Panels
Women in Industry and Academia (WIIA) Panel
2:00 – 3:30 pm, July 2, 2025
Meet the Editors Panel I
4:00 – 5:30 pm, July 2, 2025
Dr. Jianxin (Roger) Jiao
Associate Professor of Enterprise Systems Engineering
G,W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA, USA
Dr. Jiao joined the Woodruff School in December 2008. Prior, he was an Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor in the School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Before his career in Singapore, he was a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 1998 to 1999. From 1993 to 1994, he was a Lecturer of Industrial Engineering in the School of Management at Tianjin University, China, and from 1988 to 1990, he worked as an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Industrial Design at Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China.
Dr. Jiao’s research activities are geared toward a good leverage of practical relevance and academic rigor. He is interested in a number of investigations related to an extended enterprise, involving engineering design and product development (design theory and methodology, product family and product platform, customer requirement management, affective design and Kansei engineering, design project management, service modeling and service delivery system design), enterprise engineering and industrial systems (reconfigurable manufacturing systems, production planning and control, supply chain management and engineering logistics, system modeling and simulation, sales/marketing manufacturing interface, global manufacturing and operations, mass customization), as well as manufacturing and management information systems (artificial intelligence in design and manufacturing, industrial applications of e-commerce, virtual enterprise).
His research is motivated by the current trend of manufacturing companies to move toward global manufacturing in order to better leverage capabilities and resources worldwide. Product realization then becomes globally distributed and necessitates collaboration that transcends geographic boundaries. Strategic engineering with a focus on product creation suggests itself to be of primary importance for companies to gain competitive edges. Product design has to address individual customer needs along with diverse market niches, while maintaining low costs and near mass production efficiency. Build-to-order and reconfiguration have become common norms. The traditional spectrum of product fulfillment therefore must be expended to encompass marketing, design, production, as well as supply and value chains; and must be aligned with the self-adaptability of a learning organization. Dr. Jiao’s vision is that the product creation horizon will be shifted from a physical product perspective to a total life cycle experience. Product creation should be more than just dealing with pieces of hardware, but rather should be enacted as the co-design of an entire ecosystem, including fulfillment, services, experiences and human satisfaction at the individual and the community levels.
Education
- Ph.D. (Industrial Engineering), Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 1998
- M.E. (Intelligent Manufacturing), Tianjin University, China, 1993
- B.E. (Mechanical Design), Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China, 1988
Prof. George Q. Huang
Chair Professor of Smart Manufacturing
Director of Research Institute for Advanced Manufacturing
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom, Kowloon
Hong Kong
eorge joined Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in December 2022 as Chair Professor of Smart Manufacturing. Prior to this appointment, he was Chair Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Head of Department in Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at The University of Hong Kong. He gained BEng and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Southeast University (China) and Cardiff University (UK) respectively. He has conducted research projects in areas of Smart Manufacturing, Logistics, and Construction through IoT-enabled Cyber-Physical Internet and Systems Analytics. His research has been supported with substantial government and industrial grants. He has directed a strong research team and collaborated closely with leading academic and industrial organizations through joint projects and start-up companies. He has published extensively and his works have been highly cited by research communities. He serves as associate editors and editorial members for several international journals. He is Chartered Engineer (CEng), Fellow of IEEE, IISE, ASME, HKIE, IET and CILT.
Dr. Maged M. Dessouky
Dean’s Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering
Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering and Spatial Sciences Institute
Department Chair, Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
University of Southern California
Los Angles, California, USA
Dr. Dessouky received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Industrial Engineering from Purdue University in 1984 and 1987, respectively. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley in 1992.
His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, PATH, Caltrans, FTA, and Department of Defense. He was recipient of the 2007 Transportation Science & Logistics Best Paper Prize (“Optimal Slack Time for Schedule-Based Transit Operations”). He is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineers. Dr. Dessouky was a recipient of IIE Operations Research Division Excellence in Teaching Award, the USC Associates Award in Teaching (Top University Award for Teaching), Alpha Pi Mu/Omega Rho Outstanding Teacher of the Year in Industrial Systems Engineering, the USC Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the TRW School of Engineering Teacher Award. He is area/associate editor of Computers & Industrial Engineering, IIE Transactions, and Transportation Research Part B: Methodological, on the editorial board of Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, and previously served as Area Editor of ACM Transactions of Modelling and Computer Simulation and IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Dr. Min Xie
Chair Professor, Department of Systems Engineering
Chair Professor, Affiliate, Department of Data Science
City University of Hong Kong
Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PRC
Fellow of IEEE (2006)
Elected Member of Int Statistical Institute (2010)
Member of European Academy of Sciences and Arts (2022)
Asian Region VP of Inst of Industrial and Systems Engineers (2022-2024)
M. Xie completed his undergraduate studies in Sweden, earning a direct MSc from the Royal Institute of Technology in 1984, followed by a PhD from Linköping University in 1987. In 1991, he joined the National University of Singapore (NUS) as one of the first recipients of the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Research Fellowship, later becoming a full professor in 2005. In May 2011, Professor Xie moved to the City University of Hong Kong (CityU), as Chair Professor of Industrial Engineering. He has conducted extensive research in industrial engineering, focusing on reliability engineering and quality management, and has published over 300 journal articles and authored 10 books. At NUS and CityU, Prof Xie supervised more than 70 PhD students, now holding positions in industry and academia across various continents. Prof Xie has also served as editor, associate editor, or on editorial board member for over 10 leading international journals. Prof Xie was elected a Fellow of the IEEE in 2005 and elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He currently serves as Chairman of Fellow Evaluation Committee for IEEE TEMS society and VP for Asian Region of IISE.
Panel on Global Supply Chain and Logistics
2:00 – 3:30 pm, July 3, 2025
Ph.D. Workshop
4:00 – 5:30 pm, July 3, 2025
Panel or Workshop – TBA
2:00 – 3:30 pm, July 4, 2025
Meet the Editors Panel II
4:00 – 5:30 pm, July 4, 2025
Dr Abraham Zhang
Senior Lecturer in Supply Chain Management and Technology
Adam Smith Business School
University of Glasgow, UK
Associate Editor of Business Strategy and the Environment
Editorial Board of Transportation Research Part E
managing guest editor of Transportation Research Part E Special Issue on “Logistics and Supply Chain Management in an Era of Circular Economy”
Lead Guest Editor of International Journal of Logistics Management Special Issue on “Empirically grounded research in logistics and supply chain management for a circular economy”
Alexandre Dolgui, Dr.habil., Ph.D., IISE Fellow
Professor and Head
Automation, Production and Computer Sciences Dept.
IMT Atlantique, LS2N-CNRS
La Chantrerie, 4, rue Alfred Kastler – B.P. 20722
F-44307 NANTES Cedex 3, France
Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Production Research (IJPR)
Dr. Alexandre Dolgui is an IISE Fellow, Distinguished Professor and the Head of Automation, Production and Computer Sciences Department at the IMT Atlantique, France. His research focuses on manufacturing line design, production planning and supply chain optimization. His main results are based on the exact mathematical programming methods and their intelligent coupling with heuristics and metaheuristics algorithms. He is the co-author of 5 books, the co-editor of 25 books or conference proceedings, the author of 270 refereed journal papers, 4 prefaces of books, 31 editorials and 37 book chapters as well as over 400 papers in conference proceedings. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Production Research, an Area Editor of Computers & Industrial Engineering, past Associate Editor of International Journal of Systems Science (2005-2008), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (2006-2009) and Omega-the International Journal of Management Science (2009-2012), consulting Editor of the International Journal of Systems Science (2009- ). He is Member of the Editorial Boards for 27 other journals, including the International Journal of Production Economics. He is an Active Fellow of the European Academy for Industrial Management, Member of the Board of the International Foundation for Production Research, former Chair of IFAC TC 5.2 Manufacturing Modelling for Management and Control (2011-2017, currently a vice chair), Member of IFIP WG 5.7 Advances in Production Management Systems, IEEE System Council Analytics and Risk Technical Committee, Guest editor of special issues of European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Omega – The International Journal of Management Science, Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Journal of Mathematical Modeling and Algorithms, and Annual Reviews in Control; he was General Scientific Chair of the 12th IFAC symposium INCOM’06, and IFIP APMS’2021, Chairman of International Program Committee of SCM’02, MOSIM’04, INCOM’09, INCOM’12, IESM’13, MIM’13, INCOM’15, IESM’17, GSC’18, MIM’19 and Chairman of Steering committee of MIM’16. Chairman of Organizing Committee of the International Conference MOSIM’01 and ROADEF’2011; last ten years, he was Member of Program Committees of over 200 International Conferences.
Dr. Ali Siadat
Full Professor
Laboratoire de Conception, Fabrication Commande
Arts et Métier Paris Tech, Centrede Metz
Metz, France
Ali Siadat is Professor at Laboratoire de Conception, Fabrication Commande, Arts et Métier Paris Tech, Centrede Metz in Metz, France. His current research interests include: computer aided manufacturing, modeling andoptimization of manufacturing processes, decision making in manufacturing, inspection planning and operationsresearch applications. He has published numerous papers and book chapters in the aforementioned fields.
Dr. Roel Leus
Professor of Operations Research
KU Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Roel Leus obtained his PhD in Operations Research (OR) from KU Leuven (Belgium) in 2003, and is currently full professor of OR at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the same university. He is also the program director of the Business Engineering programs (for all campuses, covering around 2000 students), and the chairman of the university-wide Advisory Committee for the Chinese Region of KU Leuven. He was the head of the research group ORSTAT (Operations Research and Statistics) from 2012 to 2016. His main research interests are in sequencing and scheduling, combinatorial optimization, and decision making under uncertainty. Roel Leus has published over 80 papers in international journals such as Production and Operations Management, Journal of Operations Management, INFORMS Journal on Computing, Transportation Science, IIE Transactions, and European Journal of Operational Research. Prof. Roel Leus is currently also associate editor of the journal OR Spectrum, and special-issue editor of Annals of Operations Research and of Transportation Research Part E.