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Sean R. Sinclair
Field:
Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Management and Organizations
Focus Areas:
Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Decision Making, Machine Learning and Automation, Statistics and probability
Contact:
Media Relations Contact:
Amanda Morris
McCormick School of Engineering
Assistant Professor
About
Areas of Focus
- Probability and statistics
- Foundations of data science and machine learning
- Reinforcement learning
- Operations research
Work/Research
- Development of new data-driven decision algorithms
- Analysis of machine learning algorithms
- Inventory control under uncertain demand
- Fair resource allocation for systems like food pantries
- Decision-making under uncertainty and limited data
Career
Sean Sinclair is an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences at Northwestern University. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University and previously held a postdoctoral position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research develops data-driven algorithms for decision-making under uncertainty, with applications in operations and real-world systems. Before graduate school, he served in the Peace Corps teaching mathematics and science in rural Ghana.