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IEOR alum wins $100k data science competition
Allen Tang (Operations Research & Management Science ’16), along with three other Berkeley students, won a $100,000 prize last week in the Data Open championship, sponsored by the hedge fund Citadel. Tang is currently pursuing a master of science degree…
BADSS Summit Helps Grow Bay Area Decision Sciences Community
Sometimes you can learn more by collaborating with others outside the classroom than you can learn inside of it. That was what San Francisco State University (SFSU) College of Business dean, Linda Oubre, told students to kick off the first…
Over 90 alumni, faculty, and staff attended out Alumni Reunion
On Thursday November 2nd, over 90 IEOR alumni, faculty, and staff members reunited with great food and inspiring speakers. The IEOR Alumni network encompasses over 500 members from various backgrounds and professions including but not limited to: professors, CEOs, engineers,…
IEOR alum and former White House Deputy CTO Ryan Panchadsaram talks to students about civic service and fostering curiosity
Students in the A. Richard Newton Lecture Series attended a fireside chat last week with Cal alumni and Kenneth Priestly Leadership Award recipient Ryan Panchadsaram. Since graduating ten years ago, Panchadsaram’s career has taken him many different places, from working at Microsoft to launching…
The IEOR department is currently hiring for tenure-track faculty positions
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR) at the University of California, Berkeley is now hiring for at least one tenure-track faculty position in the department. The full job description can be viewed here or below. University of California, Berkeley…
New York Times showcases AUTOLAB research on robot grasping
Today, the New York Times featured research being conducted at the UC Berkeley Laboratory for Automation Science and Engineering (AUTOLAB) led by IEOR Professor Ken Goldberg. AUTOLAB is breaking new ground in the area of robot grasping by helping robots teach themselves to reliably grasp irregularly-shaped…
Announcing the new FinTech concentration for master of engineering students
The UC Berkeley Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership has just announced a new concentration for IEOR master of engineering students focused on financial technology (FinTech). The concentration will help meet the large and growing demand for FinTech workers in banking, consulting, and…
Announcing the 2017 Grassi and Marshall-Oliver-Rosenberger (MOR) Fellows
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research (IEOR) has just announced the Grassi and Marshall-Oliver-Rosenberger fellows for 2017. Grassi Fellow Yonatan Mintz has been named the Grassi Fellow. Yonatan is a fifth year PhD candidate in UC Berkeley IEOR working with…
Prof. Leachman to be keynote speaker at International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (CIE 47)
IEOR Professor Robert C. Leachman will be a keynote speaker at the 47th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering (“CIE 47”), held in Lisbon, Portugal, October 11-13, 2017. Rob will be delivering a lecture entitled “The Engineering of Speed.”…