Three Berkeley Engineering professors named to NAE 02/11/25 — Kristin Persson, Stuart Russell and David Schaffer inducted by the prestigious organization
UC Berkeley researchers in Sergey Levine’s lab devise a fast, precise way to teach robots complicated tasks 01/29/25 — Using AI, these robots learn skills with startling accuracy
White House honors engineering faculty with early career awards 01/17/25 — Grace Gu, Sergey Levine and Grace O’Connell have been awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Jelani Nelson considers human thought with computer science tools 01/08/25 — CDSS: Chair of UC Berkeley’s Computer Science Division is keeping the curricula ‘fresh’
Public trust in US elections is decreasing. But should it be? 10/15/24 — CDSS: Computer science professors say U.S. elections are more secure, more accurate than 20 years ago
EECS professor Preeya Khanna wins NIH New Innovator Award 10/08/24 — CDSS: Prestigious award supports especially creative, high-impact biomedical and behavioral research by early-career investigators
Watch a UC Berkeley digital forensics expert break down political deepfakes 10/01/24 — Hany Farid shows how to spot AI-generated political content
Bringing clarity to computational imaging 09/30/24 — New tool removes motion artifacts when imaging dynamic samples
Laura Waller awarded Max Planck-Humboldt Medal 09/10/24 — Max Planck Society: EECS professor recognized for outstanding achievements in computational microscopy
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