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The Annual
Charles L. Miller Lecture
Geeks
and Chiefs:
Engineering Education @ MIT
By Yossi
Sheffi
Professor of Engineering
Systems
Professor of Civil
and Environmental Engineering
Director, MIT
Center for Transportation and Logistics
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About
the Lecture:
Professor Sheffi will examine the challenges for leadership
education in MIT's School of Engineering. He will call for
separating the education of experts (the "geeks")
from that of leaders (the "chiefs"), and the creation
of a special School of Engineering-wide leadership curriculum
that emphasizes organizations and process design, in addition
to scientific background and product design.
About
Yossi Sheffi:
Dr. Yossi Sheffi is an expert in systems optimization, risk
analysis and supply chain management, which are the subjects
he researches and teaches at MIT.
Under
his leadership, the Center for Transportation and Logistics
has launched many new educational, research, and industry/government
outreach programs, leading to substantial growth. He is
the director of MIT's Master
of Engineering in Logistics program, which he founded
and launched in 1998. In 2003 he launched the MIT-Zaragoza
program, building a new logistics university in Spain based
on a unique international academia, government and industry
partnership.
Professor
Sheffi is the author of dozens of scientific publications
and two books: a textbook on transportation networks optimization
and the award winning “The
Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive
Advantage” (MIT Press, October 2005). That book
was acclaimed by the New York Times, Wall Street Journal,
The Economist and dozens of trade publications. The Financial
Times had chosen it as one of the best business books of
2005.
Outside
of MIT, Professor Sheffi has consulted with government agencies,
as well as leading manufacturing, retail and transportation
enterprises all over the world. He is also an active entrepreneur,
having founded five
successful companies, and a sought-after speaker for
corporate and professional events.
Dr.
Sheffi was recognized in numerous ways in academic and industry
forums and was on the cover of Purchasing Magazine and
Transportation and Distribution Magazine. In 1997 he
won the Distinguished
Service Award given by the Council of Supply Chain Management
Professionals. He is also a life fellow of Cambridge University's
Clare Hall College.
He obtained
his B.Sc. from the Technion in Israel in 1975, his S.M.
from MIT in 1977, and Ph.D. from MIT in 1978.
Dr.
Sheffi now resides in Boston, Massachusetts. His personal
web-site can be accessed at: http://web.mit.edu/sheffi/.
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