Education:

Dr. eng. sc. Department of Operations Research, Riga Technical University (RTU, Latvia), 2001

M. eng. sc., Department of Operations Research, RTU, 1997 (diploma with distinction)

B. eng. sc., Faculty of Computer Science, RTU, 1995

Employment:

Professor, Institute of Information Technology, Riga Technical University, 2008-

Associate Professor, Institute of Information Technology, Riga Technical University, 2004-2008

Docent, Department of Operations Research, Riga Technical University, 2003-2004

Research Associate, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Michigan - Dearborn, 2001-2003

Research Assistant, Department of Operations Research, Riga Technical University, 1997-2001

Programmer, Latvian Central Bureau of Statistics, 1997-1998

Monographs

Charu Chandra, Jānis Grabis (2007), Supply Chain Configuration: Concepts, Solutions, and Applications, Springer: New York, ISBN 0387251901

Publications in Scientific Journals
          

1. Chandra, C., Grabis, J.  (2009), A Goal Model Driven Supply Chain Design, International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies, Volume 1, 3, 224-241
2. Chandra, C., Grabis, J.  (2009), Role of flexibility in supply chain design and modeling—Introduction to the special issue, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science 37, 4, 743-745.
3. Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2008), Information Technology Support for Integrated Supply Chain Modeling, Human Systems Management, 27, 1, 3-13.
4. Chandra, C, Grabis, J. (2009), Reconfigurable manufacturing systems: meeting the challenges of a dynamic business paradigm, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 17, 1-2, 1-4.
5. Chandra, C, Grabis, J. (2009), Configurable supply chain: Framework, methodology and application, International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, 17, 1-2, 5-22.
6. Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2008), Inventory management with variable lead-time dependent procurement cost, Omega: The International Journal of Management Science 36, 5, 877-887.
7. Grabis, J. (2007), Mass Customization: Supply Chain Approach, in Book review (Lev, B), Interfaces (INFORMS), 37 (3), 300–301.
8. Chandra, C., Grabis, J., Tumanyan, A.  (2007), Problem taxonomy: A step towards effective information sharing in supply chain management, International Journal of Production Research 45 (11), 2507-2544.
9. Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2005), Application of multiple-steps forecasts to restrain the bullwhip effect, European Journal of Operational Research 166, 2, 337-350.
10. Chandra, C., Everson, M., Grabis, J. (2005), Evaluation of enterprise-level benefits of flexibility, OMEGA: The International Journal of Management Science, 33, 1, 17-31.

11.        Grabis, J. (2000), A reduced cross-validation algorithm, Scientific Proceeding of Riga Technical University, Information Technology & Management Science, 1, 60-66.

12.        Grabis, J. (2000), Application of local regression in time series forecasting: an experimental review, Scientific Proceeding of Riga Technical University, Information Technology & Management Science, 1, 40-59.

Other Peer-reviewed publications

1. Grabis, J., Ivaņecka, A. (2009), Continuous improvement of enterprise applications, Proceedings of BIR 2009 The 8th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, October 1-2, Kristianstad, Sweden, 95-100.
2. Grabis, J., Kirikova, M., Vanags, J. (2009), Information architecture of fractal information systems, Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, 6 - 10, May 2009, Milan, Italy, 150-155.
3. Grabis, J., Berzisa, S. (2009), An Approach for Implementation of Project Management Information Systems, in Papadopoulos, G. A., Wojtkowski, W., Wojtkowski, W. G., Wrycza, S., & Zupancic, J. (eds) Information Systems Development: Towards a Service Provision Society, Springer-Verlag: New York, 423-432.
4. Supulniece, I., Grabis, J. (2008), User Modelling Driven Adaptive Enterprise Applications, Proceedings of 5th ICESAL 2008, Crete, July 7-8, 2008.
5. Chandra, C., and Grabis, J. (2008), Goal-Driven Supply Chain Design, Proceedings of IERC’08, Vancouver, Canada, May 18-20.
6. Chandra, C., and Grabis, J. (2007), Application of the Service-Oriented Architecture in Integration of Decision-Modeling Applications, Proceedings of the Industrial Engineering Research Conference, (G. Bayraksan, W. Lin, Y. Son, and R. Wysk, eds.), May 19-22, 2007, Nashville, Tennessee (6 pages).
7. Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2006), Object-oriented modeling of supply chain configuration problem, Proceedings of IERC’06, May 20-24, Orlando, USA.
8. Grabis, J., Kampars, J., Bonders, M. (2006), A Methodology for Integration of Spatial Data in Enterprise Applications, Proceedings of the 7th International Business Information Management Association Conference, December 7-9, Italy, 169-175.
9. Chandra C., Grabis, J. (2006), Object-oriented approach to implementation of supply chain optimization and simulation models, Proceedings of European Modeling and Simulation Conference, October 4-6, Barcelona, Spain, 297-305.
10. *Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2005), Multi-objective supplier selection using simulated cost estimates, Proceedings of 17th European Symposium on Modelling and Simulation (ESMS), October 20-22, 2005, Marseille, France, 143-149.
11. Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2005), Inventory control under demand with non-stationary variance, Proceedings of IIE Annual Conference, May 14-18, 2005, Atlanta, USA..
12. Grabis, J. (2005), Defining mathematical programming models using UML, Proceedings of 7th International Conference on the Modern Information Technology in the Innovation Processes of the Industrial Enterprise, Genoa, Italy, September 8-9, 51-58.
13. Grabis, J., Persson, A., Stirna, J. (eds.) (2004), Knowledge and Model Driven Information Systems Engineering for Networked Organisations: CAISE’04 Forum Proceedings, The 16th Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering, Riga, Latvia, 7 – 11 June, 2004.
14. Grabis, J., Vulfs, G. (2004), Simulation and knowledge based scheduling of manufacturing operations, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Harbour, Maritime and Multimodal Logistics Modelling and Simulation (HMS), September 18-20, Riga, Latvia, 177-182.
15. Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2004), Managing logistics for mass customization: The new production frontier, in Mass Customization: Supply Chain Approach, Chandra, C. and Kamrani, A. (eds.), Kluwer Academic: New York, 3-19.
16. Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2004), Categorization of mass customization research, in Mass Customization: Supply Chain Approach, Chandra, C. and Kamrani, A. (eds.), Kluwer Academic: New York, 21-59.
17. Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2004), Mass customization: Framework and methodologies, in Mass Customization: Supply Chain Approach, Chandra, C. and Kamrani, A. (eds.), Kluwer Academic: New York, 63-88.
18. Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2004), Logistics and supply chain management for mass customization, in Mass Customization: Supply Chain Approach, Chandra, C. and Kamrani, A. (eds.), Kluwer Academic: New York, 89-119.
19. Merkuryev, Y., Petuhova, J., Grabis, J. (2004), Managing Service-Sensitive Demand Through Simulation, in Supply Chain Optimization: product/process design, facility location and flow control, Dolgui, A. et al. (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 41-55.
20. Chandra, C, Grabis, J. (2003), Impact of supply lead time on supplier selection: An operational perspective, Proceedings of  IERC'03, May 18-20, Portland, Oregon, USA (6 pages).
21. Chandra, C., Grabis, J (2003), On trade-off between inventory and procurement costs under seasonal demand, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Decision Sciences Institute Meeting, November 22-25, Washington, USA (6 pages).
22. Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2003), A data driven approach to automated simulation model building, Proceedings of the 18th European Simulation Symposium, ESS2003, October 26-29, Delft, The Netherlands, 509-514.
23. Chandra, C., Grabis, J., Vulfs, Ğ. (2002), Knowledge based lot-sizing, Proceedings of the Decision Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, November 23-26, San Diego, CA, USA, p. 1555-1560.
24. Grabis, J. (2001), Partially adaptive bandwidth used in prediction with local regression, Proceedings of the 32nd Symposium on the Interface: Computing Science and Statistics, April 5-8, New Orleans, LN, 32, 139-146.

25.        Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2001), Reconfiguration of multi-stage production systems to support product customization using generic simulation models, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of Industrial Engineering Theory, Applications and Practice, November 18-20, San-Francisco, CA, 9 pages.

26.        Chandra, C., Grabis, J. (2001), A coordinated supply chain dynamic production planning model, in Internet-based enterprise Integration and Management, Gunasekaran, A., Yusuf, Y. Y. (eds.), Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4566, 91-101.

27.        Vulfs, G., Grabis, J. (1999), Diet planning using a linear programming model, in Cases in Industrial Logistics Management, vol. 2, Muller, H. et al. (eds), European Series in Industrial Management, Shaker  Verlag: Aachen, 271-276.