Events
UC 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 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 Honors Alum Tony Xu during Community Celebration Event
On Wednesday, April 30, the UC Berkeley Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (Berkeley IEOR) hosted its 2025 Community Celebration & Alumni Achievement Ceremony, bringing together alumni, faculty, students, and friends for an evening of recognition and reflection at the Cal Alumni House.
Read MoreAncient Wisdom: Exploring the Intersection of AI, Art, and Nature
The cover of the winter 2025 edition of Berkeley IEOR Magazine showcases artwork from Ancient Wisdom: Trees, Time, and Technology, an exhibition by Ken Goldberg and Tiffany Shlain currently on view at the Skirball Museum in Los Angeles through March 2, 2025. Part of the Getty Museum’s city-wide Pacific Standard Time quadrennial, the exhibit examines…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR Shines at the 2024 INFORMS Annual Meeting
Berkeley IEOR faculty and students brought home several awards and honors at The 2024 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting. Below is a list of notable achievements: Shuo Sun, PhD candidate, was named a finalist for the Revenue Management and Pricing Section’s 2024 Jeff McGill Student Paper Award for her…
Read MoreCyber Risk and Insurance France-Berkeley Conference
The Cyber Risk and Insurance France-Berkeley Conference, co-organized by Berkeley IEOR Professor Thibaut Mastrolia, brought together experts from France and Berkeley to address the systemic threat posed by cyber risk to the global financial and economic system. Sponsored by the France-Berkeley Fund and the project “Mathematical modeling for cyber-risk insurance,” the conference highlighted the urgent…
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Berkeley IEOR Embarks on Second Year of Partnership with KONE
Earlier this month, Berkeley IEOR welcomed KONE, a global engineering company focused on innovating elevator and escalator manufacturing, to our campus. KONE, a recognized industry leader, consistently ranks among the world’s most sustainable companies. Notably, KONE was the first in the industry to achieve carbon-neutral manufacturing units worldwide. KONE has also been on the Forbes…
Read MoreCelebrating the Class of 2023
Last week marked a significant milestone as the College of Engineering celebrated nearly 2,000 students who earned bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees. Among this year’s graduating cohort, Berkeley IEOR granted degrees to 27 ORMS undergraduates, 64 IEOR undergraduates, 139 masters of engineering, 76 masters of analytics, 14 masters of science, and 12 PhD students. The…
Read MoreProfessor Shmuel Oren to deliver Marcel Boiteux Lecture in France for 100th birthday commemoration
UC Berkeley Professor Shmuel Oren has been chosen to deliver the first Marcel Boiteux Lecture at CentralSupélec-Paris-Saclay University in Gif-sur-Yvette, France next month. The lecture, titled “Mobilizing load flexibility to support decarbonization through virtual power plants,” will commemorate the 100th birthday of Dr. Marcel Boiteux, a renowned French economist and mathematician who revolutionized the electricity…
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