Guest Lecture: Ali. E. Abbas
August 07, 2025
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. CAT
Room A203
Ali. E. Abbas
Professor, USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Bio: Ali E. Abbas is professor of industrial and systems engineering and professor of public policy, a joint appointment between the USC Viterbi School of Engineering and the USC Price School of Public Policy. He also served as the Director of the Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision-Making, and the Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE). Before joining USC, Abbas was the Art Davis Faculty Scholar in the Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to his time at the University of Illinois, Abbas was a lecturer in the Department of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, where he also earned his Ph.D. in management science and engineering, Ph.D. minor in electrical engineering, M.S. in engineering economic systems and operations research, and M.S. in electrical engineering. The recipient of multiple awards from the National Science Foundation for his work, Abbas's research focuses on decision analysis, risk analysis, multiattribute utility theory, and data-based decision-making. He is widely published in books, journals, and conference publications, and has shared his expertise through television appearances, TEDx and other invited talks. He is also associate editor and editor for a wide range of journals including Operations Research, Decision Analysis, IISE Transactions, Decision, and Entropy.