UC Berkeley IEOR Department – Industrial Engineering & Operations Research

UC Berkeley IEOR opened the 2026-27 academic year by bringing students together across programs to build connections, exchange ideas and discover the opportunities available within the department and across Berkeley. This fall, 74 new undergraduate students and 211 new graduate students join the IEOR community. Their arrival marks the beginning of a year shaped not… The post Welcome, New and Retu…

The 2026 INFORMS Annual Meeting is coming to San Francisco this fall, bringing together more than 6,000 scholars, students, practitioners and industry leaders from Nov. 1-4. The annual gathering will showcase the latest research, methods and applications in operations research, artificial intelligence, analytics and data science in support of INFORMS’ mission to fuel “Smarter Decisions… The post …

The fellowship will support Cui’s work on computational methods for trustworthy, risk-aware digital twins that improve the safety and resilience of critical infrastructure. Ying Cui, an assistant professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, has been named a 2026 Hellman Fellow. The fellowship recognizes promising early-career faculty and provides a $60,…

Chenyang Zhong joins the department as a new assistant professor. His research develops mathematical and computational methods for stochastic modeling, inference, and optimization, addressing emerging challenges in modern operations research and machine learning. UC Berkeley’s Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) is pleased to welcome Chenyang Zhong as a new assista…

Alberto Gennaro Senior associate in Machine Learning at JP Morgan Chase Jinghai He Quantitative Researcher at Two Sigma Sukanya Kudva Scientist at Uber’s Ads & Offers Team Jisun Lee Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Institute of Tech Joo Seung Lee AI/ML Software Engineer at Google Ziyang Liu Optimization Engineer at Uber Shuo Sun Assistant Professor at… The post Job Market Placements for Our 2026 Gr…

Inside Berkeley IEOR’s emerging classroom responses By Alberto Gennaro (PhD IEOR ’26), Grace He (3rd Year PhD), Ricky Huang (3rd Year PhD), and Jessica Zhao (1st Year PhD). For generations, college has relied on a simple premise: the work students turn in is evidence of their efforts and thinking. Essays show how they argue, problem… The post Op-Ed: The New Academic Bargain in the Age of AI appea…

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… The post UC…

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… The …

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,… The post The art of gras…

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… The post Op-Ed: Engineering in the Era of Vibe Coding appeared first o…

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… The post Yi…

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… The post UC Berkeley IEOR Ranked No. 2 in the Natio…

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,… The post UC Berkeley resear…

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… The post UC Ber…

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… The…

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 optimizati…

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). Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a tool for academic research. It can draft abstracts, summarize papers, suggest… The post Op-Ed: “Publish or Perish” in the Age of AI: I…

As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly central to industries ranging from finance to health care, understanding how AI systems work is becoming an important skill for the next generation of students and innovators. To help introduce these concepts early, the UC Berkeley Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research is launching a new summer program designed… The post UC Be…

The National Academy of Engineering has elected Ken Goldberg, a professor of industrial engineering and operations research (IEOR) at the University of California, Berkeley, to its membership—one of the highest professional distinctions in engineering. Election to the NAE honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education, including advances…

PupilBot pilot applies learning science to rethink how AI fits into undergraduate education As artificial intelligence becomes more prevalent in higher education, faculty in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research are examining how these tools can be integrated into undergraduate courses in ways that reinforce — rather than replace — student learning. Assistant… The post …