R Ravi

R Ravi is the Vasantrao Dempo Professor of Operations Research and Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business. He holds a B.E. from IIT Madras and M.S./Ph.D. from Brown University. Active since 1995, he served as Associate Dean for Intellectual Strategy and Chair of the Future Educational Delivery Committee. He currently directs Analytics Strategy and leads the Center for Intelligent Business. His research focuses on discrete optimization, network optimization, and applications in supply chain logistics and online advertising, supported by NSF, Google, and others. He has advised over two dozen doctoral students and developed graduate courses like Network Optimization. He received the 30-year Test of Time Award (2023) and is an INFORMS Fellow. His academic roles include editorial leadership in Operations Research and FOCS chairmanship.