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June 10, 2025

Michael Harrison has passed away

EECS Professor Emeritus Michael A. Harrison passed away on Saturday, June 7. He was 89. Professor Harrison earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1963. That same year, he joined the University of California, Berkeley, as an assistant professor and spent most of his academic…

June 5, 2025

Sewon Min receives Honorable Mention for ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award

Sewon Min, who will join UC Berkeley EECS as an assistant professor in July 2025, has received an honorable mention for the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award. She was recognized for her dissertation, “Rethinking Data Use in Large Language Models,” which investigates how large language models (LLMs) learn from their…

May 29, 2025

New MRI method offers deeper insight into brain physiology

In a study published in Nature Communications, EECS researchers demonstrate how their new imaging method, Displacement Spectrum (DiSpect) MRI, maps blood flows “in reverse” to reveal the source of blood in the brain’s veins. This approach could help answer long-standing questions about brain physiology as well as provide a…

May 21, 2025

Stuart Russell elected as Fellow of the Royal Society

EECS Professor Stuart Russell has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences. Ninety researchers from around the world were named in this year’s cohort of fellows. “Their achievements represent the very best of scientific endeavour, from basic discovery to research with…

May 20, 2025

BPEC wins four Best Presentation Awards at IEEE APEC 2025

Four researchers from the Berkeley Power and Energy Center (BPEC) received prestigious awards for outstanding oral and poster presentations at the 40th IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC 2025), held in Atlanta, GA. APEC is the premier conference in power electronics, attracting leading experts worldwide. Syed Tahmid Mahbub, a second-year…

May 13, 2025

Miki Lustig wins ISMRM Gold Medal for pioneering work in MRI

EECS Professor Miki Lustig has won a Gold Medal Award from the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), the highest honor bestowed by the society. Lustig was recognized “for the development of compressed sensing methods for MRI acquisition and reconstruction,” a groundbreaking contribution that has significantly advanced…

May 7, 2025

Graduate Student Syed Tahmid Mahbub Awarded Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship

EECS congratulates graduate student Syed Tahmid Mahbub on being named a recipient of the prestigious 2025 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. This highly competitive fellowship is awarded annually to outstanding immigrants and children of immigrants who demonstrate exceptional potential to make significant contributions to American society, culture,…

May 6, 2025

Jan Rabaey to Receive the John Choma Education Award

UC Berkeley EECS Professor Emeritus Jan Rabaey was selected as the winner of the John Choma Education Award for “for contributions to education and leadership in integrated circuits and systems.” This award is given by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CAS) and was named to recognize John Choma, who was…

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May 5, 2025

EECS faculty and alumni named to inaugural NSTC Technical Advisory Board

Natcast, the entity designated by the Department of Commerce to operate the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), has announced its inaugural Technical Advisory Board (TAB). This advisory board, established by the CHIPS and Science Act, brings together top experts to shape the NSTC’s research agenda, driving U.S. innovation and leadership…