Research

February 3, 2025

Boubacar Kante named Optica Fellow

EECS Professor Boubacar Kante has been elected as an Optica Fellow, one of the highest honors in the field of optics and photonics. Kante was recognized “for creating and demonstrating new concepts in modern electromagnetics, particularly a path toward very-high-power, broad-area single-mode semiconductor lasers.” Optica Fellows are selected based on…

December 12, 2024

Ana Arias elevated to IEEE Fellow

Ana Arias, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and Chair of the Electrical Engineering (EE) Division, has been elevated to the rank of IEEE Fellow. This honor is bestowed upon individuals who demonstrate “unusual distinction in the profession,” recognizing their exceptional contributions to the field of engineering. The…

December 9, 2024

UC Berkeley announces AI Center of Excellence

Graduate student team leads for the vLLM project: Woosuk Kwon, Zhuohan Li, Simon Mo Our AI Center of Excellence Mission The center will serve as a hub for cutting-edge applied research in generative AI (GenAI), drawing on the collective knowledge and resources of Intel and the UC Berkeley…

October 17, 2024

Berkeley researchers receive ARPA-H awards

EECS Associate Professor Rikky Muller is part of a team led by Carnegie Mellon University that will create implantable bioelectronic devices to address obesity and diabetes through a six-year project called RX On-site Generation Using Electronics (ROGUE). ROGUE will precisely stimulate cells within a device to produce…

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October 15, 2024

Public trust in U.S. elections is decreasing. But should it be?

Recent polls show public trust in the integrity of U.S. elections is decreasing, largely among Republicans. But this doesn’t signal that our elections are getting less reliable, UC Berkeley scholars said. In fact, elections in the U.S. are more secure and the results are…