Hamsa Bastani
Hamsa Bastani is an Assistant Professor of Operations, Information, and Decisions, as well as Statistics and Data Science at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on developing novel machine learning algorithms for data-driven decision-making, with applications to healthcare, social good, and revenue management. Her work has received several recognitions, including the Wagner Prize for Excellence in Practice (2021), the Pierskalla Award for the best paper in healthcare (2016, 2019, 2021), the Behavioral OM Best Paper Award (2021), as well as first place in the George Nicholson and MSOM student paper competitions (2016). She previously graduated summa cum laude from Harvard with an AM in physics and an AB in physics and mathematics, and received her PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford.
