Berkeley Computing, Data Science, and Society

Congrats to Professor Narges Norouzi at UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) on being named an NSF NAIRR AI Education Fellow! 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4bA3yTv @NargesNorouzi @Berkeley_EECS #PeopleOfCDSS #Education #AI

Big Give starts today at 9 p.m. PT! Join us in supporting the next generation of innovators. Help unlock these challenges – including two newly added opportunities! ⭐️ 🔗 Give today! bit.ly/3OcLg2B

Big Give starts tomorrow at 9PM! Get ready to join the Center for Computational Biology in uplifting the next generation of life science innovation and be one the 15 gifts we need to unlock our $2,500 challenge! #CalBigGive

Inspired by their own experiences, Roger Lo and Yining Wang pay it forward to support the CDSS Student Success Fund, helping students access mentorship programs and career support. 🔗 Read their story: bit.ly/4bg90ee

Big Give is in 9 days! Help unlock these challenges and inspire #StudentSuccess at CDSS. Learn more: bit.ly/3OcLg2B #CalBigGive #DataScience #ComputerScience #Statistics #EECS #UCBerkeley

We are excited to welcome Mary Robinson on 3/31 for the CDSS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture on Shared Futures! The UC Berkeley community is invited to join this free event, followed by a panel discussion. @BerkeleyLaw @UCB_Chemistry 🔗 RSVP to attend: bit.ly/46HruCD

Become a #CalBigGive Ambassador for the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society! Get an exclusive gift and support your favorite program. Sign up by March 11! 🔗 bit.ly/3OcLg2B #StudentSuccess #DataScience #ComputerScience #Statistics #EECS

Congratulations to Aditi Krishnapriyan on receiving the 2025 U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Research Program award! She will develop #MachineLearning methods to fundamentally change scientific workflows & speed up discovery. @BerkeleyLab 🔗bit.ly/4ry6IxK

Congrats to three faculty in the UC Berkeley Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) – Yuan Cao, Sarah Chasins, and John Wright – for being awarded 2026 Sloan Research Fellowships! #SloanFellow Read more about their work: bit.ly/3MhOotB

BIDMaP researchers have unveiled a new material, COF-1000, that captures carbon dioxide from outdoor air at unprecedented speed, serving as a new climate solution. @UCB_Chemistry 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4a599le

The UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society is counting down the days until #CalBigGive on March 12. 🎉 The opportunity to support the next generation of innovators is almost here! #StudentSuccess #DataScience #Statistics #EECS bit.ly/3OcLg2B

Congrats to Ken Goldberg and Kam Lau for being elected to the National Academy of Engineering 2026 Class of Fellows! @Berkeley_EECS @Cal_Engineer @UCBerkeley #UCBerkeley #NAE #PeopleOfCDSS 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4tOJ1mD

Prof @jenniferchayes is the inaugural Chair of The Selection Committee of The #ShawPrize in #ComputerScience, & Dean of @BerkeleyCDSS at @UCBerkeley. With her cross‑disciplinary background & deep expertise, she will lead the committee in identifying the very first Laureate(s).

Alum Ojasvi Khanna says Berkeley’s data science program and Cal Enviro shaped her path to senior data scientist at Microsoft Xbox, where she works at the intersection of predictive modeling and environmental ethics. #PeopleOfCDSS 🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/4tAQJ3y

Join us in person on March 31 at noon for the CDSS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture on Shared Futures with Mary Robinson! This event is free and open to the UC Berkeley community. @BerkeleyLaw @UCB_Chemistry 🔗 Learn more and register: bit.ly/46HruCD

We are excited to announce the second year of the Mayfield AI Garage at Berkeley in partnership with Mayfield and Berkeley Skydeck! Applications are now open for innovators who want to shape the future of AI. @SkyDeck_Cal @mayfieldfund 🔗 bit.ly/46ApU5s

Applications are open for the Fall 2026 Berkeley Global Computing and Data Science Program! @UCBerkeleyIntl Visiting students will access in-demand courses, engage with faculty, industry experts and more. 🔗 Applications are due June 5: bit.ly/4s3YGxm

Congratulations to UC faculty recipients of the CITRIS-CDSS Innovation Fellowship program & AIC Awards! Learn about their work: bit.ly/49I5SZ0 @UofCalifornia @Berkeley_EECS @Cal_Engineer @BerkeleyMSE @UCBerkeley @ucdavis @UCDavisCOE @ucsc @citrisnews #UCResearch

From economic impacts to societal shifts, Berkeley #AI experts identified the developments they’ll be monitoring in 2026. #PeopleOfCDSS #UCBerkeley @UCBerkeley 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4qfpERj

The 2026 AMS-EMS Mikhail Gordin Prize will be awarded to Vadim Gorin from the University of California, Berkeley. The prize is awarded by the American Mathematical Society and the European Mathematical Society. ams.org/news?news_id=7… #BerkeleyStats