French ambassador says global institutions needed to confront technology challenges
Philippe Étienne said the quickening pace of technological change requires nations to immediately build “shared governance” of the internet through both existing and perhaps new global institutions.
French ambassador says global institutions needed to confront technology challenges
1/16/2020, by Thomas Lee France’s top diplomat in the United States warned that rising populism and nationalism are undermining global efforts to solve borderless technology-related problems like hate, inequality and cybercrime. During a speech Tuesday at Sibley Auditorium, Philippe Étienne, the ambassador of France to the United States, said the quickening pace of technological change requires nations to immediately build “shared governance” of the... X
New discovery makes it easier to design synthetic proteins that rival their natural counterparts
1/8/2020, by Berkeley Engineering Researchers have created a synthetic membrane that could transform fields including medicine, life sciences, alternative energy and environmental science. XHeat energy leaps through empty space, thanks to quantum weirdness
12/11/2019 In a surprising new study, Berkeley researchers led by Xiang Zhang, professor of mechanical engineering, showed that heat energy can travel through a complete vacuum due to invisible quantum fluctuations, a discovery that could have profound implications for the design of computer chips. X
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Berkeley professor Doug Tygar, leading expert in cybersecurity and privacy, has died
1/17/2020 - Doug Tygar, professor of computer sciences and information management, died on Thursday, Jan. 16, at the age of 57. Over his 20-year tenure at UC Berkeley, he made key contributions in the areas of computer security, cryptography, privacy and digital rights management.
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UC Berkeley professor influences Facebook’s efforts to combat deepfakes
1/14/2020 - The social media giant hired Hany Farid to help it detect fake videos, but Farid says company's new policy is problematic.
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Tarek Zohdi named 2019 AAM Fellow
1/2/2020 American Academy of Mechanics - Tarek Zohdi, Chancellor's Professor and Will C. Hall Endowed Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has been named the 2019 Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics. This is an honor accorded to only one person per year in the country.
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Grad students, Databricks founder tackle programming challenge
12/17/2019 Business Insider - RISELab spinoff Anyscale is building tools and infrastructure to run distributed applications, the next really hard problem for big data programmers.
Commencement date: May 19
Berkeley Engineering's 2020 graduate (master's and Ph.D.) and undergraduate commencement ceremonies will be held on Tuesday, May 19, at the Hearst Greek Theatre. Initial details are on our Commencement page; registration and ticket information will be available in early March.
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