May 22, 2018
CS Assistant Prof. Joseph Gonzalez is quoted in an article for VentureBeat titled “Explainable AI could reduce the impact of biased algorithms.” The article discusses the ways human bias could potentially be introduced into machine learning-enabled systems and how General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) might help. Collecting data from the…
May 21, 2018
Semantic Machines, an artificial intelligence startup co-founded by Prof. Dan Klein and staffed by a number of EECS alumni, has been acquired by Microsoft to help Cortana hold more natural dialog with users. The team has built a number of machine learning components which work together for a smarter AI,…
May 21, 2018
Alumnus Kevin Wang (B.S. ’02) is mentioned in an Observer Reporter article titled “Trinity tackles technology with TEALS program.” Wang, who went on to earn an M.Ed. in Technology, Innovation, and Education (TIE) from Harvard, created a Microsoft Philanthropies program called Technology Education and Literacy in Schools (TEALS) to showcase…
May 21, 2018
Prof. Jan Rabaey has written an article for The Conversation titled “What is 5G? The next generation of wireless, explained.” He reviews the evolution of cellular communication technology and describes some of the ways that 5G, which is able to send and receive more data more quickly than previous versions,…
May 16, 2018
EECS Prof. and alumnus John Whinnery (1916-2009, EE B.S. ’37/Ph.D. ’48 ) is the subject of a Berkeley Engineering article celebrating UC Berkeley’s 150th year. Whinnery served as director of the Electronics Research Laboratory from 1952-56, department chair from 1956-59, and dean of the College of Engineering from 1959-63. He…
May 16, 2018
Assistant Prof. Rikky Muller and her Masters of Engineering students Jingbo Wu, Sherwin Lau, Paul Meyer-Rachner, Chen Fu and Mary Lee Lawrence, have received the 2018 Fung Institute Award for the Most Innovative Project. This award is given to the team that most effectively demonstrates the relevance of the problem…
May 16, 2018
CS alumnus Aviad Rubinstein (Ph.D. ‘ 17, advisor: Christos Papadimitriou) is the recipient of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) 2017 Doctoral Dissertation Award for his dissertation “Hardness of Approximation Between P and NP.” In his thesis, Rubinstein established the intractability of the approximate Nash equilibrium problem and several other…
May 15, 2018
EE alumnus Chistopher Hegarty (Ph.D. ’91, advisor: Lawrence Rowe) has been appointed CEO of ANCA Group, a market leading manufacturer of CNC grinding machines. Hegarty spent five years working for McKinsey and Company in Zurich before racking up extensive experience working for machine tool manufacturers in Europe and Australasia, including over…
May 14, 2018
Graduating CS senior Luke Strgar thinks he might have a solution for the fraught issue of guns in America: Use blockchain to track gun sales. Strgar thinks that Blockchain offers the perfect balance between security, anonymity and scale that could please people on all sides of the gun-control debate. He…
May 11, 2018
SiFive, a fabless provider of customized semiconductors built on research by alumnus Yunsup Lee (MS ’11/Ph.D. ’16), alumnus Andrew Waterman (M.S. ’11/Ph.D. ’16), and Prof. Krste Asanović, received $50.6M in series C funding in April. Lee is Chief Technology Officer, Waterman is Chief Engineer, and Asanović is Chief Architect at…