Research Centers, Groups, and Labs
MS&E is home to the following research centers, groups, and labs:
Advanced Financial Technologies Laboratory (AFTLab)
The Advanced Financial Technologies Laboratory at Stanford University pioneers financial models, statistical tools, computational algorithms, and software to address the challenges that arise in this context. Faculty and doctoral students of AFT combine expertise in core areas such as stochastics, optimization, data science, and networks and algorithms with a deep understanding of financial markets and institutions to make fundamental advances of broad relevance.
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Decision And Risk Analysis (DARA)
Research within this group includes a strong focus on practical implementation of decision analysis concepts and interface with industry and other fields. Recent research also includes development of a philosophical understanding about what constitutes a good decision, and how to reach one.
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Deliberative Democracy Lab
The Deliberative Democracy Lab (formerly the Center for Deliberative Democracy), housed within the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, is devoted to research about democracy and public opinion obtained through Deliberative Polling®.
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Energy Modeling Forum
The Energy Modeling Forum (EMF) seeks to improve the use of energy and environmental policy models for making important corporate and government decisions.
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Operations Research @Stanford
Operations Research @Stanford develops mathematical tools for addressing important problems such as communication network management, statistical learning, supply-chain management, pricing and revenue management, financial engineering, market design, bio-informatics, production scheduling, energy and environmental policy, and transportation.
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Society & Algorithms Lab @Stanford (SOAL)
The Society & Algorithms Lab (SOAL) combines computer science and algorithms with social science and economics in response to two recent trends: the rise of more powerful information technology and algorithms, and an increase in networked social and economic interactions.
SOAL also hosts the RAIN seminar (Research on Algorithms and Incentives in Networks) to provide a forum for talks and social discussion in the area of complex networks made of both machines and people, such as the internet.
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Stanford Causal AI Lab (SCAIL)
The Stanford Causal AI Lab develops machine learning and artificial intelligence methodologies for learning causal effects from complex observational and experimental datasets. Our mission is to automate causal inference and make it accessible to decision-makers across various domains. Our methods are motivated by and have been applied in fields such as sustainability, healthcare, operations management, and digital experimentation.
The lab's principal investigator, MS&E Assistant Professor Vasilis Syrgkanis, has led the development of open-source software widely used in the industry, and the lab continues to support and develop open-source tools that lower barriers to entry in causal machine learning for data scientists.
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Stanford Center for Computational Market Design
The Stanford Center for Computational Market Design focuses on the interdisciplinary study of modern, complex market platforms, leveraging expertise in algorithm design, economics, machine learning, and operations research.
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Stanford OpenLab
OpenLab is Stanford's experiment in productive collision. We bring researchers with different, sometimes even outwardly incompatible, backgrounds into the same space to maximize cross-pollination.
We're built for the moonshots, the misfits, and the questions that don't fit anywhere else.
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Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP)
The entrepreneurship center within the Stanford School of Engineering, STVP empowers aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens who create and scale responsible innovations. The center is a pioneer in defining how entrepreneurship is taught, advancing groundbreaking research on technology entrepreneurship and innovation, and catalyzing entrepreneurship ecosystems around the world.
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Healthcare Engineering (SURF)
Systems Utilization Research For Stanford Medicine (SURF Stanford Medicine) facilitates the delivery of world class advances in medical care through world class advances in hospital operations.
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Center for Work, Technology and Organization (WTO)
The Center for Work, Technology and Organization (WTO) specializes in basic and applied research on how work is changing and on designing more effective organizations and technologies.
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