Department of Decision and Information Sciences

Faculty and Fields of Interest

Dan Braha operations management, complex systems analysis

Laura Forker operations management, purchasing and healthcare management

Angappa Gunasekaran (Dean of Charlton College of Business) operations management, quantitative business analysis, logistics, supply chain management

Yuzhu (Julia) Li project management, program management, team flexibility, boundry spanning, e-commerce, technology -mediated learning

Sharon Ordoobadi operations management, decision modeling, logistics, engineering economics, total quality management, engineering management

Bharatendra Rai (Chairperson) business analytics & data/text mining, applied statistics, quality and reliability engineering, big data, multivariate diagnosis/pattern recognition

Timothy Shea delivery and management of web-based learning and teaching technologies, corporate universities, end-user training, implementation issues of e-commerce

Zheng Zhong Shi open source software and community, IS outsourcing, IS strategy, e-commerce

Soheil Sibdari stochastic modeling in operations, economics, and statistics

Nichalin Summerfield cooperative and non-cooperative game theoretical analysis in operations management, supply chain management, decision modeling

Gang (Gabriel) Wang operations management, supply chain optimization, supply chain dynamics, supply chain sustainability and uncertainty, combinatorial and non-smooth optimization.

Shouhong Wang electronic commerce, information systems analysis and design, artificial intelligence in business, knowledge management

The purpose of the Decision and Information Science program is to prepare students for careers in the application of decision models and information technology that solve business problems and explore new business opportunities.

The Department of Decision and Information Sciences offers three major programs leading to the Bachelor of Science Degree: Operations Management and Management Information Systems (MIS). MIS Majors select from options in either E-Commerce/Digital Business or Technology and Management. Operations Majors pick from one of three options: General Operations Management, Services Operations Management, or Supply Chain Management.. Finally, the Department houses the Major in General Business Administration, which is limited to mid-career learners returning to college.

The department also offers minors in Management Information Systems and Operations Management

Programs

Baccalaureate

Minor