George Nemhauser
George Nemhauser · Technology & Engineering
Leading figure of integer programming and its applications; von Neumann Theory Prize (2012)
1937, United States
United States
George Nemhauser is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Leading figure of integer programming and its applications; von Neumann Theory Prize (2012)
Nemhauser is an American operations researcher, a leading figure in integer programming whose textbooks and theory shaped the field and whose methods are applied to problems from airline scheduling to logistics; he shared the 2012 John von Neumann Theory Prize and was the first to win the Lanchester Prize twice. He is an institute professor at Georgia Tech and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. His Jewish background is noted in Jewish-heritage references but is not detailed in standard biographies.
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Leading figure of integer programming and its applications; von Neumann Theory Prize (2012)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the von Neumann Theory Prize
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