Karl van Bibber and Shafi Goldwasser elected to the American Academy of Sciences and Letters 11/14/25 — ‘Distinguished academics’ honored for their outstanding scholarship
For the record 11/10/25 — A new database expands access to California police records on the use of force and misconduct
Building bots on a budget 11/03/25 — Berkeley Humanoid Lite is a low-cost, open-source, customizable robot made of 3D printed parts
Former Air Force chief scientist to guide program development at Berkeley Space Center 10/01/25 — EECS professor Victoria Coleman will lead efforts to forge a research alliance between academia, NASA and the tech industry
$1.3M gift from Ripple launches new Berkeley Center for Digital Assets 10/01/25 — Center to support research on projects ranging from blockchain technology to digital twins of physical assets
UC Berkeley EECS professors receive AI for Math Fund grants 09/25/25 — Funded projects will focus on developing systems to help advance mathematical discovery and research
A token of an arcade legend’s school spirit 09/10/25 — Alum Eugene Jarvis looks back on his time at Berkeley
The deepfake detective 09/02/25 — PBS: Professor Hany Farid, a leading voice in AI research and digital forensics, helps us identify what’s real in the digital age
Computer scientists propose evidence-based AI policy recommendations 07/31/25 — CDSS: Researchers articulate a vision to address the opportunities and challenges of 'increasingly powerful AI'
Berkeley engineers develop customizable, 3D-printed robot for tech newbies 06/25/25 — The open-source Berkeley Humanoid Lite provides an entry point into the robotics field
Cracking the code of life 06/17/25 — The Evo 2 machine learning model enlists the power of AI in the fight against diseases.
From silence to sound 06/11/25 — An AI-based method can synthesize signals from brain-computer interfaces into audible speech in near-real time.
Three professors named to NAE 06/11/25 — Professors Kristin Person, Stuart Russell and David Schaffer were elected to the National Academy of Engineering.
Smarter searches 06/11/25 — Alum Aravind Srinivas is the co-founder of Perplexity, an AI-driven search engine that only provides results it can reference.
EECS professor Stuart Russell elected to Royal Society 05/23/25 — The British computer scientist has joined 89 other “exceptional scientists”
Berkeley engineers’ crowd-sourced AI ranking system rises to the top 05/07/25 — Chatbot Arena, which allows users to rank and compare AI models, has quickly grown to 1 million monthly users
EECS professor Dawn Song elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences 04/28/25 — Organization recognizes leaders from across disciplines and engages them in meeting the nation’s challenges
Podcast: ‘Locked in’ stroke survivor hears her voice again with help from AI 04/28/25 — Researchers describe using a brain-computer interface to restore Ann Johnson’s ability to speak