2021
  • Keynote Speaker, 2nd International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM 2021), Hangzhou, China, April 3, 2021
  • Keynote Speaker, Business Analytics International Conference, K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management (KJSIM), Mumbai, India, March 27, 2021
  • Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management (ICOSCM 2021), Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nashik, India, January 17, 2021
  • Keynote Speaker, “The Changing Face of Healthcare Post the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Equitable Healthcare Access Consortium (EHAC), 7th Quarterly Meeting, December 19, 2020
  • Keynote Speaker, 4th International Conference of Marketing, Strategy & Policy (MSP), Newcastle University, UK, December 11, 2020
  • Keynote Speaker, Conference on Embracing Simulation and Future Technologies for Achieving Enhanced Productivity, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, February 13, 2020
  • Keynote Speaker, POMS International Supply Chain Conference, Mumbai, India, December 13-14, 2019
  • Keynote Speaker, 14th International Symposium on Emergency Management, Wuhan City, China, November 10, 2019
  • Keynote Speaker, Operations Management Summer School, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China, June 18, 2019
  • Keynote Speaker, 2018 INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining & Decision Analytics, Phoenix, November 2018

Conference Chair:

  • Co-chair, Inaugural 2024 INFORMS ISS Doctoral Consortium, Seattle, Washington, October 18, 2024
  • POMS India International Conference, SPJIMR Mumbai, December 22-24, 2021 (Co-chair)
  • POMS 29th Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, May 4-7, 2018
  • DSI Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 17-20, 2018
  • 25th WITS, Ft. Worth, Texas, December 2015 (Co-chair)
  • CIST, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 2011 (Co-chair)

Cluster/Track Chair:

  • Track Chair, POMS 2026 Annual Conference, Reno, Nevada, May 7-11, 2026
  • Track Chair, POMS 2025 Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 8-12, 2025
  • Co-Organizer, “eDebates & Conversations (eDC),” POMS 2025 Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 10, 2025
  • Track Chair, POMS 2024 Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 25-29, 2024
  • Co-Organizer, “eDebates & Conversations (eDC) on Twitter,” POMS 2024 Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 25-29, 2024
  • Track Chair, POMS 2023 Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 22-25, 2023
  • Co-Organizer, “eDebates & Conversations (eDC) on Twitter,” POMS 2023 Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 22-25, 2023
  • Track Chair, POMS 2022 Annual Conference, April 21-25, 2022
  • Workshop/Tutorial Co-Chair, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), Dubai, June 20-24, 2021
  • Track Chair, POMS 2021 Annual Conference, April 29-May 3, 2021
  • Organizer, “eDebates & Conversations (eDC) on Twitter,” POMS Annual Conference, April 29-May 3, 2021
  • Workshop/Tutorial Co-Chair, Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS), Dubai, June 20-24, 2020
  • Track Chair, ICIS conference, Munich, Germany, December 2019
  • Organizer, “eDebates & Conversations (eDC) on Twitter, Artificial Intelligence: Hype Versus Reality,” POMS Annual Conference, Washington D.C., May 2-6, 2019
  • Organizer, “eDebates & Conversations (eDC) on Twitter, In the age of big data, should OM research/teaching be more data-driven or should OM research/teaching focus more on analytical models to complement the data-driven research/teaching in other disciplines?,” POMS Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, May 4-7, 2018
  • Track Chair, DSI Annual Meeting, Washington DC, November 2017
  • Track Chair, DSI Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, November 2016
  • Track Chair, POMS Annual Conference, Washington DC, May 2015
  • Cluster Chair, Informs Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2013

Panelist/Delegate:

  • Panelist, “Meet the Editors,” 10th International Online Conference of Marketing, Strategy and Policy Research (MSP), August 7, 2025
  • Panelist, “iNest Power Lunch: AI and Innovation,” Innovation Nest, Office of the Vice President for Research, Temple University, June 18, 2025
  • Panelist, “Navigating Disruptions Due to Technology and Regulation,” Impact Summit, Fox School of Business, Temple University, June 12, 2025
  • Panelist, “Generative AI in Business: Shaping Tomorrow’s Innovations,” POMS 2025 Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 11, 2025
  • Panelist, “The Future of AI in Education and Research,” Innovation with Impact Series, Temple University, April 3, 2025
  • Panelist, “Grand Challenges: Safety and Security in a Digital World,” Temple University, March 17, 2025
  • Panelist, “Fox DBA Editors’ Panel,” Fox School of Business, Temple University, March 15, 2025
  • Panelist, “Publishing in Adjoining Journals for Information Systems Researchers,” CIST, Seattle, Washington, October 20, 2024
  • Panelist, “Advancing the Scale and Impact of IS Research in Top Journals,” CIST, Seattle, Washington, October 19, 2024
  • Panelist, “POMS Ph.D. Job Search Workshop Series: Interviews, Job Talk, and Offers,” September 13, 2024
  • Moderator and Panelist, “Cyber Threats and Evolving Regulatory Landscape: A Collaborative Approach to Cyber Risk Management,” Indian School of Business, September 10, 2024
  • Panelist, “Organisational Redesign for Technological Advancement and Agile Banking,” Indian School of Business, September 3, 2024
  • Panelist, “Careers in Research,” Governor’s School of New Jersey Program in the Sciences, Drew University, New Jersey, July 13, 2024
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Review Panelist, June 2024
  • Panelist, “AI Innovation & Ethics in the Global Marketplace,” 2024 Impact Summit, Fox School of Business, Temple University, June 7, 2024
  • Panelist, “Artificial Intelligence and Society Implications,” POMS 34th Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 27, 2024
  • Panelist, “Relevance, impact, and excellence in research and scholarship,” Emerging Scholars Program, POMS 34th Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 27, 2024
  • Panelist, “Journal Editor Panel: Navigating academic publishing,” Big XII PLUS MIS Research Symposium, College Station, Texas, April 20, 2024
  • Panelist, “Business Press Editors Panel,” Fox School of Business, Temple University, March 9, 2024
  • Moderator, “Research Connect – Supply Chain Innovation and Resilience,” Temple University, Philadelphia, November 2, 2023
  • Panelist, “IS Research in the Crystal Ball: A Vision for the Next 5, 10, and 20 Years,” Annual MIS Academic Leadership Conference (MALC), Temple University, Philadelphia, October 26-28, 2023
  • NSF Review Panelist (two panels), June 2023
  • Panelist, “Meet the Editors,” 7th International Conference of Marketing, Strategy & Policy (MSP), Newcastle University, UK, June 23, 2023
  • Panelist, “Preparing Business School Faculty for a Career of High Impact Research,” TRC 2023 Impact Summit on “Practical strategies for building impact into business school research,” Fox School of Business, Temple University, March 24, 2023
  • Moderator, “Fox DBA Editors Panel,” Fox School of Business, Temple University, March 11, 2023
  • Panelist, “Editors’ Panel,” ISDSI – Global Conference 2022, Jagdish Sheth School of Management, December 27, 2022
  • Panelist, “Editorial Panel,” Pre-ICIS SIGDSA Symposium on Analytics for Digital Frontiers, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 10, 2022
  • Panelist, “Meet the Editors,” 6th International Conference of Marketing, Strategy & Policy (MSP), Newcastle University, UK, November 11, 2022
  • Panelist, “Information about POM, and Research and Educational Opportunities in USA,” 2022 POMS Chinese Summer School, September 26, 2022
  • Panelist, “One Year of AIML Initiative at Fox: Past Lessons and Vision Plan,” Fox School of Business, Temple University, August 31, 2022
  • Forum Delegate, “The Future of Customer Engagement, Driven by AI,” Global Growth Council Forum, New York City, July 26, 2022
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Review Panelist, June 2022
  • Panelist, “Developing a teaching portfolio,” 3rd Online Doctoral Workshop on Supply Chain Analytics, Rutgers Business School, June 1, 2022
  • Moderator, “POM Special Issue on Pandemics – A Panel Discussion,” POMS Annual Conference, April 21-25, 2022
  • Moderator, “Pitching to Business Press Editors,” Fox School of Business, Temple University, March 5, 2022
  • Panelist, “Innovations in Supply Chain in Healthcare,” Translational Research Center, Fox School of Business, Temple University, February 7, 2022
  • Panelist, “Economic Development and the Impact on the Supply Chain Crisis,” Institute for Supply Management (ISM) – Philadelphia, January 20, 2022
  • Panelist, “Analytics as Strategy,” VISHLESH, Annual Business Analytics Conclave, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Sambalpur, January 8, 2022
  • Panelist and Speaker, “Workshop on Social Media Research,” DSI Annual Conference, November 17-20, 2021
  • Panelist, “Meet the Editors of Research Journals,” DSI Annual Conference, November 17-20, 2021
  • Panelist, “Editorial Panel,” INFORMS Workshop on Data Science, November 13, 2021
  • Panelist, Informs Service Science Section Doctoral Student Consortium, October 26, 2021
  • Panelist, “Preparing for an Academic Career,” INFORMS Doctoral Student Colloquium (DSC), October 23, 2021
  • Panelist, “Interviews, Job Talk, and Offers,” POMS Ph.D. Job Search Workshop, September 17, 2021
  • Panelist, “Meet the Editors,” 5th International Conference of Marketing, Strategy & Policy (MSP), Newcastle University, UK, September 10, 2021
  • Panelist, “Academia Panel,” ISB Analytics Conclave (IAC), Indian School of Business, July 24, 2021
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Review Panelist, June-July 2021 (two panels)
  • Panelist, “eDebates & Conversations (eDC) on Twitter,” POMS Annual Conference, April 29-May 3, 2021
  • Panelist, “Editor’s Panel,” International Purchasing and Supply Education and Research Association (IPSERA), March 29, 2021
  • Panelist, “The Healthcare Systems in a Post-COVID World,” Equitable Healthcare Access Consortium (EHAC), 7th Quarterly Meeting, December 19, 2020
  • Panelist, “Meet the Editors,” 4th International Conference of Marketing, Strategy & Policy (MSP), Newcastle University, UK, December 11, 2020
  • Moderator, “Activities of human beings as triggers of recurring pandemics,” Equitable Healthcare Access Consortium (EHAC), 7th Quarterly Meeting, December 5, 2020
  • Panelist, “Meet the Editors of Non-DSI Journals,” DSI Annual Conference, Nov. 21 – 23, 2020
  • Panelist, “Meet the Editors Interactive Session,” Doctoral Symposium, DSI Annual Conference, Nov. 21 – 23, 2020
  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Review Panelist, 2020
  • Panelist, “Leveraging Current Events to Create Research Opportunities: Examples from COVID-19 and Race Relations,” Temple University, Philadelphia, June 24, 2020
  • Panelist, “The Biopharma Innovation Ecosystem: Changing Trends in the Industry,” The Philadelphia Biopharma Hub, Temple University, Philadelphia, May 1, 2020
  • Panelist, “Artificial Intelligence – The Revolution Hasn’t Happened Yet,” Thought Leadership in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Temple University, Philadelphia, March 2, 2020
  • Panelist, “India – The effects of “Make in India” Effect on Global Supply Chain Management,” World Trade Center, Philadelphia, February 5, 2020
  • Moderator and Panelist, “AI in Healthcare,” Data Science Summit 2019, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, November 29, 2019
  • Moderator and Panelist, “The Future of the Healthcare Industry: Emerging New Paradigms,” Reinventing the Healthcare & Biopharma Value Chains, Fox School of Business, Temple University, Philadelphia, November 22, 2019
  • Panelist, “Editor’s Panel,” INFORMS CIST, Seattle, Washington, October 19 – 20, 2019
  • Panelist, “Information about POM, and Research and Educational Opportunities in USA,” Operations Management Summer School, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China, June 17, 2019
  • Panelist, “AI and the Future of Talent Management,” Yoh 360° Workforce Forum, Philadelphia, April 2, 2019
  • Panelist, “Editors’ Panel: How to Publish in Top Journals?” 2018 INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining & Decision Analytics, Phoenix, November 2018
  • Moderator and Panelist, “Meet the Editors of Non-DSI Journals,” DSI Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 17-20, 2018
  • Panelist, “How to Publish in Top Tier Journals,” DSI Annual Meeting, Chicago, November 17-20, 2018
  • Moderator and Panelist, “Publishing Guidance for Scholars Amid Increasing Competition for Top Outlets,” POMS 28th Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, May 5 – 8, 2017
  • Panelist, Editors’ Panel (representing the POM Journal), Data Mining & Decision Analytics Workshop, Informs, Nashville, Tennessee, November 12, 2016
  • Panelist, Faculty Panel, New Faculty Orientation Program, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, August 2016
  • Panelist, SPJIMR – POMS India Chapter Conference, “Analytics and Big data for Supply Chain Transformation,” Mumbai, India, July 29-30, 2016
  • Panelist, “Meet The Editors: Road to Relevance and Rigor,” 10th China Summer Workshop on Information Management (CSWIM), Dalian, China, June 25-26, 2016
  • Moderator and Panelist, “eDebates & Conversations (eDC) on Twitter, Big Data in Supply Chains,” POMS 2016 Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 6-9, 2016
  • Panelist, MBA Admitted Student Weekend Faculty Panel, Mays Business School, April 2016
  • Panelist, “Emerging Information Technologies at the IS-OM interface: Research Issues, Topics, and Publication Strategies,” DSI Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, November 21-24, 2015
  • Panelist, “Operations Management and Information System Interface,” POMS 2015 Conference, Washington DC, May 8-11, 2015
  • Panelist, “Research Trends in Supply Chain Management,” DSI Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November 16-19, 2013
  • Panelist, UW Seattle Innovation Symposium, “What Are the Key Dimensions and Issues of Team Level Innovation?” Seattle, Washington, September 2006

Discussant/Judge:

  • Judge, 1st Annual Faculty 3-Minute Research Competition, Fox School of Business, Temple University, September 28, 2022
  • Discussant, Workshop on Information Systems Economics (WISE), Austin, Texas, December 15-17, 2021
  • Judge, Elwood S. Buffa Doctoral Dissertation Award, DSI Annual Conference, November 17-20, 2021
  • Judge, Fox International Business Case Writing Competition, October-November 2021
  • Award Committee Member, INFORMS Service Science Section Best Cluster Paper Award, INFORMS Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA, October 24-27, 2021
  • Judge, Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition, Fox School of Business, Temple University, 2021
  • Judge, INFORMS Data Mining Best Paper Competition, INFORMS Annual Conference, November 7-13, 2020
  • Discussant, Theory in Economics of Information Systems (TEIS) Workshop, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, March 17-21, 2016
  • Discussant, TEIS Workshop, Banff, Alberta, Canada, March 21-24, 2014
  • Member, 23rd WITS Demo Evaluator Committee, Milan, Italy, December 14-15, 2013
  • Discussant, TEIS Workshop, Monterey, California, June 24-25, 2013
  • Member, Faculty Panel, Ph.D. Teaching Workshop, Mays Business School, 2013
  • Member, Faculty Panel, Full Time MBA Students, Mays Business School, 2013
  • Discussant, 23rd WISE, Orlando, Florida, December 15-16, 2012
  • Member, POMS Wickham Skinner Early Career Research Award Committee, 2012
  • Member, Faculty Panel, Full Time MBA Students, Mays Business School, 2012
  • Judge for MBA Consulting Projects, Mays Business School, 2009, 2010
  • Member, Review Committee for the Graduate School Social Sciences Dissertation Fellowship, University of Washington, 2005, 2007

Session Chair:

  • Informs Annual Meeting, Invited Session in the Social Media Analytics Cluster, Seattle, Washington, October 20-23, 2024
  • Informs Annual Meeting, Invited Session in the Data Mining Section, Phoenix, Arizona, October 15-18, 2023
  • Informs Annual Meeting, Invited Session in the Data Mining Section, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 16-19, 2022
  • POMS Annual Conference, April 21-25, 2022
  • Informs Annual Meeting, Invited Session in the Data Mining Section, Anaheim, California, October 24-27, 2021
  • POMS Annual Conference, April 29-May 3, 2021
  • Informs Annual Meeting, Invited Session in the Data Mining Section, Seattle, Washington, October 2019
  • POMS Annual Conference, Washington D.C., May 2-6, 2019
  • 40th Annual Informs Society for Marketing Science (ISMS) Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 2018
  • POMS Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, May 4-7, 2018
  • POMS Annual Conference, Seattle, Washington, May 5 – 8, 2017
  • Informs Annual Meeting, Invited Session in the Social Media Analytics Cluster, Nashville, Tennessee, November 2016
  • POMS Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 6-9, 2016
  • Informs Annual Meeting, Invited Session in the Health Application Society (HAS) Cluster, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 2015
  • Informs Annual Meeting, Invited Session in Information Systems Cluster, San Francisco, California, November 2014
  • POMS Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 2014
  • Informs Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, October 2012
  • Informs Annual Meeting, Invited Session in eBusiness Section, Charlotte, North Carolina, November 2011
  • 19th Triennial Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), Melbourne, Australia, July 2011
  • INFORMS CIST, Austin, Texas, November 2010
  • Informs Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, November 2010
  • INFORMS CIST, Seattle, Washington, November 2007
  • Informs Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, November 2007
  • 15th WITS, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2005
  • CORS / INFORMS Joint International Meeting, Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 2004
  • 13th WITS, Seattle, Washington, 2003

 Program Committee Member:

  • 35th WITS, Nashville, Tennessee, December 17-19, 2025
  • Steering Committee Member, POMS India Conference, IIM Sambalpur, December 14-16, 2025
  • Advisory Board Member, International Conference on Operations & Supply Chain Management (ICOSCM), Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nashik, India, December 11, 2025
  • Steering Committee Member, POMS Africa Conference, Pretoria, South Africa, November 26–28, 2025
  • 3rd Annual Philadelphia Operations and Technology Day, Villanova University, November 14, 2025
  • CIST, Atlanta, Georgia, October 25-26, 2025
  • Steering Committee Member, ISB – POMS Workshop, Hyderabad, July 8-9, 2025
  • POMS 2025 Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, May 8-12, 2025
  • 34th WITS, Bangkok, Thailand, December 18-20, 2024
  • Steering Committee Member, POMS India International Conference, Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, December 4-6, 2024
  • CIST, Seattle, Washington, October 19-20, 2024
  • Planning Committee Member, 2nd Annual Philadelphia Operations and Technology Day, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, September 27, 2024
  • Steering Committee Member, ISB – POMS Workshop, Hyderabad, July 11-12, 2024
  • Steering Committee Member, POMS International Conference, University of Science and Technology of China, June 28-July 1, 2024
  • Steering Committee Member, POMS International Conference, Istanbul, Türkiye, June 25-27, 2024
  • POMS 2024 Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 25-29, 2024
  • 33rd WITS, Hyderabad, India, December 13-15, 2023
  • Advisory Board Member, International Conference on Operations & Supply Chain Management (ICOSCM), Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nashik, India, December 16, 2023
  • Advisory Committee Member, POMS India International Conference, XLRI Jamshedpur, December 4-6, 2023
  • CIST, Phoenix, Arizona, October 14-15, 2023
  • POMS 2023 Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 22-25, 2023
  • International Advisory Committee Member, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Operations and Analytics (ICETOA), T A Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), March 17-19, 2023
  • Advisory Committee Member, POMS India International Conference, IIM Kozhikode, India, December 21-23, 2022
  • 32nd WITS, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 14-16, 2022
  • CIST, Indianapolis, Indiana, October 15-16, 2022
  • Steering Committee Member, POMS International Conference in China, Xi’an city, China, June 24-27, 2022
  • POMS Annual Conference, April 21-25, 2022
    • Chair, Virtual Meeting Team
    • Chair, Organizing Committee of Technical Track Managers
  • Advisory Board Member, ICOSCM, Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nashik, India, January 22, 2022
  • International Advisory Board Member, ISDSI-Global Annual International Conference, IIM Nagpur, India, December 27-30, 2021
  • 31st Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Austin, Texas, December 15-17, 2021
  • CIST, Anaheim, California, October 23-24, 2021
  • POMS Annual Conference, April 29-May 3, 2021
    • Chair, Virtual Meeting Team
    • Chair, Organizing Committee of Technical Track Managers
  • International Advisory Co-chair, International Conference On ‘Advances in Management and Technological Innovations: Impacting Industries’, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad, April 20-22, 2021
  • Advisory Committee Member, Business Analytics International Conference, K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management (KJSIM), Mumbai, India, March 27, 2021
  • 30th WITS, December 16-18, 2020
  • INFORMS CIST, November 7-8, 2020
  • Steering Committee member, POMS International Conference in China, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China, June 19-22, 2020
  • 29th WITS, Munich, Germany, December 18-20, 2019
  • Member of the International Advisory Panel, 2019 POMS International Supply Chain Conference, Mumbai, India, December 13-14, 2019
  • INFORMS CIST, Seattle, Washington, October 19-20, 2019
  • Steering Committee member, POMS International Conference in China, Tianjin, China, June 21-24, 2019
  • Member of the International Advisory Board, 12th Indian Subcontinent DSI (ISDSI) Conference, SPJIMR Mumbai, December 27-30, 2018
  • 28th WITS, Santa Clara, CA, December 16-18, 2018
  • INFORMS CIST, Phoenix, Arizona, November 4-7, 2018
  • 27th WITS, Seoul, Korea, December 14-15, 2017
  • INFORMS CIST, Houston, Texas, October 21-22, 2017
  • IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC), Honolulu, June 25-June 30, 2017
  • Member of the International Advisory Committee, 14th International Conference on Service Systems and Service Management (ICSSSM 2017), Dalian, China, June 16-18, 2017
  • 12th Design Science Research in Information Systems and Technologies (DESRIST) Conference, Karlsruhe, Germany, May 30-June 1, 2017
  • Member of the Scientific Committee, Annual Conference of the European DSI (EDSI), Granada, Spain, May 29-June 1, 2017
  • Member of the International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Best Practices in Supply Chain Management, Thiruvananthapuram, India, December 22-23, 2016
  • 26th WITS, Dublin, Ireland, December 15-16, 2016
  • CIST, Nashville, Tennessee, November 12-13, 2016
  • Member of the Scientific Committee, 5th World Conference on POM (co-organized by EurOMA, POMS, and JOMSA), Havana, Cuba, September 6-10, 2016
  • Member of the International Advisory Committee, SPJIMR – POMS India Chapter Conference, “Big Data Analytics for Optimizing Supply Chains,” Mumbai, India, July 29-30, 2016
  • IEEE SCC, San Francisco, June 27-July 2, 2016
  • 11th DESRIST Conference, St. John’s, Canada, May 24-25, 2016
  • CIST, Philadelphia, PA, October 31-November 1, 2015
  • IEEE SCC, New York, June 27-July 2, 2015
  • DESRIST Conference, Dublin, Ireland, May 21-22, 2015
  • NITIE – POMS Conference, Manufacturing Excellence: Imperative for Emerging Economies, Mumbai, India, December 18–21, 2014
  • 24th WITS, Auckland, New Zealand, December 17-19, 2014
  • CIST, San Francisco, California, November 8-9, 2014
  • IEEE SCC, Anchorage, Alaska, June 27-July 2, 2014
  • Thirteenth Wuhan International Conference on E-Business (WHICEB), Wuhan, China, May 31-June 1, 2014
  • DESRIST Conference, Miami, Florida, May 22-23, 2014
  • 23rd WITS, Milan, Italy, December 14-15, 2013
  • CIST, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 5-6, 2013
  • 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS), Angers, France, July 3-7, 2013
  • IEEE SCC, Santa Clara, California, June 27-July 2, 2013
  • International Symposium on Management Intelligent Systems (IS-MiS), Salamanca, Spain, May 22-24, 2013
  • 22nd WITS, Orlando, Florida, December 15-16, 2012
  • CIST, Phoenix, Arizona, October 13-14, 2012
  • IEEE SCC, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2-7, 2012
  • IS-MiS, Salamanca, Spain, July 2012
  • 14th ICEIS, Wrocław, Poland, June-July 2012
  • Eleventh WHICEB, Wuhan, China, May 2012
  • Sixth International Conference on Information Systems, Technology and Management (ICISTM), Grenoble, France, March 2012
  • 21st WITS, Shanghai, China, December 2011
  • IEEE SCC, Washington DC, July 5-10, 2011
  • 20th WITS, St. Louis, December 2010
  • CIST, Austin, Texas, November 2010
  • IEEE SCC, Miami, Florida, July 5-10, 2010
  • Ninth WHICEB, Wuhan, China, May 2010
  • Fourth ICISTM, Bangkok, Thailand, March 2010
  • 19th WITS, Phoenix, December 2009
  • IEEE SCC, Bangalore, India, September 2009
  • Eighth WHICEB, Wuhan, China, May 2009
  • Third ICISTM, Delhi, India, 2009
  • 18th WITS, Paris, December 2008
  • CIST, Washington DC, November 2008
  • Second ICISTM, Dubai, UAE, 2008
  • 17th WITS, Montreal, December 2007
  • 16th WITS, Milwaukee, December 2006
  • 15th WITS, Las Vegas, December 2005
  • 14th WITS, Washington DC, December 2004
  • 13th WITS, Seattle, December 2003

School / University Activities:

  • Founding Director, Center for Business Analytics and Disruptive Technologies, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2017 – Present)
  • Concentration Director, Ph.D. Program in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2018 – Present)
    • Designed and started this concentration
  • Member, University Tenure and Promotion Advisory Committee C: Social Sciences, Business and Law, Temple University (2023 – Present)
  • Member, Data Science Institute, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2017 – Present)
  • Member, Fox & STHM Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Council, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2022 – Present)
  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Statistics, Operations, and Data Science (SODS) Department, Temple University (2025)
  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Marketing Department, Temple University (2025)
  • Member, Promotion Committee, Department of Risk, Actuarial Science and Legal Studies, Temple University (2025)
  • Member, The data.sciences@temple network Steering Committee, Temple University (2024 – Present)
  • Member, Research Strategy Council, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2024 – Present)
  • Member, Musser Award Committee, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2025)
  • Member, Nomination Committee for Fox School of Business Candidate for the Laura Carnell University Professorship (2025)
  • Member, Ph.D. Alumni Awards Selection Committee, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2025)
  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Management Information Systems (MIS) Department, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2024)
  • Member, Musser Award Committee, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2024)
  • Member, EMBA Task Force, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2024)
  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Management Information Systems (MIS) Department, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2023 – 2024)
  • Member, Mid-Tenure Review Committee, Statistics, Operations, and Data Science (SODS) Department, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2023 – 2024)
  • Member, Subcommittee to select the winner of the PhD alumni distinguished research award, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2024)
  • Member, DBA Faculty Steering Committee, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2022 – 2024)
  • Member, Musser Award Committee, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2023)
  • Cochran Award Evaluator, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2023)
  • Member, Fox/STHM Dean Search Advisory Committee, Temple University (2022 – 2023)
  • Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2022 – 2023)
  • Member, Marketing Faculty Search Committee, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2022 – 2023)
  • Member, Statistical Science Faculty Search Committee, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2022 – 2023)
  • Member, Faculty Committee on Department Self-Study, Statistics, Operations, and Data Science Department, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2022 – 2023)
  • Member, Committee on Graduate Curriculum Review, Statistics, Operations, and Data Science Department, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2022 – 2023)
  • Member of the Evaluation Committee, 24th Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Forum, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2022)
  • Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Marketing and Supply Chain Management Department, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2021 – 2022)
  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Management Information Systems (MIS) Department, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2021 – 2022)
  • Member, Marketing Faculty Search Committee, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2021 – 2022)
  • Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Management Information Systems (MIS) Department, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2020 – 2021)
  • Member, Promotion Committee, Department of Statistical Science, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2020 – 2021)
  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Management Information Systems (MIS) Department, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2019 – 2020)
  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2017 – 2020)
  • Member, Promotion & Tenure Committee, Strategic Management (SGM) Department, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2018 – 2020)
  • Chair, Operations Management Faculty Search Committee, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2017 – 2020)
  • Member, Research Excellence Committee, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2018 – 2020)
  • Member, Steering Committee for the Translational Research Center (TRC), Fox School of Business, Temple University (2018 – 2020)
  • Chair, Mentoring Group, Guangwen Kong, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2019 – 2020)
  • Member, Mentoring Group, Taha Havakhor, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2019 – 2020)
  • Member, Strategic Management Faculty Search Committee, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2018 – 2019)
  • Member of the Evaluation Committee, 16th Young Scholars Interdisciplinary Forum, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2018)
  • Faculty Mentor, Adobe Analytics Challenge (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
  • Member, Doctoral Program Committee, Mays Business School (2009 – 2017)
  • Member, Faculty Student Advisory Board of the Center for Teaching Excellence, Texas A&M University (2015 – 2017)
  • Member, Full-Time MBA Faculty Advisory Group, Mays Business School (2015 – 2017)
  • Member, Analytics Task Force, Mays Business School (2015 – 2017)
  • Member, University-Level Distinguished Achievement Awards Committee (2016 – 2017)
  • Faculty Advisor, Aggie Analytics Association, Texas A&M University (2016 – 2017)
  • Club Counselor, Mays Business School Consulting Club (2012 – 2017)
  • Faculty Mentor, Adobe Analytics Challenge (2016)
  • Faculty Advisor, Hindu Students Association, Texas A&M University (2011 – 2017)
  • Member, INFO Faculty Search Committee, Mays Business School (2014 – 2015)
  • Member, Search Committee for the Director of Center for Retailing Studies, Mays Business School (2013 – 2014)
  • Subject-Matter Faculty Mentor for Executive MBA Students, Mays Business School (2011 – 2015)
  • Subject-Matter Faculty Mentor for Full Time MBA Students, Mays Business School (2013 – 2015)
  • Member, INFO Senior Faculty Search Committee, Mays Business School (2013 – 2014)
  • Member, INFO Faculty Search Committee, Mays Business School (2012 – 2013)
  • Member, MBA Graduate Instruction Committee, Mays Business School (2011 – 2012)
  • Member, INFO Senior Faculty Search Committee, Mays Business School (2011 – 2012)
  • Member, INFO Head Search Committee, Mays Business School (2010 – 2011)
  • Member, INFO Faculty Search Committee, Mays Business School (2009 – 2010)
  • Member, Technology Management MBA Curriculum Review Committee, University of Washington Business School (2007 – 2008)
  • Member, Undergraduate Core Curriculum Review Committee, University of Washington Business School (2007 – 2008)
  • Member, IS Curriculum Review Committee (2003 – 2005)
  • Member, University of Washington Faculty Council on Research (2003 – 2006)
  • Member, Doctoral Program Admissions Committee, University of Washington Business School (2002 – 2005)
  • Coordinator, Introduction to Information Systems (IS 300) (2007 – 2008)
  • Coordinator, Business Data Communications (IS 470) (2004 – 2005)

Reviewer:

National Science Foundation; Operations Research; Management Science; Information Systems Research; Informs Journal on Computing; Manufacturing & Service Operations Management; MIS Quarterly; Marketing Science; Journal of Management Information Systems; IIE Transactions; Decision Sciences; European Journal of Operational Research; Decision Support Systems; IEEE Transactions on Management Information Systems; Information and Management; Information Systems Frontiers; Journal of Scheduling; Communications of the ACM; Discrete Optimization; IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering; Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application; Information Systems and Operational Research; Information Technology & Management; Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization; Journal of Information Systems Education; Journal of Electronic Commerce Research; Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete, and Impulsive Systems; ICIS; Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS); International Conference on Conceptual Modeling; IIM Bangalore Review

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