# Ilan Lobel 0 il26 [Tenured or Tenure Track](/taxonomy/term/4799) Fauvelais Family Professor of Data-Driven Operations Professor of Technology, Operations, and Statistics Academic Director, Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA 2010 [ Personal Website ](http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~ilobel) ![Ilan Lobel](/sites/default/files/styles/480w_x_543h/public/2026-07/headshot_-_june_2026_0.jpg?h=e66b0c3c&itok=4M5DNOQK) Kaufman Management Center 44 West Fourth Street, 8-71 New York, NY 10012 8-71 il26 0 - Ph.D., Operations Research, 2009 Massachusetts Institute of Technology - B.Sc., Electrical Engineering, 2004 Pontificia Universidade Catolica of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Decision Models & Analytics Ilan Lobel is the Fauvelais Family Professor of Data-Driven Operations and a Professor of Technology, Operations and Statistics at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His work sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, data science, economics, and operations, with a particular focus on how data, algorithms, and AI shape digital marketplaces. Professor Lobel created and leads Stern’s MBA AI Specialization, a schoolwide interdisciplinary program focused on generative AI and its business applications. He also designed and teaches Stern’s MBA course on AI Agents, which examines how agentic AI systems can execute complex workflows, support organizational decision-making, and reshape how companies operate. As Academic Director of the Andre Koo Technology and Entrepreneurship MBA Program, he works with students, faculty, and industry leaders to prepare MBA students to lead in the AI era. His research has received the 2018 MSOM Young Scholar Prize, the 2021 INFORMS TIMES Award, and the INFORMS Revenue Management and Pricing Section Prize in both 2014 and 2024. He currently serves as area editor of Operations Research, handling papers in markets, platforms, and revenue management. His teaching has been recognized by the 2017 Poets & Quants Top 40 MBA Professors Under 40 list and the 2018 Stern Distinguished Teaching Award. Professor Lobel received his Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT in 2009. Before joining NYU Stern, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research’s New England Lab. Economics - Auctions - Game Theory Technology, Operations & Statistics - E-commerce - Operations Management - Social Media Industry - Internet & Computers - Pricing and Revenue Management - Online Markets - Social Networks - O. Besbes and I. Lobel (2015) [Intertemporal Price Discrimination: Structure and Computation of Optimal Policies](http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~ilobel/Intertemporal%20Price%20Discrimination.pdf) Management Science, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 92-110, 2015 - S. Kakade, I. Lobel and H. Nazerzadeh (2013) [Optimal Dynamic Mechanism Design and the Virtual Pivot Mechanism](http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~ilobel/VirtualPivot.pdf) Operations Research, vol. 61, no. 3, pp. 837-854 - D. Acemoglu, M. Dahleh, I. Lobel and A. Ozdaglar (2011) [Bayesian Learning in Social Networks](http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~ilobel/socialnetworks_revised.pdf) Review of Economic Studies, vol. 78, no. 4, pp. 1201-1236