Room 1037, 690 Building

Abstract: I will give an overview of my research experiences into efficiency modelling using Data Envelopment Analysis. Over the years I have applied this methodology to the management of prison services, police bodies, tax offices, oil companies, hospitals, schools, saving banks, micro-finance institutions, universities, and airports. Although some equations are necessary, I will try to keep the discussion to a non-mathematical level, concentrating on the issues rather than on the complexities of the models used.

Bio: Cecilio Mar Molinero is an Emeritus Professor from the University of Kent, in the United Kingdom. He qualified as a chartered engineer at the Politechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) a long time ago. He holds a Master in Operational Research from the University of Southampton, UK, and a couple of doctorates, one from Southampton University and another one from the UPC. He has worked as a management scientist in companies both in the UK and in Spain. He has many publications in the main journals of his discipline. He has been a visitor at the UPC, the University of Alcala, and Barcelona Autonomous University (UAB) amongst others. He currently does some teaching for the UAB and for the Pablo Olavide University.