Events
BADSS Summit Helps Grow Bay Area Decision Sciences Community
Sometimes you can learn more by collaborating with others outside the classroom than you can learn inside of it. That was what San Francisco State University (SFSU) College of Business dean, Linda Oubre, told students to kick off the first ever Bay Area Decision Sciences Summit (BADSS), an event organized by undergraduate students and faculty…
Read MoreIEOR alum and former White House Deputy CTO Ryan Panchadsaram talks to students about civic service and fostering curiosity
Students in the A. Richard Newton Lecture Series attended a fireside chat last week with Cal alumni and Kenneth Priestly Leadership Award recipient Ryan Panchadsaram. Since graduating ten years ago, Panchadsaram’s career has taken him many different places, from working at Microsoft to launching his own healthcare startup to advising the president of the United States. During his talk,…
Read MoreProf. Leachman to be keynote speaker at International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE 47)
IEOR Professor Robert C. Leachman will be a keynote speaker at the 47th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (“CIE 47”), held in Lisbon, Portugal, October 11-13, 2017. Rob will be delivering a lecture entitled “The Engineering of Speed.” For details, see http://www.cie47.com/
Read MoreVolunteers make Cal Day a success
More than forty students volunteered their Saturday to talk to prospective students, families, and visitors from all over the globe for Cal Day, the University of California, Berkeley’s annual open house event. At the main table in the Etcheverry breezeway, students ran the “IEOR Machine Learning for Automation” program which helped visitors understand what IEOR is, what…
Read MoreRob Leachman To Speak At Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference
IEOR Professor Rob Leachman will make an invited presentation titled “Economics of Far East – USA Import Supply Chains” at the 17th annual Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference in Long Beach, CA, on February 28, 2017. Rob also will participate in the panel discussion “Industrial Real Estate: A Comparative Pricing Analysis of the North American Market”.
Read MoreBerkeley 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 members of government and academia to…
Read MoreProfessor 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 new business models that will…
Read MoreIkhlaq Sidhu joins Dave McClure to speak on global innovation in Qatar
Professor Ikhlaq Sidhu has been invited by the Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP)to speak in their first ever QSTP technovate series. Professor Sidhu will be speaking with Dave McClure this Tuesday, October 11. Sidhu and McClure will kick off the QSTP technovate series to inspire future innovators in the global tech community at a session titled “Innovation Going Global.” This event…
Read MoreRhonda Righter Will Co-Chair European Conference On Queueing Theory
Rhonda Righter Will Co-Chair European Conference On Queueing Theory Keith McAleer June 23, 2016 IEOR Professor Rhonda Righter is program co-chair for the European Conference on Queueing Theory (ECQT), to be held in Toulouse, France next month. According to the conference website: ECQT aims to be a meeting place where scientists and technicians in the field can find…
Read MoreStudents Connect through ‘Lunch and Learn’
Keith McAleer Back row: Cheng Lyu, Mo Zhou, Dean Grosbard, Salar Fattahi, Alfonso Andres Lobos Ruiz, Quico Spaen, Kevin Li, Tugce Gurek, Wei Qi, Sheng Liu Front row: Dimin Xu, Shiman Ding, Amber Richter, Xu Rao, Mengyu Li, Haoyang Cao, Yiwen Tang, Junyu Cao PhD students Cheng Lyu, Kevin Li, and Quico Spaen are helping…
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