News: ORIE

To meet a growing need, Enfield Food Distribution is working with a multidisciplinary Cornell team to design and raise funds for a larger, more welcoming facility. Read more

Professor Marcos López de Prado received the Officer’s Cross of the Royal Order of Civil Merit, which represents a knighthood and one of Spain’s highest honors, for his distinguished services to science. Read more

Marcos López de Prado, a visiting professor in Cornell Engineering’s School of Operations Research and Information Engineering, has received the Officer’s Cross of the Royal Order of Civil Merit, which represents a knighthood and one of Spain’s highest honors, in recognition of his “distinguished services to science and the global investment industry.” The award was presented on behalf of King Felipe VI and the government of Spain by H.E. Íñigo de Palacio España, the Spanish ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, at a ceremony in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 21. Knights and Dames of the Order are... Read more

A new study by Cornell information science researchers finds that ignoring race in college admissions leads to an admitted class that is much less diverse, but with similar academic credentials to those where affirmative action is factored in. Read more

A team of five Cornell MFE students and one NYU graduate student proposed a winning solution in competition with 77 other teams. Their topic was sponsored by AllianceBernstein, and they were tasked with answering the question, "Can We Use LLMs and Alternative Data to Outperform the S&P500?" The students had three weeks to submit a five-page paper detailing their approach in applying Large Language Models to the analysis of market regimes. The data sources came from Eagle Alpha, Quant Connect, Data Bento, and more. Expounding upon their winning research, Shun Wang (MFE '24) noted, "This... Read more

Students at Cornell's Financial Engineering program have many opportunities to engage in quantitative finance research and to expand their knowledge through collaborations with industry practitioners and academic experts. This emphasis on a hands-on approach emphasizes practical applications of theory and enables students to explore advanced topics that bridge complex models with real-world solutions. A case in point is the research of current student Daham Kim '24, who, in collaboration with CFEM Visiting Faculty and longtime collaborator Irene Aldridge, has received recognition from the... Read more

Eleven teaching faculty from across the university have been awarded Cornell’s highest honors for graduate and undergraduate teaching, Interim President Michael I. Kotlikoff announced Oct. 22. Read more

Cornell Engineering hosted its third annual EPICC Awards ceremony on Oct. 15, celebrating staff and faculty whose work reflects the college’s core values: excellence, purpose, innovation, community, and collaboration. Read more

INFORMS is the leading international association for professionals in operations research, analytics, management science, economics, behavioral science, statistics, artificial intelligence, data science, applied mathematics, and other relevant fields, with more than 12,000 members. Lewis is the second Cornell ORIE faculty member to serve as President-elect of INFORMS, as well as the first African-American to fill the role. Brenda Dietrich, the Geoffrion Family Professor of Practice, served as INFORMS President-elect in 2006 and as INFORMS President in 2007. Lewis has written that, as President... Read more

Researchers studying artificial intelligence training data and treatment of swelling linked to breast cancer are among the eight Cornell assistant professors who recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards. Read more