Dr. Clifford Stein

Professor

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Biography

Clifford Stein is a Professor at Columbia University, specializing in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR). He has held several prestigious roles, including Associate Director of the Research Data Science Institute and chair of the IEOR department from 2008 to 2013. Prior to his tenure at Columbia, he was an Assistant Professor and then Associate Professor at Dartmouth College's Department of Computer Science for nine years. Professor Stein's research interests encompass design analysis of algorithms, combinatorial optimization, operations research, network algorithms, scheduling, algorithm engineering, and computational biology. He has published numerous influential papers in leading conferences and journals within his field and has served in various editorial positions for journals such as ACM Transactions on Algorithms and SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics. His work has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the Sloan Foundation. As a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), he has received multiple prestigious awards, including the NSF Career Award and the Alfred Sloan Research Fellowship. He is also a co-author of widely used textbooks, including the best-selling 'Introduction to Algorithms.'

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2013-01-01 — Present

Columbia University • New York, NY

Leading academic in the field of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, focusing on various aspects of algorithm design and optimization.

Associate Professor

2004-01-01 — 2013-01-01

Dartmouth College • Dartmouth, NH

Conducted research and taught courses in computer science with an emphasis on algorithms.

Assistant Professor

1995-01-01 — 2004-01-01

Dartmouth College • Dartmouth, NH

Early career role in academia focusing on foundational work in algorithm design and optimization.

Requirements for Columbia University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree or international equivalent
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Specialization Notes

Department of Anthropology (GSAS)