Optimization and Algorithms Research

Optimization is in the center of every engineering discipline and every sector of the economy. Airlines and logistics companies run optimization algorithms to schedule their daily operations; power utilities rely on optimization to efficiently operate generators and renewable resources and distribute electricity; biotechnology firms search through massive genetic data using optimization to find new discoveries. UC Berkeley IEOR Department is at the forefront of optimization research. Our faculty and their students create new fields of optimization and push the boundaries in convex and nonconvex optimization, integer and combinatorial optimization to solve problems with massive data sets. Research activities are funded by NSF, DOE, DOD, ONR, and IBM Corporation.