Clifford Stein is the Wai T. Chang Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, and Professor of Computer Science. He has held a range of leadership roles, previously serving as interim director of the Data Science Institute, chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, and associate director of research for DSI. His research interests include the design and analysis of algorithms, combinatorial optimization, algorithms for big data, scheduling and algorithm engineering. Prior to joining Columbia, he spent nine years as an assistant and associate professor in the Dartmouth College Department of Computer Science.

Publications

Discrete Mathematics for Computer Scientists. Addison Wesley.

Introduction to Algorithms. MIT Press.