AI

Christyna Serrano talks sports tech and education in the wake of Collider Cup success

This year, sports technology has taken UC Berkeley by storm. Three out of the five winning teams at SCET’s entrepreneurship showcase, Collider Cup XIV, came from the “Sports Tech and the Entrepreneurship of Sports” course last semester. Playvision, whose technology analyzes football plays for athlete training, took home the overall first prize, while Aqua AI,…

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DALL·E 2024 06 03 16.34.53 Create a featured image that represents trust in the context of AI and data governance. The image should depict a futuristic handshake between a human

AI Needs a Constitution

Today you were passed over for a job. You were declined a loan. You, or perhaps your child, were rejected from a top university. And you never even knew it happened. Every day, across some of the deepest, most constitutionally-protected parts of our lives, algorithms are making decisions in milliseconds that no face-to-face human could…

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Joan Buch Prades

Startup Semester Profile: Joan Buch Prades & Decoditive

Joan Buch Prades is currently spending a semester at UC Berkeley through SCET’s Startup Semester program. Through the program, Joan will take SCET courses, explore emerging technologies, network with like-minded innovators and Berkeley students, and work on his startup: Decoditive. Decoditive is a tool for marketers that uses an AI that is trained with neuroscience…

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Adam Cheyer giving speech

The Creator of Siri: “Make your prototype magic”

“We launched a free app in the app store and 2 weeks later we get this call… ‘Heeeey it’s Steve, whatcha doin’? Wanna come over to my house tomorrow?’” Adam Cheyer on how Apple acquired Siri Adam Cheyer is the creator of Siri, Bixby, Viv Labs, Change.org, and Sentient. Billions of people have used his…

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Picture of Professor Sidhu educating students about 5G.

11 Thoughts on the State of 5G Networks

This week in Innovation Engineering, students continued the process of combining concepts from mobile executives, technical leaders, and students. Mostafa Essa, a Vodafone engineer, was this week’s guest speaker. He discussed the intersection of Radio Access Networks, AI, and Data Analytics. After just one month, here are a few notable things the class has discovered:…

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The Impact of 5G on Existing Internet Systems

This week in Innovation Engineering, Lyle Bertz, who leads R&D at Sprint came to speak to the class about 5G and IoT. The session helped students understand the network and how it affects IoT.  Here are a few key outtakes from his presentation:   1. IoT will change network behavior. Currently, most networks are configured for…

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Ikhlaq Sidhu, Founding Director & Chief Scientist @ SCET

Innovation Engineering Workshop Paves the Way for Future Creation

Think of the process of innovation as learning to ride a bike. People can give you instruction, tell you how to balance and pedal your feet, but you won’t actually learn how to ride the bike until you get on and try it yourself. One problem with the modern education system is that students rarely…

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AI and Tax Season – Why AI and Data Does Not Solve Every Problem & Why Systems and Good Architecture Matter More

By Ikhlaq Sidhu | April 22, 2019 A few weeks back, I had the opportunity to visit a tax department for one of the world’s leading global economies. My colleague Alexander Fred-Ojala and I were there to discuss how artificial intelligence and data technologies might fit into their strategic plans. It was a great discussion, and a…

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Our Students Can Make Data, AI, & Blockchain Projects Work in Real Life – and So Can You

A Focus on Implementation and Rapid Impact A Signal in the Noise  About 2 years ago, I had a thought that it was time to offer a new type of course in the areas of AI/Data, and possibly extensible to the other digital transformations like Blockchain. To create anything of significant value in this area…

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SCET director Ikhlaq Sidhu (right) meets Hong Kong Baptist University president and vice-chancellor, Roland Chin

Ikhlaq Sidhu addresses A.I. and data science at Hong Kong Baptist University

In January of 2018, professors and students from all over the world gathered at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) for its annual Principal’s Day in order to tackle the theme of “A.I. in X: The Future of Education.” HKBU is a global partner with the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology (SCET) and has previously…

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