Eitan Zemel is the Vice Dean for Strategic Initiatives and the W. Edwards Deming Professor of Quality and Productivity at
New York University
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's
Stern School of Business
The Leonard N. Stern School of Business (also NYU Stern, Stern School of Business, or simply Stern) is the business schools, business school of New York University, a private university, private research university based in New York City. Founded ...
. He also teaches courses in
operations management
Operations management is concerned with designing and controlling the production (economics), production of good (economics), goods and service (economics), services, ensuring that businesses are efficiency, efficient in using resources to meet ...
and operations strategy at NYU.
Professor Zemel also teaches for the Master of Science in Business Analytics Program for Executives (MSBA), which is jointly hosted by NYU Stern and NYU Shanghai.
Academic interests
Zemel's research is focused on computations and algorithms. He developed the concepts used in the first practical algorithm for solving large
knapsack problem
The knapsack problem is the following problem in combinatorial optimization:
:''Given a set of items, each with a weight and a value, determine which items to include in the collection so that the total weight is less than or equal to a given lim ...
s and which are used in almost every efficient algorithm for this type of problem.
Other areas of Zemel's research include supply chain management, operations strategy, service operations, and incentive issues in operations management. His writing has appeared in numerous publications including ''The SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics,'' ''Operations Research,'' ''Games and Economic Behavior,'' and ''Annals of Operations Research.''
Zemel is also an associate editor of ''Manufacturing Review,'' ''Production and Operations Management,'' and ''Management Science,'' and the senior editor of ''Manufacturing and Service Operations.''
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Publications
Eitan Zemel is a co-author of over 40 articles.
Eitan Zemel's online publications resume
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Education
Zemel received his Bachelor of Science
A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.S., B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.
The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Scienc ...
in Mathematics
Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...
from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; ) is an Israeli public university, public research university based in Jerusalem. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Chaim Weizmann in July 1918, the public university officially opened on 1 April 1925. ...
, his Master of Science
A Master of Science (; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree. In contrast to the Master of Arts degree, the Master of Science degree is typically granted for studies in sciences, engineering and medici ...
in Applied Physics
Applied physics is the application of physics to solve scientific or engineering problems. It is usually considered a bridge or a connection between physics and engineering.
"Applied" is distinguished from "pure" by a subtle combination of fac ...
from The Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, and his Doctor of Philosophy
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of Postgraduate education, graduate study and original resear ...
in Operations Research
Operations research () (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a branch of applied mathematics that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve management and ...
from the Graduate School of Business Administration at Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The institution was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912, it became the Carnegie Institu ...
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References
External links
Department of Operations Management websiteList of Publications Part II
NYU Stern BiographyDepartment of Operations Management Biography
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
New York University Stern School of Business faculty
Tepper School of Business alumni