Kok Choon Tan

Education Qualifications

• Post-Graduate Diploma of Teaching in Higher Education, National Institute of Education, 1995
• PhD in Operations Research, Operations Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990
• B.Sc. (1st Class) in Mathematics, Mathematics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 1984

Research Interest

• Container Terminal Operations Modeling And Optimization
• Urban Operations Research Applications In Healthcare And Transportation
• Logistics And Supply Chain Optimizaiton

Academic Experience

• Associate Professor (Practice), Department of Analytics & Operations, NUS Business School, National University of Singapore, 2009 - current
• Director (Degree Education), The Logistics Institute - Asia Pacific, National University of Singapore, 2009 - current
• Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, National University of Singapore, 2002 - 2009
• Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, 1998 - 2000
• Senior Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, 1990 - 1998
• Senior Tutor, Department of Mathematics, National University of Singapore, 1984 - 1990

Corporate Experience

• Container Terminal Process Manager, PSA Corporation Limited, 2006 - 2009
• Manager (Operations Research), PSA International Pte Ltd, 2005
• Manager (Operations Research), PSA Corporation Limited, 2000 - 2004
• Operations Research Manager, Land Transport Authority (LTA), 2001 - 2002

Courses

• DAO1704X, Decision Analytics with Spreadsheets
• DSC1007, Business Analytics - Models and Decisions
• DSC2003, Management Science
• DSC3218, Physical Distribution Management
• IE5401, Industrial Logistics
• IE5405, Inventory Systems
• LI5101, Supply Chain Management Thinking and Practice
• LI5201, Special Topics in Logistics
• LI5202, Supply Chain Management Strategies and Cases
• LI5203, Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Membership & Professional Activities

• Deputy Chairman of Logistics Technical Committee, (under Services Standards Committee)(2018 - present)
• Member of Manufacturing Standards Committee, (under Singapore Standards Council)(April 2014 - 2017)
• Member of Logistics Technical Committee , (under Manufacturing Standards Committee)(2014 - 2017)
• President, Operational Research Society of Singapore (2002 - 2005, 2016 - present)
• Vice-President, Operational Research Society of Singapore (2006 - 2010)
• Member, INFORMS, POMS, ORSS and Singapore Mathematical Society