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