Management Science and Engineering News
DARPA Grant Will Help Stanford Dig Deep into the Big Data in Social Networks
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Backed by a $5.6 million grant from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, an interdisciplinary team at Stanford is embarking on a four-year project to better understand and model complex communication patterns in social networks in real time.
Stanford to collaborate with edX to develop a free, open source online learning platform
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
EdX will be available as an open source learning platform on June 1. In support of that move, Stanford will integrate features of its existing Class2Go open source online learning platform into the edX platform.
The world through rose-colored blinders: A new mathematical model for how society becomes polarized
Friday, March 29, 2013
Engineering researchers at Stanford University have devised a mathematical model that helps demonstrate what’s behind the growing rift in American society. They have used the knowledge to create Internet-based social systems that counteract polarization.
Eight Stanford Engineering Faculty Elected to National Academy of Engineering
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions an engineer can receive.
Big Challenges, Big Ideas: Stanford Engineering Year in Review
Monday, January 7, 2013
Letter from the Dean of Stanford Engineering.
Stanford operations research expert Arthur Veinott Dies at 78
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Veinott was a professor of management science and engineering, whose chosen field of operations research applies advanced analytical methods to help make better decisions. He made major contributions to the theory of operations research and to its development as a field at Stanford and nationally.
How “Black Swans” and “Perfect Storms” Become Excuses for Poor Risk Management
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Instead of reflecting on the unlikelihood of rare catastrophes after the fact, Stanford risk analysis expert Elisabeth Paté-Cornell prescribes an engineering approach to anticipate them when possible, and to manage them when not.
New platform for online courses stresses team-based, experiential learning
Monday, September 17, 2012
Venture Lab, developed by Stanford faculty and students, hosts five courses this fall on entrepreneurship, education, creativity and finance.
No kick from organic: Little evidence of health benefits, Stanford study finds
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Researchers from the schools of engineering and medicine studied the health effects of organic foods and found little strong evidence they are more nutritious or carry fewer health risks beyond a reduced the risk of pesticide exposure.
Stanford faculty is embracing online teaching opportunities
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The team leading Stanford's online education initiative announces seed grants to faculty members across campus for course development. "It's been a grassroots phenomenon, which really reflects Stanford's tradition of innovation and creativity," said John Mitchell, professor of computer science and President John Hennessy's special assistant for educational technology.
Benefits of hepatitis C treatment outweigh costs for patients with advanced disease, Stanford study shows
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Engineering is indeed everywhere. Management Science & Engineering graduate student, Shan Liu, helped show how, despite the large price tag and some bad side effects, a "triple therapy" that combines.
Stanford Engineering professors named to National Academy of Engineering
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Professors Peter W. Glynn and Helmut Krawinkler have been honored for their contributions to simulation methodology and stochastic modeling and for developing performance-based earthquake engineering.
Donald Allen Dunn, 1925-2011
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Dunn was both an engineer and a lawyer. He was a noted expert in microwave technology and telecommunication who helped found the Department of Engineering–Economic Systems in the 1960s, a department that would later become the Department of Management Science and Engineering.
Gator aggregator: Florida’s new engineering dean emphasizes collaboration and leadership
Saturday, August 1, 2009
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