Majid Karimi, Ph.D.

Teaching

Graduate

• OM 615 Advanced Predictive Analytics
• OM 613 Descriptive Analytics
• OM 502 Foundation of Operations Management

Undergraduate

• OM 484 Advanced Business Analytics
• BUS 324 Introduction to Business Analytics
• BUS 322 Introduction to Data Analytics

Research Interests

• Predictive Analytics
• Risk Analytics
• Decision Analysis
• Prediction Markets
• Wisdom of Crowds

Specialties

• Business Analytics
• Predictive Analytics
• Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management

Introduction

Dr. Karimi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Operations and Supply Chain Management. He received his Ph.D. in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Canada in 2017. Before joining California State University San Marcos, Dr. Karimi taught classes on Business Analytics, Decision Support Systems, Operations Research, and Mathematical Optimizations.

Dr. Karimi's research lies at the interface of business analytics, operations research, and decision analysis. He looks at problems in predictive analytics, risk analytics, and prediction markets using optimization, game theory, and statistical analysis. He has presented his research at the INFORMS Annual Meetings and the Canadian Operation Research Society. He has had publications accepted to the INFORMS Journal of Decision Analysis.

Publications

•  Karimi, M., & Dimitrov, S. (2018). On the Road to Making Science of “Art”: Risk Bias in Market Scoring Rules. Decision Analysis.