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Prof. Randy Katz

December 16, 2025

Randy Katz receives honorary doctorate from University of Crete

EECS Professor Emeritus Randy Katz will be awarded an honorary doctorate from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Crete. The honorary doctorate is a distinction awarded by the University of Crete to recognize outstanding achievements in scholarship, science, and societal impact.

December 11, 2025

Two UC Berkeley professors elected to the National Academy of Inventors

Two UC Berkeley professors — Ana Claudia Arias and Tahir Ghani, both faculty members in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) — have been elected to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) 2025 Class of Fellows. The honor, awarded to 169 inductees this year,…

December 8, 2025

Serina Chang named in Forbes 30 Under 30

CS Assistant Professor Serina Chang, a rising star in AI and computational health research, has been named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 in the healthcare category, a recognition reserved for individuals under 30 who are making significant strides in health, technology, and social impact.

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December 5, 2025

Rahul Iyer and Yicheng Zhu win PELS Ph.D. Thesis Talk Award

Dr. Rahul Iyer and Dr. Yicheng Zhu, members of EECS Professor Robert Pilawa Podgurski’s research group, have received the PELS Ph.D. Thesis Talk Award for their outstanding doctoral research and presentations at the IEEE Power Electronics Society (PELS) conference. The PELS Ph.D. Thesis Talk…

Rebecca Dang presenting at JupyterCon

December 4, 2025

How student partnerships keep Berkeley’s data science program ahead

UC Berkeley’s Data Science Undergraduate Studies (DSUS) program, home to the nation’s top-ranked undergraduate data science major, continues to evolve its curriculum with faculty and student instructors. In the Data 101: Data Engineering course, collaboration recently led to a new instructional tool developed by graduate student instructor…

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December 4, 2025

Michael I. Jordan receives major honors in China and Italy

EECS and Statistics Professor Emeritus Michael I. Jordan has been elected to two prestigious international academies: the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) as a Foreign Member, and the Italian Accademia di Ingegneria e Tecnologia (AICT).Election to CAS is among the highest honors bestowed by China’s national scientific…

December 2, 2025

Venkatesan Guruswami named Director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing

Venkatesan Guruswami has been selected as the new director of the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at UC Berkeley, following an international search. The Simons Institute is the world’s foremost center for collaborative research in theoretical computer science, bringing together scholars to tackle foundational questions…

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November 17, 2025

Sayeef Salahuddin receives James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials

Sayeef Salahuddin, the TSMC Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, was awarded the 2026 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials “for the discovery of ferroelectricity in ultra thin hafnium based oxides and their implementation in microelectronic devices.”…