Decision Sciences and Management

This theme includes Advanced Linear, nonlinear and Integer Programming; Network optimization; Multiple criteria decision making; MCDM; Decision Analysis; Muticriteria Decisions; Time series Analysis and Forecasting; Markov process; Dynamic Programming; Stochastic Processes; Queueing Theory; Inventory Control; Complexity and large-scale Network; Simulation; Metaheuristics for Discrete optimization problems; robust optimization;

This theme covers Project Management; Quality Control; Reliability; Production Systems; Energy Systems; Airline optimization; Financial Engineering; Supply chain Management; E-commerce; Water resources; Military applications; Future of operation research application;

This theme covers the Advance Database management; Algorithms; Data Analytics; Analytics Strategy and Practice; Machine Learning and Statistical Methods for Business Analytics; Enterprise Application Development; Programming Languages; Global Innovation Management; Social Media and Network Analysis; Deep Learning and Modern Applications; Data Mining for Business; Information Systems Strategy and Policy; Big Data; Predictive Business Analytics.

This theme covers the leadership in Growing companies; Path to entrepreneurship, Plan of action, Evolution of Innovative Business; Mission Driven Innovation; Extraordinary Measures; Nurturing; Branding; Social Entrepreneurship; Justice and Social Entrepreneurship;

This theme covers the essentials of accounting and finance; types of cost data and cost analysis; Contribution Analysis; Break-Even and Cost volume profit Analysis; Making short term decisions; Forecasting cash needs and Budgeting; Cost control and Variance Analysis; managing Financial Assets; Managing Accounts Receivable and Credit; Managing Stocks and Inventory; Capital Budgeting Decisions; Improving Managerial Performance; ROI; short term financing; Loans and Leasing; Long term debt and Equity Financing; Assessing Financial Statements; Financial Health and Fitness.  

This theme covers the demand and supply analysis; the Firm and Consumer Market structures; Aggregate Output, Prices and Economic Growth; Business Cycles; Monetary and Fiscal Policy; International Trade and Capital Flows; Currency Exchange rates: Determination and Forecasting; Economic growth and the Investment Decision; Economics of Regulations; International Organization; GDP; Monopoly Market;

This theme covers Pricing in the Sharing Economy; Brands as Market-Based Assets; Omni channel Marketing; Market Research and Big Data; B2B & Sales; Consumer Privacy; Consumer Financial Decision-Making; Branding in Social Media.

This theme covers functions of two variables; differentiation; Linear Programming; Probability, probability trees, random variables, distributions, conditioning, expectation, change of variables, limit theorems, discrete and continuous time parameter Markov chains, queuing theory, inventory theory, and simulation, Statistics.

The Supply Chain Management track is concerned with all aspects on the design, operation, and improvement of supply chains. This theme covers Supply chain design and strategy; Risk management in supply chains; Impact of block chain and emerging tech on supply chains; Post-Covid supply chains; Industry specific supply chain research; Complexity of supply chains; Big data for supply chain analytics; Lean and agile supply chains; Multi-tier supply chain research; Supply chain triads; Supply chain visibility; Inter-firm and multi-firm relationship management in supply chains; Methodologies for supply chain research; Behavioural supply chain research; Case study supply chain research; Experiments in supply chain research.

Social psychology explores the interplay between individual minds and the social world and uses experimental methods to study many aspects of the human experience. The topics we study include prejudice and stereotyping, person perception, social norms, conflict resolution, biases in judgment, affective processes, cultural diversity in thinking, morality, helping and aggression, identity and the self, attitudes and persuasion, and motivation.