Computer science

Should we take election forecasts seriously? A computer scientist says yes

08/17/23 — CDSS: Heading into the 2024 presidential election cycle, election forecaster and Berkeley Engineering alum Lakshya Jain shares how computing has changed political prediction efforts

Image of Berkeley Campanile in an interactive 3D graphic flyover, made with Nerfstudio.

Researchers create open-source platform for Neural Radiance Field development

07/25/23 — Plug-and-play framework makes it easier to collaborate and develop interactive 3D scenes

In training

05/17/23 — Computer scientists have created an innovative approach to machine learning that preserves privacy.

Berkeley professor Michael Jordan wins inaugural World Laureates Association Prize

09/29/22 — The WLA Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics includes a $1.4 million (RMB 10 million) award

EPIC Data Lab harnesses computer science to help society

09/13/22 — CDSS: New lab is building data tools that allow justice system workers, journalists and other non-programmers to benefit from the latest computer science advances

Researchers win $5M to launch center that advances decentralization technology

08/04/22 — CDSS: Algorand Foundation funding to help democratize access to data and ensure that data remains secure

Hand holding iPhone with social media application icons on screen.

Just for you

08/02/22 — Research reveals manipulative tendencies of content recommender systems and possible ways to prevent them

Plenoxels rendering of a plant in 3D space

Plenoxels convert 2D images into navigable, photorealistic 3D worlds in minutes

06/16/22 — Innovative technology makes 3D-rendering process fast and practical for a range of applications

Berkeley launches Sky Computing Lab to revolutionize the cloud industry

05/25/22 — CDSS: Research lab aims to build a new backbone for interconnected cloud computing.

1st-gen grad student: How I found computer sciences

05/23/22 — CDSS: Kevin Miao came to Berkeley from the Netherlands to study biology, but an introductory data science course helped him find a different path, more confidence and new leadership skills

UC Berkeley’s Rediet Abebe named 2022 Carnegie Fellow

04/26/22 — Honor includes $200,000 stipend to support the assistant professor's examination of evidentiary statistical software used in the criminal legal system

Berkeley robot learning pioneer Pieter Abbeel wins ACM Prize in Computing

04/06/22 — Award, which comes with $250,000, recognizes computing research and contributions that have fundamental impact and broad implications

Researcher looking at brain scan images on computer monitors.

‘Off label’ use of imaging databases could lead to bias in AI algorithms, study finds

03/21/22 — Biased algorithms applied to clinical data may produce images in which pathological details are blurred or missed, researchers reveal.

AI pioneer Stuart Russell named 2021 Reith Lecturer

10/14/21 — Premier series of annual lectures, sponsored by the BBC, aims to advance public understanding and discourse of the major issues confronting the world

Seven Berkeley engineers honored as 2022 Siebel Scholars

09/23/21 — They are among 82 exceptional students from the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, and bioengineering.

Graduate student Tianshi Wang and Prof. Jaijeet Roychowdhury with their 2019 Bell Labs Prize

Engineers pursue novel way to tackle some of today’s hardest computations

09/07/21 — Bakar Fellows: Graduate student Tianshi Wang and EECS professor Jaijeet Roychowdhury invented a novel type of computer that rapidly and efficiently solves combinatorial optimization problems

Image from space of the Indian subcontinent.

Using satellite images to improve human lives

07/20/21 — Machine-learning breakthrough from Berkeley-based project could support action worldwide on climate, health and poverty

Berkeley engineering students pull off novel chip design in a single semester

06/17/21 — In an advanced circuit design course, 19 students with no prior experience in chip design went from basic introductions to tape-out by the end of a four-month period, resulting in a novel chip that will be manufactured this summer.

Weiss/Manfredi rendering of aerial view of the Gateway. Note: design is provisional and in development.

Trio of $25 million gifts accelerates transformation of computing and data science

06/07/21 — Gifts will support construction of the Gateway, the planned hub for collaborative data science and computing education and research, and the creation of two new faculty positions

Accidental billionaires

06/02/21 Forbes — How seven Berkeley artificial intelligence engineers who didn't want to make a cent are now worth billions