Archive for June 2025
Berkeley IEOR Honors Professor Alper Atamturk for His Leadership as Department Chair
The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at UC Berkeley (Berkeley IEOR) extends its gratitude to Professor Alper Atamturk for his exemplary leadership and dedicated service as department chair from January 1, 2021, to June 30, 2025. Over his 4.5-year tenure, Professor Atamturk guided the department through a period marked by both extraordinary challenges…
Read MoreProfessor Shmuel Oren Named 2025 IFORS Fellow
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research congratulates Professor Shmuel Oren on being named a 2025 Fellow of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). One of the highest international honors in the field, the IFORS Fellows Award recognizes distinguished individuals for their contributions to international operational research and its global communities. Professor…
Read MoreJob Market Placements for Our 2024 Graduating Doctoral Students
Job Market Placements for Our 2024 Graduating Doctoral Students Ilgin Dogan Assistant Professor of Technology & Operations Management, INSEAD Mo Liu Assistant Professor of Statistics and Operations Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tomás Valencia Zuluaga Postdoctoral Researcher at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Tor Nitayanont Applied Scientist at Amazon
Read MoreNew Endowed Professorship to Support Rising Faculty Talent in Berkeley IEOR
The UC Berkeley Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research is pleased to announce the creation of The Robert and Catherine Cliff Professorship in IEOR. Established through a generous gift from Bob Cliff (PhD ’71) and his spouse Catherine, this professorship will support an early-career faculty member in the department, helping launch the next generation…
Read MoreUC Berkeley Researchers Win Top Honors at World’s Leading Robotics Conference
A team of researchers from UC Berkeley has received the Best Paper Award on Robot Learning at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), considered the world’s premier conference in robotics and automation. The event was held in Atlanta 19-23 May. The award went to UC Berkeley IEOR Professor Ken Goldberg, his…
Read MoreFour Berkeley IEOR PhD Students Receive Outstanding GSI Awards
We are proud to announce that four UC Berkeley IEOR PhD students have been honored with the 2025 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (OGSI) Award. Grace He, Alberto Gennaro, Shruti Penumatsa, and recent PhD graduate Baturalp Yalcin were recognized for their exceptional contributions to teaching and their commitment to fostering inclusive, engaging, and supportive learning environments.…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR Students Bring Machine Learning to Local High Schoolers
This spring, a team of UC Berkeley Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) students partnered with the Dado and Maria Banatao Center for Global Learning and Outreach from Berkeley Engineering (GLOBE) to launch an innovative course introducing Bay Area high school students to the fundamentals of machine learning. The course was conceived by Shreejal Luitel…
Read MoreUC Berkeley Researchers Offer a Smarter Way to Price With Stability and Impact in Mind
With inflation, tariffs, and shifting consumer habits, setting the right price has never been more complicated or more crucial. But new research from UC Berkeley’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research suggests that simplicity might be the key to navigating today’s complex markets. In a recent study, Associate Professor Javad Lavaei, Professor Emeritus Max…
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