Education

abebe-goldwasser

January 28, 2021

Rediet Abebe and Shafi Goldwasser to speak at Women in Data Science 2021

Computer Science Assistant Prof. Rediet Abebe and Prof. and alumna Shafi Goldwasser (M.S. ’81/Ph.D. ’84, advisor: Manuel Blum) are slated to speak at the inaugural  24-hour virtual Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference, hosted by Stanford University on International Women’s Day, March 8th.  WiDS first took shape at Stanford in…

Prof. Randy Katz

January 14, 2021

Randy Katz to step down as Vice Chancellor for Research

EECS Prof. and alumnus Randy Katz (M.S. ’78 / Ph.D. ’80) has announced that he will be retiring in June 2021, and will step down as UC Berkeley’s Vice Chancellor for Research.  During his tenure as vice chancellor, Katz demonstrated a deep commitment to research excellence at Berkeley, helping to…

minilek

December 17, 2020

Jelani Nelson shrinks Big Data and expands CS learning opportunities

Since computers cannot store unlimited amounts of data, it is important to be able to quickly extract patterns in that data without having to remember it in real time. CS Prof. Jelani Nelson, who is profiled in a Q&A session for Quanta magazine, has been expanding the theoretical possibilities…

e3s-tte-2019

October 30, 2020

Progress update: E3S 2019 Transfer-to Excellence program

The Center for Energy Efficient Electronics Science (E3S) Transfer-to-Excellence (TTE) research program is a competitive merit-based program that offers California community college students research opportunities at Berkeley in an effort to encourage them to transfer to a university to purse a Bachelor’s degree in science and engineering.  A review of…

ceciliaaragon-flyingfree

September 28, 2020

Cecilia Aragon: Flying Free

CS alumna Cecilia Aragon (Ph.D. ’04, advisors: Shankar Sastry and Marti Hearst) has written a memoir titled “Flying Free,” which describes how she shook off the tethers of discrimination and her debilitating fear of heights to become the first Latina pilot to win a spot on the United States Unlimited…

dangarcia-homestudio

September 11, 2020

Dan Garcia’s creative video lessons keep students engaged

CS Teaching Prof. Dan Garcia is featured in NBC Bay Area for his innovative teaching style which keep his students engaged in online learning.  He has “transformed his mancave into a studio,” where he films and edits his creative virtual lessons, and then uploads them for students to watch.  Known…

tilburyzhou

September 1, 2020

Dawn Tilbury and Feng Zhou to present keynotes at BCS 2020

EECS alumni Dawn Tilbury (EE PhD ’94, advisor: Shankar Sastry) and Feng Zhou (CS PhD ’07, advisor: Eric Brewer) have been selected to present keynote addresses at the Berkeley China Summit (BCS) 2020 conference, which will be held virtually on September 18-19th.  BCS is  a full-day conference that aims to…

harvey

August 27, 2020

Brian Harvey wins NTLS Education Technology Leadership Award

CS Teaching Prof. Emeritus Brian Harvey has been awarded the National Technology Leadership Summit (NTLS) Education Technology Leadership Award, which recognizes individuals who made a significant impact on the field of educational technology over the course of a lifetime.  The award is NTLS’s highest honor.  Harvey wrote the “Computer Science…

August 14, 2020

Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing receives new $35.5M grant

The Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing, under the direction of CS Prof. Shafi Goldwasser, has been awarded a $35.5 million grant by the Simons Foundation to fund a second decade of groundbreaking research and innovation. The grant, which will begin in 2022, will support the institute’s mission and…