Posts by swaleha masude
Ying Cui named 2026 Hellman Fellow
The fellowship will support Cui’s work on computational methods for trustworthy, risk-aware digital twins that improve the safety and resilience of critical infrastructure. Ying Cui, an assistant professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, has been named a 2026 Hellman Fellow. The fellowship recognizes promising early-career faculty and provides a $60,000…
Read MoreUC Berkeley IEOR welcomes new faculty member
Chenyang Zhong joins the department as a new assistant professor. His research develops mathematical and computational methods for stochastic modeling, inference, and optimization, addressing emerging challenges in modern operations research and machine learning. UC Berkeley’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) is pleased to welcome Chenyang Zhong as a new assistant professor. Zhong’s…
Read MoreJob Market Placements for Our 2026 Graduating Doctoral Students
Alberto Gennaro Senior associate in Machine Learning at JP Morgan Chase Jinghai He Quantitative Researcher at Two Sigma Sukanya Kudva Scientist at Uber’s Ads & Offers Team Jisun Lee Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Institute of Tech Joo Seung Lee AI/ML Software Engineer at Google Ziyang Liu Optimization Engineer at Uber Shuo Sun Assistant Professor at…
Read MoreOp-Ed: The New Academic Bargain in the Age of AI
Inside Berkeley IEOR’s emerging classroom responses By Alberto Gennaro (PhD IEOR ’26), Grace He (3rd Year PhD), Ricky Huang (3rd Year PhD), and Jessica Zhao (1st Year PhD). For generations, college has relied on a simple premise: the work students turn in is evidence of their efforts and thinking. Essays show how they argue, problem…
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