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International IPCO conference comes to Ann Arbor

U-M IOE is proud to host The 20th Conference on Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization (IPCO XX).

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Don Chaffin honors late friend, mentor and colleague, Walton Hancock

Predicting the next stock market ‘flash crash’

Watch: Bassel Salka's commencement speech at The Big House

U-M IOE senior, Bassel Salka, spoke at both the College of Engineering and the University of Michigan graduation ceremonies.

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Explore our top-tier undergraduate program and gain lifelong skills to launch your career.

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Our graduate students have the flexibility to tailor their degree to suit their career.

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U-M IOE alum Corinne Joachim-Sanon consults a list of farmers who need to get paid for their harvest. Sannon helped create jobs for local farmers by building Haiti’s first bean-to-bar chocolate operation in her hometown.

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We analyze data to improve decision making and shape systems comprised of humans, machines, and processes.

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This is where students and faculty collaborate, thrive and optimize.

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See all upcoming events and seminars, RSVP or add an event to your personal calendar.

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Industrial and operations engineers analyze data to improve decision making and shape systems comprised of humans, machines, and processes. Since its inception in 1956, the Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) at the University of Michigan (U-M) has advanced scientific and mathematical methods to help solve local and global challenges, expanding its research and teaching focus from the manufacturing industry into all sectors of the economy.

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