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UC Berkeley IEOR Ranked No. 2 in the Nation by U.S. News
The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) at UC Berkeley has advanced to No. 2 among the nation’s best IEOR graduate programs, up one spot from lsat year, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings…
UC Berkeley researchers tackle bidder collusion in high-stakes auctions
In recent years, economists and regulators have begun examining how artificial intelligence is being used to set prices and bids across a range of markets. In some sectors, including housing, companies rely on automated pricing systems that analyze market conditions…
UC Berkeley IEOR Students Engage With AI-Driven Shift in Industrial Engineering
Advances in artificial intelligence are reshaping the field of industrial engineering, shifting its focus from optimizing processes to designing systems that deploy intelligence at scale, said UC Berkeley alum Patrick Tam (B.S. ’99, M.S. ’00 IEOR) Tam, vice president of…
Ingrid Ramirez selected for EDGE Consortium Scholars semiconductor program
Ingrid Ramirez, a fourth-year undergraduate in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at the University of California, Berkeley, is among 11 students nationwide selected for the EDGE Consortium’s flagship Scholars program. As part of the program, Ramirez joined…
Professor Xin Guo’s Research Selected Among 50 Landmark Papers in Mathematics of Operations Research
A research paper by Professor and Department Chair Xin Guo has been selected as one of 50 landmark papers published in Mathematics of Operations Research (MOR), commemorating the journal’s 50th anniversary. Established in 1976, Mathematics of Operations Research is a…
Op-Ed: “Publish or Perish” in the Age of AI: Is Research Integrity at Risk?
Part of a new op-ed series featuring IEOR student voices, this piece is a collaboration between Alberto Gennaro (5th Year PhD), Grace He (3rd Year PhD), Ricky Huang (3rd Year PhD), and Jessica Zhao (1st Year PhD). Artificial intelligence (AI)…
UC Berkeley IEOR Launches Summer Machine Learning and AI Research Program for High School Students
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly central to industries ranging from finance to health care, understanding how AI systems work is becoming an important skill for the next generation of students and innovators. To help introduce these concepts early, the UC…
Ken Goldberg named to National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering has elected Ken Goldberg, a professor of industrial engineering and operations research (IEOR) at the University of California, Berkeley, to its membership—one of the highest professional distinctions in engineering. Election to the NAE honors individuals…
UC Berkeley professor flips the script on classroom AI
PupilBot pilot applies learning science to rethink how AI fits into undergraduate education As artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent in higher education, faculty in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research are examining how these tools can be integrated…