Michael Katehakis

Michael N. Katehakis
Katehakis in 2003
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Heraklion, Greece
Alma materColumbia University
University of Athens
Known forMarkov decision process
Restart-in-state Index
Multi-armed bandit
Double hashing
Lumpable Markov chains

Operations Management

Auctions
AwardsInforms Fellow
International Statistical Institute Elected Member
Jacob Wolfowitz Prize (1992)
Scientific career
FieldsOperations research
InstitutionsRutgers University
Doctoral advisorCyrus Derman
Other academic advisorsHerbert Robbins George Doundoulakis

Michael N. Katehakis (Greek: Μιχαήλ Ν. Κατεχάκης; born 1952) is a Professor of Management Science at Rutgers University. He is noted for his work in Markov decision process, Gittins index, the multi-armed bandit, Markov chains and other related fields.