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Berkeley IEOR To Help Educate The Next Generation Of Tech Leaders And Entrepreneurs

By Keith McAleer | August 25, 2016

Berkeley Industrial Engineering & Operations Research will be a core major in a program launched by UC Berkeley to help educate future technology leaders and entrepreneurs. Undergraduates applying for admission for Fall 2017 can now apply to the Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology program, a dual-degree…

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IEOR Welcomes Paul Grigas as new Assistant Professor

By Eugene Pang | August 17, 2016

The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at UC Berkeley is proud to welcome Paul Grigas as a new Assistant Professor this fall. Paul’s research interests include large-scale convex optimization, statistical machine learning, and data-driven decision making.  He is also interested…

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Aswani Investigates How Data Can Personalize Mobile Health

By Eugene Pang | August 10, 2016

With the proliferation of mobile devices and rising awareness that proper diet and exercise can prevent disease and lead to better overall health outcomes, mobile health (or mHealth) applications have become an increasingly popular way to track every step, heartbeat, and…

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IEOR Alum Wins Outstanding Young Engineer Award

By Keith McAleer | July 27, 2016

The IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES) has just announced its 2016 award winners and Kory Hedman has won the Outstanding Young Engineer Award. He was honored by IEEE PES for his “contributions and leadership in the application of operations…

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Rhonda Righter Will Co-Chair European Conference On Queueing Theory

By Eugene Pang | June 23, 2016

Rhonda Righter Will Co-Chair European Conference On Queueing Theory Keith McAleer June 23, 2016 IEOR Professor Rhonda Righter is program co-chair for the European Conference on Queueing Theory (ECQT), to be held in Toulouse, France next month.  According to the conference website: ECQT…

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Phil Kaminsky Delivers Keynote At IIE Annual Conference

By Eugene Pang | June 1, 2016

Last week, Phil delivered the keynote presentation at the 2016 IIE annual conference in Anaheim. A short interview with Phil and IIE can be found here:  http://www.iienet2.org/Annual2/details.aspx?id=41095 Also, be sure to watch the video interview with Phil and a portion of his…

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Alum Bets On Self-Driving Trucks

By Eugene Pang | May 17, 2016

Otto’s offices in San Francisco.CreditRamin Rahimian for The New York Times IEOR alum and advisory board member Anthony Levandowski was featured in the New York Times today to profile his new startup, Otto, which aims to transform the truck-driving industry by integrating…

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IEOR Recognizes Outstanding Achievement At Commencement Awards Ceremony

By Eugene Pang | May 16, 2016

Today, UC Berkeley’s Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research recognized undergraduate and graduate students at the commencement reception held at Doe Library Upper Terrace. Eleven awards were given to twenty-five students to honor exceptional academic achievement and leadership this year. Undergraduate…

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Ken Goldberg and Berkeley Automation Sciences Lab to Present at ICRA

By Eugene Pang | May 13, 2016

The Berkeley Laboratory for Automation Science and Engineering directed by IEOR Professor Ken Goldberg will be presenting seven papers at the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation happening next week in Stockholm, Sweden.  Ken will also be delivering a keynote titled “Deep Grasping: Can large datasets…