{"329741":{"#nid":"329741","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech\u2019s Statistics and Operational Research Programs among Top Five in the 2014 QS World University Ranking","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s statistics and operational research programs have ranked fifth in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/higher-education-network\/ng-interactive\/2014\/sep\/09\/-sp-qs-world-university-rankings-2014-statistics\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EQS World University\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;Ranking\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for 2014 and is the only program at Georgia Tech in the top 10. The QS World University Ranking lists the top universities in the world for statistics and operational research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe programs\u0027 principal homes are in the Stewart School of Industrial \u0026amp; Systems Engineering (ISyE) and are jointly affiliated with the School of Mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u201cThe OR program in ISyE, especially the optimization component, has been well recognized internationally and viewed as the crown jewel of ISyE. Statistics received a big boost about 11 years ago and has quickly built its strength to reach international acclaim. ISyE is unique in that it is one of the only departments or schools in the country\u0026nbsp;that has major programs in both operations research (OR) and statistics in the same unit,\u201d commented Professor George Nemhauser, ISyE\u2019s A. Russell Chandler Chair, who leads ISyE\u2019s OR area.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Jeff Wu, ISyE\u2019s Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics, who leads statistics area added, \u201cBoth programs take pride in having done innovative and high impact research and also in educating a generation of doctoral students who have taken major positions in academia and industry. The synergy between the two disciplines is critical to\u0026nbsp;the important emerging field of big data analytics in which we plan to play a major role.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech is in good company in this ranking; the top five are Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California at Berkeley, Harvard University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Georgia Tech\u0027s statistics programs are highly regarded because of the efforts of many world-class faculty members working in a variety of areas, ranging from the theoretical and mathematical aspects through applications to engineering, science, and computing,\u0022 said Doug Ulmer, chair of the School of Mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s statistics and operational research programs have ranked fifth in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/higher-education-network\/ng-interactive\/2014\/sep\/09\/-sp-qs-world-university-rankings-2014-statistics\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EQS World University\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;Ranking\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for 2014. The QS World University Ranking lists the top universities in the world for statistics and operational research.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech\u2019s statistics and operational research programs have ranked fifth in the QS World University Ranking for 2014."}],"uid":"27868","created_gmt":"2014-09-30 08:50:38","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:05:45","author":"Lizzie Millman","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"329801":{"id":"329801","type":"image","title":"George Nemhauser, A. Russell Chandler lll Chair and Institute Professor, and Jeff Wu,Coca-Cola Chair in Engineering Statistics and Professor","body":null,"created":"1449245090","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:04:50","changed":"1475895041","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:41","alt":"George Nemhauser, A. 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