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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

Photo illustration of fog on steel nanoengineered mesh used for harvesting and purifying water droplets.

Scientists develop parallel method for fog harvesting and water treatment

08/17/23 — Nanoengineered meshes powered by sunlight work continuously to collect water and remove pollutants

Dean Liu smiles as she listens to a guest wearing a mask at a college event.

New academic year marks Tsu-Jae King Liu’s second term as Berkeley Engineering dean

08/01/23 — In announcing the reappointment, which took effect July 1, campus leaders highlighted Liu's exceptional leadership of the college

Richard Simpson, pioneering safety regulator, dies

07/27/23 — Washington Post: Simpson (B.S.'56 EECS), founding chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, was 93

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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

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Study finds racial gap in air quality may persist under Biden program

07/25/23 — Berkeley News: Berkeley researchers point to administration’s decision not to include racial demographics in a new tool that will be used to evaluate proposed regulations or policies

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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"

Collage of stormy sky raining down zeros and ones, a weather prediction model and a satellite dish.

‘Nowcasting’ model enables forecasting of extreme precipitation

07/12/23 — AI tool for analyzing short-term weather conditions may help save lives

Researchers achieve extremely fast charging speeds for commercial lithium-ion batteries

07/10/23 — New approach reduces charging time to 15 minutes, opening the door to wider adoption of EVs

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing in petri dish

Greater access to water and sanitation could help curb antibiotic resistance

06/30/23 — Berkeley-led study highlights key role of community environmental factors in transmission of resistance genes

As Big Tech invests in virtual reality, studies highlight user privacy risks

06/13/23 — CDSS: Berkeley engineers find that AR and VR users can be identified using just minutes of their head and hand movements

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”

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Robotic pup tested in East Bay could be the future of infrastructure inspection

06/12/23 — ABC7 News: Berkeley civil engineers send in Spot to inspect 100-year-old, 7,000-foot-long tunnel

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Ken Goldberg: Let’s embrace the creative possibilities of AI

06/09/23 — Berkeley Blog: Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research shares his view that engaging with AI’s unique form of creativity could lead to unexpected new discoveries

Silicon wafer (left), all-silicon photonic crystal cavity (center), containing a single atomic emissive center (right)

New all-silicon quantum light source developed by Berkeley researchers

06/07/23 — Technology could reliably feed quantum networks, untangle possibilities like quantum cryptography

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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

New Berkeley Engineer magazine is here

05/24/23 — Spring 2023 issue delves into topics ranging from sustainability to aerospace to health and aging

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Two Berkeley Engineering professors earn NSF CAREER Awards

05/24/23 — Hannah Stuart and Grigory Tikhomirov recognized for research with real-world impact

An engineering Ph.D. graduate celebrates with loved ones outside Zellerbach Hall following the Class of 2023 Doctoral Commencement .

Berkeley Engineering celebrates class of 2023 graduates

05/23/23 — Newest grads aim to ‘serve the greater good’

Jelani Nelson wins ACM Eugene L. Lawler Award for Humanitarian Contributions

05/22/23 — CS professor honored for founding and developing AddisCoder