Laura Waller awarded Max Planck-Humboldt Medal
09/10/24 — Max Planck Society: EECS professor recognized for outstanding achievements in computational microscopy
Computer science
Young cricket star had to rethink future after eye injury
08/26/24 — New EECS student Vihaan Hampihallikar then started a project to help others get the health care they needed
CS Ph.D. student aims to improve AI for underserved languages and communities
08/01/24 — CDSS: Hellina Hailu Nigatu to develop computing tools with “community values in mind”
Is robotics about to have its own ChatGPT moment?
05/31/24 — MIT Technology Review: Researchers are using generative AI, other techniques to teach robots new skills — including tasks they could perform in homes
Three professors elected to NAE
05/31/24 — Arpad Horvath, Ravi Prasher and Ion Stoica — as well as nine Berkeley Engineering alums — were inducted by the organization.
A new paradigm
05/31/24 — Augmental, a company co-founded by alum Corten Singer, has developed a unique tongue-controlled touchpad.
Five engineering professors among 2024 Spark Award winners
05/22/24 — Bakar Fellows Program: Recipients embody the spirit of innovation and collaboration that defines UC Berkeley’s entrepreneurial ecosystem
Q&A: EECS professor Kathy Yelick on post-exascale computing challenges
05/02/24 — HPCwire: UC Berkeley’s vice chancellor for research discusses evolving computing demands as we approach the zettascale era
UC Berkeley innovators featured in ‘Pathways to Invention’ film
04/26/24 — Special to debut in May on PBS stations and streaming apps
Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
04/24/24 — Berkeley EECS professor recognized for excellence in developing and improving a variety of modern electronics systems
EECS professor Hany Farid and I School Ph.D. students featured on PBS Nova
04/17/24 — School of Information: The episode, “A.I. Revolution,” covers the dangers of deepfakes — and how easily they can be created
Francisca Vasconcelos chosen as Paul and Daisy Soros New American fellow
04/17/24 — CDSS: EECS doctoral student to receive up to $90,000 through merit-based program for immigrants, children of immigrants
How to keep AI from killing us all
04/09/24 — UC Berkeley researchers: Companies should not be allowed to create advanced AI systems until they can prove they are safe
Berkeley Engineering celebrates 2024 mentoring award winners
03/27/24 — Recipients recognized by the UC Berkeley Graduate Division for helping students succeed
UC Berkeley summit tackles AI governance, trust, ethical tech
03/21/24 — School of Information: Computer scientists Stuart Russell and Deborah Raji discuss European Union AI Act
Mind-blowing science: ‘Star Wars-style’ holograms to communicate with the brain
03/19/24 — CZ Biohub: UC Berkeley scientists are taking brain-machine interfaces to a new level with support from Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco
EECS professor named Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow
03/04/24 — CDSS: Nika Haghtalab among cohort that will conduct ambitious artificial intelligence research to benefit society
Niklaus Wirth, visionary software architect, has died
02/28/24 — New York Times: Berkeley Engineering alum (Ph.D.’63 EECS) and creator of the Pascal programming language saw power in simplicity
Three EECS professors win prized Sloan Research Fellowships
02/20/24 — Nika Haghtalab, Preeya Khanna, Yakun Sophia Shao among nine young faculty at UC Berkeley named 2024 Sloan Research Fellows
Berkeley alum develops tongue-controlled touchpad
01/30/24 — Corten Singer (B.A.’17 CS, B.A.’17 CogSci, M.S.’18 EECS) seeks to create a new paradigm in assistive technologies
