Frequently Asked Questions

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Where can I find a map ? Where is the EECS Department located? How do I post job, conference or other announcements to members of the EECS Department? Where can I find information about software distributed by the department (e.g. SPICE, BSD UNIX, TCL/TK etc.)? Where can I find transfer information for prospective EECS students? Does your department offer online classes or distance learning? Does your department offer continuing education classes or special certification programs ? Where can I find information about EECS graduate applications and programs? Where can I find information about EECS undergraduate applications and programs? I'm a high school student or high school teacher involved in student activities: Whom would I contact about programs and opportunities in your department? What do I do if I have a question about a specific EECS class or class home page? How can I obtain work or a technical internship in your department? How would I arrange a visit to your department? How can I get a copy of an EECS thesis/dissertation (technical report)? How can I find out about particular research in your department? How can I contact faculty involved in specific research areas? How do I find a person whom I believe either works for or is a student in the EECS department? What do I do if I'm having trouble finding or accessing a particular newsgroup ? How can I become an official visiting scholar, researcher or industrial fellow in your department?

Where is the EECS Department?

Map and directions to the EECS Department.

Posting Outside Announcements to the EECS Department

Please send mail to one or more of the newsgroups located here: http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/Announcements/

Research Software

The EECS Department and Industrial and Public Relations Office (IPRO) no longer distributes software, but software documentation is still available in the Old IRO Software Catalog

BSD UNIX

The University of California doesn't distribute working copies of UNIX (it was developed as a research project). Try:

• FreeBSD
• The NetBSD Project
• The OpenBSD Project

TCL/TK

The University of California doesn't distribute working copies of TCL/TK (it was developed as part of a research project). Try Tcl Developer Xchange.

Transfer Information for Prospective Students

• Transfer Information for Prospective EECS Students (College of Engineering)

  If you have questions regarding undergraduate transfer procedures or specifics that are not covered above, please send mail to: Bob Giomi (giomi@coe)

• Transfer Information for Prospective CS Students (College of Letters & Science)

  If you have questions regarding undergraduate transfer procedures or specifics that are not covered above, please send mail to: the CS Peer Advisors (peer@cs)

Online Classes / Distance Learning

The EECS Department does not offer online or distance learning classes. However, online courses are offered by UC Berkeley Extension Online: http://learn.berkeley.edu/. If you have any questions, please contact their Online Help Center. Also, Cal View: http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/calview/ offers select UCB EECS courses in conjunction with the National Technological University (NTU). Contact the Cal View office for more information.

Continuing Education Classes / Certification Programs

The EECS Department does not offer continuing education classes or certification programs for the general public. However, UC Berkeley Extension does: http://www.unex.berkeley.edu/. If you have any questions, please contact webmaster@unx. Also, Cal View: http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/calview/ offers select UCB EECS courses in conjunction with the National Technological University (NTU). Contact the Cal View office for more information.

Graduate Program / Graduate Applications

For information about graduate admissions, graduate programs, and graduate life, go to the Prospective EECS Graduate Students web page.

Undergraduate Program / Undergraduate Applications

Please see Information for Prospective Undergraduate Students

• Questions regarding the CS undergraduate curriculum, course requirements or admissions to the CS Division should be sent to the CS Peer Advisors: peer@cs
  
• Questions regarding the EECS undergraduate curriculum, course requirements or admissions to the EECS Department should be sent to Bob Giomi: giomi@coe

Information for High School Students & Teachers

• Pre-College Student Outreach Programs
• List of Summer Science Programs for K-12

or contact the Student Affairs Coordinator, Mary Byrnes (mkbyrnes@eecs), (510) 642-3694.

Classes

CS and EE class home pages live on the EECS Instructional Support Server: http://www-inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/classes.html

• Please direct general questions and comments regarding class home pages to inst@inst.eecs.
• For questions or comments regarding class home page content, please contact the administrator listed at the bottom of the page in question.

CS and EE class schedules can be found at the UC Berkeley Online Schedule of Classes: http://schedule.berkeley.edu

• Please address questions about EE class scheduling to Elisa Lewis (elisa@eecs)
• Please address questions about CS class scheduling to Michael-David Sasson (msasson@cs)

Employment

For a list of full or part-time employment positions, please see our Employment web page. We do not offer technical internships in the EECS Department to the general public.

Visiting the Department

• If you are an industrial visitor , please contact Dana Dee Little: little@eecs in the Industrial & Public Relations Office
• If you are a prospective undergraduate student , please contact Rebecca Brown: becca@eecs in the Center for Student Affairs
• If you are a prospective L&S CS undergraduate student , please contact Barbara Hightower: bhtower@cs or Collin Downey: cdowney@cs in the Center for Student Affairs
• If you are a prospective graduate student , please contact Mary Byrnes: mkbyrnes@eecs in the Center for Student Affairs

Technical Reports/Dissertations

EECS Technical Reports

EECS Research

• EECS Research Projects
• EECS Research Areas
• EECS-related Research Centers and Laboratories

To find faculty involved in specific research look through the research areas and project pages above. You might also browse through the EECS Faculty List.

Finding People in the EECS Department

If you are looking for an EECS faculty, staff, or alumni member, try the lists provided in the EECS People web page. If you believe the person for whom you are looking works at UC Berkeley, but you can't find him/her on our webpages, try UCB Directory Information.

Due to privacy concerns, outside access to student information is limited. Available information is located in the EECS Students web page.

EECS Newsgroups

For a list of EECS and UCB Newsgroups, visit Usenet Services at UC Berkeley

To create a UCB newsgroup, please see the instructions at Data Communications & Network Services (DCNS): http://www.net.berkeley.edu:80/dcns/usenet/ucbcreate.html

Please send questions to usenet@agate

Becoming an Official Visiting Scholar, Researcher or Industrial Fellow

• To become a visiting scholar you must be invited by a member of the EECS faculty.
• To become a visiting researcher in the Electronics Research Laboratory you must be invited by a member of the EECS faculty. ERL posts their job openings in the IEEE Spectrum.
• To become a visiting industrial fellow please contact Dana Dee Little in the Industrial and Public Relations Office: little@eecs