Nikhil Garg is an Assistant Professor of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell Tech as part of the Jacobs Institute. He uses algorithms, data science, and economics approaches to study democracy, markets, and societal systems at large. Nikhil has received the NSF CAREER, INFORMS George Dantzig Dissertation Award, an honorable mention for the ACM SIGecom dissertation award, and paper awards including from CSCW, EAAMO, and CHIL. He received his PhD from Stanford University and has spent considerable collaborating with government agencies and non-profits. His work has been supported by the NSF, NASA, Sloan Foundation, and other organizations.
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