Using AI to detect and fight the coronavirus
03/05/20 - UC Berkeley robotics lab director Ken Goldberg predicts that if COVID-19 becomes a pandemic, it may lead to more robots in more environments
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Ruzena Bajcsy honored for ‘upending science’
02/27/20 - Popular Mechanics magazine named EECS professor Ruzena Bajcsy as one of 37 women who "upended science, tech, and engineering for the better." Bajcsy, who conducted pioneering work in robotics and artificial intelligence, joins a list that includes Katherine Johnson of NASA and Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie
Researchers develop novel way to shrink light to detect ultra-tiny substances
02/20/20 - The research could lead to the development of ultra-sensitive devices that can quickly detect pathogens in human blood.
Two engineering faculty named Sloan Research Fellows
02/12/20 - Sanjam Garg, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences (EECS), and Aditya Parameswaran, who has a joint appointment in EECS and the School of Information, were among nine Berkeley faculty members to win the prestigious research honor.
Berkeley’s data science division gets fresh new name
02/05/20 - The Division of Computing, Data Science and Society (CDSS) is the permanent name of Berkeley's interdisciplinary division launched in November 2018.
Technology developed by Berkeley robotics researchers put to real world use
01/29/20 - Covariant, an AI robotics company built on research that began at Berkeley, is garnering attention in the world of industrial automation.
Berkeley professor Doug Tygar, leading expert in cybersecurity and privacy, has died
01/17/20 - Doug Tygar, professor of computer sciences and information management, died on Thursday, Jan. 16, at the age of 57. Over his 20-year tenure at UC Berkeley, he made key contributions in the areas of computer security, cryptography, privacy and digital rights management.
UC Berkeley professor influences Facebook’s efforts to combat deepfakes
01/14/20 - The social media giant hired Hany Farid to help it detect fake videos, but Farid says company's new policy is problematic.
Grad students, Databricks founder tackle programming challenge
12/17/19 - RISELab spinoff Anyscale is building tools and infrastructure to run distributed applications, the next really hard problem for big data programmers.
Diversity initiatives help change the face of computer science
12/09/19 - Berkeley's population of burgeoning computer scientists has recently grown a lot more diverse, thanks in part to a series of programs that were launched to support women and underrepresented minorities in computer science.
Chenming Hu awarded IEEE Medal of Honor
12/06/19 - The electrical engineering and computer sciences professor emeritus was recognized for his distinguished work with semiconductor models, particularly 3D device structures.
AI-powered Berkeley robot among Popular Science’s ‘Best of What’s New’
12/03/19 - Pieter Abbeel, professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, led a team of researchers to develop Blue, the Berkeley robot for Learning in Unstructured Environments.
Hopper-Dean Foundation gift of $2M bolsters EECS diversity initiatives
11/20/19 - The Hopper-Dean Foundation has awarded $2 million over two years to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences in support of diversity initiatives in computer science.
Building a world where data privacy exists
11/18/19 - Electrical engineering and computer sciences professor Dawn Song, a leading expert in computer security and trustworthy artificial intelligence, is building a platform in which people control their own data online and are compensated for its use by corporations.
Mirror mirror
10/25/19 - Researchers broke another record in thermophotovoltaics, raising the efficiency of converting heat into electricity from 23% to 29%.
Moments of untruth
10/25/19 - Computer science researchers are using groundbreaking machine learning technologies to expose deepfake videos, manipulated images and other types of digital deception.
With AI, machines become expert at reading brain scans
10/22/19 - A computer algorithm developed by scientists at UCSF and UC Berkeley bested two out of four expert radiologists at finding tiny brain hemorrhages in head scans - an advance that one day may help doctors treat patients with traumatic brain injuries, strokes and aneurysms.
Our energy grid is vulnerable; locally sourced power may be the answer
10/11/19 - Alexandra “Sascha” von Meier, adjunct professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, talks about the risks posed by the current energy grid and possible solutions moving forward, including solar-powered microgrids.
Warning! AI is heading for a cliff
09/19/19 - Electrical engineering and computer sciences professor Stuart Russell proposes a solution to AI's fundamental "design error."
U.S. Military researchers work to fix easily fooled AI
09/19/19 - NPR's All Things Considered talked to EECS professor Dawn Song about her AI work with traffic signs to explain how U.S. Military researchers are working to combat what they call "adversarial artificial intelligence." That's when someone hacks into an AI system to transmit the wrong information.