• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Fintech, Healthcare Analytics, Social Media Analytics, Web Analytics, Supply Chain Analytics, Cybersecurity, Software Management, Data Quality and Data Mining, Sequencing and Scheduling.

Current

• Founding Director, Center for Business Analytics and Disruptive Technologies, Fox School of Business, Temple University (2017 – Present)
• Member, Nominating Committee for POMS 2022 Elections (2021 – Present)
• Chair, POMS Website Integration Committee (2015 – Present)

Previous

• Chair, 2020 Sushil K. Gupta POMS Distinguished Service Award Committee (2019 – 2020)
• Vice President, INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) (2015 – 2019)
• Member, Professional Development Committee, Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) (2018 – 2019)
• Member, Nominating Committee for Officers, Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) (2016 – 2018)
• Member, 2018 POMS Wickham Skinner Best Paper Award Committee (2017 – 2018)
• Member, POMS Survey Committee (to gain a better understanding of the potential servicesand opportunities for POMS) (2016 – 2017)
• Chair, POMS Membership Outsourcing Management Committee (2015 – 2017)
• Member, POM Journal Collaboration Committee (2014 – 2015)
• Web Editor, Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) (2013 – Present)
• Webmaster, INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) (2007 – 2016)

• Subodha Kumar is the Paul R. Anderson Distinguished Chair Professor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management and the Founding Director of the Center for Business Analytics and Disruptive Technologies at Temple University’s Fox School of Business.
• He has secondary appointments in Information Systems and Statistical Science Departments.
• He also serves as the Ph.D. Concentration Advisor for Operations and Supply Chain Management.
• He is a board member for many organizations.
• He 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).
• He has served on the faculty of University of Washington and Texas A&M University.
• He has been the keynote speaker and track/cluster chairs at leading conferences.
• He was elected to become a Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Fellow in 2019.
• He has received numerous other research and teaching awards.
• He has published more than 150 papers in reputed journals and refereed conferences.
• He was ranked #1 worldwide for publishing in Information Systems Research. In addition, he has authored a book, book chapters, Harvard Business School cases, and Ivey Business School cases. He also holds a robotics patent.
• 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).
• He also serves on other editorial boards. He was the conference chair for POMS 2018 and DSI 2018, and has co-chaired several other conferences.
• More details are available at: https://sites.temple.edu/subodha/

• R. Mallipeddi, S. Kumar, C. Sriskandarajah, and Y. Zhu, “A Framework for Analyzing Influencer Marketing in Social Networks: Selection and Scheduling of Influencers,”Management Science, Forthcoming.
  • Received Third Place in the INFORMS 2018 IBM Service Science Best Student Paper Award, Phoenix, Arizona, November 2018.
  • “What’s Next for Social Media Influencer Marketing?,” Fox School News, November 2017.
• R. Janakiraman, E. Park, E.M. Demirezen, and S. Kumar, “The Effects of Health Information Exchange Access on Healthcare Quality and Efficiency: An Empirical Investigation,” Management Science, Forthcoming.
  • Featured in EHRIntelligence, 2017; Healthcare Informatics, 2017; Healthcare IT News, 2017, Pharma & Healthcare Monitor Worldwide, 2017; New York City High tech News, 2017; San Antonio Express-News, 2017; SeattlePI.com, 2017; University Chronicle, 2017; News West 9, 2017; KNHL-TV online; WCSC-TV online; KCBD-TV online; KWES-TV online; WLBT-TV online; WUPV-TV online; WWBT-TV online; WFIE-TV online; KSLA-TV online; WECT-TV online; WVUE-TV online; WFMJ-TV online; KTRE-TV online; KTVN-TV online; KFVE-TV online; KLKN-TV online; WBRC-TV online; WRCB-TV online; WOIO-TV online; WMBF-TV online; WTOL-TV online; WTOC-TV online; WVZN-TV online
• H. Gao, S. Kumar, Y. (Ricky) Tan, and H. Zhao, “Socialize More, Pay Less: Randomized Field Experiments on Social Pricing,” Information Systems Research, Forthcoming.
• J. Stauffer, M. Vanajakumari, S. Kumar, and T. Mangapora, “Achieving Equitable Food Security: How Can Food Bank Mobile Pantries Fill this Humanitarian Need,” Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming.
  • “Mobilizing to end food insecurity,” Fox School News, August 30, 2021.
  • “Mobilizing to end food insecurity,” On the Verge, Fox School of Business, Temple University, August 2021, pp. 6-7.
• T. Choi, S. Kumar, X. Yue, and H. Chan, “Disruptive Technologies and Operations Management in the Industry 4.0 Era and Beyond,”Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming.
• W. Zhao, B. Liu, X. Gao, T. Wu, and S. Kumar, “Quid Pro Quo in Online Medical Consultation? Investigating the Effects of Small Monetary Gifts from Patients,” Production and Operations Management, Forthcoming.
• H.H. Chuang, R. Oliva, and S. Kumar, “Group-Level Information Decay and Inventory Inspection: An Empirical-Analytical Approach,” Journal of Operations Management, Forthcoming.
• S. Kumar, J. Singhal, and K. Singhal, “A Programmed Method for Generating New Product Ideas from an Existing Product Line,” Decision Sciences, Forthcoming.
• W. Fan, Y. Zong, and S. Kumar, “Optimal Treatment of Chronic Kidney Disease with Uncertainty in Obtaining a Transplantable Kidney: An MDP based approach,” Annals of Operations Research, Forthcoming.
• R. Saha, S. Singha, and S. Kumar, “Does Congestion Always Hurt? Managing Discount under Congestion in a Game-Theoretic Setting,” Information Systems Research, Vol. 32, No. 4, December 2021, pp. 1347–1367.

• Elected to become a Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Fellow 2019.
  • Becoming a POMS Fellow is the Society’s highest recognition.
• Instituted “The Subodha Kumar and Geoffrey G. Parker Award for Research on Digital Transformation” ” by the Management and Business Review.
• Ranked #1 worldwide in terms of publications in Information Systems Research in 2016- 2019.
• Ranked #1 worldwide in terms of publications in Information Systems Research in 2015- 2018.
• Erdős Number 3.
• Paul R. Anderson Distinguished Chair Professorship, Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University, July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2022.
• Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Operations & Supply Chain Management (ICOSCM 21-22), Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (SIOM), Nashik, India, January 22, 2022.
• Business Faculty Publishing Award, Fox School of Business and the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Temple University, November 2021.
  • Granted in recognition of the researcher who has achieved the most publications in “A” journals in the 2020-2021 academic year.
• Dean’s Research Honor Roll, Fox School of Business and the School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Temple University, November 2021.
  • Honors the top researchers for the 2020-2021 academic year.
• Management Science IS Best Paper Award, October 2021.\
  • Selected among all the IS papers published in Management Science in the last three years.
• Selected as the Professor of the Year for Core Courses by the ISB PGP Class of 2021, Hyderabad Campus.
• Finalist and Honorable Mention, Journal of Operations Management Jack Meredith Best Paper Award, 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.
• Research Award, Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University, May 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.
• Best Paper Nomination, 30th Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), December 16 – 18, 2020.
• Best Paper Award in Track (The Sharing Economy, Platforms, and Crowds), International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), December 13-16, 2020.
• Best Student Paper Award in Track (The Sharing Economy, Platforms, and Crowds), International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), December 13-16, 2020.
• Best Conference Paper Nomination, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), December 13-16, 2020.
• Best Student Paper Nomination, International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), December 13-16, 2020.
• Keynote Speaker, 4th International Conference of Marketing, Strategy & Policy (MSP), Newcastle University, UK, December 11, 2020.
• Fox School’s inaugural Mitchell J. Cole Scholarship, Fox School of Business, Temple University, November 2020.
  • Honors the researcher who has achieved the most publications in “A” journals during an academic year.
• Dean’s Research Honor Roll, Fox School of Business, Temple University, November 2020.
• Best Paper Award, China Information Economics Society, November 2020.
• Best Paper Runner Up, Conference on Health IT and Analytics (CHITA), October 8-10, 2020.
• Finalist and Second Place in the POMS College of Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management (HOCM) Best Paper Award Competition, POMS 2020.
• Honorable Mention in the POMS College of Product Innovation and Technology Management (PITM) Best Student Paper Competition, POMS 2020.
• Research Award, Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University, May 2020.
• Keynote Speaker, Conference on Embracing Simulation and Future Technologies for Achieving Enhanced Productivity, Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, February 13, 2020.
• 8th most downloaded POM article on Wiley Online Library in 2019.
• 9th most downloaded POM article on Wiley Online Library in 2019.
• Dean’s Research Honor Roll, Fox School of Business, Temple University, December 2019.
• Fox Crystal Apple Award (for teaching), Fox School of Business, Temple University, December 2019.
• 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.
• Best Student Paper Nomination in INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Seattle, Washington, October 19 – 20, 2019.
• INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) Service Award, October 2019.
• Keynote Speaker, Operations Management Summer School, Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, Dalian, China, June 18, 2019.
• Finalist for the POMS 2019 College of Humanitarian Operations and Crisis Management (HOCM) Best Paper Award Competition, Washington D.C., May 2019.
• Research Award, Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University, May 2019.
• Faculty of the Year Award for the MS Business Analytics program, Temple University, 2019.
• Keynote Speaker, 2018 INFORMS Workshop on Data Mining & Decision Analytics, Phoenix, Arizona, November 2018.
• Winner, Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) 2018 Best Student Paper Award, Chicago, Illinois, November 2018.
• Received Third Place in the INFORMS 2018 IBM Service Science Best Student Paper Award, Phoenix, Arizona, November 2018.
• Dean’s Research Honor Roll, Fox School of Business, Temple University, November 2018.
• Sushil K. Gupta Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Distinguished Service Award, May 2018.
• Research Award, Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management, Fox School of Business, Temple University, April 2018.
• Best Paper Nomination in INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), Houston, Texas, October 2017.
• Best Paper Nomination for the INFORMS eBusiness Best Paper Award, Houston, Texas, October 2017.
• Finalist for the INFORMS 2017 IBM Service Science Best Student Paper Award, Houston, Texas, October 2017.
• Association of Former Students University Level Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching, Texas A&M University, 2016.
  • Among the most prestigious awards at Texas A&M University.
• Carol and G. David Van Houten, Jr. ’71 Professorship, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, 2013 – 2018.
• Finalist, Best Paper Competition, College of Healthcare Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 6-9, 2016.
• Summer Research Performance Recognition Grant, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
• Summer Teaching Performance Recognition Grant, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, 2014, 2015.
• Best Paper Nomination in 24th Annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Auckland, New Zealand, December 2014.
• BIT Sindri Distinguished Alum Award,
• Association of Former Students College Level Teaching Award, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, 2013.
• Shelley and Joe Tortorice ’70 Faculty Research Fellow, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, 2012 – 2013.
• Ricky W. Griffin Research Award, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, 2012.
• Best Paper Nomination in 22nd Annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Orlando, Florida, December 2012.
• Best Theoretical/Empirical Research Award in Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) 43rd Annual Meeting, November 17-20, 2012, San Francisco, California.
• Distinguished Track Paper in Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) 43rd Annual Meeting, November 17-20, 2012, San Francisco, California.
• Best Paper Nomination in INFORMS Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST), October 2012, Phoenix, Arizona.
• Mays Research Fellow, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University, 2012.
• Finalist in The Daniel H. Wagner Prize for Excellence in Operations Research Practice sponsored by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), 2011.
• Texas A&M University CTE-Montague Teacher/Scholar for 2011.
• Teaching Excellence Award, Texas A&M University, Fall 2010 (University-wide award, selected by students).
• Instructor of the Quarter award, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Fall 2008 (selected by students).
• Nominated for Instructor of the Fall Quarter award, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Fall 2007 (selected by students).
• Dean’s Best Faculty Case Award for the case titled “Information Technology Based Innovation at Alaska Airlines,” Foster School of Business, University of Washington, 2007.
• Nominated for the Undergraduate Business Instructor of the Quarter Award, University of Washington (University-wide award), 2007.
• Dean’s Best Faculty Case Award for the case titled “Esterline Technologies: Lean Manufacturing,” Foster School of Business, University of Washington, 2006.
• Summer Fellowship, The Global Business Center, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Summer 2006-2008.
• Summer Research Fund, Foster School of Business, University of Washington, Summer 2005-2008.
• Nominated for the Best Instructor Award by University of Washington Alumni Association, 2005 (University-wide award).
• Best Paper Nomination of two papers in 13th Annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Seattle, Washington, December 2003.
• Semifinalist in Franz Edelman Award Competition sponsored by INFORMS, 2003.
• Listed in Biltmore Who’s Who, 2011 onwards.
• Listed in Marquis Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders, 2007 onwards.
• Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in American Education, 2006 onwards.
• Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2005 onwards.
• Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in America, 2004 onwards.
• Listed in Academic Keys Who’s Who in Business Higher Education (WWBHE), 2003 onwards.
• Semifinalist in Franz Edelman Award Competition sponsored by INFORMS, 2002.
• Selected for INFORMS Doctoral Colloquium, 2000.
• Doctoral Stipend, University of Texas at Dallas, 1999-2001.
• Selden Leavell Merit Based Scholarship, University of Texas at Dallas, 2000-01.
• University of Toronto Doctoral Fellowship, 1998-99.