Laura Albert's Punk Rock Operations Research

What started last year as an Institute for Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Council of Fellows initiative has exploded into a global movement.

This month the College of Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is launching the Badger Engineer First30 Challenge—a month-long initiative designed to help new undergraduate students build community, discover campus resources, and take steps…

In the past year, I served on multiple panels about achieving tenure, with audiences that included doctoral students on the academic job market and newly minted assistant professors.

I’m not just a professor of operations research and industrial engineering.

The 24th Conference of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS) was held in Vienna, Austria on July 12-17, 2026.

In honor of America’s 250th birthday, the National Academy of Engineering published a special issue of “The Bridge” entitled “Engineering America: Celebrating 250 Years of Innovation.”

Summer gives me the opportunity to catch up on reading.

I had the pleasure of giving the academic keynote talk at the 2026 IISE Annual Meeting in Arlington, Texas.

I am sad to hear about the passing of Al Blumstein.

I had such a blast developing and teaching AI in Systems last year that I decided to adapt my material into two short courses designed specifically for working professionals who want to deepen their expertise in AI: AI Fundamentals & Applications for Engi…

In the era of Big Data, protecting individual privacy has become incredibly challenging.