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
Book on Native Plants for Native Birds Features Photographs By David Ruppert
July 24, 2009
Professor David Ruppert has contributed more than 250 photographs of plants and birds to a guide to planting for birds in and around Ithaca. Read more
Institute for Disease and Disaster Preparedness Plans for Emergencies
July 20, 2009
The current outbreak of H1N1 flu has brought disease and disaster recovery issues back into prominence in the headlines. Cornell's Institute, a collaboration between ORIE and Weill Cornell, is at the forefront of planning for such emergencies. Read more
Engineering Dean Names Shane Henderson Acting ORIE Director; Adrian Lewis Becomes Director in July, 2010
July 13, 2009
The School of Operations Research and Information Engineering has a new acting Director, Professor Shane Henderson, with Professor Adrian Lewis to become Director one year later. Read more
Professors Place Hoods on Newly Minted Ph.D. Graduates
July 6, 2009
In a traditional ceremony, four newly minted Ph.D.'s received hoods during a Graduation Ceremony preceding Cornell Commencement. Read more
Two ORIE Seniors are Named as Merrill Scholars and Receive ORIE's Saunders Prize
July 3, 2009
Class of 2009 members Adam Schneider and Adam Elmachtoub have been designated as Merrill Presidential Scholars. At the ORIE ceremony, the two were also shared the Byron Saunders Prize as the ORIE graduates with the highest grade point averages. Read more
Professors Adrian Lewis, Eva Tardos and Michael Todd Named to the Inaugural "Class" of SIAM Fellows
June 29, 2009
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics has established the designation of "Fellow of the Society" to honor its distinguished members. The first group of honorees includes ORIE Professors Adrian Lewis, Eva Tardos and Michael Todd. Read more
Loyal ORIE Alumni Honored at the Graduation of Their Offspring
June 17, 2009
The program for the ORIE class of 2009 graduation ceremony listed "Recognition of Loyal Alumni" among the awards to be presented. Professor Robert Bland supplied the definition when he called up the three graduates and their fathers, all ORIE alumni. Read more
M.Eng. Alumnus Perished on Air France Flight
June 16, 2009
Andrés Suárez M.Eng. '95 was one of the 228 passengers and crew on the Air France 447 that crashed on June 1. Read more
President Emeritus Rhodes Honors Berg '79 and Paget as Foremost Benefactors of Cornell
June 10, 2009
At a ceremony in the Willard Straight Hall Browsing Library and on the Uris Library Terrace, President Emeritus Frank H. T. Rhodes honored ORIE alumnus Jeffrey F. Berg '79 and his wife Debra H. Paget as "Foremost Benefactors of Cornell University." Read more
M. Eng. Students Relax on Cayuga Lake Cruise
June 9, 2009
On an ideal day in late April, Master of Engineering students took a break from their studies and projects to board the M/V Columbia and cruise up Cayuga Lake and back. Read more
PhD Alumna Dietrich is #27 on Fast Company's List of the 100 Most Creative People in Business
June 1, 2009
The June '09 issue of Fast Company profiles what it calls "The 100 Most Creative People in Business." No. 27 is Brenda Dietrich, ORIE Ph.D.'86, VP of the Business Analytics and Mathematical Sciences Department at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. Read more
Global Fellows Vicky Tian and Tamas Kovacs Describe Their Work in Nicaragua and The Philippines
April 27, 2009
ORIE undergraduates Vicky Tian '10 and Tamas Kovacs '09 were among those honored at the Third Annual Engineering Global Fellows recognition ceremony in the Founders Room of Anabel Taylor Hall. Read more
Professor Robert Jarrow Profiled as "The Innovator" by Bloomberg Publication
April 24, 2009
Robert Jarrow, a member of the Field of Operations Research and Information Engineering and a professor at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, is a pioneer in financial engineering and co-founder of Cornell's Financial Engineering Concentration. Read more
Recent Ph.D. Graduate Van Zuylen Wins Research Competition Awards
April 23, 2009
Anke van Zuylen Ph.D. '08 received a Best Student Paper award at the European Symposium on Algorithms. She also received Honorable Mention in the George Nicholson Student Paper Competition of INFORMS. Read more
Statistician James O. Berger Ph.D. '74 to Deliver Twenty-third D.R. Fulkerson Lectures
April 15, 2009
James O. Berger, Ph.D. '74, develops and applies statistical methods to a wide variety of problems. As D. R. Fulkerson lecturer, he is presenting lectures on risk assessment for rare natural hazards and the challenges of working with inexact models. Read more
M. Eng. Students at Work on a Challenging Set of Projects
April 8, 2009
ORIE's M. Eng. students are working with a variety of sponsoring corporate and non-profit organizations to improve their operations. Some teams are the first to work with the sponsor while others build on a series of projects over recent years. Read more
CFEM Presents "Bridge to Cornell" Seminar Series
April 7, 2009
The Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan spring seminar series presents talks by industry and academic financial engineering experts. The talks will be held at CFEM's Manhattan offices and broadcast to the Ithaca campus. Read more
Recent ORIE M. Eng. Graduate Forms New Video Lecture Venture
March 31, 2009
When Ryan Morris was away from Ithaca to participate in bicycle races, he missed some lectures. In an ORIE entrepreneurship class, he developed the business plan for a service that records lectures and makes them available on the internet. Read more
Stefan Wild Makes Quicker Computation of Mathematical Models Possible at Argonne
March 23, 2009
As a CSGF graduate student, Stefan Wild spent a summer at Argonne National Laboratory making mathematical models less expensive to compute. Now he is employed full time there. CSGF holder Kathleen King will spend summer 2009 at Argonne. Read more
Muckstadt Named Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Fellow
March 12, 2009
Professor John A. (Jack) Muckstadt has been named a Distinguished Fellow of the Manufacturing and Service Operations Management Society. Muckstadt is the Acheson-Laibe Professor of Business Management and Leadership Studies in ORIE. Read more
Henderson Promoted to Full Professor
February 26, 2009
Shane Henderson, who joined ORIE in 2001, does both applied and theoretical research and teaches computer simulation. He was recently promoted to the rank of Professor. Read more
Seth Cochran, ORIE '00 M.Eng. '01, Establishes Social Enterprise in Africa to Deal with Obstetric Fistula
February 11, 2009
While working in private equity and telecom, Seth Cochran organized a climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro for charity. Now he devotes full time to an organization that deals with obstetric fistula, "the most devastating problem you've never heard of." Read more
CFEM Lecturer Tells Congressional Committee How To Reduce Risk and Hedge Fund Fraud
February 4, 2009
Leon Metzger teaches a CFEM course that has been featured in the New York Times. Recently Metzger testified before a congressional committee looking into the Bernard Madoff affair and recommended 10 ways to deal with risk and fraud in financial services. Read more
Paper on M. Eng. Canadian Rail Project Published in Special IEEE Transportation Issue
February 3, 2009
The Master of Engineering (M.Eng.)is a professional rather than a research degree, but some M.Eng. projects lead to scholarly publications -- for example, the recent ORIE project that helps assign railway employees to jobs, based on their preferences. Read more
Friedman is Principal Investigator on NSF Grant to Study Complex Dynamics in the Internet
January 30, 2009
The National Science Foundation's new Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation program has awarded a $1.5 million grant to Professor Eric Friedman and co-Principal Investigators Steven Strogatz and Ao Kevin Tang for study of the dynamics of the Internet. Read more
Financial Engineering Students Meet and Greet Wall Street Alumni at CFEM
January 29, 2009
The annual CFEM "Meet and Greet" get-together of students, alumni and company representatives was moved to October this year. More than 110 people attended and heard a panel discussion, "The Inside Scoop on Wall Street Jobs." Read more
National Research Council Supports Professional Master's Degrees Like ORIE's
December 17, 2008
The National Research Council has strongly recommended Professional Science Masters programs in the natural sciences. In doing so, the NRC follows the lead of Master of Engineering programs that ORIE and others at Cornell have offered for many years. Read more
A Score of ORIE Alums Come to Ithaca to Recruit at Career Fair
December 13, 2008
ORIE was well-represented at the University Career Fair Days when alumni returned to campus as representatives of their companies and recruiters of current ORIE and other students. Read more
Repeat Master of Engineering Information Session Scheduled for December 17, 2008
December 13, 2008
Dr. Kathryn Caggiano, Director of Master of Engineering Studies, and Dr. Victoria Averbukh, Director of Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan, hosted an online information session, and will hold a repeat session December 17, 2008. Read more
Third Semester Financial Engineering Students Are At the Center of the Action
November 21, 2008
Despite market turmoil, financial engineering students spending the semester at Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan are experiencing an exciting time while learning skills that may be exactly what Wall Street needs. Read more
Statistician Dawn Woodard Joins ORIE Faculty
November 18, 2008
Dawn B. Woodard, a 2007 Ph.D. graduate of Duke University, has joined the ORIE faculty as an assistant professor. Her specialty is statistics, with research work in several areas of application. Read more
Henderson and Rusmevichientong Receive Teaching Awards
October 15, 2008
ORIE faculty members Shane Henderson and Paat Rusmevichientong have won 2008 teaching awards endowed by Chinese businessmen who were classmates at Cornell. Read more
David Shmoys Is a co-Principal Investigator on Cornell's Sustainable Computing Grant
October 10, 2008
The National Science Foundation has awarded Cornell a $10 Million grant to pursue the use of computational thinking in problems of sustainability. ORIE's David Shmoys is co-Principal Investigator and associate director of Institute the grant supports. Read more
Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan Advisory Board Members On Credit Crisis Panel
October 6, 2008
Robert Jarrow and Richard Marin joined Maureen O'Hara in a panel discussion called "Financial Chaos Unraveled" at the Johnson Graduate School of Management. Jarrow and Marin are members of the Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan Advisory Board. Read more
BS Alumna Susan Martonosi '99 Returns to ORIE as a Faculty Visitor
October 1, 2008
After completing her BS, Susan Martonosi joined the Peace Corps, teaching high school math in the Republic of Guinea. Now, after a Ph.D. in OR at MIT and three years as a professor at Harvey Mudd College she is back at Cornell as an academic visitor. Read more
Special Activities Mark the Beginning of the Master of Engineering Year
September 24, 2008
New and continuing Master of Engineering students participated in orientation activities in Ithaca and Manhattan, including an introduction to new program features. Read more
Billerafest Celebrates Birthday of Math and ORIE Faculty Member Louis Billera
September 19, 2008
Students and colleagues of Professor Louis Billera organized a conference in honor of his 65th birthday. Billera joined ORIE in 1968, eventually moving to the Department of Mathematics while remaining a member of the ORIE faculty. Read more
Alumnus Alfred Blumstein, Ph.D. '60, Discusses his 40 Year Career as an OR-trained Criminologist
September 18, 2008
Alfred Blumstein of Carnegie Mellon University gave a recent talk, "Bringing OR Perspectives to the Criminal Justice System," to the Boston INFORMS Chapter. The use of operations research in criminal justice largely coincides with his own career. Read more
Hans Föllmer Named Andrew Dickson White Professor-At-Large
September 10, 2008
Professor Hans Föllmer, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany, has been named an Andrew D. White Professor at Large at Cornell. Read more
Ph.D. Student Selin Damla Ahipasaoglu Introduces OR to CURIE Academy High School Students
September 4, 2008
The CURIE Academy is a summer residential program for high school girls who excel in math and science and want to learn more about careers in engineering. This summer, Selin Damla Ahipasaoglu spoke to the students about careers in operations research. Read more
ORIE Faculty Members Teach Systems Engineering Locally and at a Distance
August 26, 2008
ORIE provides a strong component of the new Systems Engineering Distance Degree Program, which includes a recently concluded kick-off week on site in Ithaca. Read more
ORIE Alums Gather at Annual Reunion Breakfast
August 20, 2008
Following a tradition of many years' standing, ORIE hosted a breakfast during the Cornell Reunion. This year's breakfast was held in the Weiss Lounge in Rhodes Hall and had attendees from several Cornell classes, including the class of 1948. Read more
Sasha Stoikov Returns to Head Research at Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan (CFEM)
August 19, 2008
Sasha Stoikov, who spent the 2006-7 academic year in ORIE as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Ithaca, joins the staff of Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan to head research and advise Masters projects. Read more
Harvard School of Public Health Names Robert L. Strawderman its 2008 Distinguished Biostatistics Alum
August 14, 2008
Professor Robert L. Strawderman, a member of the Graduate Field of Operations Research, has been named recipient of the 2008 Distinguished Alum Award of the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. Read more
Huseyin Topaloglu is Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
August 8, 2008
The Cornell Board of Trustees has approved the promotion of Huseyin Topaloglu to Associate Professor with indefinite tenure. Read more
Master of Engineering Graduates Receive Degrees and Awards at Commencement Ceremony
August 1, 2008
Master of Engineering recipients celebrated the completion of their degree program as awards were given for academic and project performance. Winning projects dealt with web marketing, pandemic flu and emergency helicopters. Read more
ORIE Student Farhangi is First to Complete Joint Cornell and Ecole Centrale Paris Program
July 23, 2008
Ramin Farhangi, third in his family to study Operations Research at Cornell, is the first student ever to graduate with three degrees through a unique College of Engineering international collaboration. Read more
Cornell Hosts NSF-Sponsored Liquidity Risk Conference
July 23, 2008
The topic of liquidity has been very much in recent financial news. With the support of the National Science Foundation, Cornell hosted a conference on Liquidity Risk, with participation by ORIE professors Jarrow, Protter, Schied and Weber. Read more
Professor Muckstadt Alerts Alumni to Issues in Health Care Logistics
July 17, 2008
In talks to alumni groups in Atlanta GA and Jacksonville FL, Professor Jack Muckstadt provided an engineer's perspsective on preparations for response to public health emergencies. Read more
More than 100 ORIE Seniors Celebrate Their Graduation
July 16, 2008
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon at the end of May, right after the Cornell Commencement in Schoellkopf Stadium, graduating ORIE seniors received their diplomas in Sage Chapel. Several students were given special awards for their academic excellence. Read more
Workshop on Methods and Applications in Modern Statistics Held to Honor David Ruppert
July 15, 2008
Students and associates of David Ruppert, Andrew Schultz Jr. Professor of Engineering in ORIE, held a workshop to celebrate his 60th birthday. Read more
Seven New Doctors of Philosophy Are Hooded at an ORIE Pre-Commencement Ceremony
July 11, 2008
Recent and soon-to-be Ph.D. degree recipients were honored at a ceremony before the Cornell Commencement. In the hooding ceremony, each student's thesis advisor or a representative places a hood in a ritual designed to recognize scholarly accomplishment. Read more
Eship Magazine Highlights ORIE's John Callister
July 10, 2008
John Callister MS '92, PhD '96, the Harvey Kinzelberg Director of Entrepreneurship in Engineering, is featured in a profile in eship, The Magazine of Entrepreneurship@Cornell. Read more
In a Difficult Employment Year, All Continuing Financial Engineering Students Have Summer Internships
July 9, 2008
This year is one of the hardest for employment in the financial sector in many years. Thanks to the ability of the students to adapt to the marketplace -- and the hard work of CFEM -- all continuing FE students have obtained summer jobs this year. Read more
Donald Gross, Early ORIE Ph.D. Graduate, Reminisces About Cornell and His Career
July 8, 2008
On retiring as research professor from George Mason University, Donald Gross, ORIE MS '59, Ph.D. '62 looks back to a time when ORIE was "just discovering a relatively new area relating to industrial engineering called operations research." Read more
ORIE Graduating Senior Stephanie Peng, 2008 Merrill Scholar, Honors Professor Samorodnitsky as Mentor
June 23, 2008
Stephanie Peng of ORIE is one the 36 Merrill Presidential Scholars selected campus wide in 2008. She recognized Professor Gennady Samorodnitsky as the Cornell faculty member contributing most significantly to her college experience. Read more
Emeritus Professor Maxwell Named Voluteer of the Year
June 19, 2008
Ithaca's Tompkins Trust Company honored Emeritus Professor William "Max" Maxwell for his many community volunteer activities with organizations such as the YMCA, the Alex Haley Pool, the American Red Cross and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Read more
Wall Street Journal Selects Alumnus Todd Rethemeier as a Top Analyst for a Second Year
June 18, 2008
The annual "Best on the Street" compilation by the Wall Street Journal has again named ORIE alum Todd Rethemeier, BS '93 MEng '94 MBA '95, as one of the top analysts of telecommunication stocks. Rethemeier is on the Advisory Board of CFEM. Read more
M. Eng. Student Duncan Wong is a Grand Prize Winner in an International Trading Competition
June 12, 2008
Duncan Wong, who will complete his financial engineering studies at the end of the year, beat out 2500 students in the United States to become the US Grand Prize Winner in the JP Morgan FantasyFutures competition. Read more
ORIE Alumna Sherri Stuewer Delivers a Check for $592,216 to President David Skorton
June 10, 2008
Sherri Stuewer, ORIE '73 MS '75, presented Cornell President David Skorton with a check from the ExxonMobil Foundation matching the gifts of nearly $200,000 by the company's employees, retirees and others. Read more
ORIE Students Are Recognized As Engineering Global Fellows
June 10, 2008
Twenty-three ORIE students were among those invited to a ceremony to recognize undergraduate students as Engineering Global Fellows, highlighting the accomplishments of students who work, study, conduct research or perform service learning abroad. Read more
SIAM Conference Celebrates Professor Michael Todd's Milestone Birthday
June 9, 2008
The recent Conference on Optimization of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) in Boston incorporated a birthday celebration for Professor Michael Todd. Read more
Robert Kleinberg Wins Sloan and Microsoft Fellowships
June 3, 2008
Microsoft and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have awarded ORIE Field Member Robert Kleinberg fellowships to design more robust adaptive systems for decision-making with limited information. Read more
Ph.D. Alum Singh Recognized as a Supply Chain "Pro to Know"
May 29, 2008
The Supply and Demand Chain Executive magazine has designated Harpal Singh, Ph.D. '81 as a supply chain industry thought leader. Read more
Henderson and Topaloglu Garner an NSF Grant for Emergency Services Improvement
May 23, 2008
The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant to Professors Shane Henderson and Huseyin Topaloglu to work on techniques of optimization applicable to a broad class of problems, especially some arising in the delivery of emergency services. Read more
Undergrads and Masters Students Elect Professors and TAs of the Year
May 14, 2008
Professors Jackson and Henderson were named Professors of Year and Ph.D. students Huang, Nagarajan and Van Zuylen were each named Teaching Assistants of the Year at a May 13 awards luncheon. Read more
ORIE Alums Comment on Sustainable Energy Conference
May 12, 2008
Several ORIE alumni attended the recent Cornell Engineering Alumni Association annual conference, with its theme of sustainable energy systems. They came away with a sense of urgency and a view that Operations Research can help. Read more
Seniors Present Mass Prophylaxis Project at Undergraduate Research Forum
May 7, 2008
At the Research Forum, Seniors Caitlin Hawkins and Cindie Wu presented a poster describing their project to develop software that can be used to develop and test various staffing alternatives to vaccinate or treat a large population.
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M. Eng. project helps Foodnet Meals on Wheels Improve Service and Hold the Line on Costs
April 22, 2008
A 2006 Master of Engineering project has enabled Foodnet's Meals on Wheels program to deliver meals on time while overcoming most of the increase in fuel costs. Read more
Robert E. Bixby, ORIE Ph.D. '72, returns to Cornell to Deliver the Fulkerson Lectures on Optimization
April 11, 2008
The Rice University professor and co-founder of CPLEX will give a series of lectures in April honoring Professor Ray Fulkerson and highlighting 'startling improvements' in the computation of optimal solutions to a broad class of mathematical models. Read more
Master of Engineering Student Ye (Jay) Tian Places Second in Automated Trading Competition
April 8, 2008
Jay Tian has won $50,000 as the second place finisher in the third annual Interactive Brokers Collegiate Trading Olympiad. Tian developed software that automatically trades options on stocks and commodity futures. Read more
Professor Emeritus William Maxwell Joins People to People Delegation to Operations Research Professionals in South Africa
March 26, 2008
William L. Maxwell, ORIE BME '56 PhD '61, and his wife Judith were members of a delegation of OR professionals travelling with a People to People Citizen Ambassador program to meet their counterparts in South Africa. Read more
Harvard Business Review's Centennial Issue Features Article by Robert S. Kaplan, ORIE Ph.D. '68
March 24, 2008
"Mastering the Management System" by Robert S. Kaplan, Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership at the Harvard Business School, and David P. Norton appears in the January 2008 issue of the Harvard Business Review. Read more
ORIE Graduates Help Hone Procter and Gamble's Secret Weapon
March 24, 2008
In successfully competing on analytics, the world's biggest consumer goods company employs the talents of many ORIE graduates. Read more
ExxonMobil Chemicals Vice President Elissa P. Sterry, ORIE BS '79 M.Eng. '80, Discusses Worldwide Energy Outlook
March 20, 2008
Elissa P. Sterry provided a view of the outlook for energy worldwide through the year 2030, at the Engineering Enterprise Colloquium. Read more
Applications to ORIE's M. Eng. Program Have Tripled Since 2005
February 27, 2008
The ORIE Master of Engineering program has grown in popularity in each of the past four years, for a compound annual growth rate of more than 40%. The growth has been driven largely by interest in the program's Financial Engineering Concentration. Read more
OR Field Faculty Member Jon Kleinberg Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
February 20, 2008
Professor Jon Kleinberg, a faculty member in the Department of Computer Science and a member of the PhD Field of Operations Research, has been awarded one of the highest honors accorded to an engineer, election to the National Academy of Engineering. Read more
Dietrich named VP as Business Analytics and Mathematical Science Gains New Stature at IBM
February 15, 2008
Brenda Dietrich, ORIE Ph.D. '86, has been named Vice President of Business Analytics and Mathematical Science and now reports to the Director of IBM Research. The move confirms the strategic importance to IBM of her team. Dietrich visited ORIE in 2007. Read more
Muckstadt Appointed to Board of Scientific Counselors to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
February 15, 2008
Michael O. Leavitt, the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, has appointed ORIE Professor John A. Muckstadt to the Board of Scientific Counselors of the Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER) of the CDC. Read more
NSF awards Five Year Early Career Development Grant to Prof. Rusmevichientong
February 12, 2008
Professor Rusmevichientong proposed research to help decision makers select, in real time, from among a large number of alternatives under conditions characterized by uncertainty, by making use of high volume data streams and new algorithms. Read more
Meeting and Greeting During a Turbulent Wall Street Week
February 4, 2008
Current students in Cornell's Financial Engineering Concentration met on January 17, 2008, with alumni and other industry representatives at Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan. Read more
M. Eng. Project Leads to Journal Publication
January 4, 2008
A 2004 Master of Engineering project for Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit is the subject of a journal article. Read more
PhD Graduates Huh and Cakanyildirim and Their Advisor. Roundy, Win Top Research Paper Award
January 4, 2008
Woonghee Tim Huh, Robin O. Roundy and Metin Cakanyildirim have been awarded the Harold W. Kuhn Award for the best paper to be published in the last three years by the operations management journal Naval Research Logistics. Read more
Ji Gu named Merrill Presidential Scholar, Cites Professor Ruppert for His Contribution to Her College Experience
December 3, 2007
Graduating senior Ji Gu was one of 36 Cornell Seniors honored last May together with the high school and university teachers who made important contributions in their lives. Read more
Advisory Council for Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan Holds Inaugural Meeting
November 28, 2007
The newly named ORIE office at 55 Broad Street, Cornell Financial Engineering Manhattan (CFEM), now has an Advisory Council of 13 financial industry luminaries. The Council met together for the first time on November 8 at the Cornell Club in New York. Read more
The Road to a Financial Engineering Masters Degree Begins in Ithaca and Leads Straight to Manhattan
November 26, 2007
Next fall, students in the Financial Engineering Concentration will move to New York City to complete their 3-semester program. Their capstone Financial Engineering project and final course work will take place at ORIE's CFEM near the Stock Exchange.
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ORIE Professor Publishes Best Seller
November 11, 2007
Sidney Resnick's new book. "Heavy-Tail Phenomena: Probabilistic and Statistical Modeling", is number 14 on the best seller list.
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OR Pioneer Balinski Delivers Messenger Lectures on Representing, Electing and Ranking
September 27, 2007
Professor Balinski discussed the mathematics of some essential mechanisms for the regulation of human activity in one of Cornell's most prestigious university-wide lecture series. Read more
Director of IBM's Mathematical Sciences Division Promotes Operations Research in the Service Sector
September 11, 2007
INFORMS President Brenda Dietrich. ORIE Ph.D. '86, discussed accomplishments and opportunities for Operations Research in the business services industry at the ORIE Colloquium. Read more
ORIE Students Display Their Work at Research Showcase
September 11, 2007
Two ORIE projects were featured at the College of Engineering Reseearch Showcase on September 11 in the Duffield Atrium. The student researchers used posters to describe their work to industry representatives and fellow students. Read more
Adrian Lewis, David Williamson Win Teaching Award
September 5, 2007
Professors Adrian Lewis and David Williamson have received the 2006-7 Sonny Yau '72 Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award. Read more
Paul Klug, Managing Director and COO of Deutsche Asset Management Asia, opens the 2007 Enterprise Engineering Colloquium.
August 28, 2007
Paul Klug '73, Managing Director and COO of Deutsche Asset Management Asia, was the first speaker in the Enterprise Engineering Colloquium. He provided a perspective on the role of the asset or portfolio manager. Read more
New Financial Engineering Students Attend Orientation at OR-Manhattan
August 24, 2007
The School of Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) welcomed new students in the Financial Engineering Masters Concentration Aug. 16 at an orientation session designed to quickly immerse students in the real world of financial services. Read more
ORIE PhD Students' Paper on Viral Marketing Against a Competing Product is Nominated for a "Best Paper" Award
August 19, 2007
Tim Carnes, Chandra Nagarajan, Stefan Wild and Anke van Zuylen presented a paper on "Maximizing Influence in a Competitive Social Network: A Follower's Perspective" at the Ninth International Conference on Electronic Commerce in Minneapolis. Read more
Emergency Response Logistics Conference held at OR Manhattan
August 17, 2007
On Aug. 2-3, leading researchers discussed public health emergency response logistics at the Manhattan campus of Cornell’s School of Operations Research and Information Engineering. Read more
Bloomberg Markets Magazine Profiles Robert Jarrow as "The Innovator"
August 1, 2007
In the August 2007 issue of Bloomberg Markets Peter Carr describes the history and mathematics of the Heath-Jarrow-Morton model for valuing interest rate derivatives. Jarrow belongs to the field of OR and the Johnson Graduate School of Management. Read more
Seth Cochran, BS '00, M. Eng. '02, climbs Kilimanjaro for Charity
July 26, 2007
With his climb Cochran, a financial manager for the telecomm manufacturer ADC, raised nearly $25,000 for The Smile Train, a charity that provides cleft palate and lip repair surgeries for children in underdeveloped countries. Read more
Kathryn Caggiano becomes Associate Director for M. Eng.
July 11, 2007
Kathryn Caggiano, who received her Ph.D. from Cornell in 1998, has returned to ORIE as Associate Director for the Master of Engineering program. Read more
Victoria Averbukh to Direct Financial Engineering Manhattan
July 11, 2007
Victoria Averbukh has been named the Director of Financial Engineering Manhattan, the educational and research center of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) at 55 Broad Street in the Wall Street district of Manhattan. Read more
Cornell Hosts Twelfth Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization
June 27, 2007
The conference, organized in Ithaca by Professor David Williamson, attracted scholars who work on the theory, computation and applications related to allocating scarce resources that can only be used in discrete (i.e. whole number) quantities. Read more
Philip Protter Delivers Inaugural von Mises Lecture on Financial Bubbles
June 7, 2007
On June 7, 2007, Professor Protter gave the first annual Richard von Mises Lecture in Berlin, Germany, on the subject of financial bubbles. Read more
OR Forms Partnership to Help Hospitals Nationwide Deal With Mass-Casualties From Disasters
February 1, 2006
OR and Weill Cornell help hospitals and government agencies nationwide plan for and deal with mass casualties from disasters such as hurricanes, a flu pandemic and bioterrorism. Read more
Michael Zak ’75 helps devise new program to study U.S./China relations
October 20, 2005
'...graduates of this program will have an intimate understanding of China. They will have walked the ground and lived the life.’ - Michael Zak ’75 Read more
