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Berkeley CS

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Welcome to the Computer Science Division at UC Berkeley, one of the strongest programs in the country. We are renowned for our innovations in teaching and research. Berkeley teaches the researchers that become award winning faculty members at other universities. This website tells the story of our unique research culture and impact, and our commitment to excellence in teaching.

[Faculty Positions Available](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/faculty-jobs/)

Recent News

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    Berkeley CS faculty are among the most influential in their fields

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2017/04/berkeley-cs-faculty-among-the-most-influential-in-their-fields/)

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    Staff Spotlight: Shirley Salanio

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2017/01/staff-spotlight-shirley-salanio/)

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    2016: A Year of Firsts

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2017/01/2016-a-year-of-firsts/)

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    Combining EECS and Ballet: Alexandria Finley

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2016/10/combining-eecs-and-ballet-alexandria-finley/)

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    Looking at the Top in Tech: Virginia Smith

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2016/09/top-women-in-tech-virginia-smith/)

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    Fall ’16 Alumni Spotlight: Diane Greene

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2016/08/alumni-spotlight-diane-greene/)

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    Dan Garcia wins UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/news/dan-garcia-wins-uc-berkeley-distinguished-teaching-award/)

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    NPR: Researchers are rushing to build AI-powered robots. But will they work?

    ](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5323897/researchers-are-rushing-to-build-ai-powered-robots-but-will-they-work)

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    Spring 2025 Alumni Newsletter: Big Give is here!

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2025/03/spring-2025-alumni-newsletter-big-give-is-here/)

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    Andy Konwinski to speak at CDSS undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22

    ](https://cdss.berkeley.edu/news/andy-konwinski-speak-cdss-undergraduate-commencement-ceremonies-may-22)

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    Berkeley alum wants to ‘make the planet smarter’

    ](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/03/berkeley-alum-wants-to-make-the-planet-smarter/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | February 28, 2025

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2025/02/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-february-28-2025/)

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    Edmund Bussey, the first Black Bachelor of Science graduate of Electrical Engineering at UC Berkeley

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2025/02/edmund-bussey-the-first-black-bachelor-of-science-graduate-of-electrical-engineering-at-uc-berkeley/)

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    BPEC students win First Best Place Demo Award at IEEE ECCE 2024

    ](https://bpec.berkeley.edu/bpec-students-win-first-best-place-demo-award-at-ieee/)

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    TCIP Launch Event Sets Course for New Center

    ](https://tcip.org/news/tcip-launch-event-sets-course-for-new-center/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | February 21, 2025

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2025/02/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-february-21-2025/)

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    Sky Computing Lab receives NVIDIA DGX B200 for AI research

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/news/sky-computing-lab-receives-nvidia-dgx-b200-for-ai-research/)

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    New Engineering Center to be named after UC Berkeley alumni Michael and Janelle Grimes

    ](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/02/engineering-center-named-after-alumni-grimes/)

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    Natacha Crooks named Sloan Fellow

    ](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/02/18/six-young-faculty-members-named-sloan-fellows/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | February 14, 2025

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2025/02/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-february-14-2025/)

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    Stuart Russell elected to the National Academy of Engineering

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/news/stuart-russell-elected-to-the-national-academy-of-engineering/)

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    20 UC Berkeley alumni, students and faculty shine on Forbes 30 Under 30 list

    ](https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/02/07/20-uc-berkeley-alumni-students-and-faculty-shine-on-the-2025-forbes-30-under-30-list/)

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    Michael I. Jordan named Frontiers of Knowledge Laureate

    ](https://statistics.berkeley.edu/about/news/jordan-named-frontiers-knowledge-laureate)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | February 7, 2025

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2025/02/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-february-7-2025/)

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    Boubacar Kante named Optica Fellow

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/news/boubacar-kante-named-optica-fellow/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | January 31, 2025

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2025/01/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-january-31-2025-2/)

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    NBC News: Ion Stoica on DeepSeek

    ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP0f4HnzvEw&t=1164s)

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    Jennifer Chayes reappointed as CDSS dean for five-year term

    ](https://cdss.berkeley.edu/news/jennifer-chayes-reappointed-cdss-dean-five-year-term)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | January 24, 2025

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2025/01/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-january-24-2025/)

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    Berkeley Engineering welcomes eight new faculty members

    ](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/01/berkeley-engineering-welcomes-eight-new-faculty-members/)

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    UC Berkeley announces AI Center of Excellence

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/12/uc-berkeley-announces-ai-center-of-excellence/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | December 6, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/12/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-december-6-2024/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | November 22, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/11/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-november-22-2024/)

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    Brian Xi sees opportunity in using technology to improve public health

    ](https://cdss.berkeley.edu/news/brian-xi-sees-opportunity-using-technology-improve-public-health)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | November 15, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/11/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-november-15-2024/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | November 8, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/11/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-november-8-2024-2/)

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    EECS Fall 2024 Alumni Newsletter | November 4, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/11/eecs-fall-2024-newsletter-november-4-2024/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | November 1, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/11/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-november-1-2024/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | October 25, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/10/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-october-25-2024/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | October 18, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/10/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-october-18-2024/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | October 11, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/10/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-october-11-2024/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | October 4, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/10/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-october-4-2024/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | September 27, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/09/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-september-27-2024/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | September 20, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/09/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-september-20-2024/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | September 13, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/09/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-09-13-24/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | September 6, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/09/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-09-06-24/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | August 30, 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/08/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-08-30-24/)

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    PhD student aims to improve AI for underserved languages and communities

    ](https://cdss.berkeley.edu/news/phd-student-aims-improve-ai-underserved-languages-and-communities)

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    EECS Grad Newsletter July 2024

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/07/11645/)

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    The 2024 EECS Distinguished Alumni

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/05/the-2024-eecs-distinguished-alumni/)

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    Spring 2024 Newsletter

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/05/spring-2024-eecs-newsletter/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 04-26

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/04/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-04-26/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 04-19

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/04/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-04-19/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 04-12

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/04/undergraduate-eecs-newsletter/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 04-05

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/04/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-04-05/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 03-29

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/03/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-03-29/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 03-22

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/03/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-03-22/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 03-15

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/03/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-03-15/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 03-08

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/03/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-03-08/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 03-01

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/03/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-03-01/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 02-23

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/02/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-02-23/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 02-16

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/02/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-02-16/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 02-09

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/02/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-02-09/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 02-02

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/02/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-02-02/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter 01-26

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2024/01/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-01-26/)

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    Fall 2023 Newsletter

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2023/12/fall-2023-newsletter/)

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    Spring 2023 Newsletter

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2023/03/spring-2023-newsletter/)

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    Berkeley EECS to honor Joseph Gier with memorial sculpture

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2022/12/berkeley-eecs-to-honor-joseph-gier-with-memorial-sculpture/)

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    CS Kickstart kicks off to a great start

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2022/08/cs-kickstart-kicks-off-to-a-great-start/)

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    Lee Julian Purnell (1896-1983), Berkeley’s earliest known Black EE student

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2022/02/lee-purnell/)

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    UC Berkeley Announces Intel oneAPI Center of Excellence for Deep Learning

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2021/10/ceedl/)

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    The 2021 EECS Distinguished Alumni

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2021/03/2021-distinguished-alumni/)

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    Graduate Spotlight: Xinyun Chen

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2021/03/graduate-spotlight-xinyun-chen/)

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    Welcome to EECS Women’s History Month!

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2021/03/welcome-to-eecs-womens-history-month/)

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    Women in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering: A Network of Our Own

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2020/09/wicse-history/)

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    Hopper-Dean Foundation gift of $2M bolsters EECS diversity initiatives

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2019/11/hopper-dean-gift/)

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    Latinx Heritage Month: Prof. Dan Garcia

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2019/10/dan-garcia/)

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    Latinx Heritage Month: Prof. Armando Fox

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2019/09/armando-fox/)

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    Latinx Heritage Month: Prof. Emeritus Edward Ashford Lee

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2019/09/latinx-heritage-month-edward-lee/)

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    Meet the New Berkeley EE Faculty

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2019/06/new-ee-faculty/)

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    Meet the new Berkeley CS Faculty

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2019/05/new-cs-faculty/)

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    A Salute to Early Women in STEM at UC Berkeley

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2019/03/a-salute-to-early-women-in-stem-at-uc-berkeley/)

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    2019 EECS WHM Events

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2019/02/list-of-2019-eecs-whm-events/)

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    Berkeley EECS Women’s History Month (WHM) Kickoff Event

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2019/02/berkeley-eecs-womens-history-month-whm-kickoff-event/)

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    Reintroducing Joseph Thomas Gier

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2019/02/joseph-gier/)

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    The 2019 EECS Distinguished Alumni

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2019/02/introducing-the-2019-eecs-distinguished-alumni/)

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    Enter the BlackBerry Spark Hackathon

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2018/07/enter-the-blackberry-spark-hackathon/)

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    Video Game & Board Game Playtest!

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2018/07/video-game-board-game-playtest/)

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    AISES: Great Scholarship Opportunity with Intel! Applications Closing May 15

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2018/06/aises-great-scholarship-opportunity-with-intel-applications-closing-may-15/)

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    Who wants to be a Google Games Champion?

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2018/06/who-wants-to-be-a-google-games-champion/)

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    Blockchain Funding Opportunities

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2018/06/blockchain-funding-opportunities/)

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    uLab Machine Learning Job Positions

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2018/06/ulab-machine-learning-job-positions/)

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    Photos from the 2018 Student Awards Ceremony

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2018/05/student-awards/)

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    Portraits by Lotfi Zadeh

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2018/02/zadeh-portraits/)

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    Diving into Blue Waters: Wen-Rui Liao

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2018/02/wen-rui-liao/)

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    The 2018 Distinguished EECS Alumni

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2018/02/2018-distinguished-alumni/)

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    Berkeley’s FLIPalliance for Diversity

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2017/12/flipalliance/)

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    Fall ’17 Alumni Spotlight: Estela Llinás

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2017/08/alumni-spotlight-estela-llinas/)

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    Berkeley CS faculty are among the most influential in their fields

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2017/04/berkeley-cs-faculty-among-the-most-influential-in-their-fields/)

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    Staff Spotlight: Shirley Salanio

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2017/01/staff-spotlight-shirley-salanio/)

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    2016: A Year of Firsts

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2017/01/2016-a-year-of-firsts/)

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    Combining EECS and Ballet: Alexandria Finley

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2016/10/combining-eecs-and-ballet-alexandria-finley/)

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    Looking at the Top in Tech: Virginia Smith

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2016/09/top-women-in-tech-virginia-smith/)

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    Fall ’16 Alumni Spotlight: Diane Greene

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2016/08/alumni-spotlight-diane-greene/)

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    Dan Garcia wins UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/news/dan-garcia-wins-uc-berkeley-distinguished-teaching-award/)

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    NPR: Researchers are rushing to build AI-powered robots. But will they work?

    ](https://www.npr.org/2025/03/17/nx-s1-5323897/researchers-are-rushing-to-build-ai-powered-robots-but-will-they-work)

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    Spring 2025 Alumni Newsletter: Big Give is here!

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2025/03/spring-2025-alumni-newsletter-big-give-is-here/)

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    Andy Konwinski to speak at CDSS undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22

    ](https://cdss.berkeley.edu/news/andy-konwinski-speak-cdss-undergraduate-commencement-ceremonies-may-22)

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    Berkeley alum wants to ‘make the planet smarter’

    ](https://engineering.berkeley.edu/news/2025/03/berkeley-alum-wants-to-make-the-planet-smarter/)

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    EECS Undergraduate Newsletter | February 28, 2025

    ](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/2025/02/eecs-undergraduate-newsletter-february-28-2025/)

Classes

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*   [CS Class Schedule for the Current Semester](https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Scheduling/CS/schedule.html)

*   [CS Class Schedule for Next Semester](https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Scheduling/CS/schedule-next.html)

*   [Tentative CS Classes for Future Semesters](https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Scheduling/CS/schedule-draft.html)

*   [Getting into CS Classes](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/resources/undergrads/cs/enrollment-policy/)

[See More Course Information](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/academics/courses/)

BRETT with ACM Prize in Computing winner Pieter Abbeel

Research

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Our research areas include computer architecture, theory, security, programming languages, numerical methods, AI, human-computer interaction, and computational biology, among others.

*   [CS Areas](https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Research/Areas/CS/)

*   [Centers and Labs](https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Research/Areas/Centers/)

[Get More Research Information](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/research/)

New faculty members Alane Suhr, Max Willsey and Allon Wagner

People

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*   [CS Faculty Guide](https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Lists/CS/faculty.html)

*   [Visiting CS Faculty](https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Lists/CS/visiting.html)

*   [CS Faculty Emeriti](https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Lists/CS/emeritus.html)

*   [CS Distinguished Alumni](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/people/alumni/cs-distinguished-alumni/)

*   [CS Grad Students (login required)](https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Directories/Deptonly/directory-cs-grads.html)

[View More People Lists](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/people/)

Upcoming Events

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*   Mar

    21

    ### [BETR/EECS Solid State Technologies Seminar: Prof. Colin Ophus, Stanford university | New Dimensions in Phase Contrast Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy](https://events.berkeley.edu/eecs/event/295365-betreecs-solid-state-technologies-seminar-prof)

    Friday March 21, 2025

    1:00 PM

    Hogan Room, Cory Hall (room 521)

*   Mar

    21

    ### [Dissertation Talk: Quantum Advantages via Fourier Growth Analysis of Boolean Functions](https://events.berkeley.edu/eecs/event/293190-dissertation-talk-quantum-advantages-via-fourier)

    Friday March 21, 2025

    2:00 PM

    Cory 293

*   Apr

    2

    ### [Dissertation Talk: Scalable Oversight via Decomposition](https://events.berkeley.edu/eecs/event/295077-dissertation-talk-scalable-oversight-via)

    Wednesday April 2, 2025

    11:00 AM

    Multi-purpose space at Berkeley Way West

*   Apr

    2

    ### [EECS Colloquium: Future Forward: How Semiconductor R&D Continues to shape our future](https://events.berkeley.edu/eecs/event/295387-eecs-colloquium-future-forward-how-semiconductor)

    Wednesday April 2, 2025

    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM

    306 (HP Auditorium) – Soda Hall

[More Events](https://events.berkeley.edu/eecs/)

Deirdre Hanford gives her talk “Future Forward: How Semiconductor R&D Continues to Shape our Future” on April 2, 2025.

EECS Joint Colloquium

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The weekly EECS Colloquium offers our faculty a chance to invite speakers offering a wide range of experiences covering topics in both Electrical Engineering and Computer Science to engage with the department.

[View Lectures](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/research/colloquium)

[Support the Gier Memorial Project](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/about/history/gier/statue)

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A community is defined by the heroes it chooses to celebrate. We invite you to join the EECS department in recognizing a previously overlooked hero, Berkeley EE Prof. Joseph T. Gier, the University of California’s first tenured Black professor.

[Donate Now!](https://eecs.berkeley.edu/give.berkeley.edu/Gier)

[EECS Excellence Fund](https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0977000)

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A gift to the EECS Excellence Fund extends Berkeley’s long-standing leadership and excellence in education and research in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences.

[Make a Gift for Excellence](https://give.berkeley.edu/fund/FU0977000)