Dimitris Bertsimas
Entrepreneurship Faculty LeadDimitris Bertsimas is the Associate Dean of Business Analytics, the Boeing Professor of Operations Research, faculty director of the Master of Business Analytics program at MIT, and the Entrepreneurship faculty lead of Jameel Clinic.
His research focuses on optimization, machine learning, and applied probability, with applications in healthcare, finance, operations management, and transportation. Over the course of his career, Bertsimas has authored over 300 scientific papers and seven graduate-level textbooks.
Bertsimas received his MS and PhD in Operations Research at MIT in 1987 and 1988, respectively. Since 1988, he has been a member of MIT faculty.
Awards and Accolades
- INFORMS Frederick W. Lanchester Prize 2021
- INFORMS Pierskalla Best Paper Award 2020
- INFORMS John von Neumann Theory Prize 2019
- INFORMS President’s Award 2019
- INFORMS Philip McCord Morse Lectureship Award 2013
- INFORMS Pierskalla Best Paper Award 2013
- INFORMS Optimization Society Farkas Prize 2008
- National Academy of Engineering 2005
- INFORMS Elected Fellows 2003
- INFORMS Erlang Prize 1989
- INFORMS TSL Dissertation Prize 1988
