Omar El Housni
Scholar

Omar El Housni

Google Scholar ID: 9tRJO4gAAAAJ
Cornell Tech, Cornell University
AlgorithmsOptimizationOperations Research
Citations & Impact
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Citations
354
 
H-index
11
 
i10-index
13
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
9
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Contact
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Multiple papers under major revision or accepted in top journals: Management Science, M&SOM, Operations Research
  • Two papers accepted at IPCO 2024
  • Preprints on assortment optimization, pricing, product placement, fairness-aware algorithms, etc.
  • Recipient of two 2023 teaching awards from Cornell students: Cornell Tech 'Student Choice Award' and ORIE 'Graduate Outstanding Instructor Award'
  • Problem Captain at Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad (PAMO) 2024
  • Senior Coordinator for Algebra problems at International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) 2023
Research Experience
  • Assistant Professor at Cornell Tech and Cornell University
  • Amazon Scholar
  • Advising multiple PhD students, including co-advised students with Huseyin Topaloglu
  • Co-organizing NYC Ops Day 2025 at NYU Stern
  • Co-organizing a workshop on Combinatorial Optimization for Online Platforms at Banff International Research Station
Background
  • Assistant Professor at Cornell Tech and the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University
  • Graduate Field Member in Operations Research and Applied Mathematics at Cornell
  • Amazon Scholar
  • Broadly interested in decision-making under uncertainty, developing optimization models and algorithms for operational problems
  • Research focuses on robust and efficient algorithms for dynamic optimization under uncertainty, especially in revenue management (e.g., assortment optimization, online matchings)
  • Current research supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF)