August 6, 2026
The Communications of the ACM (CACM) has featured “egg: Fast and Extensible Equality Saturation” as a Research Highlight, showcasing work co-authored by CS Assistant Professor Max Willsey. Originally recognized with a Distinguished Paper Award at the Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages (POPL),…
July 28, 2026
In a study published today in Nature Photonics, researchers designed a computational microscope capable of capturing micron-scale resolution across multi-centimeter areas at faster-than-video rates. Using an array of 48 camera sensors and computational imaging “tricks,” their new microscope was able to capture videos at a rate of…
July 6, 2026
UC Berkeley and UCSF have launched a joint program called the Bakar Computational Biomedicine Initiative to develop the frontier of AI and biomedicine, tremendously accelerating advances in clinical care. The new partnership brings together world-class faculty expertise in computing, AI, statistics, biology and medicine, to speed discovery…
July 6, 2026
“This breakthrough could help enable a new generation of compact and energy-efficient photonic technologies,” said principal investigator Boubacar Kanté, a professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at UC Berkeley and a faculty scientist at Berkeley Lab. “More broadly, our approach, which I call orthogonal optoelectronics, enables…
July 2, 2026
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at UC Berkeley is pleased to announce that Professor Ana Arias has officially assumed the role of Department Chair. Arias succeeds Jelani Nelson, who is stepping down to take an industrial leave of absence. The…
June 25, 2026
EECS Professor Alyosha “Alexei” Efros has been awarded the ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award. This honor is awarded annually to an individual who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Efros was honored “For pioneering work in data-driven and machine…
June 18, 2026
Professor Emeritus Elijah Lucien Polak, a distinguished researcher, dedicated educator, and cherished member of the campus community, passed away on June 12 at age 94. Polak joined the Berkeley faculty in 1961, embarking on a remarkable career that spanned more than six decades. Over…
June 9, 2026
EECS Assistant Professor Jessica Boles has been selected to receive the University of California’s Early Career Faculty Research Excellence Award for the 2026-27 academic year. Granted by the UC Office of the President, this award advances the UC’s commitment to supporting the scholarship,…
June 1, 2026
EECS Professor Claire Tomlin has received the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award. Presented annually by the American Automatic Control Council (AACC), the award is the highest professional recognition for US control systems engineers and scientists. Established in 1979 and named after applied mathematician Richard Bellman, the…
May 26, 2026
EECS Professor Jitendra Malik has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS). Announced today by the UK’s national academy of sciences, the prestigious election recognizes Malik alongside a cohort of over 90 outstanding researchers from across the globe who have made…