Two Berkeley Engineering professors earn NSF CAREER Awards
05/24/23 — Hannah Stuart and Grigory Tikhomirov recognized for research with real-world impact
EECS
Working like a dog
05/17/23 — Two research teams have developed cutting-edge approaches that shorten training times for quadruped robots.
Raising the stakes
05/17/23 — To identify climate-friendly farming practices for biofuel crops, scientists are devising a tracking system that uses inexpensive printed sensors.
On the grid
05/17/23 — A device from Gridware, founded by engineering alums, uses harmonics from power poles to evaluate grid integrity and hazard risks.
In training
05/17/23 — Computer scientists have created an innovative approach to machine learning that preserves privacy.
Stopping traffic
05/17/23 — A traffic experiment suggests that just a few AI-equipped vehicles on the road can ease traffic jams and reduce fuel consumption.
Berkeley engineers develop multicolored light-emitting array on a single chip
05/10/23 — With limitless colors, device may lead to advances in spectroscopy
UC Berkeley joins NSF-backed AI institute for cybersecurity
05/08/23 — Five faculty members to develop 'foundational technologies in learning and reasoning'
Stuart Russell receives ACM’s AAAI Allen Newell Award
05/04/23 — EECS professor is recognized for fundamental achievements in AI
Two EECS professors recognized with NSF CAREER Awards
05/02/23 — Honors for Gireeja Ranade and Yakun Sophia Shao are among the agency’s most competitive for early career professionals
A path to resourceful autonomous agents
05/01/23 — In latest AI lecture, EECS professor Sergey Levine discusses how advances in offline reinforcement learning can enable machine learning systems to learn to make more optimal decisions from data
ChatGPT architect, Berkeley alum John Schulman on his journey with AI
04/20/23 — Schulman talks about why he chose Berkeley for graduate school, the allure of towel-folding robots, and what he sees for the future of artificial general intelligence
Chancellor Christ, Dean Liu chart future for semiconductor industry
04/20/23 — Tsu-Jae King Liu, dean of UC Berkeley’s College of Engineering, joined Chancellor Carol Christ in an open letter outlining plans to expand and diversify the nation’s semiconductor workforce
When will cars be fully self-driving?
04/18/23 The Wall Street Journal — Wall Street Journal: UC Berkeley EECS professor Alexandre Bayen and other experts weigh in on what the future holds for autonomous vehicles
Deep RL at scale: Fleet of robots sorts waste in office buildings
04/13/23 — Researchers show how deep reinforcement learning enables robots to improve continually in the real world, while doing an actual job
To more effectively sequester biomass and carbon, just add salt
04/11/23 — Salting and burying biomass crops in dry landfills could economically capture greenhouse gases for thousands of years
Berkeley engineer wins 2023 Guggenheim Fellowship
04/07/23 — Venkatesan Guruswami, a Chancellor’s Professor in UC Berkeley’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, will use the fellowship to develop resource-efficient approaches to solving computational problems
Stuart Russell calls for new approach for AI, a ‘civilization-ending’ technology
04/07/23 CDSS — CDSS: UC Berkeley computer science professor and leading AI expert is urging companies to rethink how they’re building AI and calling on countries to regulate it to ensure it furthers human interests
Jitendra Malik presents on the sensorimotor road to artificial intelligence
03/24/23 — Berkeley Talks transcript: The Arthur J. Chick Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences examines the evolution of artificial intelligence, part of the Martin Meyerson Faculty Research Lectures
Berkeley advisors share advice with students amid tech layoffs
03/21/23 — CDSS: This year’s data and computer science graduates are urged to embrace a more nuanced job market view