September 27, 2019
I was born and raised in New York City. Both my parents are from Cuba and fled as political refugees after the Castro government took power. At that time, professionals were simply not allowed to leave the country, but my parents couldn’t live in an unfree society, so…
September 26, 2019
EECS Prof. Emeritus and alumnus Edward Lee (Ph.D. ’86, advisor: David Messerschmitt) is the subject of a profile created as part of the EECS Latinx Heritage Month celebration. Lee discusses some of his Puerto Rican ancestors, including poet/playwright Alejandro Tapia y Rivera, considered one of the fathers of Puerto Rican literature, and…
September 25, 2019
I was born and grew up in Santurce, a region of San Juan, Puerto Rico. My mom was from Kentucky, my dad from Puerto Rico. My dad was a descendant of some notable Puerto Ricans, particularly the poet and playwright…
September 18, 2019
Yamilée Toussaint Beach, founder and CEO of STEM From Dance (SFD), is the third recipient of the Educational Innovation Abie Award in Honor of A. Richard Newton, an award which honors the life and career of a beloved EECS professor and alumnus. A. Richard Newton (Ph.D. ’78, advisor: Donald O. Pederson)…
June 25, 2019
EECS alumna Gitanjali Swamy (Ph.D. ’97) testified in defense of a proposed bill (S939) she helped to draft which calls for sexual harassment and discrimination laws in Massachusetts to apply not only to employers but to investors and financiers as well–particularly private investors such as venture capitalists. The purpose of…
June 17, 2019
A paper written by recent graduate Elizaveta Tremsina (B.S. ’19 CS/Physics/Applied Math) has taken third place in the undergraduate category of the 2019 ACM Student Research Competition (SRC) Grand Finals. The paper, titled “Your Story Recorded in a Magnet: Micromagnetic Simulations of Spin-Orbit Torque in Multi-layer Structures,” was a continuation…
June 12, 2019
EECS alumna Nadia Heninger (B.S. ’04) has won the 2019 Borg Early Career Award (BECA). The BECA is given to a woman in computer science and/or engineering who has made significant research contributions and who has contributed to her profession, especially in the outreach to women. After graduation, Heninger earned…
May 23, 2019
Moses Surumen, who graduated with a degree in EECS this week, has been sharing his knowledge with peers in Kenya for the past two years, helping them develop the skills to solve challenges back home. Surumen, who has 10 siblings, grew up in Kajiado, a Masai area south of Nairobi. …
April 17, 2019
Third-year Computer Science undergraduate Nolan Pokpongkiat is the third place winner of the KIDS FIRST: David L. Kirp Prize, funded by the U.C. Berkeley Institute for the Study of Societal Issues. The prize recognizes “students who have developed innovative strategies to increase opportunities for children and youth, as well as…
April 17, 2019
The EECS department lost two beloved faculty emeriti this month: Jean Paul Jacob on April 7 and Elwyn Berlekamp on April 9. Jacob was born in Brazil and spent a number of years working in industry before attending Berkeley (MS ’65/PhD ’66, advisor: Elijah Polak). He was a world expert…