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Professor Turnbull Comments on the Use of Adaptive Design in Clinical Trials
November 23, 2009
Clinical trials are a major but necessary source of delay and cost in bringing pharmaceutical products to market. Some companies use a new approach,adaptive trial design, to reduce costs, but ORIE statistician Bruce Turnbull has expressed caution. Read more
ORIE Hosts Meeting of the Applied Probability Society
November 17, 2009
The Applied Probability Society of INFORMS (the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) holds conferences every two or three years. ORIE hosted the 15th conference, which was held in Ithaca this summer. Read more
Four Graduates, Honored as Student Leaders, are Traveling Different Paths
October 28, 2009
Four members of the ORIE class of 2009 who were honored with medals at commencement are embarked on different careers: graduate school, consulting, military service, and professional athletics. Read more
Professor Jackson Reports on M. Eng. Project at SAP Academic Research Conference
October 20, 2009
The 2007-8 Master of Engineering project for Canadian National Railway yielded an IEEE publication. Project advisor Professor Peter Jackson described the benefits of the project at the 2009 SAP Academic Research Conference. Read more
Resnick Becomes a Chaired Professor
October 1, 2009
ORIE professor Sidney Resnick has been named the Lee Teng-Hui Professor in Engineering. The expert on probability modeling served as Director of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering from 1999 to 2004. Read more
Institute for Computational Sustainability Hosts Inaugural Conference
September 25, 2009
Cornell's Institute for Computational Sustainability, whose Associate Director is ORIE's David Shmoys, organized the first ever conference on the subject. Shmoys and recent graduate Elmachtoub described an ecological project. Read more
ORIE Moves to Strengthen Alumni Ties
September 9, 2009
ORIE has established several initiatives designed to strengthen ties to alumni. Alumni are sought to mentor graduate students, contribute to an Alumni Notes web page, comment on ORIE and their careers, and provide historical profiles.. Read more
ORIE Students and Faculty Benefit from a Locally-Grown Innovation in Teaching Support
August 28, 2009
VideoNote, a system that allows students to easily and repeatedly review sections of a lecture using their own computers, has been employed by three ORIE classes. A Task Force study concluded that it is "a significant new pedagogical tool." Read more
Alumni Return to ORIE for Reunion Breakfast
August 21, 2009
The annual ORIE alumni breakfast is a highlight of the Cornell reunion for graduates and faculty. This year alumni spanning 50 years attended the gathering. Read more
Graduating Seniors Receive Master of Engineering Awards
August 14, 2009
ORIE's Master of Engineering program attracts applicants from all over the world, including many ORIE graduates. At the ORIE commencement, several new graduates were honored as recipients of prizes and fellowship awards named for ORIE alumni. Read more
Outstanding Master of Engineering Projects Win Silent Hoist and Crane Materials Handling Prizes
July 27, 2009
An essential feature of the ORIE M. Eng. program is the team-based project for a real client. At the M. Eng. Graduation Ceremony, three project teams shared prizes in a time-honored competition open to all students in the College of Engineering. Read more
