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Stephen Graves is the Abraham J. Siegel Professor of Management and a Professor in the Operations Management group at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He has a joint appointment in the MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research focuses on operations research models and methods applied to manufacturing and distribution systems, with a current emphasis on operational issues in online retailing, supply chain optimization, strategic inventory positioning, and production capacity planning. Graves has extensive academic credentials, including an AB in Mathematics and Social Sciences, an MBA from Dartmouth College, and an MS and PhD from the University of Rochester. He has received numerous honors, including the 2017 Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Paper Award from INFORMS and election to the National Academy of Engineering for his contributions to modeling and analysis in manufacturing systems. He served as the President of INFORMS in 2021 and has been actively involved in advancing the field of operations research and management sciences throughout his career.