Hamsa Bastani

Hamsa Bastani is an assistant professor in Operations Information and Decisions 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 operations, pricing, recommendation systems, and social good. Her work has been recognized by the George Nicholson, MSOM, Service Science, and Health Applications Society best student paper awards, the Pierskalla best paper award in healthcare operations, and the early-career People’s Choice award in sustainable operations. She previously completed her PhD at Stanford University, and was a Herman Goldstine postdoctoral fellow at IBM Research.

Awards and Honors

• 1st Place, Pierskalla Award for Best Paper in Healthcare, 2019
• 2nd Place, Service Science Best Paper Award, 2019
• People’s Choice Award, Early-Career Sustainable OM Workshop, 2019
• Finalist, Pierskalla Award for Best Paper in Healthcare, 2018
• 1st Place, Pierskalla Award for Best Paper in Healthcare, 2016
• 1st Place, George Nicholson Student Paper Competition, 2016
• 1st Place, MSOM Student Paper Competition, 2016
• 1st Place, IBM Service Science Best Student Paper Award, 2016
• 1st Place, Health Applications Society Best Student Paper Award, 2015