As AI becomes ever more ubiquitous, John DeNero Ph.D. ‘10 addressed students, parents and alums at UC Berkeley Homecoming, sharing his experiences in designing curriculum and educational support tools for computer and data science students. DeNero is teaching professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and faculty director of pedagogy for the Data Science Undergraduate Studies program. He received the Fiat Lux...
UC Berkeley researchers led by Emma Pierson (EECS) and Ziad Obermeyer (Public Health) have been awarded $1.7 million through the Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science. The research grant will support advancements in medical discovery using AI interpretability and agentic AI techniques.
Kailash Satyarthi recently visited the UC Berkeley campus to address students and faculty developing AI technologies, imploring them to center compassion in their work. “We are achieving many things, but we have to rethink success. We have to rethink accomplishment,” he said. Satyarthi is co-recipient with Malala Yousafzai of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. An electrical engineer by training, he became an activist in the...
Faculty from 10 colleges and universities recently gathered at UC Berkeley to discuss curriculum development that considers the social contexts of computing technology. The faculty attended the meeting as grant recipients of the Responsible Computing Challenge to discuss their goals and impact via presentations, guest speakers and panel sessions at the recently opened Gateway building on the Berkeley campus.
Henry Geng has been appointed assistant dean for development and chief development officer at the UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS). His first day at Berkeley is Oct. 1. Geng will lead CDSS development activities during a period of growth and change. CDSS is the first new college at UC Berkeley in more than 50 years. Faculty, staff and students recently...
UC Berkeley’s undergraduate data science program retained its No. 1 spot in the 2027 U.S. News and World Report rankings released today. The university also ranked No. 4 in computer science at the undergraduate level, the highest ranking for computer science academic programs at a public institution.
Researchers at UC Berkeley have created a new genomic language AI model, called GPN-Star, that far outpaces its competitors at identifying the most important genetic variants that contribute to inherited traits, including those that lead to disease. It is also far more computationally efficient than larger models, requiring only a fraction of the time and computing resources to train.
UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) welcomed six new faculty in statistics and in electrical engineering and computer sciences to its community this year.
Before UC Berkeley classes got underway last week, several events welcoming students to campus were held at the recently opened Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway. At an open house on Aug. 25 – the day before fall classes started – the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society (CDSS) welcomed the UC Berkeley community and neighbors to the Gateway as they explored the building’s new...
UC Berkeley will offer a Master of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning – a new graduate professional degree program for STEM graduates – starting in fall 2027, with applications opening Sept. 24, 2026. The Master of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (MAIML) is a full-time degree program taken over two semesters in person at the Berkeley campus.
