News: ORIE

Professor Mark Lewis

ORIE’s Mark Lewis named an INFORMS Fellow

By: Pat Gillespie

INFORMS, the largest association for decision and data sciences, has announced that Mark Lewis, the Director of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell, is among the 12 outstanding members named as 2021 Fellows, one of the highest honors in the O.R. profession. Read more

Professor Andrea Lodi

ORIE’s Lodi named winner of prestigious Farkas Prize

By: Pat Gillespie

Andrea Lodi, the Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor at Jacobs Technion—Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and a member of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering graduate field faculty at Cornell University, has been selected as the winner of the 2021 INFORMS Optimization Society Farkas Prize. Read more

Professor Shane Henderson

ORIE’s Henderson awarded NSF grant to study emergency medical services

By: Pat Gillespie

Shane Henderson, the Charles W. Lake, Jr. Professor in Productivity in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell, is using stochastic modeling and optimization to study new directions in emergency medical services, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation. Read more

Zoe Wang

CFEM alum Zoe Wang published in top quant journal

By: Pat Gillespie

Zoe Wang, who received her Master of Engineering degree in financial engineering in December 2020, published a paper in the summer 2021 issue of The Journal of Financial Data Science, arguably the top quant publication. Read more

Professor Mark Lewis

Lewis, Michener honored for diversity contributions

Mark E. Lewis, director of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, and Jamila Michener, associate professor of government, are the recipients of this year’s Faculty Award for Excellence in Research, Teaching and Service through Diversity. Read more

ORIE MEng Awards - Silent Hoist and Crane

ORIE MEng students receive awards at virtual commencement

By: Pat Gillespie

Each year, Professor of Practice and Director of ORIE’s Master of Engineering program Kathryn Caggiano gets to stand in front of a group of graduating students and their families to announce that year’s M.Eng. award winners. While this year’s graduation ceremony was held virtually, Professor Caggiano was still able to honor the winning teams. The Silent Hoist and Crane Material Handling Prize was originally established in 1950 for the purpose of “stimulating the thinking of engineering students with aptitude or special interest in the Art and Science of Materials Handling.” “In the 70-plus... Read more