Archive for March 2016
A Fast Moving Autonomous Vehicle Industry
The first quarter of 2016, in particular the past month, has seen an influx of M&A activity, investment and news regarding the development of the autonomous vehicle industry in the USA. Toyota, GM and other large car manufacturers around the world have stepped up in the race against Google and other tech innovation firms to…
Read MoreFintech Collider in Singapore – Now Accepting Applications!
The Sutardja Center is now accepting applications for the summer 2016 Fintech Collider in Singapore! We are partnering with the Inter Varsity Entrepreneur Challenge (IVEC), to bring 8 UC Berkeley students to Singapore and compete in an intensive one-week Fintech Challenge from May 29th to June 4th. A total of 48 students from three world-class universities,…
Read MoreBig Data in Retail Collider
Drones skyrocketing through the sky, delivering us packages that we have not even ordered yet—a dream of how technology, Big Data and analytics will influence the retail landscape in the near future. But fantasy aside, the way we buy and sell is evolving rapidly. Retailers are learning how to embrace a data-first strategy to understand…
Read MoreIntellectual Property Collider
On Tuesday, March 15th from 7-8pm the Intellectual Property Collider Kick Off event was held at the SCET Stadium office. Dr. Tal Lavian and Dr. Ron Lesniak from UC Berkeley, College of Engineering discussed how IEOR 190c and 190g has teamed up with the Berkeley Intellectual Property & Industry Research Alliances (IPIRA) to create…
Read MoreIntroducing the 2016 Berkeley Sutardja Center Watchlist
UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology is publishing its What’s Next Watchlist for 2016. The Watchlist was created by tracking applied research and venture development and aims to determine which emerging areas are the best investment bets for 2016 based on timing and potential impact. What’s Next Watchlist — Emerging Areas to Watch…
Read MoreBig Data Solutions for Small Firm
Big Data has been leveraged by a number of large firms to gain a competitive advantage in the retail industry – the likes of Macy’s, Amazon, reveal that big data has been crucial to helping them increase sales by as much as 10%. Kroger CEO David Dilon refers to big data as his ‘secret weapon.’…
Read MoreEngineering Leadership Alumni Gather at Samsung’s New HQ for Mixer
On Thursday, March 10th, alumni of the Sutardja Center’s Engineering Leadership Professional Program (ELPP) gathered at Samsung’s newly opened North American HQ in San Jose for a well-attended mixer. The event included tours of the “vertical garden tower”, $300 million, 1.1 million-square-foot research and development center, a highlight of the evening. Another highlight was an update…
Read MoreGoogle Deepmind’s Victory for AI
Time and again when man has doubted the ability of computers to take a new step, technology has proved us wrong – nothing is perhaps as indicative of this as the field of artificial intelligence. This week’s whitewash of Lee Se-dol, South Korea and the world’s best player of Go, marked another benchmark in the…
Read MoreApplied Innovation Review 2016: Call for Submissions
UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology is now accepting submissions for the Applied Innovation Review 2016. This online and print publication aims to give voice to special topics in technology business innovation, new venture models, and education in entrepreneurship and innovation. The most recent review saw the participation of Dado Banatao, Venture Capitalist…
Read MoreKun Gao, Founder of Crunchyroll Addresses Newton Lecture Series
Kun Gao, a UC Berkeley alumni and the co-founder of CrunchyRoll, the Netflix + of anime, recently addressed the Newton Lecture Series. Crunchyroll is a leading global destination and platform for Japanese anime and Asian content, and has more than 750,000 active paying users. Kun Gao and his team have spent the past decade or…
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