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UC Berkeley IEOR celebrates Class of 2026 at commencement reception
UC Berkeley’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research celebrated the Class of 2026 on Monday, May 18, during its commencement reception and awards ceremony at the Campanile Esplanade. The event honored 315 students who earned degrees across the department’s graduate and undergraduate programs. Graduates gathered with family, friends, faculty and staff to mark the…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR Advisory Board convenes for annual meeting, followed by alumni mixer
Members of the UC Berkeley Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research Advisory Board gathered on April 29 at the Grimes Engineering Center for a full-day meeting focused on departmental priorities, artificial intelligence, industry engagement and goals for the year ahead. The meeting brought together faculty, board members, students and campus leaders for presentations and…
Read MoreThe art of grasping: Ken Goldberg featured in Berkeley Engineer magazine
UC Berkeley industrial engineering and operations research professor Ken Goldberg appears on the cover of the summer edition of Berkeley Engineer magazine in a feature exploring the evolving future of robotics, artificial intelligence and human creativity. Drawing on decades of pioneering research, Goldberg reflects on how advances in robotics will depend not only on AI,…
Read MoreOp-Ed: Engineering in the Era of Vibe Coding
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). “Vibe coding,” the process of relying on generative AI tools for code-writing, has become the buzz phrase related…
Read MoreYing Cui Receives NSF CAREER Award for Optimization Research
Ying Cui, an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at University of California, Berkeley, has received the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the National Science Foundation. The CAREER Award is among the NSF’s most prestigious honors for early-career faculty. It will provide approximately $631,492 over five years to…
Read MoreUC 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 released April 7. UC Berkeley College of Engineering maintained its No. 3 overall ranking and continues…
Read MoreUC 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 and competitors’ data to recommend prices in real time. Supporters argue such tools improve efficiency,…
Read MoreUC 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 operational excellence at ServiceNow, delivered keynote remarks at the 2026 Institute of Industrial and Systems…
Read MoreIngrid 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 peers from six leading universities for an immersive site visit to Burlington, Vermont, where participants…
Read MoreProfessor 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 quarterly, peer-reviewed journal that publishes foundational research in areas central to operations research, including optimization,…
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