About me
Name: Dr. Cole Smith
Title: Dean, College of Engineering and Computer Science
Affiliation: Syracuse University
Bio:
Dr. J. Cole Smith is Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at Syracuse University. Prior to that role, he served as an Associate Provost for Academic Initiatives and as Department Chair of Industrial Engineering at Clemson University. His research regards mathematical optimization models and algorithms, especially those arising in combinatorial optimization. Dr. Smith’s awards include the Young Investigator Award from the ONR, the Hamid K. Elden Outstanding Young Industrial Engineer in Education award, the Operations Research Division Teaching Award, the 2014 Glover-Klingman prize for best paper in Networks, and the best paper award from IIE Transactions in 2007. He is a Fellow of IISE and INFORMS and has served on the boards of both organizations.
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