What really drives you crazy about waiting in line (it actually isn’t the wait at all)
Richard Larson (a.k.a. "Dr. Queue") comments on the psychology of waiting in line. (Includes video animation.)
READ MORENations and billionaires pledge money for clean energy
Jessika Trancik quoted in segment on Paris climate summit.
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New climate negotiations could increase use of low-carbon energy technologies
New report by Jessika Trancik and co-authors explores potential impact of anticipated voluntary commitments to greenhouse gas reductions during the 2015 Paris climate negotiations.
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New algorithm accelerates complex modeling
Youssef Marzouk and co-authors develop new algorithm that speeds up complex modeling from days to hours.
READ MOREAlexandre Jacquillat receives two awards at INFORMS
Recent Engineering Systems PhD graduate Alexandre Jacquillat was awarded the George B. Dantzig Dissertation Award and the Transportation Science and Logistics section dissertation prize at INFORMS. His dissertation was entitled, “Integrated Allocation and Utilization of Airport Capacity to Mitigate Air Traffic Congestion,” and was supervised by Prof. Amedeo Odoni.
READ MOREDevavrat Shah and co-authors receive INFORMS award
Devavrat Shah, along with co-authors Vivek Farias of MIT Sloan and Srikanth Jagabathula of NYU Stern, received the Revenue Management and Pricing section prize at INFORMS, for their paper, “A Nonparametric Approach to Modeling Choice with Limited Data.”
READ MOREOzdaglar appointed to Keithley Professorship
Asuman Ozdaglar, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has been appointed to the Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professorship in Electrical Engineering.
READ MORECan Financial Engineering Cure Cancer?
Andrew Lo gives talk at TEDxCambridge about better ways of funding early-stage biomedical research and drug development.
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From Mobile Data, Drawing Social Circles
A recent study extracted phone data from more than 25 million phone users in 155 cities in France, Portugal, and Spain over the course of six months.
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Bresler appointed to Tenenbaum Career Development Chair
Guy Bresler has been named the Bonnie and Marty (1964) Tenenbaum Career Development Professor.
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