Alfred Blumstein (born 1930) is an American scientist and the J. Erik Jonsson University Professor of Urban Systems and Operations Research at the Heinz College and Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University . He is known as one of the top researchers in criminology and operations research .
6-445: Blumstein is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: Alfred Blumstein (born 1930), American scientist Daniel T. Blumstein , ethologist and conservation biologist Gil Blumstein (born 1990), Israeli professional footballer James Blumstein , an American legal and health scholar Scott Blumstein (born 1992), American poker player Sheila E. Blumstein (born 1944),
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18-573: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Alfred Blumstein In 1998, Blumstein was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering for bringing systems engineering and operations research to the field of criminology. Blumstein graduated with his bachelor's degree and Ph.D. from Cornell University and worked at the Institute for Defense Analyses before joining
24-890: The Heinz College. Blumstein directs the NSF -funded National Consortium on Violence Research at Carnegie Mellon and was dean of the Heinz College from 1986 to 1993 He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Society of Criminology and served as President of the latter. Blumstein was president of the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA) in 1977–1978, The Institute of Management Sciences (TIMS) in 1987-88 and in 1996 he
30-576: The first two Americans to earn the prize. In 1996, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York . Blumstein is married and has three daughters and four grandchildren. Blumstein's research centers around modeling criminal careers, deterrence, prison population, transportation analysis, drug-enforcement policy, and he developed "lambda" in criminology as
36-614: Was the president of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS). He became an INFORMS Fellow in 2002. He was awarded the Wolfgang Award for Distinguished Achievement in Criminology in 1998 and was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 1998. He also shares the 2007 Stockholm Prize in Criminology , the highest award in the field—he and his co-recipient are
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