Soulaymane Kachani

Director of Master of Science Programs
Director of Executive Education
Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Columbia University
Office address : S.W. Mudd Building Room 334
Office phone Number: 212 854-1804
E-mail: kachani@columbia.edu


Education

  • Ph.D. in Operations Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Master of Science in Operations Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
  • Diplôme d’ingénieur in Applied Mathematics, Ecole Centrale de Paris


  • Research interests

  • Pricing and revenue management
  • Logistics, supply chain management and operations management
  • Corporate finance and asset management
  • Transportation network management
  • Game theory, variational inequalities and equilibrium problems


  • Teaching

    Fall 2010: IEOR E4403 Advanced Engineering and Corporate Economics (Local Students)
    Fall 2010: IEOR E4003 Industrial Economics (Local Students)
    Fall 2010: IEOR E4111 Operations Consulting (Local Students)
    Fall 2010: IEOR E4003 Industrial Economics (CVN Students)


    Administrative

  • University Senate Executive Committee Member: 2004-2005, 2005-2007, 2007-2009, 2009-Present
  • University Senate Budget Review Committee Chair: 2008-Present, Member: 2004-2008
  • University Senate Taskforce on Campus Planning Member: 2008-2010
  • Columbia Senator, representing the School of Engineering and Applied Science, 2004-2006, 2006-2008, 2008-2010, 2010-2012

  • INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Chair: 2006-2007, Vice-Chair: 2005-2006

  • Faculty Advisor, Columbia University INFORMS Chapter, 2007-Present
  • Faculty Advisor, Columbia University Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Consulting Club, 2006-Present