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Leo Louise Benatar is an Associate Professor at the School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) at Georgia Institute of Technology. He previously held the position of Prager Assistant Professor in the Division of Applied Mathematics at Brown University. His research focuses on Stochastic Processes, particularly in applications related to online sequential decision making, load balancing in large-scale systems, and performance analysis in cloud networks. He has received multiple honors, including the 2025 ACM SIGMETRICS Rising Star Award and has been recognized as a finalist in the INFORMS Junior Faculty Interest Group Paper Competition. Beyond his teaching and administrative roles, he is also involved in editorial duties for various journals in his field and actively participates in conference organization, including roles with ACM SIGMETRICS and the International Teletraffic Congress. Benatar earned his Ph.D. in Stochastics Operations Research from Eindhoven University of Technology and has been actively contributing to the academic community through various grants and collaborative research projects.
Georgia Institute of Technology • Atlanta, GA
Georgia Institute of Technology • Atlanta, GA
Brown University • Providence, RI
Department of Computer Science: GRE scores are optional for Fall 2026.