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{{short description|American mathematician}}
{{Infobox scientist
|name = Suresh P. Sethi
|image = Suresh-sethi-1.JPG
|image_size = 200px
|fields = [[Operations Management]] [[Optimal control]]
|workplaces =[[University of Texas at Dallas]]
|alma_mater = [[Carnegie Mellon University]] [[Washington State University]] [[IIT Bombay]]
|doctoral_advisor = Gerald L. Thompson
|prizes = [[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics|SIAM]] [http://fellows.siam.org/index.php?sort=year&value=2009 Fellow] (2009) [[IIT Bombay]] [http://www.utdallas.edu/news/2008/03/07-004.php Distinguished Alum] (2008) [http://www.utdallas.edu/news/archive/2005/sethi-poms.html POMS Fellow] (2005) [http://www.poms.org/2009/02/best_unpublished_paper_awards.html POMS Wickham-Skinner Best Paper Award] (2004) [[INFORMS]] [https://www.informs.org/Connect-with-People/Fellows/INFORMS-Fellows-Class-of-2003 Fellow] (2003) [[American Association for the Advancement of Science|AAAS]] Fellow (2003) [[IEEE]] Fellow (2001) [[New York Academy of Sciences]] [http://www.nyas.org/WhoWeAre/pasthonorary.aspx Fellow] (1999) [http://www.cors.ca/en/prizes/i_award.php#3 Canadian Operational Research Society Award of Merit] (1996) [[Royal Society of Canada]] Fellow (1994)
}}

'''Suresh P. Sethi''' is Eugene McDermott Chair Professor of [[Operations Management]] and Director of the [[Center for Intelligent Supply Networks]] (C4ISN) at [[The University of Texas at Dallas]].<ref name="webpage">[http://www.utdallas.edu/~sethi/ Homepage of Suresh P. Sethi]</ref> He has contributed significantly in the fields of [[manufacturing]] and [[operations management]], [[finance]] and [[economics]], [[marketing]], [[industrial engineering]], [[operations research]], and [[optimal control]].<ref>"Suresh Sethi," ''Production and Operations Management'', 20(6), 2011, xi-xii.</ref><ref>''[https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NbsAcp8AAAAJ&hl=en Google Citations.]''</ref> He is well known for his developments of the [[Sethi advertising model]] and [[DNSS Points]], and for his textbook on [[optimal control]].<ref name = "thompson00">[[Suresh P.Sethi|Sethi, S.P.]] and Thompson, G.L., ''Optimal Control Theory: Applications to Management Science and Economics'', Second Edition, Springer, 2000. {{ISBN|0-387-28092-8}} and {{ISBN|0-7923-8608-6}}. Slides are available at http://www.utdallas.edu/~sethi/OPRE7320presentation.html</ref>

He has received several prestigious honors and awards for his contributions. Two conferences have been organized in his honor: in Aix en Provence in 2005<ref name = "conf-fr">''[http://prolog.univie.ac.at/events/Sethi60/ Optimal Control and Dynamic Games:]'' Workshop in Honor of [[Suresh P.Sethi|Suresh Sethi]], Aix en Provence, France, June 2–6, 2005.</ref> and at UT Dallas in 2006<ref name = "conf-utd">''[http://som.utdallas.edu/news/news.php?news_id=407 International Conference on Management Sciences: Optimization Models and Applications]'' in Honor of Professor [[Suresh P.Sethi|Suresh Sethi]], University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, May 20–22, 2006.</ref> with [[Harry M. Markowitz]], a 1990 Nobel Laureate in Economics, as the keynote speaker. Also, two books have been edited in his honor.<ref name = "book-hon1">''[https://books.google.com/books?id=bfDGwTnHFCUC&pg=PR19&dq=International+Conference+on+Management+Sciences:++Optimization+Models+and+Applications+in+Honor+of+Professor+Suresh+Sethi#PPR1, M1 Stochastic Processes, Optimization, and Control Theory: Applications in Financial Engineering, Queueing Networks, and Manufacturing Systems:]'' A Volume in Honor of [[Suresh P.Sethi|Suresh Sethi]]; [https://www.springer.com/business/production/book/978-0-387-33770-8 Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science], Vol. 94, H. Yan, G. Yin, and Q. Zhang (Eds.), Springer, 2006. (360 pages – {{ISBN|978-0-387-33770-8}})</ref><ref name = "book-hon2">''[https://www.springer.com/economics/economic+theory/book/978-0-387-25804-1 Optimal Control and Dynamic Games, Applications in Finance, Management Science and Economics],'' Series: Advances in Computational Management Science, Vol. 7, C. Deissenberg and R.F. Hartl (Eds.), Springer, Netherlands, 2005. (344 pages – {{ISBN|978-0-387-25804-1}})</ref>

His past and present editorial positions include Departmental Editor of [[Production and Operations Management]], Corresponding Editor of [[SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization]], and Associate Editor of Operations Research, M&SOM, and [[Automatica]].

==Education==
Suresh Sethi received his Ph.D. in [[Operations Research]] from [[Carnegie Mellon University]] and was Post-doctoral Fellow at [[Stanford University]] under the supervision of [[George B. Dantzig]]. He has B. Tech. with Honors in [[Mechanical Engineering]] from [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]], M.S. in Industrial Administration from [[Carnegie Mellon University]], and [[MBA]] from [[Washington State University]].<ref name="webpage" />

==Academic career==
Sethi is Eugene McDermott Chair Professor of [[Operations Management]] and Director of the [[Center for Intelligent Supply Networks]] (C4ISN) at [[The University of Texas at Dallas]]. He has also taught at [[Rice University]], [[University of Toronto]], and [[Carnegie Mellon University]]. At [[University of Toronto]], he was General Motors Research Professor (1988–92) and Connaught Senior Research Fellow (1984–85).<ref name="webpage" />

==Honors and awards==
* Alumni Achievement Award, Tepper School, Carnegie Mellon University (2015)
* President, Production and Operations Management Society (2012)
* Honored by POMS in its journal POM(2011)
* Charter Fellow of the [[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics]] (2009)
* Distinguished Alum of [[IIT Bombay]] (2008)
* Conferences organized in his honor in 2005 and 2006<ref name="conf-fr" /><ref name="conf-utd" />
* Books edited in his honor in 2005 and 2006<ref name="book-hon1" /><ref name="book-hon2" />
* Fellow of Production and Operations Management Society (2005)
* Wickham-Skinner Best Paper Award at The 2nd World Conference on POM, 15th Annual Production and Operations Management Conference held in Cancun, Mexico (2004)
* [[INFORMS]] Fellow (2003), [[American Association for the Advancement of Science|AAAS]] [https://www.aaas.org/elected-fellows Fellow] (2003)
* [[IEEE]] Fellow (2002)
* Outstanding Contribution in Education, Greater Dallas Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (2001)
* Fellow of the IC² Institute at the [[University of Texas at Austin]] (2000)
* Fellow of the [[New York Academy of Sciences]] (1999)
* C.Y. O’Connor Fellow, Curtin University, Perth, Australia (1998)
* Award of Merit, Canadian Operational Research Society (1996)
* Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Canada]] (1994)
* Listed in Canadian Who's Who, Marquis Who's Who in the World and Marquis Who's Who in the America
* Erdős Number 3: [[List of people by Erdős number]]<ref>[[George Dantzig|Dantzig, G. B.]]; Sethi, S. P.
Linear optimal control problems and generalized linear programs
J. Oper. Res. Soc. 32 (1981), no. 6, 467--476</ref><ref>[[George Dantzig|Dantzig, G. B.]]; Hoffman, A. J.; Hu, T. C.
Triangulations (tilings) and certain block triangular matrices
Math. Programming 31 (1985), no. 1, 1--14</ref><ref>[[Paul Erdős|Erdős, Paul]]; Fajtlowicz, Siemion; Hoffman, Alan J.
Maximum degree in graphs of diameter $2$.
Networks 10 (1980), no. 1, 87--90</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.utdallas.edu/~sethi/ Homepage of Suresh P. Sethi]
* [http://som.utdallas.edu/includes/apps/facultyResearch/facultyOutput.php?id=280 Suresh P. Sethi’s homepage at UT Dallas]
* [https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=328623 SSRN Author Page of Suresh P. Sethi]
* [http://www.ams.org/mathscinet/search/author.html?mrauthid=159095 Author Page of Suresh P. Sethi at MathSciNet]
* [http://www.genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=88747 Suresh P. Sethi at the Mathematics Genealogy Project]
* [http://econpapers.repec.org/RAS/pse207.htm Author Page of Suresh P. Sethi at RePec/EconPapers]
*{{cite web|title=Suresh P. Sethi|url=https://www.jstor.org/action/doBasicSearch?Query=au%3A%22Suresh+P.+Sethi%22+&acc=off&wc=on&fc=off&group=none|publisher=[[JSTOR]]}}

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