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Dr. Laoucine Kerbache
Acting Dean of the School of Economics and Management
Acting Dean
Dr. Laoucine Kerbache
Acting Dean of the School of Economics and Management
Acting Dean
Educational Qualifications
PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
MSc in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
Entity
College of Science and Engineering
School of Economics and Management
Division
Engineering Management & Decision Sciences
Biography
Dr. Laoucine Kerbache is the Acting Dean for School of Economics and Management (SEM) and Professor of logistics and supply chain management. He is also a Founding Member of the Engineering Management and Decisions Science (EMDS) division in the College of Science and Engineering at Hamad Bin Khalifa University. He holds a PhD, an MSc, and a BSc degree in industrial engineering and operations research from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His research areas span interfaces of industrial engineering, operations research, operations management, logistics, and supply chain management with a special focus on modeling and optimization of problems relative to industrial facilities and service organizations.
Over the last 35 years, Dr. Kerbache has been in academia for 24 years at HEC Paris where he was a Professor of operations management, logistics, and supply chain management. He also held various academic and managerial positions including Associate Dean in charge of the PhD Program, and Dean and CEO of HEC Paris in Qatar.
He has been very active in research theses/dissertations and has published over 150 publications in top-tier international journals and a significant number of academic textbooks. In addition, he is an active member of numerous academic and research professional organizations such as INFORMS, POMS, MSOM, IEEE, EUROMA, IEOM, etc.
PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States
1984
MSc in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States
1981
BSc in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States
1979
Research Habilitation of Research (HDR)
University of Nantes, France
1998
International Teaching Program Certification (ITP)
IMD – Lausanne, Switzerland
2004
- Mathematical modeling and optimization of logistics and supply chain analytics
- Deterministic and stochastic optimization of network designs and supply chains
- Manufacturing and service operations management
- Impacts of smart logistics and additive manufacturing on supply chains
- Queueing networks and simulation of large scale stochastic systems
Professor and Head of Division
Engineering Management and Decision Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2018 - Present
Innovation Senior Strategist
Qatar Foundation Research Development, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
2016 - 2018
Dean and CEO
Executive Education, HEC Paris in Qatar (member of QF)
2013 - 2016
Professor and Senior Management Officer
Information Systems and Operations Management Department, HEC Paris, Jouy-en-Josas (France)
1999 - 2023
Professor and Management Officer
Quantitative Methods Department, Rennes International Business School, Rennes (France)
1990 - 1999
Xu, Z., Elomri, A., Baldacci, R., & Kerbache, L. (2024). Frontiers and trends of supply chain optimization in the age of industry 4.0: An operations research perspective. Annals of Operations Research, 1–43.
Tellache, N. E. H., & Kerbache, L. (2023). A genetic algorithm for scheduling open shops with conflict graphs to minimize the makespan. Computers & Operations Research, 156, 106247.
Raza, S. A., Rathinam, S., Turiac, M., & Kerbache, L. (2018). An integrated revenue management framework for a firm’s greening, pricing and inventory decisions. International Journal of Production Economics, 195, 373–390.
Kerbache, L., & Smith, J. M. (2012). State dependent models of material handling systems in closed queuing networks. International Journal of Production Research, 50(2), 461–484.
Lee, J., Kerbache, L., & Danaher, P. (2010). Optimal internet media selection. Marketing Science, 29(2), 336–347.
Complete Publication Listing(s): Google Scholar
- Medal of academic excellence and contributions to research and executive education in Europe and EMEA
- IEOM Award for most influential academics in the IEOM disciplines
- IEOM Distinguished Teaching Award, 2025
- Member of Alpha Pi Mu: Honor Society for Industrial and Systems Engineers, USA
- Member of Tau Beta Pi: Honor Society of Engineers, USA