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New ambidextrous robot may redefine the warehouse
Research published in Science Robotics this week announced a new “ambidextrous” robot that could change the fundamentals of warehouse distribution. The robot, developed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley’s Laboratory for Automation Science and Engineering features a suction cup gripper on…
2019 Jengyee Prize Announced – Win A $2000 Scholarship!
Attention undergraduates! The 2019 Jengyee Prize – Leadership for a Better World — is now accepting applications. The $2,000 prize is awarded annually and is open to all undergraduate students with a sophomore or higher standing, regardless of gender, race, creed, or…
Lobos wins best student paper award at AdKDD workshop
IEOR PhD student and Paul Grigas’s advisee Alfonso Lobos has won the best student paper award at the 2018 Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD) conference in London for his paper “Optimal Bidding, Allocation and Budget Spending for a Demand Side Platform Under…
IEOR Hosts Semi-Annual PSERC Meeting
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research will host the semi-annual industry-university meeting for the Power Systems Engineering Research Center (PSERC) on December 5-7 at UC Berkeley. The agenda for the meeting can be viewed here. The purpose of PSERC is to empower…
Max Shen Named To Succeed Ken Goldberg As Chair Of IEOR
Professor Zuo-Jun “Max” Shen has just been named to be the next chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR) at UC Berkeley. Professor Shen will take over for Professor Ken Goldberg who will complete his term as chair…
Fairness In Machine Learning Research Featured In SIAM News
Research by IEOR assistant professor Anil Aswani and PhD student Matt Olfat was featured in the December 2018 news journal for the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). The article titled “Designing Algorithms to Increase Fairness in Artificial Intelligence”…
Student Perspective: From Graduate Student to Data Scientist
Thinking about becoming a data scientist? Read the perspective from alum Joel Prince Varghese (MEng ’16) about his experience with our master of engineering program and how he learned the skills necessary to become a data scientist in industry.
Prof. Goldberg invited to speak at NSF Engineering Directorate Advisory Board
Professor Goldberg will be speaking at the 2018 Fall Directorate for Engineering (ENG) Advisory committee (AdCom) meeting, sponsored by NSF. Professor Goldberg’s talk is titled “Are Artificial Intelligence and Robots a Threat… or an Opportunity?” He will further discuss the…
Shmuel Oren awarded Berkeley Citation
IEOR professor of the graduate school Shmuel Oren has just been awarded the Berkeley Citation by Chancellor Carol Christ. The Citation is one of the University of California, Berkeley’s highest awards, and is reserved for individuals “whose contributions go beyond…