Graduate School of Management

[Comments were provided by Dean Robert Smiley.] As I described briefly to the overall committee this winter, the Graduate School of Management is involved in computational science. The involvement ranges from simulations carried out by our management science and statistics faculty, which Professor Rocke is involved in, to empirical work on financial data, which requires both speed and high volume storage. We also have teaching needs in the area of information technology. Our requirements are probably a bit different from most departments, however. After teaching a level of basic familiarity with hardware and business related software, we teach how to manage (configure, purchase, maintain, etc.) an information system. Hiring in this area is one of our most pressing needs, but we do not now have any vacant FTEs. I am not familiar enough with the field at present to indicate who might be hired under the Target-of-Excellence Program, but I do know that Stanford, Rochester, NYU, and Arizona have a reputation for strength in the area. Joint appointments with Engineering would certainly be worth pursuing. As a young school, I do not foresee any retirements until about 2007 or later. At that time or earlier if a resignation occurs, we would be interested in investigating the possibility of a joint hire. If we continue to be partially successful in obtaining additional space in AOB IV (we currently occupy about 3/4 of the building), we could provide space for someone appointed in our school.