The School of Operations Research and Information Engineering is a vital part of the Cornell David A. Duffield College of Engineering, which is a highly collaborative and dynamic intellectual community known for maintaining all-around excellence in educating students, pursuing groundbreaking research, and advancing technological innovations that impact people, communities, and the world.
Current Openings
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Open-Rank Tenure-Track Faculty Position, Cornell University – Ithaca Campus
Cornell University’s School of Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) seeks to fill one open-rank tenure-track faculty position for its Ithaca campus. We are particularly interested in candidates who study financial engineering, while advancing modern AI tools to have impact, both in theory and practice. We also welcome exceptional applicants in all research areas, noting ORIE’s long term interest in building strength in discrete optimization.
Requisite is a strong interest in the broad mission of the School, exceptional potential for leadership in research and education, an ability and willingness to teach at all levels of the program, and a PhD in operations research, mathematics, statistics, or a related field by the start of the appointment.
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Tenure-Track Faculty Position, Cornell University – Cornell Tech campus Cornell Tech, New York City
The School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University invites applications for a tenured/tenure-track faculty position at Cornell Tech, a research and graduate education campus of Cornell University located on Roosevelt Island in New York City.
We are particularly interested in candidates in the area of data-driven decisions, broadly construed, especially optimization, artificial intelligence, applied probability, statistics and machine learning, both in theory and practice. Though the position is primarily intended at a junior level, we also welcome exceptional applicants in all research areas. In keeping with the mission of Cornell Tech, applicants must also have a strong interest in activities that reach beyond academia for external engagement and impact, in areas that may include technology commercialization and entrepreneurship, or activities with non-profit organizations, government and policy issues, international programs, or pre-college (K-12) education. Applicants for senior positions should have a demonstrated track record of such external engagement.
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Cornell University’s School of Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) seeks a Professor of Practice to support our Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) degree program and to teach in the broad area of operations management. Candidates should have education and industry experience relevant to ORIE, and be able to use that background to support the educational mission of the school. The ORIE M.Eng. degree program supports a variety of concentrations, and annually graduates 100-150 students.
We seek a candidate who can teach multiple courses for M.Eng. and upper-level undergraduates, as well as advise M.Eng. projects. The position also involves working with the Director of the ORIE M.Eng. program in roles including admissions, marketing, projects, and supporting student engagement, advising, and professional development. Candidates should feel comfortable in outreach to alumni and industry for M.Eng. project sourcing, recruitment, and guest speakers. Leadership potential within the ORIE M.Eng. program is desirable.
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Cornell University’s School of Operations Research and Information Engineering (ORIE) seeks a candidate to be the School’s Arthur and Helen Geoffrion Professor of Practice on its Ithaca campus. The role of this position is to create and sustain applied research relationships with various organizations that can benefit from Operations Research expertise, connecting ORIE faculty and students at all levels with such initiatives. We seek a candidate with the vision and leadership skills to imagine and nurture new connections between the department and both private and public sector partners. The candidate should have a background in bringing OR methodologies (including AI and machine learning) to bear on real-world operational problems. The position will also entail teaching responsibilities that enrich and broaden students’ exposure to applications of OR in society today.
This position is non-tenure track and is envisaged to have a term of three to five years. The position is renewable upon mutual agreement.