Posts Tagged ‘Max Shen’
Transforming Decision-Making with AI: A Shift from Prediction to Optimization in Machine Learning
Amid the surging popularity of AI, companies, organizations, and institutions worldwide are eagerly embracing its transformative potential. Yet, a disparity exists, rooted in the steep costs and extended time frames required for training machine learning models. This challenge is particularly acute in supervised learning—a popular machine learning approach where algorithms learn from labeled datasets. Here,…
Read MoreProf. Max Shen comments on supply chain disruption caused by COVID-19 & how operations research can help in Berkeley Conversation
Professor Zuo-Jun ‘Max’ Shen elected next president of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS)
IEOR Professor Zuo-Jun ‘Max’ Shen has just been named President-elect of the Production and Operations Management Society (POMS). POMS is an international organization, powered by POM professionals, aimed at understanding, improving and educating on production and operations management. Professor Shen will begin his term as President on January 1st, 2021.
Read MoreResearch by Shen and collaborators suggest new ways cities can deal with ride-sharing issues and help taxi drivers survive
UC researchers show how better placement of defibrillators can save lives
Sudden cardiac arrest, which occurs when the heart unexpectedly stops beating, kills more than 400,000 people in the U.S. and Canada every year. Death happens within minutes if not treated, and 92 percent who suffer an attack outside of a hospital don’t survive. Alum and assistant professor of decisions, operations and technology management at UCLA,…
Read MoreMax 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 at the end of 2018. Shen obtained his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences from…
Read MoreMax Z. Shen awarded as a 2018 INFORMS Fellow
IEOR Professor Max Shen has been named a 2018 INFORMS Fellow. INFORMS Fellows Awards are announced once per year, and are reserved for researchers that exemplify outstanding lifetime achievement in operations research and management sciences or have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments or significant contributions to the advancement of operations research and/or management sciences over time. Prof. Shen…
Read MoreIEOR Researchers Lead Efforts To Address Environmental Challenges In Energy, Pollution And Global Warming
February 9, 2017 IEOR professors Max Shen, Shmuel Oren, Xin Guo, Ilan Adler, and Javad Lavaei are working on some of the most pressing problems of our time as lead researchers for the Environmental Science and New Energy Technology Research Center at the two-year-old Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI). The center brings together a multi-disciplinary team of researchers…
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