Department Announcements
IEOR Alum Tony Xu Featured in Fortune Magazine
DoorDash CEO and co-founder Tony Xu (IEOR ’07) was recently featured in Fortune magazine, reflecting on his journey from UC Berkeley IEOR to building a Fortune 500 company—and the discipline, operational rigor, and execution-first mindset that have defined DoorDash’s rise. After graduating from UC Berkeley IEOR in 2007, Xu went on to earn an MBA,…
Read MoreThe innovation power couple: Study shows how patenting boosts pure research
The new study, published in the journal Science, reveals that researchers who both publish papers and file patents—dubbed “Pasteur’s quadrant researchers” after pioneering microbiologist and chemist Louis Pasteur—produce work that is more novel and more influential than those who stick to just one activity. The finding challenges long-held assumptions that scientists should focus pure research…
Read MoreUC 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 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…
Read MoreUC Berkeley IEOR Undergraduate Program Ranked No. 4 in the Nation by U.S. News
Berkeley IEOR undergraduate program climbs one spot in 2025 rankings The undergraduate program in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at UC Berkeley has been ranked No. 4 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, rising from No. 5 last year. The new ranking reflects continued recognition of Berkeley’s strength in preparing students…
Read MoreUC Berkeley IEOR professor and alum earn international prize for breakthroughs in optimization
UC Berkeley Professor Alper Atamturk and UC Berkeley alum Andrés Gómez have been awarded the 2025 INFORMS Computing Society Prize, an honor recognizing outstanding contributions at the intersection of computing with operations research. They share the award with their collaborator Shaoning Han. The team is recognized for a sequence of five papers introducing new mathematical…
Read MoreUC Berkeley to Host 2025 INFORMS Regional Analytics Conference
The UC Berkeley Master of Analytics program will host the 2025 INFORMS Regional Analytics Conference at the Alumni House on Sept. 26, 2025. With nearly 12,000 members worldwide, INFORMS is the leading international association for professionals in operations research, analytics, management science, economics, behavioral science, statistics, artificial intelligence, data science, and applied mathematics. This year’s…
Read MoreAre we truly on the verge of the humanoid robot revolution?
By Kara Manke In two new papers, UC Berkeley roboticist Ken Goldberg explains why robots are not gaining real-world skills as quickly as AI chatbots are gaining language fluency. August 27, 2025 AI chatbots have advanced rapidly over the past few years, so much so that people are now using them as personal assistants, customer service representatives and even…
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