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berkeleydatascience-blog

March 9, 2017

A new understanding of the world through grassroots Data Science education

Vani Mandava, the Director of Data Science at Microsoft Research, has written an article about the innovative course Foundations of Data Science taught by CS Assistant Teaching Prof. John DeNero and Ani Adhikari, a Teaching Professor in the Department of Statistics.  Mandava examines the motives and experiences…

sarah-bergbreiter

March 9, 2017

Sarah Bergbreiter engineers submillimeter-sized robotic systems

EECS alumna Sarah Bergbreiter (M.S. ’04/Ph.D. ’07) is  the subject of a profile  by the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland celebrating female engineering faculty during women’s history month.  Sarah is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Institute for Systems Research,…

anca-yoky

March 9, 2017

Anca Dragan and Yoky Matsuoka are taking charge in 2017

CS Assistant Prof. Anca Dragan and EECS alumna Yoky Matsuoka (B.S. ’93) are among Interesting Engineering‘s “17 Awesome Women Engineers” who are revolutionizing the engineering field in 2017.  Anca is described as “one of the rising stars of the robotics scene” as the head of the InterACT Lab…

bajcsy-russell

March 2, 2017

The benefits and risks of automating us

EE Profs. Ruzena Bajcsy and Stuart Russell appear in an article in the Berkeley Science Review titled “Automating Us,” in which they are quoted discussing the impacts of recent technological developments on both robots and humans.

javey-sensor

March 1, 2017

“Sweat sensor” tracks physiological changes from moment to moment

2016-17 Bakar Fellow Prof. Ali Javey is profiled in a Berkeley Research article titled “Physiological Changes Tracked Moment to Moment,” in which he discusses his research into a network of sensors that can be embedded into a sweatband to monitor moment-by-moment changes in electrolytes and metabolites.  Prof. Javey…

philip-isola

February 28, 2017

Philip Isola asks “Do machines see what I see?”

CS postdoctoral scholar Philip Isola (Associate Prof.  Alyosha Efros) is profiled in an an article in The Cornell Daily Sun titled “Computer Science Colloquium: Do Machines See What I See?” in which he discusses strategies that might allow systems to understand the visual world.  “My ultimate goal is…

zakhor

February 24, 2017

Avideh Zakhor featured in interview by bigthink.com

Prof. Avideh Zakhor is featured in a video interview by bigthink.com titled “Smart Tech: Phones, Drones and Interior Mapping”. Prof. Zakhor’s research interests include digital signal processing and its applications to 2D and 3D image and video processing, and communications. Applications of her research range from helping emergency…

riselab-stoica

February 22, 2017

EECS joins 5G Innovators Initiative to explore the Industrial Internet of Things

UC Berkeley has joined Honeywell and GE as initial participants in the 5G Innovators Initiative (5GI2), an open industry initiative designed to create transformative experiences that change lives, businesses and society, launched by Ericsson  and Intel Corporation.  The first segment of 5GI2 will focus on the Industrial Internet of Things…

gary-may

February 21, 2017

Gary May selected to be Chancellor of UC Davis

Dr. Gary May has been selected to become the 7th Chancellor of UC Davis. Dr. May is an alumnus of EECS (M.S. ’88 and Ph.D. ’92) and was one of the founding members of the Black Graduate Engineering and Science Students (BGESS) group. In 2010, he was named Outstanding Electrical…