John Semple
Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty
Professor, Eugene J. and Ruth F. Constantin, Jr. Distinguished Chair in Business
Information Technology and Operations Management
| Phone |
214-768-2546 |
| Office |
Crow 385 |
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Education
PhD, Management Science/Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin
Biography
John Semple is currently the Charles Wyly Professor of Management Information Systems (MIS) at the ÃÛÌÒ½´Methodist University (SMU) Cox School of Business. He joined the Cox School in 1996 and teaches courses in statistics, decision analysis, revenue management, and spreadsheet modeling. His research uses analytical models to address a broad range of business topics, and his papers have been published in the leading academic journals, including Operations Research, Management Science, and Marketing Science, among others. He has twice won the Cox School of Business "Research Excellence Award". In the classroom, he has been recognized for outstanding teaching in the MBA program five times, won the "Distinguished MBA Teaching Award" twice, the "Boghetich Family Distinguished Teaching Award" twice, the "Eugene T. Byrne Endowed Faculty Innovation Award", the "Most Valuable EMBA Professor Award", and the "Distinguished BBA Teaching Award". He served as chairman of information technology and operations management (ITOM) from 2009-2012.
Recent Papers
Choosing an N-Pack of Substitutable Products (with Ed Fox and Laura Norman)
Paper
Accompanying Excel File
Teaching
BA 6050 Decision Modeling
Research
Inventory/Production Models in Supply Chain Management
Optimization Theory and Applications