Biography:Ward Whitt
Ward Whitt | |
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| Born | 1942 (age 81–82)[1] Bozeman, Montana |
| Alma mater | Dartmouth College Cornell University |
| Known for | Queueing theory |
| Awards | John von Neumann Theory Prize (2001) Frederick W. Lanchester Prize (2003) National Academy of Engineering |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | operations research |
| Institutions | Columbia University Yale University Stanford University |
| Thesis | Weak Convergence Theorems for Queues in Heavy Traffic[2] (1969) |
| Doctoral advisor | Donald Lee Iglehart (de) |
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Ward Whitt (born 1942) is an American professor of operations research and management sciences. He is the Wai T. Chang Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Columbia University. His research focuses on queueing theory, performance analysis, stochastic models of telecommunication systems, and numerical transform inversion. He is recognized for his contributions to the understanding and analyses of complex queues and queuing networks, which led to advances in the telecommunications system.[3] As of November 2, 2015, his publications have been cited over 25,000 times, and he has an h-index of 82.[4]
Biography
Whitt was born in Bozeman, Montana. He received a BA in Mathematics from Dartmouth and a PhD in operations research from Cornell (1969).[5] His doctoral thesis, Weak Convergence Theorems for Queues in Heavy Traffic, paved the path for his future research. Whitt joined the operations research faculty at Stanford before moving to Yale in 1969. From 1977–2002, he worked in Bell Labs and then AT&T Labs. Since 2002, he has been a full professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at Columbia.[6]
Honors
Whitt received numerous accolades for his seminal contributions to operations research. He holds a number of telecommunications-related patents.[7] He has been on the editorial boards of major management science journals including Operations Research. He is a member of Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and Institute of Mathematical Statistics. He has also been a member and committee chair in the National Academy of Engineering. From 1999 to 2001, Whitt has been on the INFORMS prize committee.[8]
Awards
- 2003 INFORMS Frederick W. Lanchester Prize
- 2002 Inaugural INFORMS Fellow[9]
- 2001 John von Neumann Theory Prize
- 2001 Harold Larnder Prize
- 1997 AT&T Fellow
- 1996 National Academy of Engineering Member
References
- ↑ "Ward Whitt". Production and Operations Management 20 (3): vii–. 2011. doi:10.1111/j.1937-5956.2011.01181.x. http://www.columbia.edu/~ww2040/POMbiography.pdf.
- ↑ Ward Whitt at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ "Dr. Ward Whitt". http://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/Directory20412/30236.aspx.
- ↑ "Google Scholar Record for W. Whitt". https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FWApsI0AAAAJ&hl=en.
- ↑ "Ward Whitt". Production and Operations Management 20 (3): vii–viii. 2011. doi:10.1111/j.1937-5956.2011.01181.x.
- ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.ieor.columbia.edu/fac-bios/whitt/faculty.html.
- ↑ "Ward Whitt". http://www.columbia.edu/~ww2040/patents.html.
- ↑ "Ward Whitt's Recent Activities". http://www.columbia.edu/~ww2040/activities.html.
- ↑ "INFORMS Fellows: Class of 2002 / Fellows / Connect with People / IOL Home - INFORMS.org". http://www.informs.org/Connect-with-People/Fellows/INFORMS-Fellows-Class-of-2002.
External links
- Ward Whitt page at National Academy of Engineering
- Home Page
- Department Page
- INFORMS: Biography of Ward Whitt from the Institute for Operations Research and the Managerial Sciences
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