Regular biography
Thomas Weber is a Full Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the Department of Business / Management. His research interests include credit collections, decision making under risk, economics (behavioral, environmental, theory), engineering economy, investment criteria, nonlinear systems, optimal control, risk, and the sharing economy. He teaches courses such as MGT-431, MGT-555, and MGT-621. Weber is also the Director of the Doctoral Program in Management of Technology and a member of the Doctoral School Committee. He has received awards including the ACIIS 2025 Best Paper Award and the 2026 ICSEDI'26 Best Paper Award.
Scholar-generated biography
Thomas A. Weber is a Professor of Operations, Economics and Strategy at EPFL, specializing in Economics, Information Systems, Operations Research, Optimization, and Strategy. His research explores the intersection of these fields, focusing on topics such as intermediation in the sharing economy, information-based transformation of strategy, and dynamic optimization in economic contexts. He has published extensively on issues like pricing in peer-to-peer economies, credit collections, and the role of information technology in strategic decision-making. His work also addresses the implications of sharing culture on product pricing and ownership, as well as the theoretical foundations of economic models and decision-making frameworks.