Research in optimization is conducted across departments at MIT and here we list some of the researchers at MIT, organized by department. Starred faculty are affiliated with the Operations Research Center. Click on their names to get more details.

Sloan School of Management

Dimitris J. Bertsimas, ( discrete, convex robust optimization; stochastic systems; data mining; finance; health care; ecommerce )*
Vivek F. Farias, ( revenue management; dynamic optimization )*
Robert M. Freund, ( mathematical programming; continuous, convex optimization; large-scale optimization; convexity theory )*
Jeremie Gallien, ( supply-chain control; dynamic assortment; warehouse optimization; pricing; revenue management; online auctions )*
Stephen C. Graves, ( operations management; applied operations research; supply chain management; manufacturing systems )*
Retsef Levi, ( stochastic/deterministic optimization algorithms for supply chains, inventory, revenue management, logistics, healthcare management )*
David R. McAdams, ( auction theory; market/mechanism design; industrial organization )
James B. Orlin, ( network, combinatorial optimization; heuristics; logistics )*
Georgia Perakis, ( math programming; competitive systems; dynamic pricing; supply chain management; transportation )*
Andreas S. Schulz, ( combinatorial, integer, network optimization; polyhedral combinatorics; computational complexity; game theory; approximation algorithms; scheduling theory and algorithms )*

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Dimitri P. Bertsekas, ( linear, nonlinear, dynamic, network optimization; stochastic systems; parallel distributed systems; data network )*
Munther A. Dahleh, ( optimal, robust control synthesis; model reduction; learning in games )
Luca Daniel, ( model order reduction, parasitic extraction, EM RF circuit design, MEMS design )
Peter L. Hagelstein, ( transport modeling; thermal diodes; quantum excitation )
Thomas L. Magnanti, ( mathematical programming; network optimization and design; telecommunications; supply chains )*
Alexandre Megretski, ( nonlinear dynamical system analysis; hybrid control algorithm; LP, LMI, nonconvex optimization; flight control )
Sanjoy K. Mitter, ( stochastic, adaptive control; system theory; computer vision; complex systems. )
Asuman E. Ozdaglar, ( nonlinear optimization, convex analysis, game theory, network economics and optimization )*
Pablo A. Parrilo, ( control, identification of uncertain complex systems; robust analysis/synthesis; convex optimization )*
Devavrat Shah, ( network algorithms; stochastic networks; statistical inference; network information theory )*
John N. Tsitsiklis, ( dynamic/stochastic systems; resource allocation; communication networks )*
George C. Verghese, ( dynamic networks and systems; estimation, control, signal processing; power systems; biological systems )
Jacob K. White, ( simulation and optimization, computational prototyping, numerical techniques, integral equations, integrated circuit interconnects )

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Cynthia Barnhart, ( network, large-scale mixed integer programming; transportation and logistics )*
Markus J. Buehler, ( multi-scale simulation; modeling of bio-nano-material phenomena; protein based materials )
Patrick Jaillet, ( on-line, real-time, dynamic, network, probabilistic combinatorial optimization; network design; financial engineering )*
David Simchi-Levi, ( supply chain management; inventory optimization; pricing strategies; production systems )*

Materials Science and Engineering

Joel P. Clark, ( technology and economics in materials industries, framework for analyzing future mineral markets )
Timo Thonhauser, ( electronic-structure approaches, methods, and computational tools in materials science )

Mechanical Engineering

Rohan Abeyaratne, ( continuum mechanics; finite elasticity and plasticity )
Daniel D. Frey, ( robust design of engineering systems )
David C. Gossard, ( computer-aided design, computational geometry )
Nicolas G. Hadjiconstantinou, ( computational fluid dynamics; computational statistical mechanics; hybrid atomistic-continuum methods; kinetic theory )
Anthony T. Patera, ( computational methods for PDE; continuum mechanics and transportation )
Nicholas M. Patrikalakis, ( computer-aided design, computational geometry, visualization, dynamic data-driven forecasting systems )
James C. Preisig, ( acoustic propagation modeling; numerical optimization; signal processing; communications )
Sanjay E. Sarma, ( computer aided design; solid modeling; computational geometry; automatic identification; supply chain management )

Chemical Engineering

Paul I. Barton, ( dynamic modeling, simulation, optimization; mixed-integer, global optimization; design of micro-scale chemical processes; systems biology; energy systems engineering )
William H. Green, ( reactive chemical engineering; quantitative kinetic model prediction; molecular simulation )

Economics

Ivan Werning, ( optimal dynamic taxation; optimal fiscal policy; political economy )

Mathematics

Alan Edelman, ( high performance computing, numerical computation, linear algebra and stochastic eigenanalysis (random matrix theory) )
Michel X. Goemans, ( combinatorial optimization; theoretical computer science; telecommunications )*
Benjamin Seibold, ( meshfree methods for PDE; computational fluid dynamics; particle methods; level set methods )
Peter W. Shor, ( algorithms, quantum computing, computational geometry and combinatorics )

Aeronautics and Astronautics

David L. Darmofal, ( hp-adaptive methods for aerodynamics; robust design of jet engines; engineering education )
Olivier L. de Weck, ( systems engineering for changeability and commonality; space exploration logistics )
Emilio Frazzoli, ( algorithmic, computational and geometric methods for the design of complex control systems, and its application in aerospace and other domains )
Amedeo R. Odoni, ( probability, stochastic processes; queueing theory, applications; transportation; air traffic control; urban response systems )*
Jaime Peraire, ( design/application of numerical models for aerodynamic flows; multidisplinary design and optimization )
Raul Radovitzky, ( computational solid/fluid mechanics; multiscale modeling and simulation; parallel computing )
Karen E. Willcox, ( reduced-order modeling; multidisciplinary design optimization; aircraft system design )
Brian C. Williams, ( model-based programming, cooperative robotics; data-driven exploratory modeling; hybrid system control )