Sridhar R. Tayur

Ford Distinguished Research Chair; Professor of Operations Management

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Areas of Expertise

Operations Management

Education

• Cornell University - Ph D - 1990
• IIT, Madras - BTech (Mechanical Engineering) - 1986

Research

Quantum Computing, ML for Immuno-oncology, Healthcare Operations, Supply Chain Management, Software Entrepreneurship, Private Equity and Lean Operations, Entrepreneurship and Social Enterprises

Publications

• Combating Child Labor: Incentives and Information Disclosure in Global Supply Chains

  (author(s): Soo-Haeng Cho, Xin Fang, Sridhar Tayur, Ying Xu)
  Manufacturing and Services Operations Management, forthcoming

• Consistent Staffing for Long-Term Care through On-Call Pools

  (author(s): Vince Slaugh, Alan Scheller-Wolf, Sridhar Tayur)
  Production and Operations Management, forthcoming

• Integer and Constraint Programming for Batch Annealing Process Planning
  Proceedings of CP

  (author(s): Willem-Jan Van Hoeve, Sridhar Tayur)
  Springer LNCS 10416, 2017; 431-439

• Imaging Room and Beyond: The Underlying Economics Behind Physicians’ Test-Ordering Behavior in Outpatient Services

  (author(s): T. Dai, M. Akan, Sridhar Tayur)
  Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

• Managing Rentals with Usage-Based Loss

  (author(s): Vince Slaugh, Bahar Biller, Sridhar Tayur)
  Manufacturing & Service Operations Management

• OrganJet: Overcoming Geographical Disparities in Access to Deceased Donor Kidneys in the United States

  (author(s): Baris Ata, Anton Skaro, Sridhar Tayur)
  Management Science

• Combating Strategic Counterfeiters in Licit and Illicit Supply Chains

  (author(s): Soo-Haeng Cho, Xin Fang, Sridhar Tayur)
  Manufacturing & Service Operations Management 17(3), 2015; 273-289

• Genotype Guided Therapeutic Dosing Of Warfarin In Geriatric Patients

  (author(s): A Radhakrishnan, D Vido, Sridhar Tayur, Mustafa Akan, S Murali)
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 59, 2012

• Improved Inventory Targets in the Presence of Limited Historical Demand Data

  (author(s): Alp Akcay, Bahar Biller, Sridhar Tayur)
  Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 2011

• Production Planning with Patterns

  (author(s): Mili Meherotra, Milind Dawande, Srinagesh Gavirneni, Mehmet Demerci, Sridhar Tayur)
  Operations Research, 2011

• Scheduling of Dynamic in-game Advertisements

  (author(s): John Turner, Alan Scheller-Wolf, Sridhar Tayur)
  Operations Research, 2011

• Building Efficient Product Portfolios at John Deere and Company

  (author(s): Tally Yunes, Alan Scheller-Wolf, Sridhar Tayur)
  Operations Research, 2007

• Improving Asset Management and Order Fulfillment at Deere's C&CE Division
  Interfaces

  (author(s): Loren Troyer, James Smith, Sean Marshall, Elan Yaniv, Sridhar Tayur, Martin Barkman, Alev Kaya, Yong Liu)
  Interfaces, 2005

• Enterprise-Wide Optimization of Total Landed Cost at a Grocery Retailer

  (author(s): Sridhar Tayur, Feryal Erhun)
  Operations Research, 2003

• Scheduling And Reliable Lead-Time Quotation For Orders With Availability Intervals And Lead-Time Sensitive Revenues

  (author(s): P Keskinocak, R. Ravi, Sridhar Tayur)
  Management Science 47(2), 2001; 264-279

• A New Algebraic Geometry Algorithm for Integer Programming

  (author(s): D. Bertsimas, G. Perakis, Sridhar Tayur)
  Management Science, 2000

• Improving Operations and Quoting Accurate Lead Times in a Laminate Plant

  Interfaces, 2000

• Development of a Rapid-Response Supply Chain at Caterpillar

  (author(s): U. Rao, Alan Scheller-Wolf, Sridhar Tayur)
  Operations Research, 2000

• Value of Information in Capacitated Supply Chains

  (author(s): S. Gavirneni, R. Kapuscinski, Sridhar Tayur)
  Management Science, 1999

• Managing Broader Product Lines through Delayed Differentiation Using Vanilla Boxes

  (author(s): J. Swaminathan, Sridhar Tayur)
  Management Science, 1998

• Sensitivity Analysis for Base-Stock Levels in Multi-Echelon Production-Inventory Systems

  (author(s): P. Glasserman, Sridhar Tayur)
  Management Science, 1995

Working Papers

• Topological Invariants for Adiabatic Quantum Computing

  (author(s): Raouf Dridi, Hedayat Alghassi, Sridhar Tayur)

• Graver Basis via Adiabatic Quantum Computing

  (author(s): Hedayat Alghassi, Raouf Dridi, Sridhar Tayur)

• A Novel Algebraic Geometry Framework for AQC on Ising Spin Glass Models

  (author(s): Raouf Dridi, Hedayat Alghassi, Sridhar Tayur)

• A New Business Model for Online-to-Offline Commerce: From Competition to Cooperation

  (author(s): Hui Li, Joseph Xu, Sridhar Tayur)

• Towards an Equitable Allocation of Livers Among HCC and Non-HCC Patients

  (author(s): Mustafa Akan, Zachary Leung, Sridhar Tayur, James Markmann, Heidi Yeh)

Awards and Honors

• IIT Madras - Distinguished Alumnus Award (2018)
• MSOM Society - Distinguished Fellow (2017)
• Member, National Academy of Engineering (2017)
• DSI - Plenary (2017)
• Pierskalla Award (2015)
• POMS - Plenary (2015)
• Cornell University - Bangs Lecture (2014)
• UCLA - Marschak Lecture (2012)
• INFORMS - INFORMS Fellow (2012)
• POMS - First Prize, Best Paper Award Competition in Healthcare Operations (2012)
• MSOM - Plenary (2008)
• Carnegie Science Center - Award for Innovation in Information Technology (2007)
• INFORMS - Plenary (2007)
• INFORMS - Finalist, Franz Edelman Prize (2005)
• Ernst & Young - Finalist, Ernst & Young Entrepreneurship Award (2004)
• INFORMS - First Prize, Teaching Case Competition (2000)
• Tepper School of Business - George Leland Bach Award for MBA Teaching (2000)
• INFORMS - Finalist, Lanchester Prize (1997)
• Tepper School of Business - Undergraduate Teaching Award (1994)
• INFORMS - Honorable Mention, Nicholson Prize (1990)

University Service

• Lave-Weil Prize, Chairperson (2012 - 2015)
• University Promotion Committee, Committee Member (2008 - 2010)

Public Service

• NeoTribe Ventures, Advisory Board (2017 - )
• Mitra Biotech, Advisory Board (2016 - )
• Transplant Interface, Board of Directors (2016 - )
• VocalID, Advisory Board (2016 - )
• WGBH, Board of Overseers (2016 - )
• True Spark, Advisory Board (2015 - )
• Orchestro, Board of Directors (2015 - 2016)
• CCG, Inc., Advisory Board (2000 - 2009)

Consulting

• Charter Steel (2015 -)
• LMI (March 2012 - May 2012)
• ConAgra Foods (2008 - 2010)
• Microsoft (2007 - 2009)
• Caterpillar (2006 - 2009)
• Deere (2004 - 2008)
• Flight Options (1994 - 2004)
• McKinsey and Co. (1999 - 2001)
• General Electric (1992 - 1995)

Professional Activities

• Department Editor, Management Science (2018 -)
• Department Editor, POMS Journal (2015 -)
• Member, MSOM Journal, Editorial Board (January 2011 - December 2013)
• Committee Member, INFORMS, INFORMS Prize (October 2011 - March 2012)
• Associate Editor, Operations Research (January 1997 - 2010)
• Associate Editor, Management Science (January 1997 - 2002)
• President, MSOM (2000 - 2001)

Courses Taught

• Service Management: Go-to-Market Strategy and Operations (45965)

  • 2017 Mini 5 Section: M
  • 2015 Mini 3 Section: E
  • 2014 Mini 4 Section: A
• Healthcare Operations (47762)

  • 2016 Mini 2 Section: A
  • 2014 Mini 4 Section: A
• Operations Management (45760)

  • 2016 Mini 2 Section: F, M
  • 2015 Mini 2 Section: F, M
  • 2015 Mini 3 Section: A, B
  • 2014 Mini 2 Section: F, M
  • 2014 Mini 3 Section: A, B
  • 2013 Mini 6 Section: F
• Service Mgmt:Go-to-Market Strategy Ops (45965)

  • 2016 Mini 2 Section: A
• Foundations of Operations Management (47760)

  • 2015 Mini 2 Section: A
• Service Management: Go-To-Market Strategy And Operations (45965)

  • 2015 Mini 2 Section: E
• Service Operations (45965)

  • 2013 Mini 6 Section: E
  • 2013 Mini 4 Section: A
• Foundations of Operations Management II (47762)

  • 2013 Mini 4 Section: A
  • 2012 Mini 4 Section: A
  • 2010 Mini 4 Section: A
  • 2009 Mini 4 Section: A
  • 2008 Mini 4 Section: A
• Operations Management (45765)

  • 2012 Mini 4 Section: F
• Production & Operations Management (45765)

  • 2011 Mini 4 Section: F, M
  • 2010 Mini 4 Section: F, M
  • 2009 Mini 4 Section: F, M
  • 2008 Mini 4 Section: F, M
  • 2007 Mini 4 Section: F, M
  • 2006 Mini 4 Section: F, M
• Seminar in Manufacturing Management III (47761)

  • 2007 Mini 4 Section: A
• Seminar in Manufacturing Management I (47761)

  • 2006 Mini 4 Section: A