• Center of Innovation

    At the MIT ORC, our vibrant community of scholars and researchers work collaboratively to connect data to decisions in order to solve problems effectively—and impact the world positively. 

  • Research

    At the MIT ORC, we highly value research and the important role it plays in operations research and analytics. That’s why our students are actively engaged in research from the start.

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  • Global Impact

    Our impact can be felt around the world in areas ranging from finance to education to health care. We create mathematical models to help individuals and organizations make smarter decisions—and to improve society as a whole. 

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  • ORC Community

    The MIT ORC is made up of a supportive community of creative and talented students and faculty who work together to positively impact the world.

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  • Analytics

    Analytics is the science of using data to build models that lead to decisions that add value to institutions, companies, and individuals.

ORC 65th

Celebration of the 65th Anniversary of the Operations Research Center

The OR Center celebrated its 65th Anniversary celebration on Monday, November 26th and Tuesday, November 27th.

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This object-recognition dataset stumped the world’s best computer vision models

Computer vision models have learned to identify objects in photos so accurately that some can outperform humans

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Intelligent Towing Tank propels human-robot-computer research

In its first year of operation, the Intelligent Towing Tank (ITT) conducted about 100,000 total experiments, ess

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ORC Holiday Party
Thursday, December 12, 2019

ORC Holiday Party

The Operations Research Center will hold a holiday party for the ORC Fac

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