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Teo Chung Piaw

Executive Director
Provost’s Chair
Department of Analytics and Operations, NUS Business School

Research Interests

Optimisation Under Uncertainty, Discrete Choice, Social Choice, Inventory Theory, Supply Chain Management, Combinatorial Optimisation,
Operations Research.
Curriculum Vitae
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“The purpose of teaching is not to convey information but to excite and inspire!”

Chung Piaw TEO is Provost’s Chair Professor and Executive Director of the Institute of Operations Research and Analytics (IORA) in the National University of Singapore. Prior to the current appointments, he was a Head of Department, Acting Deputy Dean, Vice-Dean of the Research and Ph.D Program as well as Chair of the Ph.D Committee in the NUS Business School.

He was a fellow in the Singapore-MIT Alliance Program, an Eschbach Scholar in Northwestern University (US), Professor in Sungkyunkwan Graduate School of Business (Korea), and a Distinguished Visiting Professor in YuanZe University (Taiwan). He is currently spearheading an effort to develop the IORA, as part of the University’s strategic initiatives in the Smart Nation Research Program, as well as a department editor for MS (Optimization), and a former area editor for OR (Operations and Supply Chains).

He studied issues in service and manufacturing operations, supply chain management, discrete optimization, and machine learning. He has also served on several international committees such as the Chair of the Nicholson Paper Competition (INFORMS, US), member of the LANCHESTER and IMPACT Prize Committee (INFORMS, US), Fudan Prize Committee on Outstanding Contribution to Management (China).

Overview
Selected Publications
Research/ Teaching Areas
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Overview

Recognition & Awards

  • Appointed as Provost’s Chair with effect from 7 August 14, for a term of three years – 2014
  • Faculty Outstanding Researcher Award Recognition List (NUS) – 2006
  • Nominee for University Outstanding Researcher Award (NUS) – 2006
  • Faculty Outstanding Researcher Award (NUS) – 2003

Educational Qualifications

  • PhD, Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 1996
  • Bachelor of Science (Hon), Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 1990

Academic Experience

  • Professor, National University of Singapore, 2007 – current
  • Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, 2000 – 2007
  • Professor of Decision Sciences, Sungkyunkwan Graduate School of Business, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea, 2004 – 2005
  • Visiting Scholar, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2004
  • Fellow, Singapore MIT Alliance Program, 1999 – 2004
  • Johnson and Johnson Associate Professor, Supply Chain Management, National University of Singapore, 2001 – 2002
  • Eschbach Scholar, Northwestern University, 2001
  • Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore, 1998 – 2000
  • Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998
  • Lecturer, National University of Singapore, 1996 – 1998
  • Senior Tutor, National University of Singapore, 1991 – 1996

Corporate Experience

  • Defence Engineer, Defence Science Organisation, 1990 – 1991
  • Hewlett Packard, Singapore
  • Unilever, Asia Pacific
  • PSA International Pte Ltd

Selected Publications

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Selected Publications

Journal Articles

 

 

Books / Monograph

  • SAISHUNKAN: REJUVNATION BY LIVING IN HARMONY WIHT NATURE (AND CUSTOMERS) (2015)
    •  Books/Monographs
      Wu, Yaozhong with Wang, Tong
      TA-Q-BIN Service Excellence and Innovation in Urban Logistics (pp. 23 pages)

Conference and Seminars

  •  Conference/Seminars
    Teo, Chung Piaw with Mai Y.H., Miao L.X. and Xu Q.
    Proceeding of 2010 8th International Conference on Supply Chain Management and Information Systems: Logistics Systems and Engineering

Research/ Teaching Areas

Research Areas

  • Optimisation Under Uncertainty
  • Discrete Choice
  • Social Choice
  • Inventory Theory
  • Optimisaiton Uncertainty
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Combinatorial Optimisation
  • Operations Research

Courses

Courses

  • DSC3203, Service Operations Management
  • DSC3201, Supply Chain Management
  • DSC2006, Operations Management
  • DSC3202, Purchasing and Materials Management

Membership and Professional Activities

  • Associate Editor, Networks (2001-2007)
  • Associate Editor, IEEE T-ASE (2003 – 2006)
  • Senior Editor, Journal of Flexible Services and Manufacturing (2007 – present)
  • Associate Editor, Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, (2003-2007)
  • Associate Editor, IIE Transactions (2009 – present)
  • Associate Editor, Operations Research (2007-Present)
  • Associate Editor, Management Science (2004-Present)

The Institute of Operations Research and Analytics (IORA) is a part of NUS’s Smart Nation Research Cluster.

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