UC Berkeley students & their mentors are turning data into meaningful real-world solutions! During the Data Discovery spring symposium, over 150 researchers and mentors across multiple disciplines presented tools and innovations to a packed audience. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4dKSYuZ

The Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, the new home of CDSS, is nearing completion! This space will foster AI-driven discovery, interdisciplinary collaboration and provide student support as we work to find solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4uJCKbs #UCBerkeley

Kigali Sim is now published in the Journal of Open Source Software! The milestone marks a new chapter for our free, #OpenSource modeling tool w/ @unep.org to help #ReduceEmissions from the worst greenhouse gases. Read: joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21... Explore: dse.berkeley.edu/programs/red...

Last chance to grab CDSS gear from the pop-up shop! Order before 8 a.m. tomorrow, May 7. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4865l1I #UCBerkeley #CDSS #PopUpShop

Join us on Thursday, May 7 for the CDSS Data Discovery Spring Symposium! Network with UC Berkeley students and faculty who are enthusiastic about data science, hear from keynote speakers and discover groundbreaking research projects that are shaping the future. 🔗 https://bit.ly/41rvAfe

The College of Computing, Data Science, and Society welcomed new admits, prospective students and their families on #CalDay! #GoBears 🐻 #UCBerkeley

There is still time to purchase CDSS gear! Grab a t-shirt, cap, sweatshirt and more before the shop closes on May 7. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4865l1I #UCBerkeley #CDSS #PopUpShop

We are hiring a Senior College Advisor! This role will serve as the college’s academic advising expert and consultant to college advisors, deans, departmental advisors and key campus partners. 🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/3OjKH3J #NowHiring #UCBerkeley #StudentSuccess

UC Berkeley Data Science alum Lydia Sidhom (B.A. ‘25) uses data analytics at the @washingtonpost.com to turn hidden and complex data into verified, groundbreaking stories. 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4u1sydI #UCBerkeley #Alumni #DataScience #DataJournalism #PoliticalScience #PeopleOfCDSS

Michael Jordan, the Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and the Department of Statistics, will speak at the CDSS undergraduate commencement ceremonies on May 22. 🔗 Read more:https://bit.ly/3OwVL1lhttps://bit.ly/3OwVL1l

UC Berkeley and UCSF researchers are building AI models to help radiologists interpret images faster and more accurately. ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social ucsf.health.bsky.social 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4tNEwro #MedicalImaging #AI #Innovation #HealthCare #PeopleOfCDSS

The CDSS pop-up shop is now open! Show your CDSS pride with t-shirts, caps, hoodies and more. 🐻🧢👕 🔗 Grab your gear today! https://bit.ly/4865l1I #UCBerkeley #CDSS #PopUpShop

Congrats to the Edge Medicine initiative team – Ida Sim, Ahmed Alaa, Irene Chen, Fernando Perez, & Maya Petersen – on receiving a Laude Institute Moonshots seed grant! @ucbids.bsky.social @ucjointcph.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social #AI #HealthCare 🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/48R0Gkq

UC Berkeley researchers examine opportunities and challenges of using generative protein models and other AI methods to advance protein engineering. 🔗 https://bit.ly/48NBYRX @jlistgarten.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @science.org #ProteinEngineering #AI #Innovation #PeopleOfCDSS

Join us on Thursday, May 7 for the Data Discovery Spring 2026 Symposium! Network with UC Berkeley students and faculty who are enthusiastic about data science, hear from keynote speakers and discover groundbreaking research projects that are shaping the future. 🔗 https://bit.ly/41rvAfe

Congratulations to Matei Zaharia on being awarded the ACM Prize in Computing! His development of open-source systems helped enable large-scale machine learning, analytics and AI at a global scale. @matei-zaharia.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4vbNujK

UC Berkeley graduate programs in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, and statistics get high rankings by US News & World Report. Go Bears! 🐻 @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @usnews.com 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/41W4j4F

Congratulations to John DeNero and Arjun Singh on receiving UC Berkeley Achievement Awards! 🔗 Read about their work: https://bit.ly/4rUi6nd @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social #UCBerkeley #AchievementAwards #PeopleOfCDSS

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

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! https://bit.ly/3OcLg2B

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: https://bit.ly/4bg90ee @berkeleyme.bsky.social

BIDMaP seminar | March 5 Next in the series: A Fellows workshop by three BIDMaP postdocs Boyu Qie, Mihail Krumov, and Ping Tuo— spanning generative models, theory, and AI-guided experiments. 🗓 Thursday, March 5 ⏰ 12:00 PM 📍 Cory Hall 373 🥗 Lunch provided 🔗 https://bidmap.berkeley.edu/events

BIDMaP Seminar | March 12 Join John Kitchin on how machine learning, generative models, and AI agents are changing the way scientific discovery workflows are built—from catalysis to automated research software. 🗓 Thursday, March 12 ⏰ 12:00 PM 📍 Cory Hall 373 🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4skYzN1

We are BIDMaP — the Bakar Institute of Digital Materials for the Planet at UC Berkeley. We use big data, AI, robotics, and generative modeling to accelerate materials discovery for climate, energy, and sustainability. Follow to learn more. 🔗 bidmap.berkeley.edu #AIforScience #Materials #Climate

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

We are excited to welcome Mary Robinson on 3/31 at noon for the CDSS Dean’s Distinguished Lecture on Shared Futures! Please join us for this free event and panel discussion. 🔗 RSVP: https://bit.ly/46HruCD @berkeleychemistry.bsky.social @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

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! 🔗 https://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.lbl.gov#MachineLearning 🔗https://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: https://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. 🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/4a599le @berkeleychemistry.bsky.social @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social

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 https://bit.ly/3OcLg2B

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

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 #Sustainability #DataScience 🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4tAQJ3y

Join us 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. 🔗 Register now: https://bit.ly/46HruCD @berkeleychemistry.bsky.social @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social

We are excited to announce the second year of the Mayfield AI Garage at Berkeley in partnership with Mayfield & Berkeley Skydeck! Applications are now open for innovators who want to shape the future of AI. 🔗 Apply now: https://bit.ly/46ApU5s https://bsky.app/profile/berkeleyskydeck.bsky.social

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

Congratulations to UC faculty recipients of the CITRIS-CDSS Innovation Fellowship program and AIC Awards! Learn about their award-winning innovations: https://bit.ly/49I5SZ0 @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucsantacruz.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social #UCResearch

'Discovery of Stacking Heterogeneity, Layer Buckling, and Residual Water in COF-999-NH2 and Implications on CO2 Capture' from Journal of the American Chemical Society is currently free to read as an #ACSEditorsChoice. 📖 Read the article: buff.ly/seK9GBx @berkeleycdss.bsky.social

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

The #NobelPrize-winning materials known as MOFs have incredible promise for #EnergyTechnology, #medicine, #CleanWater, and more. Our scientists are helping pioneer the field to make big changes from these tiny crystal sponges. ⬇️ newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/01/06/f... @molecularfoundry.lbl.gov

Built by UC Berkeley graduate student instructor Rebecca Dang and her team, a new instructional tool simplifies how students write and test database queries, replacing an outdated system and supporting learning for 400+ data science undergraduates each semester. Read more: https://bit.ly/4skRLA0

As AI continues advancing at a breakneck pace, UC Berkeley faculty Narges Norouzi & Joseph Gonzalez are optimizing computer science courses to prepare undergraduate students for changing careers in tech & beyond. @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social https://bit.ly/49QvjI7

✨As 2025 comes to a close, we are celebrating the many milestones and memories of the past year. Thank you for being part of the CDSS community! Wishing you a joyful holiday season and a restful winter break. See you in the new year! ❄️

Applications are now open for the Fall 2026 Berkeley Global Computing and Data Science Program! Visiting students can earn transferable credits, connect with faculty and industry leaders, and more! 🔗 Learn more: https://bit.ly/4s3YGxm

The American Academy of Arts & Sciences Berkeley Committee held a panel on the legal and economic implications of GenAI, featuring UC Berkeley experts Jennifer Chayes, Pamela Samuelson and Abhishek Nagaraj. @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social @berkeleyhaas.bsky.social Read more: https://bit.ly/3K0FnUv

Researchers at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social and @ucsfhealth.bsky.social released Pillar-0, an open-source AI model that detects cancer, brain hemorrhages and other medical conditions from a single CT or MRI image with unprecedented accuracy. @ucjointcph.bsky.social Read more: bit.ly/4obqVqG

Experts at @schmidtdse.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social, in partnership with the United Nations Multilateral Fund Secretariat, have developed Kagali Sim – an open-source AI modeling tool to assist global policymakers in reaching environmental & climate goals. #PeopleOfCDSS @unep.org