PhD Students

PhD Students (past and present)

Those who are seeking a job...

Vashist Avadhanula (expected graduation 2017, co-advised with S. Agrawal and V. Goyal)
Thesis title (tentative): The MNL-Bandit Problem: Theory and Applications 

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...and those who have already found one


Dongwook Shin (graduated 2017, co-advised with M. Broadie)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Business School, HKUST (Hong Kong)
Thesis title: Tractable Algorithms for Dynamic Learning and Pricing with Online Product Reviews

Oren Anava (graduated 2016, co-advised with S. Mannor and E. Hazan)
Current position: Research staff member, Voleon
Thesis title: Machine Learning and Temporal Data

John Yao (graduated 2015, co-advised with C. Maglaras)
Current position: Assistant Professor, IE department, University of Miami
Thesis title:Asymptotic Analysis of Service Systems with Congestion Sensitive Customers

Yonatan Gur (graduated 2013, co-advised with O. Besbes)
Current position: Assistant Professor, GSB, Stanford University
Thesis title: Sequential Optimization in a Changing Environment: Theory and  Application to Content Recommendation Systems

Bora Keskin (graduated 2012, co-advised with J.M Harrison)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Booth GSB, Chicago University
Thesis title: Learning and earning; Algorithms and Analysis 

Denis Saure (graduated 2011, co-advised with O. Besbes)
Current position: Associate Professor, ISE Department, University of Chile
Thesis title: Essays in Consumer Choice-based Assortment Planning 

Deniz Cicek ( graduated 20, co-advised with M. Broadie)
First position: Barclay's capital
Thesis title: Topics in Stochastic Approximation

Itay Gurvich ( graduated 2008, co-advised with C. Maglaras and W. Whitt )
Current position: Associate Professor, ORIE, Cornell University
(first position: Kellogg)
Thesis title: Staffing and Control of Many Server Service Systems
 
Omar Besbes (graduated 2007)
Current position: Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University
(first position: Wharton)
Thesis title: Revenue Management under Model Uncertainty: Theory and Methods
 
Zhen Wu (graduated 2006)
First position: Research Associate, CSFB
Thesis title: Essays on Portfolio Credit Risk
 
Achal Bassamboo (graduated 2005, co-advised with Mike Harrison )
Current position: Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Thesis title: Pointwise Stationary Fluid Models for the Design and Control of Stochastic Processing Networks
 
Gad Allon (graduated 2005, primary adviser Awi Federgruen)
Current position: Professor, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
Thesis title: Competition in Service Industries
 
Roy Mashal (graduated 2003)
First position: Vice President, Lehman Brothers
Thesis title: Inferring Dependencies Between Financial Assets with Applications to Multiname Credit Derivatives
 

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