We are delighted to announce the 2025 Purdue Supply Chain & Operations Management Conference, hosted by the Department of Supply Chain and Operations Management (SCOM) at the Daniels School of Business, Purdue University. This exciting academic event will take place on the West Lafayette campus from 8 a.m. on Friday, August 22, to 12 p.m. on Sunday, August 24, 2025.
This year’s conference is particularly special as we honor the legacy of Professor George Shanthikumar, a pioneer in stochastic modeling and operational data analytics. His groundbreaking contributions have profoundly shaped the field of operations management, and this conference celebrates his lasting impact on both academia and industry.
Building on the successes of the 2023 and 2024 conferences, this third annual event will bring together leading scholars, faculty, doctoral students and our industrial partners in Supply Chain and Operations Management (SCOM) and Operations Research (OR) to share innovative research, foster collaboration, and inspire future advancements in the field.
The 2025 conference will address two critical trends shaping the future of supply chain and operations management research:
Attendees will join a vibrant community of scholars at various career stages, all working to advance the field through impactful research. Our goal is to provide an inclusive academic platform that fosters open dialogue, collaboration, and innovation.
We invite doctoral students with strong research interests in Operations Management and Operations Research to apply. Students are encouraged to present their work during dedicated student sessions.
Interested students should submit the following materials by May 1, 2025:
To ensure diversity and quality, we will select one to two students per institution. Students of the same gender may be required to share double rooms (up to two per room). Students preferring independent accommodations may make their own arrangements at their own expense. Applications will be acknowledged via email, and acceptance will be based on the strength of the submitted materials. Space is limited, so early submission is encouraged.
The 2025 Purdue Supply Chain & Operations Management Conference is not just an academic event—it’s an opportunity to connect, collaborate, and contribute to the future of the field. As we honor the legacy of Professor George Shanthikumar, we invite you to be part of this inspiring gathering of minds.
We look forward to welcoming you to Purdue University!
8 a.m. Friday, August 22 –
12 p.m. Sunday, August 24, 2025
Daniels School of Business
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Akhavan-Tabatabaei, Raha | Sabancı University |
| Chao, Xiuli | University of Michigan |
| Chen, Frank | City University of Hong Kong |
| Chen, Hong | Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business |
| Chen, Xin | Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Dai, Jim | Cornell University |
| Deng, Tianhu | Soochow University |
| Gupta, Diwakar | University of Texas at Austin |
| Hall, Nicholas (Nick) | The Ohio State University |
| Irvani, Sayed | Northwestern University |
| Jia, Justin | University of Tennessee |
| Jiang, Zhibin | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| Kuo, Yong-Hong | The University of Hong Kong |
| Liyanage, Liwan | Western Sydney University |
| Na, Geng | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| Perakis, Georgia | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Sargent, Robert G. | Syracuse University |
| Seshadri, Sridhar | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| Shang, Kevin | Duke University |
| Shen, Houcai | Nanjing University |
| Shi, Cong | University of Miami |
| Simchi-Levi, David | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Song, Jeannette | Duke University |
| Sriskandarajah, Chelliah | Texas A&M University |
| Stecke, Kathy | University of Texas at Dallas |
| Swaminathan, Jayashankar M | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Tang, Jingwen | University of Miami |
| Wan, Zhixi | The University of Hong Kong |
| Ward, Amy | University of Chicago |
| Xia, Cathy H. | The Ohio State University |
| Yao, David | Columbia University |
| Zhao, Xuying | Texas A&M University |
| Zhou, Liping | Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
In 2022, Purdue announced a major initiative to reimagine the School of Management into a new School of Business that will redefine the preparation of business leaders, grounded in the hallmarks of a Purdue education, including STEM disciplines and business analytics. Graduates from the School of Business will be uniquely positioned to bring discoveries to the marketplace, scale up innovations and effect societal change. Purdue’s business school was formally renamed the Mitch Daniels School of Business, honoring the 12th president of Purdue University. The school is achieving excellence at scale by increasing enrollment, faculty size and housing them in a state-of-the-art facilities; while integrating business with the university’s world-renowned strength in STEM fields. Students are provided with expanded transformational experiential learning opportunities as they are taught to better communicate the importance of business to effectively build bridges between technology and humanity.
The Supply Chain & Operations Management (SC&OM) Area has consistently retained high rankings in educational programs, and an increasingly strong reputation of faculty research among top institutes. Our educational program has a unique reputation for training students with data-driven problem-solving skills to address issues in supply chain and operations management with a significant emphasis on global contexts. In the 2024 U.S. News & World Report rankings, our undergraduate programs are listed #8 in Production/Operations Management and #10 in Supply Chain Management/Logistics, and our graduate programs are listed #3 in Production/Operations Management and #7 in Supply Chain Management/Logistics.
Zhan Pang
Professor of Management
403 Mitch Daniels Blvd., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2056
1-765-494-4489 | zpang@purdue.edu
