Satya Nadella

I sat down with Michael J Keegan at IBM Center for The Business of Government on their Federal News Network radio show to discuss our recent work (Yi Ming Andy Xia Michael Overton, Ph.D Nisa Gurbuz Brandon De Bruhl, MPP, MA) on Generative AI and the federal labor market. A link to that interview is here: https://lnkd.in/gzWH6TzJ The report on which it's based can be found in the comments below.

21

1 Comment

When startups and students team up, innovation happens. Stanford students Rushank Goyal and Ryota Sato share their experience partnering with Sanas' CTO Shawn Zhang to take on 8kHz audio watermarking, a critical challenge for securing phone conversations in the age of AI. The result? The prototype outperformed industry benchmarks, earned recognition as the top paper in their class, and contributed directly to Sanas R&D. Read their full story: https://lnkd.in/gAGkbjXv

61

3 Comments

Looking to build a secure, scalable #AI strategy for your institution?    Cloudforce and Microsoft have produced a guide that shows how campuses like UCLA Anderson School of Management, London Business School, University of Maryland, and Cal State Fullerton are securely harnessing the power of AI to support staff, streamline student services, and drive innovation.    💡 Real examples  🔒 Secure solutions  🎓 Built for Higher Ed    Don’t miss seeing how trailblazers are transforming their campuses today! 👉https://lnkd.in/eFDcDuEV

13

Rajesh Gupta, a distinguished computer scientist and seasoned academic leader, has been named founding dean of the UC San Diego School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences, effective July 1, 2025. Gupta brings a wealth of academic and administrative talent to leading SCIDS. Gupta’s continued leadership will be instrumental in shaping the future of SCIDS, which leverages the existing strengths of HDSI and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) — a national center that has, for four decades, led and enabled data and computationally intensive scientific breakthroughs. Trained as a circuit designer, Gupta led the Computer Science and Engineering department, several center-scale efforts sponsored by the NSF and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). A distinguished alumnus of IIT Kanpur, Gupta received a Master’s Degree in electrical engineering and computer sciences from UC Berkeley, and a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University. Gupta held the INRIA International Chair at the French international research institute in Rennes, Bretagne Atlantique. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). “As founding director of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI), Rajesh has played a pivotal role in shaping our university's interdisciplinary, data-driven research landscape. Under his guidance, SCIDS will contribute to UC San Diego's reputation as a leading university, building on our legacy of strength and innovation in high-performance computing, data science and artificial intelligence.” - Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. Read more here: https://ow.ly/E5CI50Wo5Lk

849

245 Comments

👀 Have you spotted a new ‘secret design’ Waymo on the streets? 🚗 To counteract Waymos’ intimidating vehicle design, 200 artist-wrapped cars were deployed to make the cars more human and approachable. Our director, Mizuko Ito, comments, ”It signals this sort of quirky humanity[.] It helps disrupt the narrative that these gigantic soulless companies are just scaling a standardized product [and] bulldozing over everything.” https://lnkd.in/g_Bm6Xcc

5

Rajesh Gupta, a distinguished computer scientist and seasoned academic leader, has been named founding dean of the UC San Diego School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences, effective July 1, 2025. Gupta brings a wealth of academic and administrative talent to leading SCIDS. Gupta’s continued leadership will be instrumental in shaping the future of SCIDS, which leverages the existing strengths of HDSI and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) — a national center that has, for four decades, led and enabled data and computationally intensive scientific breakthroughs. Trained as a circuit designer, Gupta led the Computer Science and Engineering department, several center-scale efforts sponsored by the NSF and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). A distinguished alumnus of IIT Kanpur, Gupta received a Master’s Degree in electrical engineering and computer sciences from UC Berkeley, and a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University. Gupta held the INRIA International Chair at the French international research institute in Rennes, Bretagne Atlantique. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). “As founding director of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI), Rajesh has played a pivotal role in shaping our university's interdisciplinary, data-driven research landscape. Under his guidance, SCIDS will contribute to UC San Diego's reputation as a leading university, building on our legacy of strength and innovation in high-performance computing, data science and artificial intelligence.” - Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. Read more here: https://ow.ly/E5CI50Wo5Lk

18

Rajesh Gupta, a distinguished computer scientist and seasoned academic leader, has been named founding dean of the UC San Diego School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences, effective July 1, 2025. Gupta brings a wealth of academic and administrative talent to leading SCIDS. Gupta’s continued leadership will be instrumental in shaping the future of SCIDS, which leverages the existing strengths of HDSI and the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) — a national center that has, for four decades, led and enabled data and computationally intensive scientific breakthroughs. Trained as a circuit designer, Gupta led the Computer Science and Engineering department, several center-scale efforts sponsored by the NSF and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). A distinguished alumnus of IIT Kanpur, Gupta received a Master’s Degree in electrical engineering and computer sciences from UC Berkeley, and a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University. Gupta held the INRIA International Chair at the French international research institute in Rennes, Bretagne Atlantique. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). “As founding director of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI), Rajesh has played a pivotal role in shaping our university's interdisciplinary, data-driven research landscape. Under his guidance, SCIDS will contribute to UC San Diego's reputation as a leading university, building on our legacy of strength and innovation in high-performance computing, data science and artificial intelligence.” - Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. Read more here: https://ow.ly/E5CI50Wo5Lk

24

1 Comment

MSBA student Katrin Maliatski shares insights from alum and AI engineer Kshitiz Parashar in this must-read for aspiring AI engineers! Learn how UC Davis equips you with skills like Python, machine learning, and RAG expertise for today's high-demand AI roles. Read blog: https://bit.ly/44BHCp0 #UCDavisMSBA #AI #AIEngineer

46

Five UC Berkeley students — all from the graduate program in computer science — were honored as Siebel Scholars Foundation's class of 2026! "This scholarship will allow them to pursue new research directions to advance knowledge and innovation in their fields," said Mark Asta, interim dean and Roy W. Carlson Professor of Engineering at Berkeley. Meet the 2026 class of Siebel Scholars at Berkeley: * Shai Dickman is exploring Al-driven approaches to generate amino acid sequences that produce proteins with desirable structures and properties. * Leon Kornfeld is working on innovative research in computer vision and robotics. * Kanav Mittal is studying Al risk and alignment in educational settings. * Ronit Nagarapu is researching methods to optimize performance on hardware accelerators for machine learning applications. * Alp Eren Ozdarendeli is examining the security vulnerabilities of sophisticated Al systems and developing defense architectures to guard against adversarial attacks. Read our story: bit.ly/4n9yvCl

220

25 Comments

🎬 AI Hot Take: Joseph Gonzalez Gonzalez, UC Berkeley Professor & Director of the Sky Computing Lab “Serving technology is the engine in AI, but its not the product. In the next five years, we’re going to see a lot of centralization.” Joey says the real value won’t come from every company trying to build its own model infrastructure, but from what’s built on top of it. 👀 Full mini-documentary here: https://lnkd.in/gvGmNU9m #AI #LLM #EnterpriseAI #AIInfrastructure #JoeyGonzalez #SkyComputing #RunLLM #AIProductDesign #TrustworthyAI #MachineLearning

2

UW ECE Affiliate Assistant Professor Saman Naderiparizi is co-founder of the new Seattle startup ElastixAI, which is developing an AI inference platform designed to optimize how large language models are run. Naderiparizi and his co-founders recently raised $16M to further ElastixAI's growth. Learn more in GeekWire: https://lnkd.in/gcZmmihF

229

4 Comments

San Francisco Bay University is proud to announce a transformative collaboration with IBM that provides Capstone students majoring in business and computer science with direct access to IBM’s cutting-edge LinuxONE Community Cloud. "SFBU is integrating the power of Silicon Valley into the student experience,” said Provost Brad Fuster, DMA. “Our goal is to produce graduates who are not only job-ready, but career-ready… tenacious leaders and tech trendsetters who can adapt, innovate, and drive progress across industries." 🔗 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/gRdK76XS

72

5 Comments

🔥 Transforming innovation in San Jose: How AI startups are getting game-changing support through local grants! 🚀 💡 The city of San Jose is at the forefront of technological innovation, offering substantial grants to emerging AI startups. These initiatives are designed to catalyze groundbreaking solutions and empower local entrepreneurs with the resources they need to succeed. 💡 One key program highlighted in the post is the "Innovate San Jose Grant," which provides up to $50,000 in funding to startups demonstrating unique AI applications to solve pressing societal issues, ranging from healthcare to urban development. 💡 These grants not only support financial needs but also offer startups access to mentoring and networking opportunities, which are crucial for early-stage companies aiming to scale their innovations. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/g94vHq6N #AIStartups #Innovation #SanJose #TechGrants #Entrepreneurship

1