About
I’m the Dean’s Associate Professor of Data Sciences and Operations at the USC Marshall School of Business, with a courtesy appointment in Industrial & Systems Engineering at USC Viterbi.
Before USC, I studied mathematics and philosophy at Yale, completed Part III of the Mathematics Tripos at Cambridge, and spent four years as a quant at Barclays Capital working on commodities modeling, derivatives pricing and risk management. I missed working toward a larger mission, so I left finance for a PhD in Operations Research at MIT, which I completed in 2014.
My research is on data-driven decision-making, optimization, and learning, especially when data are scarce or noisy.
Bio for Organizers
Vishal Gupta is the Dean’s Associate Professor of Data Sciences and Operations at the USC Marshall School of Business, with a courtesy appointment in Industrial and Systems Engineering at USC Viterbi. His research focuses on data-driven decision-making and optimization, particularly when data are scarce. His work has received the Wagner Prize for Excellence in the Practice of Advanced Analytics and Operations Research and the Pierskalla Best Paper Prize. He holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Philosophy from Yale, completed Part III of the Mathematics Tripos at Cambridge, and received his Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT.
