Alumni

December 10, 2025

The 2025 EECS Distinguished Alumni

The EECS Department is proud to present the 2025 Distinguished Alumni Awards in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. The Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences has established a Distinguished Alumni Award to recognize valuable contributions made by the distinguished alumni of Berkeley to the fields of Electrical Engineering…

October 7, 2025

Berkeley Homecoming features conversation on shaping our AI future

Andy Konwinski, serial founder and Berkeley computer science Ph.D. alum, joined Jennifer Chayes, dean of the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS), for a spirited discussion on shaping our AI future. More than 200 students and their parents, alumni and…

Sagar Karandikar accepts the award at ACM SIGARCH

June 27, 2025

Sagar Karandikar wins 2025 ACM SIGARCH/IEEE CS TCCA Outstanding Dissertation Award

EECS Assistant Professor Sagar Karandikar has been awarded the 2025 ACM SIGARCH/IEEE CS TCCA Outstanding Dissertation Award. This prestigious honor recognizes exceptional doctoral research in the field of computer architecture.Karandikar was recognized “for advancing the state-of-the-art in agile hardware/software co-design tools and deploying them at a hyperscaler to architect…

June 26, 2025

Prabal Dutta named Ohio State Distinguished Alumni

Prabal Dutta, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley, has been awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award for Academic Excellence from the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. This award honors alumni who have demonstrated significant achievement in academia through contributions to teaching, research,…

A humanoid robot.

June 26, 2025

Berkeley engineers develop customizable, 3D-printed robot for tech newbies

As an undergraduate student, Yufeng Chi (B.S.’23 EECS) was captivated by humanoid and legged robots. Eager to learn more, he would watch YouTube videos and dive into class projects, but getting hands-on experience and tinkering on his own was not easy. “I was interested in building my own…

May 6, 2025

Jan Rabaey to Receive the John Choma Education Award

UC Berkeley EECS Professor Emeritus Jan Rabaey was selected as the winner of the John Choma Education Award for “for contributions to education and leadership in integrated circuits and systems.” This award is given by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CAS) and was named to recognize John Choma, who…