AI pioneer Stuart Russell named 2021 Reith Lecturer
10/14/21 — Premier series of annual lectures, sponsored by the BBC, aims to advance public understanding and discourse of the major issues confronting the world
Computer science
Seven Berkeley engineers honored as 2022 Siebel Scholars
09/23/21 — They are among 82 exceptional students from the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, and bioengineering.
Engineers pursue novel way to tackle some of today’s hardest computations
09/07/21 — Bakar Fellows: Graduate student Tianshi Wang and EECS professor Jaijeet Roychowdhury invented a novel type of computer that rapidly and efficiently solves combinatorial optimization problems
Using machine learning to detect early-stage cancers
08/16/21 — Berkeley researchers develop algorithm for method that identifies cancer from blood tests, well before first symptoms are present.
Using satellite images to improve human lives
07/20/21 — Machine-learning breakthrough from Berkeley-based project could support action worldwide on climate, health and poverty
Berkeley scientists create world’s thinnest magnet
07/20/21 — Room-temperature 2D magnet could advance applications in computing and electronics
Fighting wildfires with computing and data science
07/13/21 — Berkeley's Fire Research Group uses algorithms, machine learning, and simulation to improve fire prevention efforts.
Berkeley engineering students pull off novel chip design in a single semester
06/17/21 — In an advanced circuit design course, 19 students with no prior experience in chip design went from basic introductions to tape-out by the end of a four-month period, resulting in a novel chip that will be manufactured this summer.
Trio of $25 million gifts accelerates transformation of computing and data science
06/07/21 — Gifts will support construction of the Gateway, the planned hub for collaborative data science and computing education and research, and the creation of two new faculty positions
Accidental billionaires
06/02/21 Forbes — How seven Berkeley artificial intelligence engineers who didn't want to make a cent are now worth billions
EECS professor David Culler awarded Berkeley Citation
05/21/21 — The prestigious honor, one of the highest given by UC Berkeley, recognizes achievements that exceed the standards of excellence
The language of probabilities
05/13/21 — Professor Dan Klein and his Berkeley Natural Language Processing Group helped a computer win the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
Berkeley engineers win Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Awards
04/27/21 — Nine engineering teaching groups were honored for innovations in remote instruction
How Databricks bet big on the cloud
04/09/21 Forbes — A conversation with co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi, whose Berkeley-born data analytics company is now valued at $28 billion.
Light unbound: Data limits could vanish with new optical antennas
02/25/21 — Berkeley engineers demonstrate new method of harnessing properties of lightwaves, enabling dramatic increase in the amount of data carried
Alessandro Chiesa among five UC Berkeley faculty named Sloan Research Fellows
02/16/21 — The two-year fellowships are one of the most competitive and prestigious awards available to early career researchers
Cryptography pioneer Shafi Goldwasser receives the Women in Science Award
02/11/21 Simons Institute — The L’Oréal-UNESCO honor for Goldwasser, director of the Simons Institute, comes on the International Day for Women & Girls in Science
David Patterson receives prestigious Frontiers in Knowledge award
02/10/21 BBVA Foundation — The UC Berkeley Turing laureate shares the prize, which includes 400,000 euros, with Stanford's John Hennessy for turning computer architecture into a science and designing the processors that power today’s devices.
Teaching young Ugandan women to code
02/03/21 — Gloria Tumushabe, a MasterCard Foundation Scholar in EECS, wanted to be more than an engineer; COVID gave her the chance
The computer scientist who shrinks big data
12/08/20 Quanta Magazine — EECS professor Jelani Nelson designs clever algorithms to remember slivers of massive data sets; he also teaches kids in Ethiopia how to code