
Prof. Assaf Zeevi
Columbia University
Talk:
Recent work on multi armed bandits and their (mostly) OM applications
Biography:
Assaf Zeevi is the Henry Kravis Professor of Business at the Graduate School of Business, Columbia University. He is broadly interested in the formulation and analysis of mathematical models motivated by problems in business settings. Assaf received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 2001, and has been a faculty at Columbia University ever since, while also holding a visiting position at Stanford University. He is a recipient of a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation, an IBM Faculty Award, a Google Research Award, and the Dean's Award for Teaching Excellence. Assaf currently holds several editorial positions in the main INFORMS journals in his areas of expertise.