Archive for December 2015
Sutardja Center Alums Create “Prynt”, A Polaroid Printing Smartphone Case
Prynt, a San Francisco-based startup founded by two graduates of a Berkeley Engineering entrepreneurship program, is bringing instant print photography to smartphones. The grads designed a smartphone case equipped with a built-in mini-printer, for printing digital photos on the go. The founders, Clément Perrot and David Zhang, were schoolmates at École Polytechnique, France’s premier science…
Read MoreNow hiring: IEOR Lecturer position
The DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS RESEARCH at University of California, Berkeley is generating an applicant pool of qualified temporary instructors to teach courses in the department should an opening arise. The ad will remain in place for one calendar year, closing January 31, 2017. Positions may be up to 100% time and may…
Read MoreTake The QuakeCAFE Quiz: Are You Ready For The Big One?
Take The QuakeCAFE Quiz: Are You Ready For The Big One? Keith McAleer December 16, 2015 Take the quiz! How prepared are you? No one knows when the next big earthquake will hit California, but most can agree on one thing — it’s going to happen at some point. And when it does, it has…
Read MoreStudents Present ‘Challenge Lab’ Projects
December 15, 2015 Challenge Lab (IEOR 185) is a project of the Sutardja Center of Entrepreneurship & Technology and uses a competition-based format to teach students how to be entrepreneurs by working in interdisciplinary teams to develop a product. The competition categories this year included ‘Internet of Things’ — an emerging category of connected products that typically focus on…
Read MoreHappy Holidays From Berkeley IEOR!
Happy Holidays From Berkeley IEOR! Keith McAleer December 9, 2015 Happy holidays to you and your family! — from Berkeley Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Read MoreRhonda Righter Named Co-Chair For The European Conference On Queueing Theory
December 2, 2015 Congratulations to Professor Righter for being named program co-chair for the European Conference on Queueing Theory (ECQT). The goal of the conference is to connect scientists and technicians to facilitate the exchange of ideas, theory, and applications in Queueing Theory — the mathematical study of waiting times (queues).
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