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Tal Ben-Zvi

Assistant Professor

Location:Babbio Center 629
Phone:201.216.8545
Fax:201.216.5385
Email:tbenzvi@stevens.edu

Courses:
MIS 620 - Analysis and Development of Information Systems
MIS 637 - Knowledge Discovery in Database
 

Research & Education

Research
  • Decision Analysis
  • Network Modeling
  • Simulations
  • Operations Management Models
Education
  • Ph.D. (2006) Informaiton Systems, Tel-Aviv University
  • M.B.A. (2002) Summa Cum Laude, Information Systems and Operations Research, Tel-Aviv University
  • B.A. (1998) Magna Cum Laude, Economics and Management, Tel-Aviv University
 

Experience & Service

Experience
  • Assistant Professor, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ (2006-present)
  • Teacher, Faculty of Management, The Leon Recanati Graduate school of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University (2002-2006)
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo (2003-2006)
  • Adjunct Lecturer, College of Management (2004-2005)
  • Adjunct Lecturer, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University – Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Tel-Aviv University: A joint High-Tech MBA Program (2004)
  • Teaching Assistant, Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo (2000-2005)
  • Teaching Assistant, College of Management (2000-2002)
  • Teaching Assistant, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University – Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Tel-Aviv University: A joint MBA Program (2000)
  • Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Management, The Leon Recanati Graduate school of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University (1999-2002)
General Information
  • Languages:

English, Hebrew; partially French, German, Spanish and Arabic.

  • Non-Academic Experience:

1995-2000 Israeli Army Service (Lieutenant)

1998-2000 Budget Department, Israel Ministry of Defense

 

Institutional Service
  • Coordinator, System Analysis and Development of Inforamtion Systems
  • Advisor, Master of Science in Information Systems Degree
  • Member, Institute Committee on Committees (2007-2008)
  • Member, Howe School Graduate Curriculum Committee (2007-2008)

 

Professional Service

Reviewer for the Following:

  • IAIM - International Academy for Information Management
  • EJOR - European Journal of Operational Research
  • IJMTM - International Journal of Manufacturing Tech. and Management
  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics
  • JISE - Journal of Information Systems Education

Courses taught:

  • Analysis and Development of Information Systems (Graduate Program)
  • Introduction to Information Technologies (Undergraduate Program)
  • Introduction to Decision Theory (Undergraduate Program)
  • Introduction to Operations Research (Undergraduate Program)
  • Quantitative Methods (Undergraduate Program)
  • Principles of Production and Operations Management (Undergraduate Program)
  • Planning Production Lots (Undergraduate Program)
  • Simulation Manager of Business Simulation of Global Strategy (Graduate Program)
 

Achievements & Professional Societies

Honors & Awards
  • A sample PhD student for the Tel-Aviv University Jubilee Brochure (2005-2006)
  • Tel-Aviv University Fellowship and Scholarship (2002-2006)
  • The Marcel and Annie Adams Scholarship (2004)
  • Valedictorian of the M.B.A. class of 2002
  • Rector’s List: Outstanding Achievements
  • Dean’s List: Outstanding Achievements
Grants, Contracts & Funds
  • Strauss-Elite Grant (2006)
  • The Israeli Business Research Institute (2004)
  • The Israeli Business Research Institute (2002)
Professional Societies
  • AIS Association for Information Systems
  • ILAIS Association for Information Systems - Israel
  • INFORMS Institute for Operations Research and the Management Science
  • ORSIS Operations Research Society Israel
  • EURO Association of European Operational Research Societicy
  • SHVIL Transparency International Israel (an organization promoting business ethics)

Publications

    Journals

    • Ben-Zvi T. and Carton, T.C.. (2007). "From Rhetoric to Reality: Business Games as Educational Tools", INFORMS Transactions on Education. 8 (1)
    • Ben-Zvi T. and Grosfeld-Nir A.. (2007). "Serial Production Systems with Random Yields and Rigid Demand: A Heuristic", Operations Research Letters. 35 (2)
    • Ben-Zvi T.. (2007). "Using Business Games in Teaching DSS", Journal of Information Systems Education. 18 (1)
    • Ben-Zvi T. and Gordon, G.. (2007). "Corporate Positioning: A Business Game Perspective", Developments in Business Simulation & Experiential Exercises. 34 (1)
    • Grosfeld-Nir A., Anily S. and Ben-Zvi T.. (2006). "Lot-Sizing Two-Echelon Assembly Systems with Random Yield and Rigid Demand", European Journal of Operational Research. 173 (2)

    Books

    • Grosfeld-Nir A. and Ben-Zvi T.. (2005), Introduction to Decision-Making Theory
    • Ben-Zvi T.. (2004), Planning Production Lots
    • Ben-Zvi T.. (2003), Introduction to Operations Research
    • Grosfeld-Nir A., Gross, M. and Ben-Zvi T.. (2001), Operations Management: Textbook

      Conference

      • Ben-Zvi T. and Nickerson, J.V.. (Dec 2007). "A Strategy for Object Recognition with Detection errors", Proceedings of the 17th Annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS), Montreal, Canada
      • Ben-Zvi T. and Nickerson, J.V.. (Oct 2007). "Responding to Changing Situations: Learning Automata for Sensor Placement", Proceedings of the Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Orlando, Florida
      • Ben-Zvi T. and Spiegler, I.. (Aug 2007). "Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery: An Analytical Investigation", Proceedings of the 13th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Keystone, Colorado
      • Ben-Zvi T. and Carton, T.C.. (Aug 2007). "Business Games as Pedagogical Tools", Proceedings of the Portland International Center for Management of Engineering Technology (PICMET) Conference, Portland, Oregon
      • Ben-Zvi T., and Nickerson, J.V.. (Jul 2007). "Sensor Placement Learning Automata", Proceedings of the INFORMS International Conference, Puerto Rico
      • Ben-Zvi T. and Carton, T.C.. (Jul 2007). "The Pedagogy of Games in Business", Proceedings of the INFORMS International Conference, Puerto Rico
      • Ben-Zvi T. and Grosfeld-Nir A.. (May 2007). "Serial Production Systems with Random Yields and Rigid Demand: A Heuristic", proceedings of the ORSIS Conference, Maálé-Hahamisha, Israel
      • Ben-Zvi T.. (Dec 2006). "Business Games as a Tool for Teaching DSS", proceedings of the Pre-ICIS AIS SIG-ED IAIM International Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
      • Ben-Zvi T.. (Dec 2005). "Business Games as DSS Laboratories", proceedings of the Pre-ICIS SIG DSS Workshop, Las Vegas, Nevada
      • Grosfeld-Nir A., Anily S. and Ben-Zvi T.. (Jul 2003). "Lot-Sizing Two-Echelon Assembly Systems with Random Yield and Rigid Demand", proceedings of the EURO/INFORMS International Conference, Istanbul, Turkey