MIT World Speakers

Richard C. Larson SB '65, EE, SM, '67, PhD, '69

Richard Larson is author, co-author or editor of six books and author of over 75 scientific articles, primarily in the fields of technology-enabled education, urban service systems (esp. emergency response systems), queueing, logistics and workforce planning. His first book, Urban Police Patrol Analysis (MIT Press, 1972) was awarded the Lanchester Prize of the Operations Research Society of America (ORSA).

Larson is currently President-elect of INFORMS, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. He has served as consultant to the World Bank, Coca-Cola, Johnson Controls, EDS, United Artists Cinemas, Union Carbide Corp., and the Rand Corporation and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

From 1995 to mid 2003, Larson served as Director of MIT's CAES, Center for Advanced Educational Services, which created the Singapore MIT Alliance. He was also the creator of PIVoT -- the web-based the Physics Interactive Video Tutor; and MIT World.