EPRSC funded PhD Studentship at the Operations and Information Management (OIM) Department, of Aston Business School, Aston University in Birmingham;

£14777.00 tax-free bursary per annum for up to 3.5 years, plus tuition fees for 3 years, plus supplementary funding for trainings and conference attendance.

To be eligible for a full award you must be an EU/UK National. For an assessment of whether you would be eligible for a full or a partial award as an EU citizen, or if you are a refugee, migrant worker, or EEA national please read through the eligibility criteria on the following link.

www.epsrc.ac.uk/skills/students/help/Pages/eligibility.aspx  .

This studentship will commence in April 2019.

Closing Deadline: 11 January 2019

Big Data and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)

Big Data is a major source of change in today’s world. Organizations are constantly collecting data from various sources (e.g. loyalty cards, smart energy usage metres etc.), with the aim to use such data to improve their performance and create competitive advantage. DEA is a cutting-edge method for efficiency and productivity analysis, estimating maximum potential outcomes for given resource levels or minimum resource levels needed for given outcomes. You will join an internationally recognised faculty team for research in the theory and application in DEA and Econometrics.  You will explore how  Big Data can be exploited in the framework of DEA to improve organisational performance. Potential areas are the  use of machine learning techniques such as clustering and segmentation in order to find sets of homogeneous units for DEA analysis or dealing with non standard data such as integer, interval, ordinal, ratio, imprecise, fuzzy or  stochastic data in DEA modelling.

* Required skills: We are seeking candidates with a minimum 2:1 (or equivalent) honours degree in an area consistent with the theme or themes they wish to be considered for. An MSc degree will be an advantage as additional preparation for their chosen theme.

For further information please contact Professor Ali Emrouznejad (a.emrouznejad@aston.ac.uk)

How to Apply
Please send to a.emrouznejad@aston.ac.uk  a cover letter explaining how you meet the EPSRC eligibility conditions for this award,  attach a CV  and attach  a research proposal explaining for the research questions you would address, how you propose to address them and what contribution to knowledge you anticipate.

PhD Studentship on
“Big Data and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)”

Aston University – Aston Business School – Operations and Information Management (OIM)

Funding amount:   £14,777 tax-free bursary per annum for up to 3.5 years, plus tuition fees for 3 years, plus supplementary funding for trainings and conference attendance.

This studentship will commence in April 2019.

Academic qualifications

Students must be able to demonstrate a capability to undertake and benefit from research training through to completion, to qualify for a doctorate. This normally requires an upper second class honours degree, or a combination of qualifications and/or experience equivalent to that level. However, universities can use their discretion in deciding whether candidates are suitable for research training.

Residence requirements

UK/EU Students: To be eligible for a full award a student must have no restrictions on how long they can stay in the UK and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least 3 years prior to the start of the studentship. For full details on how UK and  EU citizens, refugees or migrants may qualify  for a full or partial award please consult directly the EPSRC site   www.epsrc.ac.uk/skills/students/help/Pages/eligibility.aspx.

Please send your CV to Professor Ali Emrouznejad (a.emrouznejad@aston.ac.uk) before 25^th November 2018.

Call for Papers: 5th LEER Conference on Education Economics, April 4-5, 2019

This conference seeks to explore the use of economic and econometric techniques to study educational issues. We invite the submission of original research from colleagues working in the area. We especially welcome research which applies identification strategies as difference-in-differences, instrumental variables, regression discontinuity, static and dynamic choice modeling, (non-)parametric frontier models and structural equations. Both macro and micro-economic topics are of interest to this conference. The workshop is organized by research center ‘Leuven Economics of Education Research’ (LEER) of the Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven.

The conference itself will take place on April 4-5, 2019, and is organized by the research center ‘Leuven Economics of Education Research’ (LEER) of the Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven. It will be preceded by an inaugural lecture by Dan Goldhaber on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 from 1.30 pm till 3.30 pm.

Deadline Call for Papers: January 12, 2019

Participants can give an oral or a poster presentation. For all types of proposals, speakers are expected to send a minimum 200-300 word structured abstract or paper to ann.vanespen@kuleuven.be until January 12, 2019. Authors will be notified by January 22, 2019.

More info: www.feb.kuleuven.be/LEER

Dear Efficiency and Productivity Community,

Following the conclusion of NAPW X in sunny Miami, we will be editing a collected volume for Springer titled “Advances in Efficiency and Productivity Analysis”. This collected work will contain contributed, peer reviewed chapters across all areas of efficiency and productivity analysis. We expect that the types of contributions to the Springer Proceedings Volume will focus on surveying areas of topical interest and possibly preliminary work in progress that would not otherwise be considered appropriate for the JPA.  We hope you will consider submitting your work for potential inclusion. To meet deadlines with Springer we ask for all submissions to be sent via e-mail to either of us by no later than October 15th, 2018. Submissions should be on the order of 20-30 pages in length in standard formatting.

Current contributors include Jaap Bos, Cinzia Daraio, Subal Kumbhakar, Amil Petrin, Peter Schmidt, Konstantinos Triantis, and Paul Wilson.

If you have any questions please do no hesitate to ask.

Sincerely,

Christopher F. Parmeter and Robin C. Sickles

For further information please contact: Christopher F. Parmeter <cparmeter@bus.miami.edu>

Downlosd this call for papers HERE

Data Envelopment Analysis Journal Special issue on Measurement of Performance in Emerging Economies and New Leaders Guest editors: Ali Emrouznejad, Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK Subhash C. Ray, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT USA Nurhan Davutyan, Kadir Has University, ?stanbul, Turkey. LI Yongjun, University of Science and Technology of China

Measurement of Performance in Emerging Economies and New Leaders We invite high quality papers on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) for a special issue of the DEA Journal on measurement of performance in Emerging Economies and New Leaders. The aim of this special issue is to publish state-of-the-art empirical research using the DEA methodology for evaluating performance in addressing problems including (but not limited to) productivity, physical infrastructure, management of natural resources, education, employment, health care, competition in different sectors, as well as regulation/reform. Manuscript Preparation /submission: Please refer to the Journal Information and Instructions for Author about manuscript preparation: http://www.nowpublishers.com/Journal/AuthorInstructions/DEA Important Dates: Submission Deadline: August 31, 2018 Anticipated publication: August, 2019 Notes for Prospective Authors: Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. Reviewing: Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed in the same manner as any other submission to a leading international journal. The major acceptance criterion for a submission is the quality and originality of the contribution. Indexed in: Cabell’s International, Google Scholar, EconLit/JEL, Electronic Journals Library, RePEc/IDEAS, Ulrich’s. We plan to apply for other indexes such as SSCI and Scopus when we have built up the history to be eligible. Submit: Please send email “your paper and + a cover letter” to the DEA editorial office (editorial@nowpublishers.com).

16th International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis

DEA2018, Wuhan, China, October 26 to 28, 2018

Call for papers: (International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis)

The organizers of the 16th International Conference on Data Envelopment Analysis have the great pleasure of inviting you to participate in the DEA2018 Conference to be held at Jianghan University, China, from October 26 to 28, 2018.

Jianghan University is located in Wuhan, one of the largest industrial centers in China. It is recognized as the political, economic, financial, cultural, educational and transportation center of central China.

DEA2018 brings together researchers and practitioners interested in the development of the DEA methodology and its applications to performance evaluation and management. The conference will emphasize DEA in emerging economies. Theoretical and empirical papers on DEA and in related fields in efficiency and productivity analysis are also welcome.

Information and contact details

Website:      http://deaconference.com/dea2018
With warm regards,

Lei Chen, Jianghan University, China
Subhash Ray, University of  Connecticut, USA

Rajiv Banker, Temple University, USA
Ali Emrouznejad, Aston University, UK

6^th International Workshop on “Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public Services”

Huddersfield Business School, Huddersfield, England, September 6^th and 7^th, 2018

We are writing to circulate the Programme (provisional) for the 6^th International Workshop on “Efficiency in Education, Health and other Public Services”. Please find attached the same.

‘EARLY BIRD’ REGISTRATION DEADLINE:

If you have not already registered for the conference you can still do. The ‘early bird’ registration fees is £175 up to 15^th July 2018 and £225 thereafter. The payment includes the cost of the conference dinner on 6^th September. Payment information and registration is available via this link. Should you encounter any difficulties or have any queries please do get in touch at s.virmani@hud.ac.uk

We look forward to welcoming you to Huddersfield in September.

Best wishes

Dr Swati Virmani, s.virmani@hud.ac.uk

Professor Jill Johnes, j.johnes@hud.ac.uk