Neda Mirzaeian

Ph.D. Student, Tepper School of Business

Areas of Study

Operations Management

Bio

Neda Mirzaeian is a Ph.D. student in operations management at the Tepper School of Business. Her research interest revolves around smart city operations. More specifically, Neda studies the potential effects of autonomous vehicles on various aspects of transportation, including highway traffic congestion and parking.

Education

• Carnegie Mellon University – MS (Operations Management) - 2018
• University of Pittsburgh – MS (Industrial Engineering) - 2016
• Sharif University of Technology – BS (Industrial Engineering) - 2013

Publications

• A Queueing Model and Analysis for Autonomous Vehicles on Highways
  (Authors: Neda Mirzaeian, Soo-Haeng Cho, Alan Scheller-Wolf)
  Accepted for publication in Management Science
  2019 IBM  Best Student Paper Award

• Can Autonomous Vehicles Solve the Commuter Parking Problem?
  (Authors: Neda Mirzaeian, Soo-Haeng Cho, Sean Qian)
  Working Paper

Teaching

• Instructor (Undergraduate) – Operations Management
• Teaching Assistant (MBA) – Operations Management, Service Management, Real Options
• Teaching Assistant (PhD) – Dynamic Programming

Awards

• Carnegie Mellon University Presidential Fellowship in the Tepper School of Business, 2019-20
• First place, IBM Best Student Paper Award in Service Science, 2019
• INFORMS Judith Liebman Award, 2018