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The 2021 EECS Distinguished Alumni

March 16, 2021 | Magdalene L. Crowley

Berkeley EECS has established a Distinguished Alumni Award to recognize the valuable contributions of its most distinguished alumni. The 2021 Distinguished Alumni Awards were presented at the Berkeley EECS Annual Research Symposium (BEARS) on February 11, 2021. Electrical Engineering Computer Science

Filed Under: Alumni, People

Graduate Spotlight: Xinyun Chen

March 8, 2021 | Neha Hudait

We are thrilled to spotlight Xinyun Chen, an EECS PhD student under Professor Dawn Song. We had the opportunity to interview her about her research and advice for undergraduate students. Here’s what she had to say! Tell us about your research? My research lies at the intersection of deep learning, programming languages, and security. Specifically, […]

Filed Under: Current WHM, Diversity, People, Students, Women's History

Welcome to EECS Women’s History Month!

March 8, 2021 | Neha Hudait

Happy March and welcome to Berkeley EECS Women’s History Month (EECS WHM)! EECS WHM is a celebration held during Women’s History Month to recognize women, both past and present, in the fields of electrical engineering (EE) and computer science (CS). The goal of EECS WHM is to facilitate the conversation about diversity and inclusion in the field through a series of newsletter articles and […]

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

September 1, 2020 | Sheila M. HUMPHREYS

Since the late 1970s, WICSE has pursued the goal of increasing the number of women in those disciplines and supporting their academic progress. WICSE has become a permanent force in EECS, and, indeed, is the first such group in an American university with a disciplinary focus on computer science or electrical engineering. Since then, women’s groups have been created in most computing departments. The establishment of WICSE created peer support and a strong voice for women graduate students, and the faculty has relied on WICSE to monitor the climate for women ever since.

Filed Under: Alumni, Current WHM, Diversity, History, People, Students, Women's History

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

November 18, 2019 | Susanne Kauer

The Hopper-Dean Foundation has awarded $2 million over two years to UC Berkeley’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) in support of diversity initiatives in computer science. The new funds build upon a generous $1 million gift from the foundation in 2016, which included support of pilot diversity programs developed in the department. […]

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Latinx Heritage Month: Prof. Dan Garcia

October 4, 2019 | Magdalene L. Crowley

I grew up as a “Nuyorican” kid in the Woodlawn Reservoir neighborhood of The Bronx. My dad’s parents were from the Eastern side of Puerto Rico (Ceiba and Fajardo), and both came over in the great Puerto Rican migration to NYC in the 1930s. My Abuela saw the Hindenburg fly overhead! My dad was born […]

Filed Under: Diversity, Faculty, History, Latinx Heritage

Latinx Heritage Month: Prof. Armando Fox

September 27, 2019 | Magdalene L. Crowley

I was born and raised in New York City.  Both my parents are from Cuba and fled as political refugees after the Castro government took power. At that time, professionals were simply not allowed to leave the country, but my parents couldn’t live in an unfree society, so they applied for and were awarded one-year […]

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Latinx Heritage Month: Prof. Emeritus Edward Ashford Lee

September 25, 2019 | Magdalene L. Crowley

I was born and grew up in Santurce, a region of San Juan, Puerto Rico. My mom was from Kentucky, my dad from Puerto Rico. My dad was a descendant of some notable Puerto Ricans, particularly the poet and playwright Alejandro Tapia y Rivera, after whom a theater in San Juan is named, Bailey K. […]

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Meet the New Berkeley EE Faculty

June 3, 2019 | Magdalene L. Crowley

Two new professors are joining the Electrical Engineering faculty in 2019. Boubacar Kanté Associate Prof. Boubacar Kanté joined the EECS department in January 2019. He had been an assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California San Diego. His multidisciplinary research interests are in the areas of wave-matter interaction, from microwave […]

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Meet the new Berkeley CS Faculty

May 3, 2019 | Magdalene L. Crowley

Five new professors will join the U.C. Berkeley Computer Science division in July 2019. Alvin Cheung Assistant Prof. Alvin Cheung comes from the Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington (UW). He was affiliated with the database and programming languages & software engineering research groups, as well as the eScience […]

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