Doctoral Student Awards
UC Berkeley Researchers Win Top Honors at World’s Leading Robotics Conference
A team of researchers from UC Berkeley has received the Best Paper Award on Robot Learning at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), considered the world’s…
Read MoreFour Berkeley IEOR PhD Students Receive Outstanding GSI Awards
We are proud to announce that four UC Berkeley IEOR PhD students have been honored with the 2025 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (OGSI) Award. Grace He, Alberto Gennaro, Shruti Penumatsa,…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR PhD students Win Best Theoretical Paper Award
Berkeley IEOR PhD students Haoting Zhang, Jinghai He, and recent alum Jingxu Xu (PhD ’24) were honored with the Best Theoretical Paper Award at the 2024 Winter Simulation Conference held…
Read MoreTraining Smarter AI: New Research Integrates Human and Machine Feedback
AI models rely heavily on feedback to refine their outputs and meet user needs. While human feedback is highly effective, it is often expensive, time-intensive, and limited by data privacy…
Read MoreTransforming Decision-Making with AI: A Shift from Prediction to Optimization in Machine Learning
Amid the surging popularity of AI, companies, organizations, and institutions worldwide are eagerly embracing its transformative potential. Yet, a disparity exists, rooted in the steep costs and extended time frames…
Read MoreNew Doctoral Fellowship Supports IEOR Scholars and Honors Rising Star in Operations Research
New Doctoral Fellowship Supports IEOR Scholars and Honors Rising Star in Operations Research Meet Marie Pelagie Elimbi Moudio – a trailblazing Berkeley IEOR Ph.D. student and the inspiration behind The…
Read MoreAnna Deza Wins Best Paper at KDIR 2022
Berkeley IEOR PhD student Anna Deza has won the Best Paper Award at KDIR 2022: 14th International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Information Retrieval. The paper titled “Safe Screening for…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR at INFORMS 2022
Berkeley IEOR walked away with several awards during the 2022 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) annual meeting. Professor Candace Yano was the recipient of the 2022…
Read MoreYoon Lee (PhD ’23 IEOR) Wins 2022 Hearts to Humanity Eternal (H2H8) Research Grant
IEOR PhD candidate, Yoon Lee (PhD ’23 IEOR) has won the 2022 Hearts to Humanity Eternal (H2H8) research grant award for his research addressing inadequate access to clean water in…
Read MoreKatta G. Murty Best Paper Prize awarded to Alfonso Lobos
Alfonso Lobos was named as the 2021 recipient of the Katta G. Murty Best Paper Prize. The award faculty committee selected Alfonso for his phenomenal work on “Optimal Bidding, Allocation,…
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