Candace A. Yano
{{short description|American social researcher}}
{{Undisclosed paid|date=August 2022}}
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| institution = University of California, Berkeley
University of Michigan
| field = Operations Research
Operations Management
| alma_mater = Stanford University (Ph.D. (1981), M.S. (1980, 1979), A.B. (1977))
| awards = {{awd | IIE Fellow |2006}} {{awd | George E. Kimball Medal | 2008}} {{awd | INFORMS Fellow | 2014 }}
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Candace A. Yano is Professor and Chair at Haas School of Business's Operations and Information Technology Management Group, and Professor and former Head of Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research, both at University of California, Berkeley.{{cite news| url=http://coe.berkeley.edu/engnews/Spring04/EN13S/ProfMin.html| title=Professor Minute: Interview with IEOR professor Candace Yano| date=April 19, 2004| newspaper=EngineeringNews| accessdate=18 February 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722112419/http://coe.berkeley.edu/engnews/Spring04/EN13S/ProfMin.html#| archive-date=2013-07-22| url-status=dead}} She is also a senior technical consultant on operations management issues for Yano Accountancy Corporation (YAC).{{cite web | url= http://yanocpa.com/People.htm | title=Key Professionals | accessdate = 19 February 2013 }}
Academic work
Yano is known for her work in Inventory Theory, Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management, Service Management, Production-Quality Interface Issues, and Marketing-Production Interface Issues,{{cite news | url=http://haas.berkeley.edu/groups/newspubs/haasnews/archives/hn100801.html#faculty | title=Faculty Profile: Candace Yano Joins the Haas School | publisher=Berkeley.edu | newspaper=Haas NewsWire | date=8 October 2001 | accessdate=18 February 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618135110/http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/groups/newspubs/haasnews/archives/hn100801.html#faculty | archive-date=18 June 2010 | url-status=dead }} and serves or has served on the editorial board of IIE Transactions, Interfaces, Management Science, Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, Naval Research Logistics, Operations Research, and Productions and Operations Management.
Career
Prior to joining University of California, Berkeley, Yano was on the faculty at Department of Industrial & Operations Engineering, University of Michigan from 1983 to 1993, and served as a member of the technical staff at Bell Labs from 1981 to 1982.
Awards
In 2006, Yano was named a Fellow of Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE). As one of the earliest female scholars in the field of Operations Research, Yano received 2008 WORMS Award for the Advancement of Women in OR/MS.{{cite web | url=http://www.informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/Community-Prizes-and-Awards/Women-in-OR-MS/WORMS-Award-for-the-Advancement-of-Women-in-OR-MS | title=WORMS Award for the Advancement of Women in OR/MS | publisher=informs.org | accessdate=18 February 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119120332/http://informs.org/Recognize-Excellence/Community-Prizes-and-Awards/Women-in-OR-MS/WORMS-Award-for-the-Advancement-of-Women-in-OR-MS | archive-date=19 January 2013 | url-status=dead }} She is a past President of the Technical Section on Manufacturing Management of ORSA—which has evolved to today's MSOM Society—and won the MSOM Society's first Distinguished Service Award in 1997.{{cite web | url=http://msom.society.informs.org/awards/service-award-summary.html | title=The MSOM Distinguished Service Award | publisher=informs.org | accessdate=19 February 2013 }}
In 2014, Yano was elected as an INFORMS Fellow in honor of her lifetime achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences and in recognition of her role as "a leader in operations management research who has provided significant service to the field as program chair, editor, adviser, teacher, and mentor."{{cite web|title=INFORMS Presents 12 New Fellow Awards, Inducts Analytics Leaders |url=https://www.informs.org/About-INFORMS/News-Room/Press-Releases/2014-INFORMS-Fellows | date=October 2, 2014 | accessdate = October 29, 2014 }}
In 2018, Yano was awarded the George E. Kimball Medal in recognition of her service to INFORMS, and the field of Operations Research and Management Sciences.{{cite web|title=George E. Kimball Medal |url=https://www.informs.org/Recognizing-Excellence/INFORMS-Prizes/George-E.-Kimball-Medal| accessdate = July 2, 2021}}
References
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External links
- [http://facultybio.haas.berkeley.edu/faculty-list/yano-candace Yano's Berkeley Homepage ]
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Category:American business theorists
Category:American operations researchers
Category:Haas School of Business faculty
Category:People from Berkeley, California
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:American women social scientists
Category:University of Michigan faculty
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Category:Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences