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Opher Baron

Opher  Baron

Opher Baron

Distinguished Professor of Operations Management
Academic Director, MMA Program

Degrees:

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MBA, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
BSc, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

Phone:

416-978-4164

Bio

Opher Baron is a Distinguished Professor of Operations Management and the Academic Director, MMA Program at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.  He was a visiting associate Professor at the Industrial engineering and Management faculty of Technion (2009/10) and a visiting Professor at the School of Information Management and Engineering, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (2016/17). He has a PhD in Operations Management from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA and BSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.  On the teaching front, Opher is especially proud of the modeling and analytics courses he introduced and teaches at Rotman. On the application front he is proud of launching the Covidppehelp.ca platform with his colleagues. This platform has facilitated the flow of millions of PPE items to end-user customers during the global Covid19 pandemic. His research interests include queueing, business analytics, service operations (such as healthcare), autonomous vehicles, and revenue management. Opher's work is published in leading journals such as Operations Research, and Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, and he has won several research and teaching awards and grants, including the 1000 Talents Plan Scholar from the Shanghai Municipal Government, 2017. Opher is active in the operations research and operations management community. He has given numerous invited keynote lectures and seminars, chaired several conferences, clusters, and sessions, and is currently serving on the advisory board and editorial boards of several journals.

Please also have a look at Prof. Opher Baron's current work and presentations in the Recent Videos section.

Academic Positions

  • 2021-present

    Academic Director, Master of Management Analytics, Rotman School of Management, the University of Toronto

  • 2015-2021

    Area Coordinator, Operations Management and Statistics, Rotman School of Management, the University of Toronto

  • 2014-present

    Full Professor, Rotman School of Management, the University of Toronto

  • 2016-2017

    Visiting Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics

  • 2009-2014

    Associate Professor, Rotman School of Management, the University of Toronto

  • 2009-2010

    Visiting Associate Professor, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology

  • 2003-2009

    Assistant Professor, Rotman School of Management, the University of Toronto

Selected Publications - Papers

Recent Presentations

Recent Videos


Autonomous Vehicles Last-Mile Logistics - Presentation by Dr. Mehdi Nourinejad


Waiting Time Management in a Healthcare Open-Shop Network


Automated Mining of Simulation Models Using Event Data - presented by Dr. Arik Senderovich

Automated Mining of Simulation Models Using Event Data - presented by Dr. Arik Senderovich


Store Sequencing for Online Order Fulfillment – presented by Sinem Kinay Savaser

Store Sequencing for Online Order Fulfillment – presented by Sinem Kinay Savaser


Rotman Management Magazine Speaker Series - Opher Baron: The Economics of Autonomous Vehicles


Redesigning the Emergency Department: Opher Baron


Truck and Drone Delivery on a Circle – INFORMS Conference, 2021: Dehqani Viniche


Queueing network in call-centers with redirected customers – INFORMS Conference, 2021


Strategic Capacity, Deployment and Mutual-Aid of an Emergency Vehicle Fleet – INFORMS Conference 2021


Optimal Dynamic Clearing for Interbank Payments – INFORMS Conference 2021: Shuzhen Chen


An Operational Perspective on Micro Financing in Developing Countries – INFORMS Conference, 2021


 

 

Research and Teaching Interests

Modeling, Spreadsheet, Applied probability, Queueing, Inventory management, Facility location, Stochastic process, and Call centers.

Honors and Awards

  • 2016

    1000 Talent Plan, Shanghai Municipality

  • 2016

    For the paper 'M/M/c queue with two priority classes. by Wang J., Baron, O., and Scheller Wolf, A., Operations Research (2015), 63(3):733-749', Wang Jianfu won the CORS Queueing SIG student competition award

  • 2014

    'Now Playing: DVD Purchasing for A Multi-Location Rental Firm,' by Opher Baron, Hajizadeh, Iman, and Joseph Milner, M&SOM, Vol. 13, No. 2, 2011, Finalist M&SOM best paper award

  • 2014

    For the paper ' Using strategic idleness to improve customer service experience in service networks,' by Baron, O., Berman, O., Krass, D., and Wang J., Operations Research, 62(1), January-February 2014. pp123-140. , Wang Jianfu won the CORS Queueing SIG student competition award

  • 2014

    For the paper 'Allocation policies in blood transfusion', Sarhangian Vahid won the Runner-up in the CORS 2014 Student Paper Competition (Open Category) (with Abouee-Mehrizi, H., Berman, O.)

  • 2014

    For the paper ' Customer Acquisition, Retention, and Service Quality for a Call Center: Optimal Promotions, Priorities, and Staffing , Araghi Mojtaba won a Finalist for the CORS 2013 Student Paper Competition (Open Category) (with Afeche, P. )

  • 2011

    M&SOM Meritorious Service Award , M&SOM

  • 2007

    Roger Martin and Nancy Lang Award for Excellence in Research , University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management

Professional Affiliations/Memberships

  • Canadian Operational Research Society

  • INFORMS

Academic / Professional Service

  • 2010-2015

    Masters Programs Committee, University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management