December 2, 2025
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…
November 24, 2025
InkSpace Imaging’s flexible MR coil has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for use with Philips 3.0T MRI systems, opening the door for its adoption across all major MRI platforms. The clearance marks a notable achievement for the Berkeley-born startup, enabling radiologists to access faster…
November 17, 2025
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.”…
November 12, 2025
As artificial intelligence technology continues advancing at a breakneck pace, faculty at UC Berkeley are optimizing computer science courses to keep undergraduate students informed and prepared for changing careers in the tech industry and beyond.
November 6, 2025
Professor Dawn Song was selected as a 2025 AI2050 Senior Fellow by Schmidt Sciences. The fellowship honors researchers advancing responsible innovation and the development of AI that benefits humanity. This year’s cohort includes 28 researchers from eight countries who will receive more than…
November 6, 2025
Emma Pierson, who joined EECS earlier this year, was named the department’s Zhang Family Endowed Professor. Hao Zhang, M.A. ’05, Ph.D ’07, contributed $1 million to establish the endowment and support junior faculty working on artificial intelligence. Pierson’s research has many…
October 27, 2025
Tsu-Jae King Liu, President of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), EECS Professor Emerita, and former Dean of Engineering at UC Berkeley, will receive the 2025 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award, the highest distinction granted by the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA). The prestigious award places Dr. Liu in the…
October 21, 2025
Today, Amazon announced its new AI PhD Fellowship program, offering two years of funding to over 100 PhD students across nine universities. Ten of these inaugural fellowships have been awarded to graduate students from UC Berkeley EECS’ Sky Computing Lab, supporting cutting-edge research in core AI disciplines like machine…
October 7, 2025
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 members of…
October 7, 2025
UC Berkeley’s Rikky Muller (Ph.D.’13 EECS), associate professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences, can still recall her first glimpse into the world of neurotechnology. At a conference nearly two decades ago, she saw something that didn’t seem possible: chips recording neural signals from the brain, then using those signals to…