Bell Labs Gets Columbia Math Whiz

MURRAY HILL. N.J. -- Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU), today announced that Daniel Bienstock, director of the Computational Optimization Research Center (CORC) at Columbia University, has begun a year-long research appointment with Bell Labs' Mathematical Sciences Research Center in Murray Hill, N.J. While at Bell Labs, Bienstock will work with other researchers on optimization of optical and Internet protocol internetworking and inventory optimization for supply chain networking, among a host of other areas. During this time, he is on a "semi-sabbatical" from Columbia, with considerably reduced academic duties. "We're thrilled that Professor Bienstock, a highly regarded research mathematician and professor, has chosen to spend his sabbatical at Bell Labs. These types of appointments are critical to cultivating the brilliant ideas and innovations that our scientists work on every day," said Jeff Jaffe, president of Bell Labs research and Advanced Technologies for Lucent. "Dan's reputation in the field of computational optimization is unsurpassed and has particular value to businesses such as Lucent's because of their real world applications to planning and analysis." Bell Labs