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December 21, 2016

Forbes AI Pioneer: Peter Norvig

Alumnus Peter Norvig  (CS Ph.D. ’86), now Director of Research at Google, is profiled in a Forbes magazine article titled “Artificial Intelligence Pioneers: Peter Norvig, Google.”  The article describes Norvig’s  history and accomplishments, and outlines his thoughts on human-machine partnerships and the disparate goals of  neuroscience and AI research.

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December 20, 2016

Algorithm probes how AIs reason

Quartz  explores an algorithm devised by CS Prof. Trevor Darrell, L&S CS undergraduate student Dong Huk Park, CS grad student Lisa Anne Hendricks, and postdoc Marcus Rohrbach, along with researchers in the Max Planck Institute for Informatics,  in an article titled “We don’t understand how AI make most…

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December 19, 2016

Nicholas Weaver concludes “the Russians stole the data”

Alumnus Nicholas Weaver (CS B.A. ’95/ Ph.D. ’03), who now works at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) as a security expert, was interviewed by Leandra Bernstein of ABC 33/40 for an in-depth article titled Questions remain over Russian responsibility for passing stolen DNC emails to WikiLeaks.  “All the…

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December 14, 2016

New ultrasonic sensors can improve security of fingerprint recognition on smartphones

EE Prof. Bernhard Boser is profiled in an article in the Cal Aggie titled “Fingerprint recognition on smartphones unsafe and hackable” in which he discusses a new ultrasonic imaging process developed at UC Berkeley and UC Davis to more securely protect personal information than current finger recognition technologies.  This…

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December 14, 2016

Jacobs Hall receives LEED Platinum certification for sustainability

Jacobs Hall, home of the  Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation has received a Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.  LEED scores buildings on how well they meet various measures of sustainability and Platinum is the highest level of certification…

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December 13, 2016

Jun-Yan Zhu creates algorithms for the artistically challenged

CS graduate student Jun-Yan Zhu (adviser: Alexei Efros) is the subject of an article in California Magazine titled “Paint by Numbers: Algorithms for the Artistically Challenged.”  Zhu and his team apply the tools of machine learning to computer graphics.  For example, in the team’s most recent project, they developed…

December 13, 2016

Valerie Taylor named ACM fellow

Alumna Valerie Taylor (EE M.S. ’86/Ph.D. ’91), now a computer science professor at Texas A&M University, has been named a 2016 Fellow by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).  Taylor is one of 53 ACM members honored for their contributions to computer science. She is being lauded for her…

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December 13, 2016

Computational Imaging proposal accepted for collaborative research initiative

A Computational Imaging research proposal submitted by EE Associate Prof. Laura Waller, EE Associate Prof. Michael Lustig, CS Assistant Prof. Ren Ng, CS Assistant Prof. Jonathan Ragan-Kelley, and CS Associate Prof. Benjamin Rechts has been accepted as part of a set of cross-disciplinary activities planned…

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December 12, 2016

EECS students win four CRA outstanding undergraduate research awards

All four EECS undergraduates nominated for 2017 Computing Research Association (CRA) research awards were recognized this year.  EECS undergraduate Smitha Milli won the CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award for the female category, Jingyi Li won 2nd place nationally, receiving Runner-up in the female category, Ashvin Nair received Finalist recognition…