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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: July 26, 2011
David Goldberg will join the faculty of Georgia Tech's H. Milton
Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering as an assistant
professor starting August 10, 2011.
Dr. Goldberg works in applied probability, interpreted broadly, on
topics ranging from stochastic networks and queuing theory to
combinatorial optimization and the analysis of algorithms. His work
on queues centers around developing novel techniques for bounding
the congestion in large-scale networks, and studying how quickly
such systems approach their steady-state behavior. Much of this
work is motivated by applications to the design and analysis of
large-scale service systems. His work in combinatorial optimization
focuses on analyzing the performance of algorithms by studying the
interplay between the local and global properties of a network, and
how this interaction gives rise to varying degrees of complexity.
He has applied these ideas to questions in economics, studying the
impact of reputation and network structure on market behavior.
Dr. Goldberg comes to Georgia Tech from the MIT Operations Research
Center, where he recently completed his PhD. Prior to that, he
completed his undergraduate degree in computer science at Columbia
University, minoring in both industrial engineering/operations
research and applied math.
Dr. Goldberg has received several honors for his work, including a
Department of Defense NDSEG Fellowship, recognition as a finalist in
the George Nicholson Student Paper Competition, the Columbia
University Computer Science Department Award of Excellence, and
membership in the Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honors Society.
