{"229881":{"#nid":"229881","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Welcomes Four New Faculty Members","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EISyE welcomes four new assistant professors to the faculty this August. They include: \u003Cstrong\u003EMarco Molinaro, Alejandro Toriello, Yao Xie\u003C\/strong\u003E, and\u003Cstrong\u003E Enlu Zhou\u003C\/strong\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMarco Molinaro\u2019s\u003C\/strong\u003E research interests are broadly in discrete optimization, and in particular integer programming and optimization under limited information. He was the recipient of an IBM Ph.D. Fellowship, the Brazilian Computing Society award for best master\u2019s thesis in Computer Science, and the Gerald L. Thompson Doctoral Thesis Award in Management Science. 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