Samer Takriti is a

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n management scientist. He received his Ph.D. in

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from the

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. An expert in energy markets, he worked for

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in 1999-2000. He has also been a senior manager in the Mathematical Sciences Department at

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. The initiatives of this department were reported on in a ''

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'' cover story. The story has received substantial media coverage; another paper Takriti contributed to on the impact of

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has also received some media attention.

References

# ''BusinessWeek'' — "Math will rock your world", January 23, 2006

External links

Math will Rock Your World (BusinessWeek)

* ttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0684839008 The Engines of Tomorrow, by R. Buderi(describes research on energy modeling done by S.T. at IBM Research). Living people University of Michigan alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-business-bio-stub