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AUTOLAB research featured in New York Times
The UC Berkeley Laboratory for Automation Science and Engineering (AUTOLAB) was featured in the New York Times today for its research on robotic grasping. The article featured AUTOLAB’s Dex-Net robot which can pick up and sort objects that it has…
Ikhlaq Sidhu Wins 2018 IEEE Major Education Innovation Award
Ikhlaq Sidhu, professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research at the University of California, Berkeley, and faculty director and chief scientist at the UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology has been awarded the 2018 Major…
IEOR researchers receive NSF funding to investigate power systems
Alper Atamturk Javad Lavaei IEOR professors Javad Lavaei and Alper Atamturk have been awarded $360,000 in funding by the National Science Foundation to investigate computational methods for mixed-integer programs in power systems. The research will take place from 2018-2021. Title: Computational…
Class of 2018 College of Engineering Commencement Ceremony
The College of Engineering Commencement on May 15th officially commemorated an end and new beginning for the class of 2018. We congratulate every graduate for their hard work and diligence. We can not wait to see what the future holds for…
Shmuel Oren to be a keynote speaker at the 2018 INFORMS International Conference
Professor Shmuel Oren has been selected to be a keynote speaker at the 2018 INFORMS International Conference in Taipei, Taiwan, June 17-20, 2018. The conference will showcase the opportunities of advancing trends in deep learning and their impact on business…
IEOR MEng Student with Eco-Solar Capstone Team Aims to Change Solar Energy Industry
Every year, teams of UC Berkeley M.Eng students work together to engineer solutions to fill industry, market or societal needs. This year the Eco-solar team, Mechanical Engineering students Haixu Yim, Keyo Wang, David Zhang, Pol Molinas, and Industrial Engineering and Operations…
Join IEOR on April 21 for Cal Day 2018!
April 21st is Cal Day, UC Berkeley’s signature open-house event. IEOR will offering a variety of fun and informational events that are open to the public and people of all ages! 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., Etcheverry Breezeway — Come meet…
Announcing The Fall 2018 Grassi & MOR Fellows
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR) has just announced the Grassi and Marshall-Oliver-Rosenberger (MOR) fellows for spring 2018. Grassi Fellow Matt Olfat has been named the Grassi fellow. Matt is currently a doctoral candidate in the Industrial Engineering and Operations Research…
Professor Goldberg Receives Chancellor’s Faculty Award For Research In The Public Interest
Professor Ken Goldberg was awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Faculty Research in the Public Interest. Prof. Ken Goldberg and a team of postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate students have spent the last four years to develop the Collaborative Assessment and Feedback Engine…