TOM is a team of highly qualified and motivated researchers with interests in specifics of technology-based enterprises and global supply chains. TOM’s collaborators typically have an engineering or mathematical background and are typically financially supported by the CDM while working toward their PhD. TOM is directed by Professor Ralf W. Seifert.
Prof. Dr. Ralf W. Seifert
EPFL – TOM
Odyssea 1.03, Station 5
1015 Lausanne – Switzerland
Phone: +41 21 693 00 22
Ralf W. Seifert is Professor of Technology & Operations Management (TOM) at the College of Management of Technology (CDM) at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). In addition, he serves as Professor of Operations Management at IMD International.
Professor Seifert earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degree in the Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University, a Diplom-Ingenieur degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe (TH), and a Masters degree in Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering from North Carolina State University. In addition, he spent one year as a Visiting Scholar in Operations Research at Waseda University in Tokyo. Professor Seifert is a citizen of Germany and Switzerland.
Ilona Ball
Administrative Assistant
EPFL – TOM
Odyssea 3.16, Station 5
1015 Lausanne – Switzerland
Phone: +41 21 693 00 39
Dr. Dimitrios Logothetis
EPFL – TOM
Odyssea 2.18, Station 5
1015 Lausanne – Switzerland
Dimitrios Logothetis is a scientific researcher specializing in Operations Research and Operations Management, with a particular focus on decision and game theoretic analysis applied to stochastic models. Prior to joining the Chair of Technology and Operations Management (TOM) at EPFL in September 2024, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Institute of Mathematics, Leiden University, from 2022 to 2024. He earned his Ph.D. in Statistics and Operations Research from the Department of Mathematics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, supported by the H.F.R.I. scholarship grant. He also holds an M.Sc. diploma in Statistics and Operations Research and a B.Sc. degree in Mathematics, from the Department of Mathematics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Qi Yi
EPFL – TOM
Odyssea 4.16, Station 5
1015 Lausanne – Switzerland
Yi Qi holds an M.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from Tongji University in China, and he previously earned his B.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Nanchang University. Additionally, he spent a year as an exchange student in Mathematics at EPFL. His past academic interests have encompassed areas such as machine learning, production and preventive maintenance optimization. In September 2023, he joined the Chair of Technology and Operations Management (TOM) to pursue a PhD, focusing on researching supply chain resilience through various optimization methodologies.