IEOR Impact
Berkeley IEOR’s Abhigyan Biswas Shines with NASA-backed Startup, Helio 8, at TechCrunch Disrupt
Berkeley IEOR senior and co-founder of Helio 8, Abhigyan Biswas, stood out at last month’s TechCrunch Disrupt convention in San Francisco. His startup, backed by NASA, focuses on pioneering food…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR Alum Sonita Lontoh Recognized As One of the Most Influential Women in the Bay Area
Sonita Lontoh (B.S. IEOR ’99) has been recognized as one of the Influential Women in the Bay Area by the San Francisco Business Times. SFBT Influential Women 2023, SONITA LONTOH…
Read MoreIEOR Degree Holds a Top Spot Among Highest-Paying Majors
A recent article by CNBC, the world leader in business news and financial market coverage, spotlights Operations Research and Industrial Engineering as the second highest paying college major this year.…
Read MoreProfessor Javad Lavaei Awarded UC Noyce Grant for Research Defending Power Grid from Cyberattacks
Berkeley IEOR Professor Javad Lavaei and EECS Professor Somayeh Sojoudi have received a $300,000 grant from the UC Noyce Initiative, a collaborative effort involving five University of California campuses (Berkeley,…
Read MoreProfessor Daniel Pirutinsky joins 2023 NextProf Nexus Workshop to advance diversity in academia
Last month, Daniel Pirutinsky, Assistant Teaching Professor in Berkeley’s IEOR department, served as a panelist at the 2023 NextProf Nexus Future Faculty Workshop, hosted at Georgia Tech University in collaboration…
Read MoreForging a new future: Emily Garcia (BS IEOR ‘20) paves the way for diversity and inclusion in higher education
In high school, Emily Garcia (BS IEOR ’20) received excellent grades, participated in numerous extracurricular activities, and was even class salutatorian in her senior year. Most other students with Emily’s…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR Professor Javad Lavaei Secures NSF Grant to Advance Safety in Power Systems
Berkeley IEOR Professor Javad Lavaei, in partnership with his former postdoctoral scholar, now Assistant Professor at Virginia Tech, Ming Jin, has been awarded an $800,000 grant from the National Science…
Read MoreKen Goldberg: Let’s embrace the creative possibilities of AI
By Ken Goldberg, Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research and William S. Floyd Jr. Distinguished Chair in Engineering at UC Berkeley Imagine you’re practicing with a band and someone…
Read MoreChancellor Carol T. Christ shines spotlight on pioneering AI Research happening at UC Berkeley
In a recent op-ed, Chancellor Carol T. Christ shed light on the vast contributions of UC Berkeley to the ever-evolving world of Artificial Intelligence (AI). In the article, Christ highlights…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR Graduates Lead the Way in Lucrative Careers: Report Highlights Operations Research as Highest-Earning Field
A recent report by the HEA group, a respected higher education research and consulting agency, has shed light on the correlation between specific fields of study and early-career earnings. Drawing…
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