Associate Clinical Professor
Decision Sciences and MIS
Biography
Dr. Christopher Gaffney is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Decision Sciences and MIS department at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business. His research centers on decision making and optimization, with applications in public policy. His work has appeared in leading journals including the IEEE Systems Journal and the Annals of Operations Research. At LeBow, he teaches courses in operations research and statistics.
Prior to joining Drexel, Dr. Gaffney completed postdoctoral research at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ. He earned his PhD in Operations Research from Rutgers University and holds additional graduate degrees in mathematics (MS, University of Nevada) and philosophy (MA, University of Wyoming). He earned his undergraduate degree in mathematics and philosophy from the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay.
Dr. Gaffney brings industry experience in mortgage banking and semiconductor market research, where he worked as a quantitative analyst. In addition to his academic role, he provides consulting and expert witness services and is the founder of the Sports Analytics Research Institute, which supports research, education, and certification in sports analytics.
Areas of Expertise
- Decision Theory
- Applied Probability
- Risk Analysis
Recent Media Mentions
Selected Works
Articles
Gaffney, Christopher, The Reduction of Realized Variance in Deductible Insurance. International Journal of Operational Research (Forthcoming).
Gaffney, Christopher, Optimal Deductible and Coinsurance Policies Under Mean-Variance Preferences. International Journal of Operational Research 44 (Jul 2022):349-59.
Pennock, Michael, and Gaffney, Christopher, Managing Epistemic Uncertainty for Multi-models of Socio-technical Systems for Decision Support. IEEE Systems Journal 12 (Mar 2018):184-195.
Pennock, Michael, Rouse, William, Bodner, Doug, Gaffney, Christopher, Hinkle, John, Klesges, Christopher, and Oghbaie, Mehrnoosh, Enterprise Systems Analysis Technical Report SERC-2016-TR-103. Systems Engineering Research Center (Mar 2016).
Gaffney, Christopher, and Ben-Israel, Adi, A Simple Insurance Model: Optimal Coverage and Deductible. Annals of Operations Research (Feb 2016).
Pennock, Michael, Rouse, William, Bodner, Doug, Gaffney, Christopher, Oghbaie, Mehrnoosh, and Prasad, Pallavi, Enterprise Systems Analysis Technical Report SERC-2015-TR-020-4. Systems Engineering Research Center (Jan 2015).
Gaffney, Christopher, The Application of the Inclusion-Exclusion Principle in Learning Monotonic Boolean Functions. The IUP Journal of Computer Sciences (Jan 2012).