Laura Albert | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Awards | Fulbright Award (2020) IISE Fellow (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Operations research
Industrial engineering Discrete optimization Sports Analytics |
| Institutions | University of Wisconsin-Madison Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Doctoral advisor | Sheldon H. Jacobson |
| Website | directory |
Laura Albert (formerly Laura McLay) is a professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the College of Engineering. Albert is an expert in Operations Research, specializing solving and modeling discrete optimization problems arising from applications in homeland security, disaster management, emergency response, public services, and healthcare.[1]