Good news: The department has decided to completely remove the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) from consideration for graduate applicants for 2021 admission.
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- Congratulations to Professor Michael I. Jordan, recipient of the 2020 @IEEEorg John von Neumann Medal. eecs.berkeley.edu/news#news-3106 cc: @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyDataSci
- Indeed, it's official. EECS has made GRE-blind graduate admissions permanent. This policy was first implemented for the 2020 season. cc: @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyDataSciAnd EECS @UCBerkeley just voted to drop the GRE from use in grad admissions. Proud of these steps toward diversity.
- UC Berkeley EECS is hiring! We're seeking exceptional faculty candidates at all ranks for our "Engineering + AI" search and up to 7 tenure-track Asst. Professors in EECS. EECS Focused Searches Include: Quantum Computing ⚛️ AI, Inequality, & Society ⚖️
- @Berkeley_EECS welcomes @matei_zaharia, who returns to Berkeley EECS as an Associate Professor. Matei’s research interests include computer systems and machine learning. He is also the co-founder and Chief Technologist of Databricks. Welcome back, Matei!
- Many thanks to @ylecun for giving a fascinating talk at the Berkeley EECS Colloquium (and for traveling here too!). Talk archived here:
- Congratulations to EECS and Statistics Prof. Michael I. Jordan for winning the inaugural WLA Prize in Computer Science or Mathematics! eecs.berkeley.edu/news/2022/09/c…
- Over Thanksgiving break, some students got together for a Friendsgiving, and decided to do something about all the leftover printed circuit boards (PCBs) from past projects that their lab has accumulated. This is the result! Does it deserve a permanent spot on the wall?
- Professor Emeritus of EECS & Mathematics Elwyn Berlekamp passed away on April 9th. He was Chair of EECS from 1977-79 and left an enormous legacy in the department's Computer Science Division which is still felt today. He will be dearly missed. @Cal_Engineer @UCBLettersSci
- Amazing! 10 @berkeleyeecs @SkyCompLab grad students are Amazon AI PhD Fellows! Congrats! Learn more about our fellows here: bit.ly/48Hl88q #AmazonAIFellowship @BerkeleySky🎓 Amazon launches AI PhD Fellowship program, providing $68 million over two years to fund PhD students at 9 universities pursuing research in machine learning, computer vision, and natural-language processing. #AmazonAIFellowship amzn.to/4o6uPlu
- On the heels of Dave Patterson's Turing Award, we're working on a special colloquium series in the fall semester, with seven fellow Turing awardees giving talks about their most impactful work done at Berkeley. Details TBA. #Berkeley150
- Did you know that Joseph Gier was the first Black tenured professor at the University of California? give.berkeley.edu
