‘Shoulders to stand on’
09/22/23 — Daily Cal: Statue of Berkeley engineer Joseph Thomas Gier, UC system's first tenured Black professor, unveiled in Blum Hall courtyard
EECS
Q&A: Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli on co-founding Cadence and Synopsys
09/20/23 DIGITIMES Asia — DIGITIMES Asia: Berkeley Engineering professor recounts establishing the world's two largest electronic design automation companies, shares innovative projects that he is pursuing
Can we talk to whales?
09/06/23 The New Yorker — The New Yorker: Berkeley engineer Shafi Goldwasser explores how artificial intelligence may allow us to speak to other species
Three Berkeley Engineering professors selected for Bakar Fellows Spark Awards
08/31/23 Berkeley News — Awards will provide support for innovative research in cryptography, robotics and medicine
Novel brain implant helps paralyzed woman speak using a digital avatar
08/23/23 — Berkeley engineers explain how advances in AI could help restore natural communication
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
Stuart Russell: Generative AI tools are quickly ‘running out of text’ to train themselves on
07/14/23 Insider — Business Insider: UC Berkeley professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences concerned that AI's strategy behind training large language models is "starting to hit a brick wall"
‘Nowcasting’ model enables forecasting of extreme precipitation
07/12/23 — AI tool for analyzing short-term weather conditions may help save lives
Northwest University Semiconductor Network plans to build semiconductor workforce of the future
06/13/23 — UC Berkeley among 13 universities partnering with government and industry “to expand the educational opportunities for students to graduate with the skills and knowledge needed to meet this moment in our nation’s history”
New all-silicon quantum light source developed by Berkeley researchers
06/07/23 — Technology could reliably feed quantum networks, untangle possibilities like quantum cryptography
CITRIS Foundry alumni innovate for a more sustainable world
06/01/23 — CITRIS: Startups founded by Berkeley engineers work to combat climate change, improve energy efficiency and develop more sustainable solutions
Two Berkeley Engineering professors earn NSF CAREER Awards
05/24/23 — Hannah Stuart and Grigory Tikhomirov recognized for research with real-world impact
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'