Ward Whitt was born on January 29,1942 and is an American professor of operations research and management sciences.
10 Facts About Ward Whitt
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Ward Whitt is a professor emeritus of the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research department of Columbia University.
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Ward Whitt's research focuses on queueing theory, performance analysis, stochastic models of telecommunication systems, and numerical transform inversion.
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Ward Whitt is recognized for his contributions to the understanding and analyses of complex queues and queuing networks, which led to advances in the telecommunications system.
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Ward Whitt was appointed Wai T Chang Professor in 2007, and is currently Professor Emeritus.
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Ward Whitt received numerous accolades for his seminal contributions to operations research.
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Ward Whitt has been on the editorial boards of major management science journals including Operations Research.
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Ward Whitt is a member of Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences and Institute of Mathematical Statistics.
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Ward Whitt has been a member and committee chair in the National Academy of Engineering.
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From 1999 to 2001, Ward Whitt has been on the INFORMS prize committee.