New Technology helps robots move objects quickly and safely

Robots Rushing Sommeliers

Rapidly moving containers without dropping, spilling or damaging them is tough enough for humans, let alone robots. Now, Ken Goldberg, professor of industrial engineering and operations research and of electrical engineering and computer sciences; postdoctoral researcher Jeff Ichnowski; and their team at UC Berkeley’s AUTOLAB have published Grasp-Optimized Motion Planning for Fast Inertial Transport (GOMP-FIT).…

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Alumni Spotlight on Osman Akgun (PhD IEOR ’12)

Osman Akgun

Alumni Spotlight on Osman Akgun (PhD IEOR ’12) IEOR sat down with Class of 2012 alum, Osman Akgun to discuss all things IEOR. Akgun is a Senior Research Analyst at Bailard, Inc. He was first hired as an intern while studying at UC Berkeley and has been happily employed there ever since What brought you…

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IEOR Department Welcomes New Faculty Member

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IEOR is thrilled to announce that Stewart Liu will join the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research in July 2022 as an Assistant Teaching Professor. He will teach in IEOR’s new Master of Analytics program. Stewart is currently an Assistant Professor at the Lam Family College of Business at San Francisco State University. Stewart…

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Alumni Spotlight: Nancy Blachman, M.S. IEOR ’79 and IEOR Advisory Board Chair

The IEOR Alumni Spotlight is a series highlighting IEOR alumni from all over the world. This month we share Nancy Blachman’s journey to increase access to mathematics for girls and the underserved. Nancy’s interest in recreational mathematics was fostered by her father, whose area of specialty was mathematical physics. In junior high, her favorite pastime…

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