Archive for February 2018
Alum Gives Back By Supporting STEAM In Local Schools
After retirement, Dr. Paul Wing (IEOR PhD ’71) was worried that without the right education children would be missing out on scientific and technological discoveries in “this amazing period of scientific advancements,” so he decided to take action to be sure his local schools were teaching the latest science, technology, engineering, arts, and math. Read more…
Read MoreProf. Grigas Receives NSF CRII Award To Improve Machine Learning Methods
IEOR professor Paul Grigas was recently awarded the National Science Foundation’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) grant in the amount of $175,000 to investigate large-scale optimization methods and develop algorithms to improve scalability and accuracy with large datasets. Grigas will work with graduate students on the research, and the results will be integrated…
Read MoreHow To Build A Viral App: TBH Founder Gives Startup Advice At UC Berkeley
The night before Nikita Bier launched his app TBH, he was on the phone with his lawyer, asking how to liquidate a business. About three months later, more than 5 million people had downloaded his app and Facebook was acquiring it. At the Newton Lecture Series Tuesday night in the Li-Ka Shing Auditorium, Bier spoke…
Read MoreProf. Oren Video Interview With INFORMS History And Traditions
IEOR Professor Shmuel Oren was recently interviewed by Dr. Ramteen Sioshanshi, professor of integrated systems engineering at The Ohio State University, presented by INFORMS as part of the History and Traditions series.
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