Matei Zaharia awarded ACM Prize in Computing
04/08/26 — CDSS: EECS professor’s visionary development of open-source systems has helped enable large-scale machine learning, analytics and AI at a global scale
Computing
$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’s Marvell NanoLab gets high-tech boost with Lam Research gift
04/16/25 — Sophisticated etching system enables atomic-scale precision for next-generation chips
New UC Berkeley center to address American competitiveness in advanced technology
02/24/25 — TCIP: The academic center will engage experts in technology, economics and policy from across academia, industry and non-profit organizations
Is the Bay Area prepared for major wildfires?
01/16/25 — Researchers use computer simulations to stress-test region’s disaster preparedness and virtual games to educate the public about wildfire safety
AI hardware hub awarded $16.3M from DOD
09/26/24 — Hub led by Stanford and UC Berkeley gets funding for three projects aimed at ultra-efficient hardware for AI applications
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
Researchers develop design tool to optimize quantum optics circuits in silicon
11/13/23 — New machine learning-based optimization method for nonlinear and quantum optics may open the door to large-scale communication and quantum computing applications
Plug-and-play
11/06/23 — Researchers have developed a Python framework that makes it easier to collaborate and incorporate NeRF technology into projects.
Umesh Vazirani awarded $2.4M grant from DOE
10/30/23 — Research will explore ways to advance production-ready quantum computing
Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing receives $25M matching pledge
10/19/23 — Simons Institute: Gift from SFI will help support ongoing innovation and research into theoretical computing
$15.3M awarded to CA-Pacific-Northwest AI Hardware Hub
10/13/23 — UC Berkeley to co-lead Microelectronics Commons regional innovation hub funded by the U.S. Department of Defense
Eight students honored as Siebel Scholars
10/11/23 — Siebel Scholars Foundation announces class of 2024 that will receive $35,000 grants to fund last year of study
Should we take election forecasts seriously? A computer scientist says yes
08/17/23 — CDSS: Heading into the 2024 presidential election cycle, election forecaster and Berkeley Engineering alum Lakshya Jain shares how computing has changed political prediction efforts
Researchers create open-source platform for Neural Radiance Field development
07/25/23 — Plug-and-play framework makes it easier to collaborate and develop interactive 3D scenes
Speak and spell
05/17/23 — A new brain-computer interface allows users to silently spell out words in real time with near-perfect accuracy.
In training
05/17/23 — Computer scientists have created an innovative approach to machine learning that preserves privacy.
Life isn’t fair … yet
05/17/23 — Berkeley engineers have demonstrated the first proven approach to creating fairer algorithms.
Berkeley Lab and PEER to release advanced Bay Area quake simulations
02/09/23 — Supercomputer-generated simulations will be available on an open-access website, giving the broader earthquake research community and engineers access to critical data
Dean’s note: The CHIPS Act: A call to action
11/07/22 — Berkeley Engineering will play a prominent role in efforts to address the workforce needs of the U.S. semiconductor industry.