April 24, 2025
In Frank Baum’s original novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the Emerald City is said to be such a brilliant shade of green that visitors must wear green-tinted glasses to protect their eyes from “the brightness and glory” of the city. The glasses are one…
April 17, 2025
Following VMware’s long-standing sponsorship, Broadcom is deepening its collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Sky Computing Lab through a $4 million gift. This expanded collaboration reinforces a shared commitment to innovation and interoperability, building on both organizations’ histories of addressing complex industry challenges through cutting-edge research. The Sky Computing Lab,…
April 16, 2025
Researchers at UC Berkeley Engineering will soon have access to a multimillion-dollar semiconductor manufacturing system that will enable the fabrication of nanoscale semiconductor devices for next-generation chip technologies. Lam Research, headquartered in Fremont, Calif., has donated an innovative multi-chamber etching system to the Berkeley Marvell Nanofabrication…
April 15, 2025
In a study recently published in Nature Electronics, researchers demonstrated how their sweat sensor measures electrodermal activity (EDA), an electrical property of the skin, to monitor hydration levels during physical activity. Until now, EDA, or skin conductance, has been thought to be effective at assessing only mental stress.
April 8, 2025
UC Berkeley’s graduate programs in computer science, computer engineering and electrical engineering continue to receive high rankings by U.S. News & World Report, according to 2025 rankings released April 8. The following rankings were given to Berkeley graduate programs: #1 in…
March 31, 2025
David Patterson, professor emeritus of computer science, has reshaped modern computing with his groundbreaking work on RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) architecture. Wired explores how his early research at UC Berkeley laid the foundation for RISC-V, an open-source alternative now driving innovation across the industry.
March 31, 2025
Marking a breakthrough in the field of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), a team of researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco has unlocked a way to restore naturalistic speech for people with severe paralysis. This work solves the long-standing challenge of latency in speech neuroprostheses, the time lag between when…
March 17, 2025
EECS Professor Ken Goldberg and EECS Alumna Chelsea Finn (Ph.D. ’18) discuss the latest advancements in AI and their integration into robotics.
February 25, 2025
The Technology Competitiveness and Industrial Policy Center (TCIP) officially launched on February 13 at UC Berkeley with discussions led by founder Mark Liu (M.S. ’80/Ph.D. ’83), faculty director S. Shankar Sastry and other university leaders like College of Engineering Dean Tsu-Jae King Liu. The event featured experts from top institutions…
February 21, 2025
This week, the Sky Computing Lab at UC Berkeley EECS became the first research institution in the nation to receive NVIDIA’s cutting-edge DGX B200 system. The DGX B200 is a powerful tool for advancing AI research, designed to handle a wide range of AI workloads, including…