Edieal J. Pinker

Edieal Pinker is the BearingPoint Professor of Operations Research at the Yale School of Management where he also serves as Special Advisor to the Dean.  Pinker was the Deputy Dean for Strategy from 2016 to 2025. He has a PhD and MS in Operations Research from MIT and BA in Mathematics from Columbia University. Pinker’s current research includes predictive modeling in healthcare using machine learning methods and demographic analysis of the US Jewish community. His previous research on management topics has included the use of flexible workforces, work and workflow design in healthcare, online auctions, and responses to terrorist threats among others. He has served on the editorial boards of several leading journals in his field such as Management Science and Operations Research. Pinker has consulted for the United States Postal Service, the financial services industry and the auto industry. His work has been published in journals such as Operations Research, Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management, Journal of Oncology Practice, IIE Transactions, Production and Operations Management, and the Communications of the Association of Computing Machinery.

Defeat Hamas First, Then Turn to Diplomacy. Wall Street Journal. December 1, 2023
Wars and Peace: Memoirs of a Conflict. Jewish Review of Books. November 17, 2023
Forget ‘Outreach.’ Pew 2020 Tells Us We Should Be Investing in the Orthodox. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. May 11, 2021
In Defense of Mathematical Models. Yale Insights. October 2020
Changes in Quality of Care after Hospital Mergers and Acquisitions. Comment. New England Journal of Medicine. 2020 May 7;382(19):1867-1868
Stop Undermining Health Policy with Misinformation (with Pranam Dey and Howard Forman. The Bulwark. April 7, 2020 
Cost Benefit Analysis, Letter to the Editor. WSJ Journal, April 5, 2020
When the Cost of Orthodoxy Is Too High. Tablet. November 26, 2018
The Future Is Now. Jewish Review of Books. August 29, 2018
Could Better Predictions Improve End of Life Care? (with K. Anderson, R. Lilienbuam, and D. Lee). Yale Insights. May 2018
Three Questions on Holiday Travel. Yale Insights. December 20, 2017
Does Orthodox Explosion Signal Doom for Conservative And Reform? Steven M. Cohen and Mickey Gussow and Edieal Pinker. The Forward. September 13, 2017 
The Case for Day Schools. New York Jewish Week. June 17, 2015
For Jewish Critics of Israel, Time Hasn’t Changed. New York Jewish Week. April 7, 2015
What Can Game Theory Tell Us about Iran’s Nuclear Intentions? Yale Insights. March 17, 2015
Shalit Exchange Isn’t as One-Sided as It Seems. Wall Street Journal. October 24, 2011
The Many Obstacles to Peace in the Middle East. The New York Times. March 10, 2009
Compare and Contrast. The Economist. January 15, 2009
More Power to Citizens if Sharon Exits His Post. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. January 11, 2006
Bush’s Terrorism Policy Effective. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. August 20, 2005
The Fence is an Obstacle to Terrorists’ Progress. Wall Street Journal. August 8, 2003

July 4, 2025: The United States and American Jews at a Crossroads, The Jewish Link

Lo studio choc sugli articoli del NYT: racconto sbilanciato verso Hamas, Nocola Porro

The Choc study on NYT articles: unbalanced story towards Hamas, The Vermilion

Gallup poll findings on US sympathies a stark warning for Israel, The Jerusalem Post

Management, engineering schools launch joint degree to bridge business and technology, Yale Daily News (with Kerwin Charles and Kyle Jensen)

ANALYSIS: Inside YNHH’s $200 million resurgence, Yale Daily News

NYT coverage of Israel-Hamas war is imbalanced, study finds, The Jerusalem Post

Yale Study: New York Times Coverage of War in Israel Has Been Pro-Hamas, Brietbart

Yale Professor Exposes New York Times’ Systematic Minimization of Hamas, Palestinian Violence in Gaza War, Algemeiner

NY Times downplays Israeli post-Oct. 7 losses, Hamas role in war, data study says, The Times of Israel

For Moment's JPVP Participants, the Beat Goes On, Moment magazine

Trump’s Claims That Blame Migrants: False or Misleading, The New York Times (with Lesley Meng)