DSI2025 – Wrap
That’s a wrap! DSI 2025 ended this Monday after three dynamic days with more than 1,180 participants. It was wonderful to chair the conference and meet old/new friends in Orlando. … Read More
Xin Ding
DSI2025 Day 2 – Deans’ Panel
Day 2 of the DSI 2025 Conference was filled with engaging panels, workshops, and thought-provoking research and pedagogical presentations. One highlight was the Deans’ Panel, organized by professional co-chairs Sandun … Read More
DSI2025 Day 2 – Lunch with Keynote Speakers
For day two of the DSI 2025 conference, had the great pleasure of taking two distinguished keynote speakers Maxime Cohen and Yunyao Li (hiring) for lunch at our conference hotel. … Read More
DSI2025 Day 1 – Middle Career Panel
Had a fantastic Day 1 at the DSI 2025 Conference! The venue was excellent, the food delicious, and the weather absolutely perfect. The first day was packed with engaging research … Read More
Dean’s research professor and vice chair
I’m very humbled to share two updates that reflect what drives my passion in academia: research and service. 🔬 I was recently awarded Dean’s Research Professor at Rutgers Business School … Read More
AI and digital twins in classroom teaching
How are we planning to leverage AI in classroom teaching? Rutgers is hosting AI in Teaching Conference (12/6/24). My colleague Hussein Issa and I will be presenting Teaching AI and … Read More
Conference Chair for the 56th Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference, Orlando, FL (December 22-24, 2025)
The 55th Decision Sciences Institute Annual Conference was a great success! Thanks to Tolga Aydinliyim and the conference leadership team for putting together a wonderful program. I was also very … Read More
#2 Best on-campus healthcare analytics graduate program in the Nation!
It is a historic week of heat wave for northeast and midwest. Adding to the heat is that our M.S. in Healthcare Analytics and Intelligence, Rutgers Business School was ranked … Read More
Best paper award from Service Industries Journal -2023
It is great to hear that our paper published with Service Industries Journal was selected as a best paper in 2023! 😄 Citation: Jochen Wirtz, Johannes Hofmeister, Patricia Y. P. … Read More
JOM paper on benchmarks
I am very happy to share that, right around the Thanksgiving eve, my sole-authored paper was accepted for publication with the Journal of Operations Management. In the paper, I use … Read More