EECS grad student Neil Zhenqiang Gong, whose advisor is Prof. Dawn Song, had a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA titled “Evolution of patterns on Conus shells”. Determining the evolution of pigmentation patterns on mollusk seashells—which could aid in the understanding of ancient nervous systems—has proved to be a challenging feat for researchers. Now, through mathematical equations and simulations, U. of Pittsburgh and U C Berkeley researchers have used 19 different species of the predatory sea snail Conus to generate a model of the pigmentation patterns of mollusk shells. Equations and a neural model for the formation of the pigmentation patterns on shell surfaces were developed. With the equations in hand, Zhenquiang Gong, used a computer to simulate the patterns on the shells, hand fitting the parameters to create a basic model for the patterns of a given species. Articles about the paper also appeared in Physorg.com and Science Daily.
January 27
Jan Rabaey is one of three new honorary doctors at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering. Founded in 1666, Lund University, located in Sweden, is today one of the largest, oldest and broadest universities in Scandinavia and is consistently ranked among the world's top 100 universities. In 1999 Robert Bordersen received an honorary doctorate from the University of Lund.
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January 24
The EECS Eta Kappa Nu (HKN) has received the Outstanding Chapter Award for 2010 – 2011. This coveted award is a mark of great distinction for a college chapter. Chapters are judged on their activities of service to others, and all chapters with exemplary programs can win. The award plaque will be formally announced and presented at the ECEDHA Annual Meeting Award banquet on March 26.
January 23
Sayeef Salahuddin has been chosen to receive a National Science Foundation (NSF) 2011 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award. This award is one the NSF's most prestigious awards in support of early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who most effectively integrate research and education and build a firm foundation for a lifetime of integrated contributions to research and education.
January 23
EECS alumni Gaetano Borriello, Ph.D. ‘88 and Klaus Schauser, Ph.D. ’94 have been named the CS Distinguished Alumni Award winners for 2012. Gaetano Boriello is currently the Jerre D. Noe Chair of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington and Klaus Schauser is currently founder and Chief Strategist at AppFolio and was also the founder and CTO of ExpertCity/CitrixOnline.
January 13
Pieter Abbeel has been selected as a winner of the the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award. The AFOSR YIP supports scientists and engineers who have received Ph.D. or equivalent degrees in the last five years and show exceptional ability and promise for conducting basic research. The objective of this program is to foster creative basic research in science and engineering; enhance early career development of outstanding young investigators; and increase opportunities for the young investigator to recognize the Air Force mission and related challenges in science and engineering.
January 5
Eric Schmidt has been named Alumnus of the Year 2012 by the Cal Alumni Association, UC Berkeley. This is the highest honor awarded to a prominent alumnus/a who has achieved distinction through exceptional contribution to our international, national, state, or community welfare. As CEO, and now executive chairman Dr. Schmidt has helped Google grow from a Silicon Valley startup to a global leader in technology and information and a household word.
December 20
Prof. Randy Howard Katz, United Microelectronics Corporation Distinguished Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley has received the Public Service Medal (Friends of Singapore) National Day Award. This award recognizes foreign talent who have rendered commendable public service to Singapore. Prof. Katz is also a member and former Chairman of Singapore's Institute for Information Communications Research (I2R) Scientific Advisory Board.
December 20
Jan Rabaey has been elected a "Foreign" member of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Dutch-speaking academy). It is composed of four classes - science, letters and moral and political sciences, arts, and technology and society - and each class has 50 members and 50 associated members, a small and very distinguished group.
December 8
The Berkeley Verification and Synthesis Research Center (BVSRC) solvers SuperProve, SimpleProve and SimpleBIP, based on the Center's CAD system ABC, won the top three places in the Single-Property (main) track of the Hardware Model Checking Competition at this year's FMCAD conference. The tools were developed by Robert Brayton, Niklas Een and Alan Mishchenko, all members of the BVSRC (part of the DMA research area within EECS).
December 8
An article written by David Patterson titled “Computer Scientists May Have What It Takes to Help Cure Cancer” was published in the NY Times on Dec. 5. Cancer tumor genomics is just one example of the Big Data challenge in computer science. A Berkeley team of eight faculty members and 40 Ph.D. students is rising to that challenge via three initiatives: inventing algorithms based on statistical machine learning; harnessing many machines in the cloud; and developing crowd-sourcing techniques to get people to help answer questions that prove too hard for our algorithms and machines. Algorithms, machines and people gave our new lab its name: the AMP Lab. AMP technology could help the war on cancer.
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December 7
Chenming Hu is the recipient of two awards being presented this week. The first is award is the IEEE Electron Devices Society Education Award for distinguished contributions to education and inspiration of students, practicing engineers and future educators in semiconductor devices. The second award is the 2011 Aldert van der Ziel Award, given by the International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium for distinguished educational and research contributions to the field of electronic devices and materials.
December 6
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