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Our Academic Offerings

The School of Operations Research and Information Engineering maintains a leading international reputation resting on core expertise in optimization, probability and statistics. The high quality of ORIE students and faculty ensure that Cornell will retain its preeminence in the world of operations research.

Earn your B.S. in Operations Research and Engineering

Undergraduate Program

A four-year course of study culminating in a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Engineering.

B.S. in Operations Research and Engineering

Graduate Programs

Professional Track:
Our Master of Engineering program is a full-time, professionally-oriented program that builds on traditional math, scientific, and engineering skills and concentrates on the application of these skills to practical problems. The M.Eng. degree requires the completion of an engineering design project in lieu of a research thesis.

Teaching / Research Track:
Our Ph.D. program is a rigorous and academically-demanding program that involves independent investigation of open problems with the purpose of creating original scholarly work of the highest caliber. Doctoral graduates are prepared for academic teaching and research positions and placement in the private sector.

Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) in Ithaca

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Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) at Cornell Tech

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Ithaca

Research Areas in ORIE

Algorithms

Data Mining

Financial Engineering

Information Technology Modeling

Optimization

Supply Chain

Research Areas

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Cornell Professor Speaks to Wall Street’s Need to Train and Retain Diverse Technical Talent

December 11, 2019

On Friday, December 6th, Cornell University Professor Marcos Lopez de Prado testified to the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services about the Impact of AI on Capital Markets and Jobs in the... Read more about Cornell Professor Speaks to Wall Street’s Need to Train and Retain Diverse Technical Talent

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Tuesday, December 17, 2019 11:00am

ORIE Colloquium: Omar El Housni (Columbia) - From affine to threshold policies: a new framework in dynamic robust optimization

In many sequential decision problems, uncertainty is revealed over time and we need to make decisions in the face of uncertainty. This is a fundamental problem arising in many applications such as... Read more about ORIE Colloquium: Omar El Housni (Columbia) - From affine to threshold policies: a new framework in dynamic robust optimization

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Help us celebrate David Shmoys' 60th birthday

Please help us celebrate David Shmoys' 60th birthday Sunday, January 26 at Cornell Tech. Speakers Karen Aardal (TU Delft) Cynthia Dwork (Harvard) Retsef Levi (MIT) Eoin O’Mahony (Uber) Alessando... Read more about Help us celebrate David Shmoys' 60th birthday

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