Gabriel Weintraub
The Amman Mineral Professor of Operations, Information & Technology
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Research Statement
Gabriel Weintraub’s research is in the areas of operations, management science, industrial organization, data science, and market design. Most recently, he has become particularly interested in studying the operations, optimization, and economics of digital platforms.
Research Interests
- Management Science
- Operations
- Data Science
- Online Platforms
- Market Design
- Industrial Organization
Bio
Weintraub is the Amman Mineral Professor of Operations, Information & Technology at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He holds a PhD in management science and engineering and a MA in economics, both from Stanford University. His research is in the areas of data science, operations, management science, industrial organization, and market design. He is particularly interested in developing mathematical, computational, and econometric models to study the economics and the optimization of digital platforms. After obtaining his PhD at Stanford, he spent ten years as faculty at Columbia Business School. He is a recipient of the IFORS Prize for “Operations Research in Development 2002,” given every three years to the best application of operations research/management science in a developing country. He also received the MSOM Young Scholar Prize 2015 that “recognizes exceptional young researchers who have made outstanding contributions to scholarship in operations management.” He was part of the Chilean team that received the 2022 Edelman Award (Informs top prize for applied analytics) for using data and analytics to improve response strategies to the COVID-19 pandemic. He has advised and worked with several online platforms.
Academic Degrees
- PhD in Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2006
- MA in Economics, Stanford University, 2005
- Industrial Engineering Degree, University of Chile, 1999
- BS in Industrial Engineering, University of Chile, 1997
Academic Appointments
- The Amman Mineral Professor of Operations, Information & Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2022–present
- Professor, Operations, Information & Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2021–22
- Associate Professor, Operations, Information & Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2016–21
- Associate Professor of Business; Decision, Risk & Operations Division, Columbia Business School; 2015–16
- Sidney Taurel Associate Professor of Business; Decision, Risk & Operations Division, Columbia Business School; 2013–15
- Associate Professor; Decision, Risk, & Operations Division, Columbia Business School, 2010–12
- Assistant Professor; Decision, Risk & Operations Division, Columbia Business School, 2006–10
- Visiting Scholar; Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School of Government; 2006–07
- Full-Time Instructor; Industrial Engineering Department, University of Chile; 1999–2001
Professional Experience
- Adviser; AI+Catalyst, Reach Capital; August 2023–present
- Senior Adviser, Outschool, 2022–present
- Senior Adviser, Betterfly, 2021–present
- Senior Adviser, Boam, Inc. (previously Feastfox), 2021–present
- Senior Adviser, Feastfox, 2019–21
- Advisory Board ad honorem, Start-Up Chile, 2016–21
- Senior Adviser, Airbnb, 2018–20
- Senior Adviser, AppNexus, 2018–19
- Co-Investigator, joint project with Dirección ChileCompra funded by Fondef Chile, 2017–18
- Chief Economist, AppNexus, 2016–18
- Market Design Consultant, AppNexus, 2015–16
- Co-Principal Investigator, joint project with Dirección ChileCompra funded by Chile-Columbia University Fund Grant, 2014
- Project Lead, project funded by Dirección ChileCompra and Chazen Institute of International Business, 2011–12
Awards and Honors
- Edelman Award: part of the Chilean team that received the 2022 Edelman Award (Informs top prize for applied analytics) for using data and analytics to improve response strategies to the COVID19 pandemic, 2022
- 2nd place at RMP Jeff McGill Student Paper Award, Co-advisor of Hannah Li, 2021
- Lacob Family Faculty Scholar, 2017–19
- MSOM Young Scholar Prize, 2015
- Finalist of the INFORMS George Dantzig Dissertation Award, Co-advisor of Daniela Saban, 2015
- Second place M&SOM Student Paper Competition with the paper “Procurement Mechanisms for Differentiated Products”, advising Daniela Saban, 2015
- Finalist INFORMS George Nicholson Student Paper Competition with the paper “Repeated Auctions with Budgets in Ad Exchanges: Approximations and Design”, co-advising Santiago Balseiro, 2014
- Recipient of the INFORMS George Dantzig Dissertation Award, Co-advisor of Santiago Balseiro, 2014
- Finalist M&SOM Student Paper Competition with the paper “Structural Estimation of a Large Scale Combinatorial Auction”, co-advising Sang Won Kim, 2012
- Second Place INFORMS JFIG paper competition for the paper “An Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach to Solving Large Scale Dynamic Oligopoly Models” (with V. Farias, and D. Saure), 2009
- IFORS (International Federation of Operational Research Societies) Prize for Operations Research in Development, 2002
- Stanford School of Engineering Fellowship, 2001–02
- Chilean “Presidential Fellowship” for graduate studies abroad (declined), 2001
- Best Student Award of the 1999 class of the School of Engineering, University of Chile, 1999
- Best Teaching Assistant Award, Industrial Engineering Department, University of Chile, 1998
- Dean’s List, School of Engineering, University of Chile, 1993–99
- University of Chile School of Engineering Fellowship, 1993
Publications
Journal Articles
Working Papers
Teaching
Degree Courses
Executive Education & Other Non-Degree Programs
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Service to the Profession
Professional Society Affiliations
- Informs
- AEA
- Econometric Society
Student Advising & Collaboration
- Je-ok Choi, PhD 2023, ICME, Stanford, co-advised with Daniela Saban
- Aldo Carranza, PhD 2023, ICME, Stanford University, primary advisor Susan Athey
- Shumpei Goke, PhD 2022, Economics Department, Stanford University, primary advisor Brad Larsen. First position: Lyft DS.
- Hannah Li, PhD 2022, Stanford University, co-advised with Ramesh Johari. First position: Post-Doc MIT CSAIL and Assistant Prof. Columbia DRO.
- Bar Light, PhD 2021, Operations, Information & Technology, Stanford GSB, co-advised with Ramesh Johari. First position: Post-doc MSR and Tel-Aviv University Stats/OR
- Francisco Castro, PhD 2019, Decision, Risk and Operations, Columbia Business School, co-advised with Omar Besbes and Ilan Lobel. First position: Post-doc Uber, Assistant Prof. UCLA Anderson
- Eyal Levy, MSc 2017, Operations Management, University of Chile, co-advised with Marcelo Olivares. First position: Consultant IE University of Chile
- Daniela Saban, PhD 2015, Decision, Risk and Operations, Columbia Business School, co-advised with Jay Sethuraman. First position: Assistant Prof., Stanford GSB
- Lijian Lu, PhD 2016, Decision, Risk and Operations, Columbia Business School, co-advised with Awi Federgruen. First position: Goldman Sachs
- Yonatan Gur, PhD 2014, Decision, Risk and Operations, Columbia Business School, primary advisors Omar Besbes and Assaf Zeevi. First position: Assistant Prof., Stanford GSB
- Santiago Balseiro, PhD 2013, Decision, Risk and Operations, Columbia Business School, co-advised with Omar Besbes. First position: Assistant Prof., Duke Fuqua Business School
- Sang Won Kim, PhD 2013, Decision, Risk and Operations, Columbia Business School, co-advised with Marcelo Olivares. First position: Assistant Prof., The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Bar Ifrach, PhD 2012, Decision, Risk and Operations, Columbia Business School, co-advised with Costis Maglaras. First position: Post-doc MS&E Stanford University
- Denis Saure, PhD 2010, Decision, Risk and Operations, Columbia Business School, primary advisor Assaf Zeevi. First position: Assistant Prof. IE Pittsburg University
- Sachin Adlakha, PhD 2010, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, primary advisors Andrea Goldsmith and Ramesh Johari. First position: Post-doc Caltech
- Paul Njoroge, PhD 2010, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), MIT, primary advisor Asu Ozdaglar. First position: Corporate research Liberty Mutual
- Daniel Yung, MSc 2009, Operations Management, University of Chile, co-advised with Marcelo Olivares and Rafael Epstein. First position: Consultant IE University of Chile