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
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Berkeley breaks ground on new Engineering Center
04/25/23 — The center will serve as a new nexus for student collaboration, innovation and entrepreneurship on campus
US News ranks Berkeley Engineering grad programs No.3 in the nation
04/24/23 — Latest national engineering rankings place all Berkeley programs in top 4
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
A Day in the Half-Life podcast: Reimagining plastics
04/18/23 Berkeley Lab — Berkeley Lab: UC Berkeley materials science and engineering professor Ting Xu discusses developing smarter materials that avoid the pitfalls of 20th century plastics
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
New Neurotech Collider Lab to harness interdisciplinary synergy for breakthrough innovations
04/17/23 BBH — BBH: The Bakar BioEnginuity Hub and Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology are partnering to create a new interdisciplinary space for world-changing breakthroughs in neurotech
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
Amid boom in AI accelerators, House Fund swings open its doors
04/10/23 — Berkeley-centric outfit says OpenAI, Microsoft and Databricks are offering participating startups free and early access to tech
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
What is ChatGPT’s future in higher education?
03/21/23 — Berkeley experts in artificial intelligence are studying how ChatGPT and similar tools will transform everything from admissions screening and research to writing college essays
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
Berkeley engineers develop synthetic polymers that mimic the body’s natural proteins
03/20/23 — Alternative polymers work as well as real proteins and are easier to synthesize, a possible game-changer for biomedical applications
Berkeley Engineering faculty win 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award
03/17/23 — Joshua Hug, EECS teaching professor, and Abigail De Kosnik, director of the Berkeley Center for New Media, are among five to receive the prestigious honor
AI lectures at Berkeley to explore possibilities, implications of ChatGPT
03/10/23 — Artificial intelligence experts from Berkeley and beyond will explore the ramifications of ChatGPT on science and society in a spring lecture series
On the road to better solid-state batteries
03/01/23 — Berkeley Lab: Berkeley engineers help design a new blueprint for solid-state batteries that may lead to greater efficiency and affordability