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Saif-Benjaafar
Awards and Honors

Saif Benjaafar Awarded Prestigious Professorship

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Benjaafar's name will be added to Scholars Walk on the University of Minnesota campus.

Awards and Honors

Three ISyE Students Earn Scholarships for Diversity, Equality, Community Work

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ISyE juniors Grace Hansen, Hassen Jama, and Governess Simpson were selected as the first-ever recipients of the ISyE Community Scholarship.

ISyE students on Zoom
Awards and Honors

ISyE Students Win at MinneAnalytics March Madness Competition

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A team of four CSE students developed a model to predict the winners in this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and took home two top prizes.

Kevin Leder
Awards and Honors, Research

Research Council of Norway Awards Grant to Kevin Leder for Personalized Medicine Research

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Leder and his fellow researchers aim to accomplish two goals: study statistical questions surrounding personalized medicine and develop advanced courses on the subject.

Saif Benjaafar
Awards and Honors, Research

Saif Benjaafar Awarded Grant to Develop New Emergency Response System

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Benjaafar will use technology tools, like artificial intelligence and machine learning, to help responders assess an emergency situation and route it to the right professionals.

Governess Simpson
Awards and Honors

ISyE Senior Governess Simpson Featured in "Where It Starts" Series

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The "Where It Starts" series is a collection of videos and features about Black individuals who are bringing change and making history at the University of Minnesota.

Saif Benjaafar MN House testimony
Department News

Saif Benjaafar Testifies at Minnesota House of Representatives

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Professor Benjaafar spoke during a hearing on the future of transportation in a post-COVID world.

Awards and Honors, Department News

Ten Students Receive 2020-2021 Dr. Alan L. Eliason Undergraduate Achievement in ISyE Awards

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This annual award recognizes ISyE undergraduate students who have excelled in areas such as leadership, academics, community impact, and innovation.

Spring 2021 Graduate Courses
Department News

ISyE Announces Spring 2021 Advanced Topics Courses in Optimization, Learning, and Monte Carlo Simulation

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The Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering announced its full slate of graduate courses for the spring 2021 semester.

Alexander Estes
Department News

New Faculty Member: Alexander Estes

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Alexander Estes will be joining the ISyE Department as an Assistant Professor in the Fall 2020 semester. Estes earned his PhD from the University of Maryland in 2018.

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