Dedicated to hosting presentations at the intersection of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the EECS Colloquium offers a mix of short talks by faculty describing their latest research results as well as internationally distinguished speakers. It provides an opportunity for an exchange of ideas between our department's community and the outside world.
Wednesdays 4:00-5:00 PM, HP Auditorium, 306 Soda Hall (unless otherwise noted)
Light refreshments served at 3:30 pm
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Fall 2018
Please note that the lectures from September 19 through November 14 will be given by the Berkeley ACM A.M. Turing Laureates.
Paul Debevec, Google VR & USC ICT
Fiat Lux: Creating Photoreal Digital Actors (and Environments) for Movies, Games, and Virtual Reality
August 29, 2018
Mary Lou Jepsen, Openwater
Using Light to see deep inside our bodies and brains
September 5, 2018
Ranveer Chandra, Microsoft Research
FarmBeats: Empowering Farmers with Artificial Intelligence Agriculture Solutions
September 12, 2018
Robert Full, UC Berkeley
BioDesign: Using Diversity to Understand Nature, Transform Education, and Invent the Future
September 19, 2018
Berkeley ACM A.M. Turing Laureate Lecture Series: Shafi Goldwasser
From Basic Idea to Impact: the story of modern cryptography
September 26, 2018 3 PM (same day as Fick lecture)
Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall
Dave Fick, Mythic, Inc.
The Benefits of Mixed-Signal Computing for Artificial Intelligence
September 26, 2018 4 PM (same day as Goldwasser lecture)
Berkeley ACM A.M. Turing Laureate Lecture Series: Silvio Micali
Proofs, Knowledge, and Computation
October 3, 2018
Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall
Berkeley ACM A.M. Turing Laureate Lecture Series: David Patterson
A new Golden Age for Computer Architecture
October 10, 2018
Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall
Berkeley ACM A.M. Turing Laureate Lecture Series: Manuel Blum
Towards a Conscious AI: A Computer Architecture Inspired by Neuroscience
October 17, 2018
Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall
Berkeley ACM A.M. Turing Laureate Lecture Lecture Series: Richard Karp
Computational Complexity in Theory and in Practice
October 24, 2018
Location: 306 Soda Hall
Berkeley ACM A.M. Turing Laureate Lecture Series: Michael Stonebraker
The Land Sharks are on the Squawk Box
October 31, 2018
Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall
Berkeley ACM A.M. Turing Laureate Lecture Series: William Kahan
A Numerical Analyst Thinks about Deep Learning
November 7, 2018
HP Auditorium, 306 Soda Hall
Berkeley ACM A.M. Turing Laureate Lecture Series: Andrew Chi-Chih Yao
Game Theory in Auction and Blockchain
November 14, 2018
Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall
Andrew Yao speaks on "Game Theory in Auction and Blockchain," 11/14/18
Jeff Dean, Google Inc.
Deep Learning to Solve Challenging Problems
November 28, 2018