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December 1, 2017
Harlan Yu shines a light on the civil-rights dimensions of a wired world
EECS alumnus and civil rights leader Harlan Yu (B.S. ’04) is appealing to CS departments to show students how they can “pull on various levers of policy” to keep the public protected. Yu, who is now the Executive Director of a non-profit tech-policy consulting group called Upturn, is the focus…
December 1, 2017
Sameera Vemulapalli named runner-up for 2018 Alice T. Schafer Prize
Math and L&S CS major Sameera Vemulapalli has been named Runner-up for the 2018 Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman. The Schafer Prize is awarded annually by the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) to the most outstanding woman mathematics undergraduate in the United…
November 29, 2017
Keshab Parhi named AAAS Fellow
EECS alumnus Keshab Parhi (Ph.D. ’88) has been named a 2017 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) fellow in recognition of his contributions to science and technology, scientific leadership and extraordinary achievements across disciplines. He is currently the Edgar F. Johnson Professor of Electronic Communication and a Distinguished…
November 29, 2017
Allen Tang’s team wins data science competition
EECS Master’s student Allen Tang (also alumnus, B.A. CS/Statistics/ORMS) and his Berkeley teammates have won the Data Open Championship at the New York Stock Exchange. The winners receive a $100,000 cash prize and possible job interviews with Citadel, a Chicago-based hedge fund firm. The competition was comprised of 20 one-day…
November 27, 2017
Ana Claudia Arias, Miki Lustig, and Joe Corea’s printable, wearable devices
Prof. Ana Claudia Arias, Prof. Miki Lustig, and graduate student Joseph Corea, are featured in a STAT article titled “Electronics ‘like a second skin’ make wearables more practical and MRIs safer for kids.” The team is using printers loaded with a variety of high-tech inks (liquid silver nanoparticles, carbon…
November 27, 2017
Doug Tygar’s class of “ethical hackers” learns to wage cyberwar
Prof. Doug Tygar and his CS 194 Cybewar class are the focus of a New Yorker article titled “At Berkeley, a New Generation of “Ethical Hackers” Learns to Wage Cyberwar.” The students have teamed up with the white hat hackers at HackerOne, a vulnerability coordination and bug bounty platform. …
November 27, 2017
Randy Katz inducted into Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame
Prof. Randy Katz has been inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame “for his contributions to storage and computer systems, distinguished national service, and by his exemplary mentorship and teaching that have contributed to the Silicon Valley technical community and industries.” Katz, who is also an alumnus (M.S.
November 21, 2017
Thomas Budinger wins IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
Prof. Thomas Budinger has won the 2018 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology. The award is presented “for exceptional contributions to technologies and applications benefitting healthcare, medicine, and the health sciences.” Budinger, who was the founding chair of the Bioengineering department, a division…
November 21, 2017
Eli Yablonovitch wins IEEE Edison Medal
Prof. Eli Yablonovitch has been awarded the 2018 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Edison Medal. Named for Thomas Edison and presented since 1909, the IEEE Edison Medal is awarded for a career of meritorious achievement in electrical science, electrical engineering, or the electrical arts. Yablonovitch, who co-founded the…