Community Partnerships
Berkeley IEOR Students Bring Machine Learning to Local High Schoolers
This spring, a team of UC Berkeley Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) students partnered with the Dado and Maria Banatao Center for Global Learning and Outreach from Berkeley Engineering (GLOBE) to launch an innovative course introducing Bay Area high school students to the fundamentals of machine learning. The course was conceived by Shreejal Luitel…
Read MoreAriel Qian (M.E.T IEOR ’24) on the Importance of Programs like Kids Teach Tech
For the second year in a row, Berkeley IEOR has partnered with Georgia Tech ISyE and Kids Teach Tech (KTT) to virtually deliver the Seth Bonder Summer Program in Computational and Data Science for Engineering, an immersive, virtual summer camp designed to give K-12th grade youth a better understanding of the careers and opportunities available…
Read MoreInspiring Innovation: 2020 Summer Reading List
Prof. Max Shen comments on supply chain disruption caused by COVID-19 & how operations research can help in Berkeley Conversation
Diana Salazar recognized with Chancellor’s Award for Public Service
IEOR staff member Diana Salazar has just been awarded the 2020 Chancellor’s Award for Civic Engagement – Staff Award. Each year, the Chancellor recognizes students, staff, faculty, and community partnerships that embody UC Berkeley’s proud tradition of public service and commitment to improving our local and global community. Diana was nominated for her work to…
Read MoreSmart Villages: Students Pitch to Chief Minister of Meghalaya
[ad_1] Students taking the Smart Villages Challenge Lab have been tasked with developing digital technologies and platforms to help impoverished Indian villages to utilize their natural resources and access global markets. The area selected this semester was the state of Meghalaya, and each team was assigned one particular challenge in regards to improving Meghalayan villages:…
Read MoreBerkeley Students Take on the National Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE) Conference
By Kelly Han and Nicholas Foo | September 16, 2019 A crucial component of academic and professional development is the exploration of knowledge and possibility. It can be learned in many ways through classes, mentorships, internships, peers, etc., but there was one place that combined all of these and on a national platform. This is…
Read MoreHow heat waves can shut down power systems — Prof. Lavaei quoted in Bloomberg
Master of Engineering alum helps Syrian refugees create makerspaces to grow their skills
When Patrick Thelen (MEng IEOR ’17) was a kid, he loved building LEGO
Read MoreAlum Coleman Fung on the connection between mindfulness and engineering
On Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30, 2019, the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership is hosting the What’s After Mindfulness? retreat at UC Berkeley. The bi-annual retreat will come to the Bay Area for the first time in decades thanks in part to Blue Goji CEO and IEOR alum Coleman Fung. The Berkeley community can…
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