Teaching and research in Operations Research and Financial Engineering (ORFE) focus on foundations of data science, probabilistic modeling, and optimal decision-making under uncertainty, with applications in economics and finance, energy and the environment, healthcare management, physical and biological sciences, social networks, and transportation. The graduate and undergraduate programs provide strong technical grounding in statistics, stochastics, and optimization, which are central in the analysis of massive datasets that arise in areas as diverse as the human genome and financial markets, and for applications ranging from clinical trials to robotics.
Operations Research and Financial Engineering

News
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Teaching awards celebrate instructors’ positive impact on students’ lives and careers
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From improving vaccine technology to fostering self-advocacy and community, celebrating Black History Month
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Tangpi wins Claytor-Gilmer Fellowship from American Mathematical Society
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Award for Excellence honors graduate student achievement
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Machine Learning Theory Summer School fosters research community in a fast-growing field
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On Class Day, graduates were told their dedication would be the foundation of future success
Faculty
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Amir Ali Ahmadi
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Rene Carmona
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Matias D. Cattaneo
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Jianqing Fan
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Boris Hanin
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Emma Hubert
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Jason Klusowski
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Alain Kornhauser
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Sanjeev Kulkarni
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William Massey
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John Mulvey
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Miklos Racz
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Elizaveta Rebrova
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Mykhaylo Shkolnikov
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Ronnie Sircar
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Mete Soner
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Bartolomeo Stellato
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Ludovic Tangpi
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Ramon van Handel
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Robert Vanderbei