Somak Paul, Ph.D Faculty Profile

Somak Paul, Ph.D

Assistant Professor

Department of Management

E-mail: somak.paul@csueastbay.edu
Phone: (510) 885-4173
Office: VBT 355
Office Hours: Fall 2024: On Zoom on Tuesdays, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon Pacific Time

Dr. Somak Paul is an Assistant Professor of Operations in the College of Business and Economics. His research interests lie in the domain of socially responsible operations and behavioral operations. His research papers have appeared in Decision Sciences Journal and Journal of Business Logistics. Dr. Paul earned his Ph.D. in Operations from Ohio State University. He received a Master's in Statistics from Ohio State University, an MBA from Purdue University and a Bachelor's in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from Jadavpur University, India. Before returning to academia Professor Paul worked in the industry for over eight years in various capacities in some of the top Fortune-100 companies such as Amazon.com, IBM Corporation etc.

Professional Focus

"Nothing Human is Alien to Me" ~ Terence

Research interests: socially responsible operations, biases in decision-making

Methods: econometrics, design of experiments

Education

PhD in Operations, Ohio State University
MS in Applied Statistics, Ohio State University
MBA in Operations, Purdue University
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Instrumentation, Jadavpur University, Calcutta

Courses

Fall Semester 2024
Course #	Sec	Course Title	Days	From	To	Location	Campus
MGMT 350	02	Decision Science	M	11:00AM	12:15PM	WEB-SYNCH	Hayward Campus
MGMT 350	03	Decision Science	M	3:30PM	4:45PM	WEB-SYNCH	Hayward Campus
MGMT 350	21SS	Decision Science	ARR			WEB-ASYNCH	Online Campus
MGMT 360	05	Operations Management	MW	5:00PM	6:15PM	WEB-SYNCH	Online Campus

Publications

Paul, S., N. Craig, E. Bendoly. 2024. Ordering Behavior in a Supply Chain with Customers that Respond to Changes in Service Level. Decision Sciences, 55(1):88-103.

https://doi.org/10.1111/deci.12558

Bendoly, E., K. Boyer, N. Craig, S. Paul. 2022. Pulled in opposite directions: A joint consideration of supply and demand uncertainty in supply chain decision-making. Journal of Business Logistics, 43(4):448-471. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbl.12315