Posts by Keith McAleer
Katta G. Murty Best Paper Prize awarded to Alfonso Lobos
Alfonso Lobos was named as the 2021 recipient of the Katta G. Murty Best Paper Prize. The award faculty committee selected Alfonso for his phenomenal work on “Optimal Bidding, Allocation, and Budget Spending for a Demand-Side Platform with Generic Auctions” with Paul Grigas and industry collaborators, Zheng Wen and Kuang-Chih Lee. The Katta G. Murty…
Read MoreAnnouncing Vishrut Rana as the 2021 Joe Arai Undergraduate Research Fellow
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research is pleased to announce that Vishrut Rana will be receiving the 2021 Joe Arai Undergraduate Research Fellowship, which includes a research experience with a member of the IEOR faculty and a $4,000 stipend. Vishrut is a rising senior pursuing a major in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research,…
Read MoreThe IEOR Department Welcomes Thibaut Mastrolia as a new Assistant Professor
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research is excited to announce that Thibaut Mastrolia will be joining the department as a new assistant professor starting in July 2021. Thibaut is joining from École Polytechnique, where he was an assistant professor in applied mathematics. Thibaut’s research interests lie at the intersection of stochastic control, game…
Read MoreAnnouncing the Recipients of the Cliff Applied Research Grant
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research is pleased to announce that Professors Anil Aswani and Candace Yano will be the recipients of the 2021 Cliff Applied Research Grant. The purpose of the grant program is to support IEOR faculty to conduct applied research focused on impact in society or industry. Professor Aswani’s project…
Read MoreYingjie Bi awarded 2021 SIAM Student Paper Prize
IEOR postdoctoral scholar Yingjie Bi has just been awarded the 2021 SIAM Student Paper Prize. The SIAM Student Paper Prize is given annually to the student author(s) of the most outstanding paper(s) accepted by SIAM journals within the three years preceding the nomination deadline. The award is based solely on the merit and content of…
Read MoreJesse Dieker receives the 2021 UC Berkeley Excellence in Management Award
Announcing Sharjeel Laeeq as 2021 Jengyee Prize Recipient
Congratulations to Sharjeel Laeeq for winning the 2021 Jengyee Prize, Leadership for a Better World scholarship. Sharjeel is a graduating senior in Mechanical Engineering who recently helped a neglected town in Pakistan to install a Reverse Osmosis (RO) system to provide more clean drinking water to residents utilizing his own funds. He plans to further expand his efforts this summer. Sharjeel also serves as…
Read MoreIkhlaq Sidhu receives Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Award
SCET Faculty Director & Chief Scientist, Prof. Ikhlaq Sidhu has been awarded the University of California, Berkeley’s Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Award for demonstrating his commitment to students and excellence in teaching, even under extraordinarily difficult circumstances.
Read MoreAlum Barry Pasternack Provides Significant Support for Graduate Students
Alumnus Dr. Barry Pasternack (PhD IEOR ‘74) has made a significant contribution to the IEOR department’s Graduate Student Support Fund to support graduate students and help recruit the world’s best and brightest to Berkeley. In a conversation with IEOR, Barry recalled that when he was a student at Berkeley, he received a NSF fellowship, which…
Read MoreApplications now open for the 2021 Joe Arai Undergraduate Research Fellowship
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research is excited to announce that applications are now open for the 2021 Joe Arai Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The goal of the fellowship is to enable an IEOR student to work on a research project with an IEOR faculty member during the Summer of 2021. The fellow will…
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