WICSE Success Stories
Many WICSE alumnae have gone on to great success in both academia and private industry. Here we will profile a few of these outstanding women to illustrate some of the many paths available to UC Berkeley EECS graduates.
For now, you can learn more about alumnae from the WICSE 25th anniversary website (click on “Messages from Alumnae
”). Also see the WICSE 30st anniversary website for even more recent alumnae information.
Inspirational News
September 30, 2009 - Secretary Steven Chu has announced up to 12.5 million dollars will be allocated to new sciences and engineering graduate student fellowships through a Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Fellowship Program. Further information can be found here
October 1, 2009 - Our distinguished UC Berkeley EECS Professor Ruzena Bajcsy has won the 2009 Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award. The citation is as follows:
The Anita Borg Technical Leadership Award is given to a woman who has inspired the women's technology community through outstanding technological and social contributions. This year's winner, Ruzena Bajcsy is Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley where she is also Director Emerita of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), Over the past four decades Bajcsy has had an astounding impact in the fields of active vision, computer vision algorithms for medical imaging and telepresence. Dr. Bajcsy has pioneered new research fields, guided national policy regarding and lead the computing community in addressing social issues. She has broken barriers and opened up access for women as a role model, mentor and advocate.
A link to the awards page can be found here.
April 27, 2009 - President Obama made a major speech at the National Academy of Science where among other things he called for the US to devote over 3% of its GDP to science and technology research and development, exceeding the height of the space race. The proposal includes completing the doubling of funding to NSF, DOE office of Science, and NIST, and a major effort at science, technology, engineering and mathematics education at all levels. A complete copy of the speech can be found here.