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When AI mistakes cascade, when should a human step in?
UC Berkeley researchers draw on mathematics used to study earthquake aftershocks to explore how the changing risk of AI failures could guide human oversight. When an AI agent makes a mistake, the consequences may extend beyond a single wrong answer…
UC Berkeley IEOR Hiring Tenure-Track Assistant Professor: FinTech and Cyber Risk
The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at UC Berkeley invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor to join the department. We are seeking candidates conducting fundamental and applied research in stochastic modeling, machine learning, game theory, optimization,…
UC Berkeley researchers develop diffusion model to better simulate rare, extreme outcomes
Planning for what usually happens is relatively straightforward. Preparing for what rarely happens, but can have enormous consequences, is much harder. Businesses, governments and financial institutions rely on averages to estimate typical demand, costs and resource needs. But a sudden…
Bringing AI into the work of learning
This fall, UC Berkeley industrial engineering and operations research professor Huiwen Jia will ask students in an undergraduate engineering course to step into the role of operations managers, using a newly developed resource allocation simulator to make and refine decisions…
UC Berkeley IEOR undergraduate program ranks No. 4 nationally
UC Berkeley’s undergraduate program in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (Berkeley IEOR) is ranked No. 4 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report, maintaining its position from last year. The College of Engineering rose to No. 2 among…
UC Berkeley Ph.D. Student Yuchen Fang Receives 2026 Simons Dissertation Fellowship
Yuchen Fang, a UC Berkeley doctoral student co-advised by UC Berkeley IEOR Professor Javad Lavaei, has been named a recipient of the 2026 Simons Dissertation Fellowship in Mathematics. Fang is pursuing his Ph.D. in applied mathematics at UC Berkeley and…
UC Berkeley IEOR and EECS researchers earn INFORMS award for power systems research
As renewable energy reshapes the electric grid, researchers are rethinking how power systems can remain reliable without sacrificing efficiency. Wind and solar generation can vary from forecasts, forcing grid operators to make decisions under uncertainty. A new optimization method developed…
UC Berkeley professor Lee Fleming receives 2026 Dan and Mary Lou Schendel Best Paper Prize
The Strategic Management Society recognized Fleming and co-author Olav Sorenson for influential research showing how scientific knowledge can guide inventors through complex technological problems. Lee Fleming, a professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (Berkeley IEOR)…
BeSMART Recap: Teaching students how AI works
As artificial intelligence becomes capable of increasingly complex analytical and decision-making tasks, UC Berkeley is preparing young learners to do more than simply use the technology. This summer, the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (Berkeley IEOR) welcomed high…