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Alumni Profiles
Junyu Cao
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Yonatan Mintz
Assistant professor in the Industrial and Systems Engineering department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
Marie Pelagie Elimbi Moudio
Meet Marie Pelagie Elimbi Moudio – a trailblazing Berkeley IEOR Ph.D. student and the inspiration behind The Marie Pelagie Elimbi Moudio Fellowship in IEOR (UC Berkeley photo by Adam Lau) The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) is pleased to announce the establishment of The Marie Pelagie Elimbi Moudio Fellowship in IEOR. This…
Recent News
Berkeley Invited by Australia and New Zealand to Advance Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Eugene Pang November 30, 2016 How do you become a top entrepreneur? This will steer you in the right direction. Posted by Breakfast on Thursday, November 17, 2016 Sutardja Center Chief Scientist Ikhlaq Sidhu was invited to keynote the national Growing Entrepreneurs Summit in New Zealand where he met with…
Lavaei Awarded $1M Grant From Office Of Naval Research
IEOR Assistant Professor Javad Lavaei has just been awarded a $1 million grant to support his work on nonlinear optimization from the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The Director of Research Early Career Grant is extremely selective and will help cover research expenses up to $200k per year for 5 years. According…
Ken Goldberg to serve as the next Chair of the IEOR department
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research at the University of California, Berkeley is proud to announce that Professor Ken Goldberg will serve as its next chair. Ken will come to the role after a distinguished career of service marked by achievement in research and leadership at Cal. Ken…
Professor Shmuel Oren Will Present A Public Workshop At The Annual International Conference – Electricity 2016
Professor Shmuel Oren will present a public workshop at the Annual International Conference – Electricity 2016 to be held in Eilat Israel November 8-11. The workshop is titled: New Frontiers in Electricity Distribution Systems: Toward Democratizing the Grid Abstract: Smart energy business is aimed at harnessing new technologies and developing…
Ikhlaq Sidhu To Offer New IEOR Course Titled Data-X
Starting in Spring 2017, Ikhlaq Sidhu will offer a new special topics course named Data-X. The course supports the IEOR department’s focus in data-driven systems and analytics; and it covers the tools and skills that are being used to reinvent today’s applications and enterprises. Data-X: A Course on Data, Systems…
Shmuel Oren Inducted into National Academy of Engineering
Earlier we announced that IEOR Professor Shmuel Oren had been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Today, it is official — Shmuel has been inducted to the NAE for his contributions ‘to the integration of decisions and cooperative market mechanisms for adaptive multisource electrical power systems.’ Shmuel is the second IEOR…