Neda Mirzaeian
Ph.D. Student, Tepper School of Business
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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 Programing
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