Subodha Kumar
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Subodha Kumar is an Indian American business school researcher and educator and a board member. He is known for his work on web advertising, social media, healthcare, analytics, and disruptive technologies. He is the Paul R. Anderson Distinguished Chair Professor of Statistics, Operations, and Data Science (with a secondary appointment in Information Systems) at the Fox School of Business, Temple University. He founded the Center for Business Analytics and Disruptive Technologies at Temple University and directs the Ph.D. Program in Operations and Supply Chain Management.[4][5]
Subodha is the President-Elect of Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)[6] and the Deputy Editor for the Production and Operations Management journal, one of the topmost journals in the field of operations and supply chain management.[7] He is also the Founding Executive Editor of the Management and Business Review journal,[8] which has been referred to as a rival to the Harvard Business Review by Forbes.[9]
Subodha has (co)-authored two books in the areas of web analytics - Optimization Issues in Web and Mobile Advertising: Past and Future Trends Social Media Analytics and Practical Applications: The Change to the Competition Landscape.
Kumar has received several awards for research, teaching, and service to the academic community.[10][11][12] He has been invited by media to provide expert opinion on matters related to social media, marketing, and business management.[13][14][15]
Education and Academic Career
[edit]Subodha was born in India where he received his Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from BIT Sindri, India. He later went on to get his masters in Industrial and Management Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He received his MBA and PhD (2001) in Management Sciences and Information Systems from University of Texas, Dallas.[16] Kumar started his academic career as an Assistant Professor of Information Systems at Foster School of Business, University of Washington. He later joined Mays Business School at Texas A&M University in 2009, where he held Mays Research Fellow (2012), Shelley and Joe Tortorice '70 Faculty Research Fellow (2012 – 2013), and Carol and G. David Van Houten, Jr. '71 Professorship (2013 – 2017).[17]
Patent and Writing
[edit]Kumar holds a patent (United States Patent # 6,556,893, approved on April 29, 2003) on “Robotic System Control.”[18]
Books
[edit]Subodha is the author of Optimization Issues in Web and Mobile Advertising: Past and Future Trends, which summarizes the state-of-the-art research on web and mobile advertising. He is also a co-author of Social Media Analytics and Practical Applications: The Change to the Competition Landscape, which illustrates how social media analytics can help firms build transformational strategies and cope with the challenges of social media technology.
Journal and refereed conference publications
[edit]Subodha has published around 100 papers in academic journals[19] and around 150 peer-reviewed conference proceedings.[20]
Case Studies and Book Chapters
[edit]Subodha has co-authored several business-school case studies in the domain of operations, supply chain management, and information systems.[21] He has also co-authored multiple book chapters.[22]
Editorial activity and board member
[edit]Subodha holds and has held several editorial positions at academic journals including deputy editor for Production and Operations Management[7] and founding editor-in-chief of Management and Business Review.[8] He is the President-Elect of Production and Operations Management Society (POMS),[6] and a board member of Insightzz,[23] Journal of Blockchain Research,[24] Srini Raju Centre for IT and The Networked Economy, Indian School of Business (ISB),[25] and ISB Institute of Data Science.[26] In addition, Subodha is the faculty area advisor of operations-economics interface at the Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur,[27] advisory council member of the INFORMS Service Science Section,[28] and associate executive director of the Production and Operations Management Society's information technology services.[29] He has also been a member of the Heal Advisory Board.[28]
Honors and awards
[edit]Kumar has received several honors for his scholarship and service to the academic society.
- INFORMS Information Systems Society (ISS) Distinguished Fellow Award, which is considered to be the highest recognition of INFORMS ISS.[1][2]
- Production and Operations Management Society Fellow, which is considered to be Production and Operations Management Society’s highest recognition.[3]
- Instituted “The Subodha Kumar and Geoffrey G. Parker Award for Research on Digital Transformation” by the Management and Business Review.[30]
- Sushil K. Gupta Production and Operations Management Society (POMS) Distinguished Service Award for his service to the academic society.[31]
- Association of Former Students University Level Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching, Texas A&M University, 2016. This award is among the most prestigious awards at Texas A&M University.[32]
- Selected as the 'Professor of the Year' for Core Courses by the ISB PGP Classes of 2021, 2022, and 2023, Hyderabad Campus, Indian School of Business.[12]
- Ranked #1 worldwide in terms of publications in Information Systems Research in 2016-2019.[33]
- Ranked #1 worldwide in terms of publications in Information Systems Research in 2015-2018.[33]
- Erdős Number 3: List of people by Erdős number[34][35][36][37]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "ISS Award Video".
- ^ a b "ISS Award Page".
- ^ a b "POMS Fellows". www.poms.org. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "Prof. Subodha Kumar". Web Page of Prof. Subodha Kumar. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "Subodha Kumar". Fox School of Business. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ a b "POMS Board". www.poms.org. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ a b "POM Journal Editorial Board". POM Journal.
- ^ a b "MBR Journal Editorial Board". MBR Journal. 9 November 2020.
- ^ "Profs Plan A Rival To The Harvard Business Review". Forbes.
- ^ "Three Mays faculty to receive Distinguished Achievement Awards". Mays Impacts. April 2016. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "Aggie Network". Awards. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ a b "ISB Professor of the Year Award". www.isb.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
- ^ "Media Mentions of Prof. Subodha Kumar". Media Mentions.
- ^ "Live NBC Interview on Black Friday". NBC News.
- ^ "Bloomberg - A Playboy in Lockdown, Dan Bilzerian Pushes Party Brand From a Social Distance". Bloomberg.com. 18 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "PhD Student Testimonials | Naveen Jindal School of Management". Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "Subodha Kumar | Mays Impacts". mays.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
- ^ "Subodha Kumar Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 2020-07-19.
- ^ "Journal Publications of Prof. Subodha Kumar". Journal Publications.
- ^ "Conference Publications of Prof. Subodha Kumar". Refereed Conference Publications.
- ^ "Case Publications of Prof. Subodha Kumar". Case Publications.
- ^ "Prof. Subodha Kumar's book chapters". Book Chapters.
- ^ "Insightzz".
- ^ "Journal of Blockchain Research Advisory Board".
- ^ "ISB SRITNE Board Member".
- ^ "ISB IIDS Board Member".
- ^ "Faculty Area Advisor, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Udaipur".
- ^ a b "Prof. Subodha Kumar's Board Membership".
- ^ "Production and Operations Management Society Board Members".
- ^ "MBR Awards" (PDF). www.mbrjournal.com. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ "POMS Gupta Award". www.poms.org. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
- ^ "The Association of Former Students University Level Distinguished Achievement Award". www.tamu.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ a b "AIS Research Rankings". www.aisresearchrankings.org. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- ^ Fan, Ming; Kumar, Subodha; Whinston, Andrew B. Short-term and long-term competition between providers of shrink-wrap software and software as a service. European J. Oper. Res. 196 (2009), no. 2, 661–671.
- ^ Fan, Ming; Kumar, Subodha; Whinston, Andrew B. Selling or advertising: Strategies of providing digital media online. J. Management Information Systems 24 (2007-8), no. 3, 143-166.
- ^ Kleitman, D.; Martin-Löf, A.; Rothschild, B.; Whinston, A. A matching theorem for graphs. J. Combinatorial Theory 8 (1970), 104–114.
- ^ Erdős, P.; Kleitman, D. J.; Rothschild, B. L. Asymptotic enumeration of K_n-free graphs. (Italian summary) Colloquio Internazionale sulle Teorie Combinatorie (Rome, 1973), Tomo II, pp. 19–27. Atti dei Convegni Lincei, No. 17, Accad. Naz. Lincei, Rome, 1976.