معرفی
Mark Isken is an Associate Professor of Management Information Systems at Oakland University's School of Business Administration. He holds a Ph.D. in Industrial & Operations Engineering from the University of Michigan. His research focuses on simulation and optimization modeling of healthcare systems, business analytics, ecological/environmental analytics, and open source software development. He has published extensively in journals like Annals of Operations Research, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, and Health Care Management Science.
Teaching specialties include business analytics, statistics, information systems, and healthcare operations management. He develops open educational resources and maintains a personal website with teaching materials. Notable awards include the 2020 OU Teaching Excellence Award and the 2016 Order of the Plume. Before academia, he worked as an operations researcher at William Beaumont Hospital and Henry Ford Health System.
His software contributions include the 'hillmaker' Python package for occupancy analysis and SimPy-based healthcare simulation models. Active in open source communities, he maintains repositories on GitHub for projects like healthcare workflow modeling and environmental data analysis. Engaged in collaborative research with organizations like the CELLDEX Consortium and the University of Michigan's ecology programs.
