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February 13, 2026
In Memoriam: Beresford Parlett (1932–2026)
Beresford Parlett, a pioneer in numerical analysis and a foundational figure in the history of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS), died on Saturday, Feb. 7. He was 93. Parlett held a joint appointment in the Department of Mathematics and the EECS, representing the…
February 10, 2026
Two Berkeley Engineering professors named to NAE
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced today that two UC Berkeley engineering faculty members — Ken Goldberg and Kam Lau — have been elected to its ranks. The number of engineering faculty members in the NAE is now 73. Election to the NAE…
February 6, 2026
Wentao Xu receives the Piezo MEMS Design Challenge Innovation Award
EECS graduate student Wentao Xu, member of Prof. Jessica Boles’ research group, has received the Piezo MEMS Design Challenge Innovation Award at the IEEE MEMS 2026 International Conference. Wentao conducts research in power electronics and is currently exploring how piezoelectric resonators may be…
January 22, 2026
CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award recognizes EECS
Three EECS undergraduates have been recognized by the Computing Research Association (CRA) in this year’s prestigious Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards. Student Recognition Nominator Victoria Phelps Finalist Dan Garcia Tyler Hou Honorable Mention Max Willsey Kelly Tou Honorable Mention Kris Pister The CRA noted that…
Media Mentions
February 9, 2026
AI research deluge: why one conference is asking authors to rank their own papers
Emma Pierson, a computer scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, agrees that self-rankings are an “exciting possibility”. “You know which papers are your ‘baby’, which papers you really love,” she says. “I think the author’s own self-ranking would be one valuable source of input if you…
February 2, 2026
TechCrunch: A peek inside Physical Intelligence, the startup building Silicon Valley’s buzziest robot brains
“Think of it like ChatGPT, but for robots,” Sergey Levine tells me, gesturing toward the motorized ballet unfolding across the room.
January 20, 2026
11 things UC Berkeley AI experts are watching for in 2026
How will AI disrupt the labor market? What will deepfake videos mean for our understanding of truth? Are we in a bubble, and if so, will the bubble burst?
December 15, 2025
The Economist: The next version of the web will be built for machines, not humans
Dawn Song, a computer scientist at the University of California, Berkeley, says marketers may need to pitch not to people, but to “agent attention”.