ORFE Senior Nicholas Johnson will be Princeton University’s Class of 2020 valedictorian. This exceptional honor makes Nicholas the first Princeton valedictorian majoring in ORFE. Nicholas' senior thesis is…
ORFE Professor Cattaneo, along with his colleague Michael Jansson of the University of California-Berkeley, were awarded a National Science Found award (NSF). They will focus their research on “Empirical work in Economics, Public Policy and other related disciplines”. Their proposed research will offer “new, modern statistical and econometric…
ORFE Chair, Professor Ronnie Sircar was announced as a member of the 2020 Class of SIAM Fellows, chosen by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) for their exemplary research as well as outstanding service to the community. Through…
Good Day Class of 2023! Professor Alain Kornhauser, the Director of Undergraduate Studies at ORFE, invites you to learn all about what the ORFE department has to offer, to assist you in choosing the appropriate major for your next three years at Princeton, and to hear from…
ORFE Professor Amir Ali Ahmadi, Assistant Professor Miklos Racz, and Associate Professor Ramon van Handel received Excellence in Teaching Awards for their undergraduate classes. These awards were established in 1998 by the student run Engineering Council, and were the first awards at Princeton University chosen solely by students.
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This month “The Man Who Solved the Market: How Jim Simons launched the quant revolution” written by Gregory Zuckerman was released. This book, highlighted in Zuckerman’s article “The history of blunders and missteps that led to the quant…
This Fall, ORFE graduate students Bachir El Khadir and Cong Ma received the SEAS Award for Excellence. Given to advanced graduate students who performed at the highest level as scholars and researchers, this award highlights their commitment to excellence. Bachir, advised by ORFE Professor Amir Ali Ahmadi, is "broadly interested in the…
Professor Carmona, along with his co-author Francois Delarue of the University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, will receive the [2020 Joseph L. Doob Prize](http://www.ams.org/tools/news?news_id=5596) for their two volume book "Probabilistic Theory of Mean Field Games with Applications, I and II". This prize "recognizes a single, relatively…
At the 2019 annual INFORMS meeting in Seattle ORFE Professor Vanderbei gave a plenary talk titled "The Parametric Self-Dual Simplex Method - A Modern Perspective". This talk was the Omega Rho Distinguished Lecture. There were over 1200 people in attendance including an ORFE presence. To see more photos of ORFE alumni and…
This annual event, tailored to ORFE graduate students interested in the academic job search process, was moderated by ORFE Chair Ronnie Sircar. During this hour long event students asked questions regarding different academic positions. Faculty gave insight into the dos and don'ts of the interview process while adding some anecdotes…
This fall's 2019 edition of the EQuad News focused on a few ORFE professors, students and graduates. Highlighted were Professor Kornhauser *71 and his focus on transportation in future cities, graduate student Laura Leal's Excellence in Teaching Award, along with graduate student Pierre Yves Gaudreau Lamarre’s work developing mathematical tools…
Congratulations to ORFE Seniors Audrey Cheng and Nicholas Johnson, who were awarded two of Princeton's highest academic prizes at Opening Exercises. Audrey shared the George B. Wood Legacy Junior Prize which recognizes a senior…
Professor Vanderbei's astrophotography is on display at the Princeton Public Library. As profiled in the Princeton Echo Professor Vanderbei is the library's resident…
Professor Ahmadi is a 2019 recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) through a nomination by the National Science Foundation…
The 25th Conference for African American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences or CAARMS25, which rotates between universities and research institutions across the country, was held last June at Princeton University. On the left is a group photo of the 2019 attendees. Some of the Princeton University students among the poster presenters were…
Congratulations to the Great ORFE Class of 2019! Seen here: their celebratory jump in the fountain after senior thesis turn-in day alongside their formal Sherrerd Hall photo taken during senior thesis presentations.
Laura Kornhauser, CEO of Stratyfy, and 2003 ORFE Undergraduate, spoke at this year's 3rd Annual SmartDrivingCar Summit. The title of Laura's talk was "Building AI That Everyone can Trust".
This multi-day event spotlighted…
ORFE Assistant Professor Mykhaylo Shkolnikov received a E. Lawrence Keyes, Jr./Emerson Electric Company Faculty Advancement Award, presented by Vice Dean of Engineering, Professor Antoine Kahn, on May 16.