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Laura Albert
October 11, 2021

Albert to lead INFORMS

Laura Albert, the David H. Gustafson Department Chair of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will lead the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)…

Laura Albert
July 13, 2021

New ISyE chair Albert sees growth in data, equity

Years ago, when several of Laura Albert’s mentors in operations research tried to nudge her to consider a career in academic administration, her initial reaction was less than enthusiastic. “I…

Laura Albert and James Luedtke
September 8, 2020

Albert, Luedtke earn NSF grant to optimize IT security

Professors Laura Albert and James Luedtke will use a four-year, $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop an optimization framework that can help organizations effectively and efficiently…

ambulances
January 15, 2020

Albert adds operations expertise to Wisconsin EMS Board

When Laura Albert presented a sampling of her operations research a few years back in her adopted home of Middleton, Wisconsin, she drew the attention of one particularly interested audience…

computer servers
July 22, 2019

Strengthening the weak links: Albert brings operations approach to cybersecurity

In an age of data breaches and malware attacks, cybersecurity is paramount to organizations that store troves of customer and employee information. But companies, government entities and other large institutions…

June 19, 2018

Albert leads conference bringing operations research to government

Laura Albert, an associate professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, recently chaired the INFORMS 2018 Government and Analytics Summit, a new conference aimed at sharing operations research…

October 7, 2025

With major U.S. investment, UW-Madison leads effort to advance abundant fusion energy for all

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is leading a major multi-institution project to develop and test a critical fusion technology—research that will directly benefit commercial fusion power plant developers. A $19 million Fusion Innovative Research Engine (FIRE)…

December 21, 2023

Highlights from 2023, a year of innovation and impact

For the UW-Madison College of Engineering, 2023 was a year full of extraordinary achievements and tremendous growth. We advanced scientific knowledge on many fronts, improved the quality of people’s lives…

Top stories of 2022 photo collage
January 12, 2023

A successful 2022: Highlights from the past year

For the UW-Madison College of Engineering, 2022 was a year full of extraordinary achievements and tremendous growth. We advanced scientific knowledge on many fronts, improved the quality of people’s lives…