January 25, 2018
The 2018 EECS Distinguished Alumni are Prof. Marie desJardins , Prof. Andrea Goldsmith, Richard Ruby, and our own EECS Prof. Emeritus Eric Brewer. CS alumna desJardins (Ph.D. ’92), currently a Professor of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering & Information…
January 24, 2018
Associate Prof. Prabal Dutta, Prof. Ali Niknejad, and Prof. Sayeef Salahuddin are leading partners in three new multi-university research centers that aim to jump-start the future technologies for the microelectronics industry, with a particular focus on energy-efficient computing as well as communications and sensing. Dutta is the associate director of…
January 23, 2018
The Cal Alumni Association and the Black Alumni Club are hosting an event Celebrating Diversity in Engineering and Science at Cal on February 10, 2018. It will honor the 50th anniversary of the Black Engineering and Science Student Association (BESSA) and the 30th anniversary of the Black Graduate Engineering and…
January 19, 2018
Profs. Dawn Song, Ion Stoica, Kurt Keutzer, Michael Jordan, Pieter Abbeel, and Trevor Darrell have teamed up with EECS alumnus Cameron Baradar (B.S. ’15) and startup institute The House to run a new “global center-of-gravity of AI activity” called AI@The House. The new program will offer technical guidance, mentorship, free…
January 16, 2018
EE Prof. Sayeef Salahuddin will serve as associate director of a new, $26 million research center called Applications and Systems-driven Center for Energy-Efficient integrated Nano Technologies (ASCENT), which will focus on conducting research that aims to increase the performance, efficiency and capabilities of future computing systems for both commercial and defense…
January 16, 2018
CS Associate Prof. Prasad Raghavendra has won the inaugural Michael and Sheila Held Prize. The award, sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), honors outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the areas of combinatorial and discrete optimization, or related parts of computer science, such as the design and…
January 12, 2018
EECS Emerita Director of Diversity, Sheila Humphreys, is participating in a National Science Foundation (NSF) webinar titled “Tips that Work!: Advice from Award-Winning STEM Mentors” on Monday, Jan. 22 at 12:30 pm PST. Humphreys, who was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM) in 2012, will…
January 12, 2018
A new initiative, Graduates for Engaged and Extended Scholarship around Computing & Engineering (GEESE), aims to address growing concerns about the rapid advancement and integration of technologies in the global arena by building a coalition of engineers and social science scholars across campus to engage in issues vital to society…
January 10, 2018
EECS alumnus Bob Dahlberg (B.S., Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu) has been appointed AutoGrid’s new Vice President of Strategic Partnerships & Business Development. AutoGrid is a leader in flexibility management software. Dahlberg will spearhead efforts to build a multi-channel partner network and develop new business opportunities with partners in energy…
January 10, 2018
EECS alumnus Wei-Tek Tsai (M.S.’82/Ph.D. ’85) has been added to the Advisory Board of ThreeD Capital, a Canadian–based venture capital firm focused on investments in “promising, early stage companies with disruptive capabilities.” Tsai served as Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University…