Professorship for previous PhD Student of Prof. Daniel Kuhn
University of Southern California & Phebe Vayanos
Phebe Vayanos, a former PhD Student of Prof. Daniel Kuhn has been appointed Professor at the University of Southern California.
Phebe Vayanos has been appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Daniel J Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Southern California (USC). She has taken up her appointment in July 2015. Her current research is focused on developing data-driven models and scalable solution approaches for real-world decision problems affected by uncertainty and risk. She is particularly motivated by applications in revenue management, energy, finance, education, and healthcare. Phebe Vayanos completed her PhD thesis entitled "Decision Rule Approximations for Dynamic Optimization under Uncertainty" in 2012 under the supervision of Daniel Kuhn. Before joining USC, she worked at the MIT Sloan School of Management as a postdoctoral associate and lecturer.