Archive for November 2025
UC Berkeley IEOR Student Elise Vambenepe Receives 2025 Women in Logistics Award
Elise Vambenepe, a third-year bachelor of science student in UC Berkeley’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, has been awarded the 2025 Women in Logistics Scholarship. The annual award supports Bay Area students pursuing fields connected to logistics or supply chain management and reflects Women in Logistics’ mission to expand professional development, mentoring and…
Read MoreUC Berkeley IEOR Hosts Inaugural Tesla Case Competition on Global Sourcing Strategy
UC Berkeley IEOR Hosts Inaugural Tesla Case Competition on Global Sourcing Strategy The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at the University of California, Berkeley, hosted its inaugural Tesla Case Competition last month, bringing together more than 40 student teams to tackle one of the most pressing challenges in global operations today: managing…
Read MoreDistinguished Professor Dorit Hochbaum Featured on ‘Subject To’ YouTube Series
The latest episode of the “Subject To” podcast features a wide-ranging conversation with Dorit S. Hochbaum, a distinguished professor of industrial engineering and operations research at UC Berkeley whose pioneering work has shaped multiple areas of discrete optimization, network flow techniques and data-driven applications. Host Anand Subramanian traces Hochbaum’s academic path from her early training…
Read MoreUC Berkeley IEOR Advisory Board Welcomes Three New Members
UC Berkeley’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research has appointed three alumni and industry leaders to its Advisory Board. Raymond Ma of Apple, Peter Wei of Rocket Software, and Tim Jacobs of Walmart join the board in its work to advance the department’s strategic vision and strengthen its industry impact. Raymond Ma is a…
Read MoreUC Berkeley IEOR-led Team Takes Second Place for Predictive Model Aiming to Improve Rail Safety
UC Berkeley IEOR PhD student Alberto Gennaro and his team are applying data-driven modeling to a problem that directly affects the safety and reliability of railroads: predicting when train wheels are likely to fail. Their project earned second place in the 2025 INFORMS Railway Applications Section Problem Solving Competition, which invites researchers and practioners to…
Read MoreUC Berkeley IEOR at the 2025 INFORMS Annual Meeting
UC Berkeley IEOR faculty, students, and alumni brought home several awards at the 2025 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting. Below is a list of their accomplishments: Renato D.C. Monteiro, a UC Berkeley IEOR PhD alum (Class of 1988) and Coca-Cola Foundation Chair Professor in the H. Milton Stewart School…
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