News

A New Home for ORFE
Jan. 24, 2006

"Plans by Frederick Fisher and Partners, the Los Angeles architectural firm hired by the University, show a three-story building faced primarily with glass that would be located between Wallace Hall and Mudd Library, across from the computer science building. Fund raising is planned over the next year, with construction tentatively scheduled to…

Prof. Savas Dayanik receives New Researcher Award
Jan. 19, 2006

Professor Savas Dayanik has received the 2006 Tweedie New Researcher Award. As the award recipient, he will present the Tweedie New Researcher Invited Lecture at the 2006 New Researchers Conference in Seattle, Washington, August 1-5, 2006. The Tweedie New Researcher Award was recently created by action of the Institute of Mathematical…

Fan Elected AAAS Fellow, Invited to Speak
Jan. 9, 2006

"In September, the AAAS Council elected 376 members as Fellows of AAAS. These individuals will be recognized for their contributions to science at the Fellows Forum to be held on 18 February 2006 during the AAAS Annual Meeting in St. Louis. The new Fellows will receive a certificate and a blue and gold rosette pin as a symbol of their…

New building embraces neighborhood plan, engineering vision
Dec. 2, 2005

The University has selected the award-winning architecture firm of Frederick Fisher and Partners to design a new building for the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering.

Team recounts Efforts to make Prospect 11 a Winner
Dec. 1, 2005

"No one believed that Princeton students would want to get dirt under their fingers, ORFE professor Alain Kornhauser GS '71 said at the beginning of a presentation on Wednesday about a project that proved such skepticism was undeserved.

During 'Prospect 11: The Making, Testing and Running of Princeton's Entry in the 2005 DARPA Grand…

Professor Savas Dayanik, Grad Semih Sezer receive INFORMS Award
Nov. 21, 2005

The Junior Faculty Interest Group Forum of the Institue for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) awarded the 2005 JFIG Paper Competition Award to Professor Savas Dayanik and graduate student Semih Sezer this year. Their paper, entitled "Compound Poisson Disorder Problem", was presented at the annual INFORMS meeting held in…

Professor John Mulvey elected INFORMS Fellow
Nov. 21, 2005

Professor John Mulvey has been elected Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) at this year's annual INFORMS meeting held in San Francisco, CA, November 13-16, 2005. 

John Mulvey is one of the top operations researchers in the world with contributions to the theory and practice in a…

Prof. Vanderbei's Election Map Updated for 2005
Nov. 9, 2005

Each New Jersey county color is a mix of red, blue and green in proportion to the results for that county. View the updated map for 2005, buy t-shirts and more.

Family of Zankel '06 establishes cancer fund
Nov. 7, 2005

"The family of Bradley Zankel, a former student who died of brain cancer in June, will hold the Bradley Zankel Foundation's first fundraiser in New York City's Canal Room club on Thursday night. The proceeds will benefit brain cancer research."

New Website Launched
Oct. 4, 2005

Operations Research and Financial Engineering is proud to present this newly designed and implemented website to current and potential students, faculty and staff. We sincerely hope this new site will present the department and its news and events in a clear, accessible and straightforward manner.

Massey is Most Cited
Sept. 28, 2005

"Operations research and financial engineering professor William Massey '77 was named the second most frequently cited black mathematicians in the world, according to a recent study conducted by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education."

Self-driving Car makes Semifinals
Sept. 25, 2005

"Leaning against a silver GMC Canyon pickup, Brendan Collins '08 said, 'It quickly becomes your life.' But the truck has a life of its own."

Robert Moore '06 Develops Texas Hold 'Em Calculator
Sept. 22, 2005

"First it was campus rap fans, then high schoolers with Ivy-League dreams; now, poker players will know the name of Robert Moore '06."

 

Purple America: The 2004 Presidential Election
Sept. 12, 2005

"Using County-by-County election return data from USA Today together with County boundary data from the US Census' Tiger database we produced the following graphic depicting the results."

Professor Kornhauser runs his 17th NYC Marathon in an Interactive Way
Sept. 5, 2005

"'I'm going to be a real geek. I'll have a GPS receiver in my back pocket attached to an antenna, which will be on my cap,' Kornhauser said."

Congratulations Class of 2005
May 31, 2005

The department would like to extend a warm and heartfelt congratulations to The Great ORFE Class of 2005.  Congratulations!

Honors, Awards and Events at INFORMS, October 2004
Oct. 29, 2004

Professor Warren Powell was given a "Fellows Award". This prestigious award recognizes excellence in research and service to the operations research community.

Assistant Professor Savas Dayanik was honored at this year's meeting. His paper titled "Poisson disorder problem with exponential penalty for delay" was selected as a finalist…

ORFE Welcomes New Faculty, Fall 2004
Aug. 31, 2004

ORFE extends a warm welcome to Alexandre W. d'Aspremont, Assistant Professor and Eric Denardo, Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching starting Fall, 2004.

Congratulations Class of '04
June 13, 2004

The department would like to warmly extend heartfelt congratulations to The Great ORFE Class of 2004.  Congratulations!

Erhan Çinlar, Chairman, Awarded in 2003
Oct. 3, 2003

Erhan Çinlar, Chairman, received a number of awards and honors in 2003. He was awarded Fellow status at INFORMS as one of the 13 members so honored during the fist year of such elections. At the same INFORMS meeting in Atlanta, he was also given the INFORMS Expository Writing Award for 2003. The award honors an operations researcher/management…