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Laptop with gavel and balance scales

EPIC Data Lab harnesses computer science to help society

09/13/22 — CDSS: New lab is building data tools that allow justice system workers, journalists and other non-programmers to benefit from the latest computer science advances
Rendering of blockchain concept

Researchers win $5M to launch center that advances decentralization technology

08/04/22 — CDSS: Algorand Foundation funding to help democratize access to data and ensure that data remains secure
Hand holding iPhone with social media application icons on screen.

Just for you

08/02/22 — Research reveals manipulative tendencies of content recommender systems and possible ways to prevent them
Plenoxels rendering of a plant in 3D space

Plenoxels convert 2D images into navigable, photorealistic 3D worlds in minutes

06/16/22 — Innovative technology makes 3D-rendering process fast and practical for a range of applications
Sky computing concept image

Berkeley launches Sky Computing Lab to revolutionize the cloud industry

05/25/22 — CDSS: Research lab aims to build a new backbone for interconnected cloud computing.
Optical microscopy image of silicon nanowire

New silicon nanowires can really take the heat

05/24/22 — Berkeley Lab: Berkeley researchers show that the new material conducts heat 150% more efficiently, a result that could lead to smaller, faster computer processors
Kevin Miao

1st-gen grad student: How I found computer sciences

05/23/22 — CDSS: Kevin Miao came to Berkeley from the Netherlands to study biology, but an introductory data science course helped him find a different path, more confidence and new leadership skills
Head shot of Rediet Abebe

UC Berkeley’s Rediet Abebe named 2022 Carnegie Fellow

04/26/22 — Honor includes $200,000 stipend to support the assistant professor's examination of evidentiary statistical software used in the criminal legal system
BRETT the robot and Pieter Abbeel

Berkeley robot learning pioneer Pieter Abbeel wins ACM Prize in Computing

04/06/22 — Award, which comes with $250,000, recognizes computing research and contributions that have fundamental impact and broad implications
Students check data on a laptop during field research on biodiversity

New center will apply data science to solving environmental challenges

03/23/22 — Open science and collaboration with communities is at the heart of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science and Environment
Researcher looking at brain scan images on computer monitors.

‘Off label’ use of imaging databases could lead to bias in AI algorithms, study finds

03/21/22 — Biased algorithms applied to clinical data may produce images in which pathological details are blurred or missed, researchers reveal.
An Intel Corp. chip manufacturing technician in a clean room

Opinion: U.S. must train semiconductor workforce

12/01/21 — San Jose Mercury News: In the face of a global chip shortage, the country’s loss of its world leadership role is a threat to national security that Congress has a chance to fix, Dean Liu writes. (Subscription may be required)
Dr. Fill team: Nicholas Tomlin, Dan Klein and Eric Wallace

The language of probabilities

11/15/21 — An AI system took first place in the 2021 American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, besting more than a thousand human contestants.
Stuart Russell

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
Collage of 7 Berkeley Siebel Scholars

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.
Graduate student Tianshi Wang and Prof. Jaijeet Roychowdhury with their 2019 Bell Labs Prize

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
Alexandre Bayen

A driving force behind mixed-autonomy traffic

08/26/21 — Amazon Science: Alexandre Bayen's research, combining machine learning with big data, looks at how coordinated automation could improve traffic flow, boost efficiency and slash emissions
cancer cells in the bloodstream

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.
Image from space of the Indian subcontinent.

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
Animation of magnet pulling binary numbers

Berkeley scientists create world’s thinnest magnet

07/20/21 — Room-temperature 2D magnet could advance applications in computing and electronics
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