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IEOR Impact

How does IEOR impact the world?

Below are stories that show how faculty, students, and alumni are applying their knowledge with industrial engineering and operations research.

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Prof. Shmuel Oren Reflects on his Collaboration with Nobel Laureate Prof. Robert Wilson

By Vishrut Rana | November 1, 2020

On October 12, 2020, Robert B. Wilson was co-awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences along with his long-time collaborator Paul Milgrom “for improvements to auction theory and inventions…

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Meet the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 Recipient IEOR Alum Transforming Manufacturing

By Vishrut Rana | October 28, 2020

“[The] greatest opportunities arise in areas no one is looking at,” says IEOR ‘09 Alum Willson Deng. In a recent conversation with the department, Willson spoke about how he ended…

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Re-watch Nobel Laureate Jennifer Doudna at the A. Richard Newton Series

By Vishrut Rana | October 7, 2020

University of California, Berkeley, biochemist Jennifer Doudna has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, sharing it with colleague Emmanuelle Charpentier for the co-development of CRISPR-Cas9, a genome editing…

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Industry and IEOR Panel Discuss the Future of Supply Chain

By Keith McAleer | September 30, 2020
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IEOR alum applies machine learning to personalized healthcare

By Vishrut Rana | August 25, 2020

Yonatan Mintz, a 2018 Berkeley IEOR Ph.D. graduate, was recently appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Mintz applies optimization and machine learning…

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Ken Goldberg and UC Berkeley researchers teach a robot surgery by showing it surgery videos

By Keith McAleer | June 18, 2020
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Prof. Max Shen comments on supply chain disruption caused by COVID-19 & how operations research can help in Berkeley Conversation

By Keith McAleer | April 7, 2020
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Student Perspective: The role of the FDA in the future of medtech innovation

By Vishrut Rana | March 6, 2020

This op-ed is part of a series from E295: Communications for Engineering Leaders. In this course, Master of Engineering students were challenged to communicate a topic they found interesting to…

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Research by Shen and collaborators suggest new ways cities can deal with ride-sharing issues and help taxi drivers survive

By Keith McAleer | January 23, 2020
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Board member Terry Duryea’s mantra for a rewarding career — maintain flexibility and stay on a steep learning curve

By Vishrut Rana | December 3, 2019

Have you ever been confused about how to briefly yet accurately describe Industrial Engineering and Operations Research to old Uncle Ben sitting across you at the Thanksgiving dinner table? Well,…