June 2, 2026
Carla Bassil’s machine learning-assisted device could improve food safety and human health.A Ph.D. student in electrical engineering and computer sciences (EECS), Bassil is developing multi-modal gas sensing technologies for food safety, human health and environmental monitoring. Her presentation on her latest concept — a machine learning-assisted gas sensor chip designed…
June 1, 2026
EECS Professor Claire Tomlin has received the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award. Presented annually by the American Automatic Control Council (AACC), the award is the highest professional recognition for US control systems engineers and scientists. Established in 1979 and named after applied mathematician Richard Bellman, the…
May 26, 2026
On May 22, the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society held two commencement ceremonies at the Greek Theatre to recognize more than 2,000 students graduating from the college with bachelor of arts degrees in computer science, data science and statistics. CS…
May 19, 2026
EECS Professors Ken Goldberg and Jitendra Malik will lead two UC Berkeley research projects as part of the next phase of the Toyota Research Institute’s University Research Program (URP 3.0), a five-year collaboration supporting curiosity-driven research across robotics, AI, mobility, and materials science.Goldberg’s project, “Amplifying Robot Failure…
May 15, 2026
CS Professor Armando Fox is featured in this Q/A from the California Education Learning Lab’s Substack. The conversation is a reflective piece that examines the existential and ethical crisis facing the field of computer science in the age of Generative AI.
May 6, 2026
Alexandre Bayen, EECS Professor and director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS), was awarded the Ordre National du Mérite in a ceremony at the Musée de la Légion d’Honneur.This is one of France’s highest national distinctions,…
May 4, 2026
The growing popularity of electronic devices — from fitness trackers and laptops to smartphones — is driving demand for more energy-efficient computing chips. Now, researchers have found a way to change the electronic properties of a common semiconductor material, potentially laying the foundation for faster, lower-power data…
April 29, 2026
CS and Statistics Professor Emeritus Peter Bartlett has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) as one of 120 national and 25 international members. NAS members are recognized for their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Bartlett is currently Head of…
April 21, 2026
CS Professor Ren Ng has been named one of National Geographic’s 33 visionary changemakers of 2026, featured in the publication’s special issue recognizing individuals whose work is reshaping the world. Ng is recognized alongside vision scientist and Professor of Optometry and Vision Science, Austin…
April 15, 2026
In a recent Science review article, UC Berkeley researchers Jennifer Listgarten and Hanlun Jiang discussed opportunities and challenges in using generative protein models and other AI methods to advance protein engineering.