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Renyuan Xu Honored with Prestigious NSF CAREER Award

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The Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering leads through innovation in systems, algorithms and quantitative methods. We prepare students to become skilled experts, managers, decision-makers and researchers for design and optimization in complex and uncertain environments. The Epstein Department’s research and education benefit society through novel systems for healthcare, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, security, e-commerce, and the environment.
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In Brief

Sep. 30, 2024Ketan Savla Wins Prestigious IEEE ITS Outstanding Application Award
Sep. 10, 2024ISE Student honored at Society for Medical Decision-Making Conference
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Dec. 18, 2023ISE Seniors Recognized by Los Angeles County Animal Care and Control
Aug. 14, 2023Epstein Department Ranked 9th in ScholarGPS Institutional Rankings
Nov. 29, 2022Suvrajeet Sen and Julie Higle Recognized by INFORMS Journal for Test-of-Time Impact
Nov. 08, 2022Three ISE Students Honored at INFORMS Forum
Jul. 29, 2022Disease Control Outreach Research Receives Honorable Mention from 2021 IISE Transactions

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Can AI have common sense? Finding out will be key to achieving machine intelligence
Can AI have common sense? Finding out will be key to achieving machine intelligence

Mayank Kejriwal and co-authors explore how the rise of LLMs has reignited debates about the boundaries of machine intelligence.

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New ISE Professor Harnesses Mathematical Insights to Solve Financial Problems
New ISE Professor Harnesses Mathematical Insights to Solve Financial Problems

Camilo Hernández joins the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering as an assistant professor bringing expertise in stochastic control and behavioral economics.

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New ISE Lecturer Brings Expertise in Transportation Systems and Data Analytics to USC Viterbi
New ISE Lecturer Brings Expertise in Transportation Systems and Data Analytics to USC Viterbi

Tao Ma joins the Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering as a lecturer in transportation systems engineering, data analytics and machine learning.

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Published on February 23rd, 2017Last updated on October 10th, 2024