Press Releases
The IEOR Department Welcomes Thibaut Mastrolia as a new Assistant Professor
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research is excited to announce that Thibaut Mastrolia will be joining the department as a new assistant professor starting in July 2021. Thibaut is joining from École Polytechnique, where he was an assistant professor in applied mathematics. Thibaut’s research interests lie at the intersection of stochastic control, game…
Read MoreAnnouncing Sharjeel Laeeq as 2021 Jengyee Prize Recipient
Congratulations to Sharjeel Laeeq for winning the 2021 Jengyee Prize, Leadership for a Better World scholarship. Sharjeel is a graduating senior in Mechanical Engineering who recently helped a neglected town in Pakistan to install a Reverse Osmosis (RO) system to provide more clean drinking water to residents utilizing his own funds. He plans to further expand his efforts this summer. Sharjeel also serves as…
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2021 Jengyee Prize – Win A $2000 Scholarship!
Attention all Berkeley undergraduates! The 2021 Jengyee Prize – Leadership for a Better World — is now accepting applications. The $2,000 prize is awarded annually and is open to all undergraduate students with a sophomore or higher standing, regardless of gender, race, creed, or national origin. The Jengyee Prize – Leadership for a Better World aims to…
Read MoreRecord Increase In Historically Underrepresented Graduate Applicants
Alper Atamturk to be the next chair of UC Berkeley’s IEOR Department
The University of California, Berkeley Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR) is excited to announce that Professor Alper Atamturk will be the next chair of the IEOR department starting January 1st, 2021. Alper joined the Berkeley faculty in 1998. His research spans optimization theory and methodologies broadly, including integer programming, sparse learning, network…
Read More5 Year Masters Program applications due October 20
The 5 Year IEOR-ORMS Masters Program is now accepting applications from IEOR or ORMS seniors graduating in December 2020 or May 2021. The Department Application deadline is Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 5 p.m. PST. To learn more about the program, visit the webpage and attend the info-session hosted by Professor Yano on September 24.
Read MoreGraduate program applications open for Fall 2021
Berkeley IEOR is excited to announce that the Fall 2021 application cycle for all Graduate programs is now open. Due to testing restrictions related to COVID 19, applications for the Fall 2021 cycle do not require submission of GRE scores. Listed below is the application information about individual programs: Applicants interested in the Master of…
Read MoreIEOR department seeking applications for tenure-track faculty position
The DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING & OPERATIONS RESEARCH (IEOR) at the University of California, Berkeley, welcomes applications from qualified researchers for a position in the broad area of stochastics, with research interests in topics such as probability, machine learning, stochastics modeling, financial engineering and technology, and data science, for a tenure-track faculty position at the…
Read MoreGRE scores are now optional for Fall 2021 application to IEOR graduate programs
Due to the hardship caused by the pandemic, the Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research at the University of California, Berkeley had made the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score optional for applications to its graduate programs for Fall 2021. This includes applications to the Master of Engineering program, Master of Science program, and PhD…
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