Dean Jennifer Chayes

Seasons greetings from the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society

  • A letter from CDSS Dean Jennifer Chayes to the college community
  • A pioneer who is transforming healthcare with data
  • The Berkeley project that is the AI industry’s obsession
People collect trash that can be recycled and traded from the sea of garbage in the Citarum River, the one of polluted river in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia.

A world without plastic pollution? New research shows it’s possible

  • UC Berkeley experts lay out a path to nearly nixing plastic waste in Science publication.
  • An alum discusses the power of his Berkeley statistics community.
  • The Guardian features Berkeley research on how chatbots select information.
Students walk on UC Berkeley's campus through Sather Gate.

U.S. News gives high marks to UC Berkeley data, computing majors

  • UC Berkeley ranked #1 in data science and #2 in computer science
  • Berkeley to launch compute hub with California Education Learning Lab
  • CDSS Dean Jennifer Chayes to help inform approach to California AI regulation
Shrinidhi Gopal is the incoming student body president for UC Berkeley.

UC Berkeley student president discovers data science's power

  • Shrinidhi Gopal spoke to CDSS about majoring in economics and data science
  • CDSS welcomes eight new faculty and two endowed chairs to the college
  • Adam Yala talks about AI in healthcare on KQED Forum
California Education Learning Lab grantees meet at the National Workshop on Data Science Education.

UC Berkeley convenes California data science education pioneers

  • UC Berkeley connects California data science education educators
  • Hellina Hailu Nigatu aims to improve AI for underserved languages and communities
  • Keep the code behind AI open, Ion Stoica writes in The Economist
Omar Yaghi, pictured, is the founder of reticular chemistry and a UC Berkeley professor.

Omar Yaghi wins prestigious sustainable development prize

  • Omar Yaghi wins prize for sustainable development
  • CDSS celebrates major milestone in new Gateway building construction
  • Jennifer Listgarten cited in Fast Company article on why AI can't replace science
Image of Fireside chat speakers Jennifer Chayes, Fei-Fei Li and Gavin Newsom

Convening Generative AI leaders

  • Governor Newsom convenes GenAI leaders for landmark summit
  • CDSS celebrates students at inaugural college graduation
  • Meredith Lee discusses AI tools in California with the Associated Press
Pictured: Isabel Serrano in Berkeley, Calif.

Advancing open source research

  • UC Berkeley joins ambitious effort to advance open source initiatives across the University of California system
  • Isabel Serrano builds bridges, empowers CSU students to find their PhD path
  • Philip Stark speaks to The Mercury News about counties’ election auditing needs
A UC Berkeley scholar smiles while working at the Yaghi Lab in Berkeley, Calif. (Photo / Kayla Sim / UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society)

Experts convene to find AI climate solutions

  • Academics and members of industry gather at UC Berkeley to find climate solutions using AI and physical sciences
  • Berkeley’s computer science graduate program is ranked No. 1 again by U.S. News
  • Research proves using electric vehicles leads to cleaner air
Jonathan Kolstad is the Center of Healthcare Marketplace Innovation faculty director and an associate professor at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business. (Photo/ Copyright Noah Berger 2023)

Using AI and economics to innovate healthcare solutions

  • New center is healthcare innovation research-to-impact pipeline
  • Advanced math in high school prepares students for STEM careers, UC Berkeley experts say in op-ed
  • Ziad Obermeyer testified to U.S. Senate Finance Committee on AI and healthcare
DJ Patil, Dean's Senior Fellow, CDSS, headshot

What our AI experts are watching in 2024

  • Artificial intelligence was called “the buzzword of 2023" by CNN and referenced in countless media reports. We ask experts what developments they're watching related to AI this year
  • Omar Yaghi wins the Solvay Prize for climate and reticular materials breakthroughs.
  • Lenore Blum is profiled as the "the ‘accidental activist’ who changed the face of mathematics."
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A new frontier in open-source, personalized healthcare

  • The College of Computing, Data Science, and Society launches a project to revolutionize the patient experience for millions of people with diabetes
  • The college's new Dean's Fund will support data science innovation that benefits society
  • Global Plastic Policy Tool illustrates a data science center's approach
UC Berkeley's Anca Dragan speaks on AI safety at speaker series on campus.

How to improve AI Safety

  • An expert from the UC Berkeley Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences lectures on the importance of teaching robots to ask humans what they want
  • Berkeley announces a Silicon Valley satellite campus
  • A College of Computing, Data Science, and Society leader says where AI doesn’t belong
Microsoft's Jaron Lanier speaks at UC Berkeley AI speaker series

This tech leader wants you to stop saying 'AI'

  • A senior scientist at Microsoft's argues artificial intelligence doesn’t exist
  • A UC Berkeley computational precision health scholar shares how AI can address domestic violence
  • A Parkland shooting survivor and data science alum launches an AI wellness platform to help people heal
GavinNewsom.OfficeoftheGovernorofCalifornia

College to study AI with California agencies, Stanford

  • UC Berkeley's College of Computing, Data Science, and Society is tapped to work with Stanford University and California state agencies to study AI
  • The college announces a new speaker series on artificial intelligence
  • College experts are among TIME’s most influential voices in AI.