Ward Whitt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ward Whitt

American academic

Date of Birth: 29-Jan-1942

Place of Birth: Bozeman, Montana, United States

Profession: mathematician, actuary

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Ward Whitt (born 1942) is an American professor of operations research and management sciences.
He is the Wai T.
Chang Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Columbia University.
His research focuses on queueing theory, performance analysis, stochastic models of telecommunication systems, and numerical transform inversion.
He is recognized for his contributions to the understanding and analyses of complex queues and queuing networks, which led to advances in the telecommunications system.
As of November 2, 2015, his publications have been cited over 25,000 times, and he has an h-index of 82.