Alireza Fallahtafti, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Operations at the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University, where he has been on the faculty since 2022. With a strong focus on integrating academic knowledge with practical insights, Dr. Fallahtafti actively contributes to the academic community through advising, research, publications, and participation in academic conferences. He has taught in academia since 2021 and brings over a decade of business experience—including work in sectors such as banking and telecommunications—to his role. His dedication to teaching has been recognized through multiple honors, including nominations for the Weatherhead Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award in 2022–2023 and 2024–2025, and receiving the award in 2024–2025.
Education
Teaching Information
Teaching Interests
Operations Management; Supply Chain Optimization; Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive Analytics; Simulation; Data Mining and Visualization; Machine Learning; Project Management; Decision Making
Courses Taught
- Operations Research and Supply Chain Management
- Spreadsheet and Business Process Simulation - II
- Linear Algebra
- Probability, Statistics, and Quantitative Methods
- Statistics and Decision Modeling
- Statistical Data Analytics for Supply Chain
- Statistics for Business and Management Science I
Office Hours
By appointment
Research Information
Research Interests
- Machine learning and optimization, and their applications in real-world problems such as supply chain and logistics
- Decision-making under uncertainty