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Are we truly on the verge of the humanoid robot revolution?
By Kara Manke In two new papers, UC Berkeley roboticist Ken Goldberg explains why robots are not gaining real-world skills as quickly as AI chatbots are gaining language fluency. August 27, 2025 AI chatbots have advanced rapidly over the past few years, so much so that people are now using them as personal assistants, customer service representatives and even…
Read MorePowering Change in Tech and Energy
A Conversation with Marc Oman PhD ’03 Marc Oman, BS ‘03 IEOR, has followed a winding path to impactful leadership in tech and energy, culminating in his current role as Principal, Energy & Infrastructure, at Google. Yet, as he shares, there was no master plan guiding him—just a commitment to curiosity, hard work, and a…
Read MoreIndustrial Engineering Ranked #1 Best Engineering Job
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Industrial Engineer as the #1 Best Engineering Job for 2025. The recognition underscores the increasing value of industrial engineering in today’s data-driven, efficiency-focused economy. According to the report, the field of industrial engineering is expected to add approximately 25,200 job openings annually between 2023 and 2033, driven by…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR Welcomes New Department Chair Professor Xin Guo
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Xin Guo as Chair of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at UC Berkeley. A Berkeley IEOR faculty member since 2006, Guo is an internationally recognized leader in stochastic processes, stochastic control, and game theory. Her expertise also extends to the theoretical foundations of…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR Honors Professor Alper Atamturk for His Leadership as Department Chair
The Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at UC Berkeley (Berkeley IEOR) extends its gratitude to Professor Alper Atamturk for his exemplary leadership and dedicated service as department chair from January 1, 2021, to June 30, 2025. Over his 4.5-year tenure, Professor Atamturk guided the department through a period marked by both extraordinary challenges…
Read MoreProfessor Shmuel Oren Named 2025 IFORS Fellow
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research congratulates Professor Shmuel Oren on being named a 2025 Fellow of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). One of the highest international honors in the field, the IFORS Fellows Award recognizes distinguished individuals for their contributions to international operational research and its global communities. Professor…
Read MoreNew Endowed Professorship to Support Rising Faculty Talent in Berkeley IEOR
The UC Berkeley Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research is pleased to announce the creation of The Robert and Catherine Cliff Professorship in IEOR. Established through a generous gift from Bob Cliff (PhD ’71) and his spouse Catherine, this professorship will support an early-career faculty member in the department, helping launch the next generation…
Read MoreUC Berkeley Researchers Win Top Honors at World’s Leading Robotics Conference
A team of researchers from UC Berkeley has received the Best Paper Award on Robot Learning at the 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), considered the world’s premier conference in robotics and automation. The event was held in Atlanta 19-23 May. The award went to UC Berkeley IEOR Professor Ken Goldberg, his…
Read MoreFour Berkeley IEOR PhD Students Receive Outstanding GSI Awards
We are proud to announce that four UC Berkeley IEOR PhD students have been honored with the 2025 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (OGSI) Award. Grace He, Alberto Gennaro, Shruti Penumatsa, and recent PhD graduate Baturalp Yalcin were recognized for their exceptional contributions to teaching and their commitment to fostering inclusive, engaging, and supportive learning environments.…
Read MoreBerkeley IEOR Students Bring Machine Learning to Local High Schoolers
This spring, a team of UC Berkeley Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) students partnered with the Dado and Maria Banatao Center for Global Learning and Outreach from Berkeley Engineering (GLOBE) to launch an innovative course introducing Bay Area high school students to the fundamentals of machine learning. The course was conceived by Shreejal Luitel…
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