Graduate Student Profiles
PhD Grad Profile: Arman Jabbari
Arman Jabbari graduated with a PhD in Industrial Engineering & Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley in 2020 How did you get interested in mathematics and problem solving? Since my childhood, I have consistently had a great passion for mathematics. This deep-rooted interest was motivating that whenever my father taught mathematics to my…
Read MoreFung Feature: Ilias Miraoui, MEng ’20
IEOR Alum to head Power Systems Engineering Research Center
Associate professor of Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University, Dr. Kory Hedman, Ph.D. ’10 (IEOR), will serve as the new Director of Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) from October 2020. Dr. Hedman replaces Dr. Vijay Vittal who led PSERC for the last 15 years. PSERC was established in 1996 as an NSF Industry/University Collaborative…
Read MoreFinTech Feature: Alex Chen, MEng ’20
Postdoc Profile: Ming Jin
Ming Jin received his PhD in EECS from Berkeley in 2017 and has been doing his postdoctoral research in IEOR since. He recently accepted the position of assistant professor at Virginia Tech’s Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In a conversation with the IEOR department, Ming shared his experiences at Berkeley and aspirations for…
Read MoreGraduate Profile: Salar Fattahi
Salar Fattahi is graduating from Berkeley in Spring 2020 with a Ph.D. in IEOR. Salar recently accepted an Assistant Professor position at the University of Michigan and in a conversation with the department, he shared his views on experiences at Cal and plans for the future. Tell us a bit about your childhood? Where did…
Read MorePostdoc Profile: Richard Zhang
Richard Zhang is currently a postdoctoral scholar in the IEOR department. He has just accepted a faculty position at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Below, Richard reflects on his experience at UC Berkeley and talks more about his plans for the future. Tell us a bit about your research. What topics are you interested in?…
Read MoreGraduate Profile: Sheng Liu
Sheng Liu is graduating this year with a Ph.D. in IEOR. He has just accepted a faculty position at the University of Toronto. Below, Sheng reflects on his experience at UC Berkeley and talks more about his plans for the future. IEOR: Tell us a bit about your research. What topics are you interested in?…
Read MoreGraduate Profile: Cédric Josz
Cédric Josz is a postdoctoral scholar in the IEOR department. He has just accepted a faculty position at Columbia University. Below is more about Cédric’s research and plans for the future. IEOR: Tell us a bit about your research. What topics are you interested in? How are you applying IEOR methods to solve them? Cédric…
Read MoreRenyuan Xu: “There is always uncertainty in life”
When IEOR PhD student Renyuan Xu was a kid growing up in Jinan, China, she found herself very curious about the future, especially where there was some uncertainty involved. “When we were kids, we sometimes had the feeling that something may happen, something may not happen. Will it be raining tomorrow? It has some certainty…
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