UC Berkeley, Georgia Tech and USC launch new National AI Research Institute
07/29/21 — NSF awards $20M for researchers to deploy AI to tackle massive optimization challenges
EECS
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
New AI strategy enables robots to rapidly adapt to real-world environments
07/09/21 — Rapid motor adaptation system outperformed peers in navigating unfamiliar terrain
Berkeley engineering students pull off novel chip design in a single semester
06/17/21 — In an advanced circuit design course, 19 students with no prior experience in chip design went from basic introductions to tape-out by the end of a four-month period, resulting in a novel chip that will be manufactured this summer.
Trio of $25 million gifts accelerates transformation of computing and data science
06/07/21 — Gifts will support construction of the Gateway, the planned hub for collaborative data science and computing education and research, and the creation of two new faculty positions
Accidental billionaires
06/02/21 Forbes — How seven Berkeley artificial intelligence engineers who didn't want to make a cent are now worth billions
EECS faculty featured as luminaries in Electron Devices Society podcast series
05/25/21 — Chenming Hu, Tsu-Jae King Liu and Leon Chua share insights from their lives and careers
EECS professor David Culler awarded Berkeley Citation
05/21/21 — The prestigious honor, one of the highest given by UC Berkeley, recognizes achievements that exceed the standards of excellence
2D transistor technology overcomes barrier to ever-shrinking computer chips
05/17/21 — Atomically thin semiconductor could be game-changing alternative to silicon
Three engineering faculty receive Young Investigator Award
05/17/21 — Alvin Cheung, Somayeh Sojoudi and Grace Gu to receive highly competitive grants to support their early-career research.
The language of probabilities
05/13/21 — Professor Dan Klein and his Berkeley Natural Language Processing Group helped a computer win the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament
Top graduating senior a tech whiz and musician
05/10/21 — With full-ride fellowship offers from Stanford and MIT, electrical engineer Leyla Kabuli is sticking with Berkeley.
EECS professor Michael Jordan named to Royal Society
05/06/21 — Jordan is among 10 foreign members, 52 fellows and one honorary fellow elected to the academy.
Berkeley engineers win Extraordinary Teaching in Extraordinary Times Awards
04/27/21 — Nine engineering teaching groups were honored for innovations in remote instruction
Read my hand
04/26/21 — A wearable device that uses biosensors and AI can recognize hand gestures based on electrical signals detected in the forearm.
Tiny wireless implant detects oxygen deep within the body
04/14/21 — Ultrasound-powered device offers minimally invasive way to monitor organs or tissue
Hayley Iben: Science and math meet artistic expression
04/13/21 — Pixar director of engineering and BE alumna Hayley Iben has won a Scientific and Technical Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
How Databricks bet big on the cloud
04/09/21 Forbes — A conversation with co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi, whose Berkeley-born data analytics company is now valued at $28 billion.
TotalVI: A transformative algorithm
03/25/21 — UC Berkeley researchers have invented a computer algorithm that uses deep learning to integrate gene and protein data about single cells
Using AI to eliminate traffic jams
03/13/21 Fortune — ITS Director Alex Bayen explains how autonomous vehicles can help traffic flow more smoothly.