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Ashish Goel begins term as Fortinet Founders Chair of MS&E
Get to know Professor Goel and hear about his vision for MS&E, how to collaborate with us, and his research projects.
Professor Ashish Goel began his term as Fortinet Founders Chair of MS&E at the start of winter quarter.
Professor Goel succeeds Pamela Hinds, the Rodney H. Adams Professor in the School of Engineering, who served as the department's chair from 2020 through 2025. Professor Goel discusses his vision for MS&E, which is to leverage our strengths in optimization, machine learning, operations research, entrepreneurship, management, and more, to help solve society's most pressing problems.
He also shares how alumni and industry partners can collaborate with MS&E to maximize the impact of the work being done in the department, and elaborates on some of his own research projects.
Learn more in the video interview above.