Faculty
The Operations Research and Statistics Faculty are involved with all MIT Sloan education programs, other research programs, labs, and centers across disciplines at MIT. Operation Research and Statistics Faculty are most notably involved with the MIT Operations Research Center.
The Operations Research and Statistics Faculty have won numerous awards, such as Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE), National Science Foundation CAREER award, Lanchester Prize, INFORMS Koopman Prize, Glover-Klingman Prize, INFORMS President Award, INFORMS Expository Writing Award, Farkas Prize from INFORMS Optimization Society, INFORMS Transportation Science & Logistics Society Best Paper Award, INFORMS Computing Society Prize, Erlang Prize from INFORMS Applied Probability Society, INFORMS Applied Probability Society Best Publication Award, and the Jamieson Prize for Excellence in Teaching
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FULL-TIME FACULTY
Arnold I. Barnett
George Eastman Professor of Management Science
Arnold Barnett is the George Eastman Professor of Management Science and a Professor of Statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.His research specialty is applied mathematical modeling with a focus on problems of health and safety. Barnett’s…
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Dimitris Bertsimas
Associate Dean for Business Analytics
Dimitris Bertsimas is the Boeing Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management, a Professor of Operations Research, and the Associate Dean for the Master of Business Analytics at MIT. He was named Vice Provost for Open Learning in September…
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Robert M. Freund
Theresa Seley Professor in Management Science
Robert Freund is the Theresa Seley Professor in Management Science and a Professor of Operations Research at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His main research interests are in convex optimization, computational complexity and related…
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David D. Gamarnik
Nanyang Technological University Professor of Operations Research
David Gamarnik is a Nanyang Technological University Professor of Operations Research at the Operations Research and Statistics Group, at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He received a BA in mathematics from New York University in 1993 and a PhD…
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Swati Gupta
Class of 1947 Career Development Associate Professor
Swati Gupta is the Class of 1947 Career Development Associate Professor and an Associate Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management in the Operations Research and Statistics Group. Previously, she was a Fouts Family Early Career Professor and…
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Alexandre Jacquillat
Maurice F. Strong Career Development Associate Professor
Alexandre Jacquillat is the Maurice F. Strong Career Development Associate Professor and an Associate Professor of Operations Research and Statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His research focuses on data-driven decision-making,…
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Haihao Lu
Assistant Professor, Operations Research and Statistics
Haihao Lu is an Assistant Professor of Operations Research/Statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Before joining MIT Sloan, he was an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a faculty researcher at…
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Thomas Magnanti
Institute Professor
Thomas Magnanti is an Institute Professor and a Professor of Operations Research at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Magnanti is an excellent source on teaching and researching the theory and application of large-scale optimization systems,…
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Rahul Mazumder
Nanyang Technological University Associate Professor of Operations Research and Statistics
Rahul Mazumder is the Nanyang Technological University Associate Professor of Operations Research and Statistics and an Associate Professor of Operations Research and Statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Prior to joining MIT, he was an…
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James B. Orlin
E. Pennell Brooks (1917) Professor in Management
James Orlin is the E. Pennell Brooks (1917) Professor in Management and a Professor of Operations Research at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Orlin specializes in network and combinatorial optimization. He has helped to develop improved solution…
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Georgia Perakis
John C Head III Dean (Interim), MIT Sloan School of Management
Georgia Perakis is the John C Head III Dean (Interim) of the MIT Sloan School of Management and a Professor of Operations Management, Operations Research & Statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. She has been on the faculty at MIT Sloan…
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Chara Podimata
Class of 1942 Career Development Assistant Professor
Chara Podimata is the Class of 1942 Career Development Assistant Professor and an Assistant Professor of Operations Research/Statistics in MIT Sloan. She is interested in social aspects of computing and more specifically, the effects of humans…
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Roy E. Welsch
Eastman Kodak Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management
Roy E. Welsch is the Eastman Kodak Leaders for Global Operations Professor of Management and a Professor of Statistics and Data Science at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the MIT Center for Statistics and Data Science. He is the Director of…
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Gordon Kaufman
Morris A. Adelman Professor of Management, Emeritus
Gordon Kaufman is the Morris A. Adelman Professor of Management, Emeritus and a Professor of Statistics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Kaufman is a petroleum industry expert. His research focuses on primary energy resources, with…
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Rama Ramakrishnan
Professor of the Practice, AI/ML
Rama Ramakrishnan is a Professor of the Practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His teaching, research, and advisory interests center on the practical application of Predictive and Generative AI techniques to problems and opportunities in…
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