Maliyakal ‘Jay’ Jayakumar, 62, of Denton, associate professor of information technology and decision sciences, died Sept. 11 in Kochi, India. He began working at UNT in 1994. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, his master’s from the University of California and his doctorate from Pennsylvania State University. At UNT, he taught business statistical analysis and management science courses and was a member of the Decision Sciences Institute and the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science. He is survived by his wife, Maya Jayakumar (’95, ’03 M.S.).