Pavithra Harsha

Post-doctoral Associate
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room 32-D714
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
phone:+1-617-452-2657
email: <firstname> AT mit DOT edu

I am a post-doctoral associate at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). I am hosted by Prof. Munther Dahleh at LIDS. I graduated with a Ph.D in Operations Research from the Operations Research Center at MIT. My dissertation advisors were Prof. Cynthia Barnhart and Prof. David C. Parkes. I worked as a scientist in the Analytical Services division of Oracle Retail for about a year after I graduated from MIT.


Research Optimization including network optimization, mixed-integer programming and large-scale optimization, algorithms, game theory, auction theory and mechanism design.
My primary interests are in modeling real-world problems and developing quantitative methods for decision making with applications to transportation, aviation, energy and retail.
Publications

My Thesis Mitigating Airport Congestion: Market Mechanisms and Airline Response Models.
CV CV in pdf

Other Interests Gardening, collecting antiques, carnatic music, swimming

Other Links My brother Prahladh's home page
My husband Ajay's home page

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