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View from the Top: Arun Sarin
Arun Sarin

Chief Executive of Vodafone speaks on "Leadership in a Changing World"

View from the Top: James Truchard
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President and CEO of National Instruments speaks on "Founding and Growing into a Billion Dollar Technology-Driven Company"

View from the Top: Judy Estrin
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CEO of JLabs and the author of "Closing the Innovation Gap" speaks on "Sustainable Innovation"

View from the Top: Craig Mundie
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Chief Research and Strategy Officer at Microsoft speaks on "Shaping the Future with Technology"

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Surveillance cameras Jan 12, 2009 San Francisco Chronicle
S.F. spy cameras no help in violent crime
A long-awaited study of San Francisco's installation of surveillance cameras in high-crime areas shows that the effort fails in its primary goal of reducing homicide and other violent crime, but succeeds in reducing such offenses as burglary, pickpocketing and purse-snatching. The study was conducted by the UC Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and represents one of the most thorough reports on public surveillance.
Google cubicles Dec 29, 2008 EE Times
Randy Katz interview: The Google is flat
Randy Katz, professor of computer sciences at UC Berkeley, took a sabbatical at the Internet search giant Google in 2006, gleaning valuable insights into management and innovation that are now being implemented in Berkeley labs.
Keasling - Newsweek Dec 20, 2008 Newsweek
People to watch: Jay Keasling
Berkeley Engineering professor Jay Keasling wants to save the world, one molecule at a time. Not only has Keasling built the molecular tool kit necessary for applying engineering principles to biological systems, but he has made that tool kit freely available to his colleagues. He has also proved the new science's mettle by solving a real-world problem.
Sanjit Seshia Dec 19, 2008 UC Berkeley NewsCenter
White House presents three UC Berkeley faculty with prestigious early career awards
Sanjit Seshia, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences; Joan Walker, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering; and Rachel Segalman, assistant professor of chemical engineering, have all received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the nation's highest award for scientists at the early stages of their careers.
Bin Yu Dec 18, 2008 UC Berkeley NewsCenter
Engineering faculty members named AAAS Fellows
Two Berkeley Engineering faculty members are among the eleven UC Berkeley faculty members to be named 2008 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest general scientific society. They are Bin Yu, professor of statistics and of electrical engineering and computer sciences, and Xiang Zhang, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the National Science Foundation Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center.
Douglas Engelbart Dec 08, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle
PC premiered 40 years ago to awed crowd
Forty years ago, an audience of about 1,000 people in San Francisco witnessed the premiere of the personal computer. The Dec. 9, 1968, unveiling of the primitive device with a mouse and interactive screen -- in a now-legendary demonstration by its inventor, Berkeley alumnus Douglas Engelbart (M.S. 1953, Ph.D. 1955 EE) -- drew a standing ovation.
Ceramics Dec 04, 2008 Technology Review
Ceramics that won't shatter
A biomimetic ceramic that is strong and tough could be used to make lightweight vehicles. Materials scientists have been trying to mimic natural materials that combine strength with toughness. "When nature makes composites, the properties are better," says Robert Ritchie, chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UC Berkeley, who co-led the ceramics research.

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