Engineering professor Eric Brewer is being honored by the Association for Computing Machinery for achievements in developing highly scalable Web technologies -- the kind that underpin all major Internet services. The association credited Brewer's groundbreaking work in operating systems and networking for laying the foundation for today's giant data centers, enabling search, email and social networks, as well as cloud computing. Read the full article...
It's all too common that a cultural gap grows between parents and children when a family moves to the United States from another country. A program developed by School of Social Welfare Professor Yu-Wen Ying helps both sides understand each other better. Read the full article...
With a big assist from Berkeley's Center for New Media, the U.S. Department of State has just gone live with "Opinion Space," an interactive website that invites everyone to make their voices heard on foreign policy. The idea is to foster global conversations on foreign affairs. Read the full article...
