Parviz Ghandforoush - Professor, Business Information Technology
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Phone: (703) 538-8410
Education
- Ph.D. 1980, Texas Tech University
- MBA 1977, University of Texas
- B.S.E.E. 1974, University of Texas
Primary Expertise
- Information technology
- Web-based applications
- Integer programming
- Large-scale mathematical programming
- Decision analysis
Courses Taught
- Web-Based Applications and E-Commerce
- Decision Support Systems
- Management Science for Decision Makers
Parviz Ghandforoush is Professor of Business Information Technology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). He received the Ph.D. in Management Science at Texas Tech University, MBA at the University of Texas in Austin, and B.S. Electrical Engineering at the University of Texas in Austin.
Dr. Ghandforoush has over 25 years of research, teaching, administrative, and professional experience in information technology and management science and is the co-author of the textbook Management Science for Decision Makers. He has published in refereed academic and professional publications in the areas of decision and optimization models, decision support systems in complex environments, sequencing and scheduling, staffing models, and simulation of organizational operations. His research has appeared in such journals as, Computers & Operations Research, Journal on Computing, Decision Support Systems, Journal of Systems Management, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Industrial Engineering Transactions, European Journal of Operations Research, The International Journal of Management Science, Naval Research Logistics, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Computers & Information Sciences, Computers & Industrial Engineering, and others.
He has extensive involvement in professional development, consulting and research activities in areas of executive decision models, efficiency models and optimization, strategic implications of information technology, decision support systems, and electronic commerce. Parviz Ghandforoush is the Managing Director of the Master of Information Technology Program and Director of MBA Program at Virginia Tech.