Lawrence M. Seiford
is
Professor and Chair of
Industrial and Operations
Engineering
at the
University of Michigan.
Prior to joining the University of Michigan he was
Program Director of the Operations Research and
Production Systems programs at the
National Science Foundation
(1997-2000) and was a member of the faculty at the
University of
Massachusetts,
the
University of Texas at
Austin,
the
University of
Kansas,
and
York University.
Professor
Seiford’s teaching and research interests are primarily in
the areas of quality engineering, productivity analysis,
process improvement, distributed-systems design issues, and
performance measurement. In addition, he is recognized as
one of the world's experts in the methodology of Data
Envelopment Analysis. His current research involves the
development of benchmarking models for identifying
best-practice in manufacturing and service systems. He is
presently engaged in multi-year studies examining
best-practice in the financial services sector and health
care delivery systems. Results of this research effort have
been incorporated in academic course offerings and
practitioner workshops on benchmarking, productivity, and
performance measurement. He has written and co-authored
four books and over one hundred articles in the areas of
quality, productivity, operations management, process
improvement, decision analysis, and decision support
systems. He has been a consultant to government and major
corporations. His industrial experience spans a number of
production processes and business settings in the private,
public and non-profit sectors.
Professor Seiford is Associate Editor of the
Journal of Productivity Analysis,
Associate Editor for
Operations Research, past
Editor-in-Chief of
OMEGA, the International Journal of
Management Science, and has been or is on the
editorial boards of nine scientific journals. He is a
Fellow of the
Institute of Industrial Engineers
(IIE),
a Fellow of the
American Society for Quality
(ASQ),
and a Fellow of the
Institute for Operations Research and the
Management Sciences (INFORMS).
Dr. Seiford has received the General Electric Outstanding
Teaching Award, the CBA Foundation Award for Research
Excellence, and has been a Lily Endowment Teaching Fellow.
He was awarded the degree Docteur Honoris Causa from the
National Ministry of Education of France in a special
recognition ceremony at the
Universite de la Mediterranee, Aix-Marseille
II
in November, 2000.
Contact
info:
Lawrence M. Seiford, Professor and Chair
Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering
1205 Beal Avenue, Room 1877
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2117 USA
Voice: (734) 764-9422 Fax: (734) 764-3451
email: seiford@umich.edu