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Major Awards

National Medal of Science

  • Richard M. Karp, 1996
  • John R. Whinnery, 1992 *

National Medal of Technology and Innovation

  • Chenming Hu, 2016

ACM A.M. Turing Award

  • David A. Patterson, 2017
  • Michael Stonebraker, 2014
  • Shafi Goldwasser, 2012
  • Manuel Blum, 1995
  • William M. Kahan, 1989
  • Richard M. Karp, 1985

ACM Prize in Computing

  • Pieter Abbeel, 2021
  • Alexei (Alyosha) Efros, 2016
  • Eric Brewer, 2009

IEEE Medal of Honor

  • Chenming Hu, 2020
  • Donald O. Pederson, 1998 *
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1993 *
  • John R. Whinnery, 1985 *

SIAM John von Neumann Lecture Prize

  • Jennifer Chayes, 2015
  • Bernd Sturmfels, 2010
  • Jerrold Marsden, 2005 *
  • William M. Kahan, 1997
  • Richard M. Karp, 1987

Computers and Communications (C&C) Prize

  • Michael Stonebraker, 2020
  • Scott Shenker, 2015
  • David A. Patterson, 2004
  • Ernest S. Kuh, 1996 *
  • Donald O. Pederson, 1996 *

Silicon Valley Engineering Hall of Fame

  • Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2018
  • Randy H. Katz, 2018
  • Chenming Hu, 2017
  • Paul R. Gray, 2015
  • David A. Hodges, 2012 *
  • Ernest S. Kuh, 2008 *
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 2006 *
  • David A. Patterson, 2005

Harvey Prize

  • Eli Yablonovitch, 2011
  • Richard M. Karp, 1998

Honda Prize

  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1989 *

Kyoto Prize

  • Richard M. Karp, 2008

MacArthur Fellow

  • Dawn Song, 2010
  • Claire Tomlin, 2006

Okawa Prize

  • Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2018
  • David E. Culler, 2013
  • John R. Whinnery, 1997 *
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1996 *

National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Member

  • Scott Shenker, 2019
  • Jennifer Chayes, 2019
  • Umesh Vazirani, 2018
  • Jitendra Malik, 2015
  • Bin Yu, 2014
  • James Demmel, 2011
  • Michael Jordan, 2010
  • Christos Papadimitriou, 2009
  • David A. Patterson, 2006
  • Phillip Colella, 2004
  • Shafi Goldwasser, 2004
  • Eli Yablonovitch, 2003
  • Manuel Blum, 2002
  • Elwyn R. Berlekamp, 1999 *
  • William J. Welch, 1999 *
  • Donald O. Pederson, 1982 *
  • Richard M. Karp, 1980
  • John R. Whinnery, 1972 *

National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Member

  • Ion Stoica, 2024
  • Claire Tomlin, 2019
  • Constance Chang-Hasnain, 2018
  • David Tse, 2018 *
  • Tsu-Jae King Liu, 2017
  • Katherine A. Yelick, 2017
  • Scott Shenker, 2012
  • Jitendra Malik, 2011
  • Michael Jordan, 2010
  • Eric Brewer, 2007
  • David E. Culler, 2005
  • Shafi Goldwasser, 2005
  • William M. Kahan, 2005
  • A. Richard Newton, 2003 *
  • Eli Yablonovitch, 2003
  • Christos Papadimitriou, 2002
  • Albert Pisano, 2001 *
  • S. Shankar Sastry, 2001
  • Randy H. Katz, 2000
  • James Demmel, 1999
  • Pravin Varaiya, 1999 *
  • Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 1998
  • Ruzena Bajcsy, 1997
  • Michael Stonebraker, 1997
  • Theodore Van Duzer, 1997 *
  • Chenming Hu, 1996
  • Thomas F. Budinger, 1996
  • Andrew R. Neureuther, 1995
  • Richard M. White, 1994 *
  • Robert K. Brayton, 1993
  • Susan L. Graham, 1993
  • David A. Patterson, 1993
  • Richard M. Karp, 1992
  • Richard S. Muller, 1992
  • Paul R. Gray, 1990
  • David G. Messerschmitt, 1990
  • Robert W. Brodersen, 1988 *
  • Eugene Wong, 1987
  • William G. Oldham, 1986
  • David A. Hodges, 1983 *
  • Elwyn R. Berlekamp, 1977 *
  • Charles A. Desoer, 1977 *
  • Donald O. Pederson, 1974 *
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1973 *
  • John R. Whinnery, 1972 *

American Academy of Arts and Sciences Member

  • Claire Tomlin, 2019
  • Eric Brewer, 2018
  • James Demmel, 2018
  • Katherine A. Yelick, 2017
  • Robert Full, 2016
  • Scott Shenker, 2016
  • Jennifer Chayes, 2014
  • Jitendra Malik, 2013
  • Bin Yu, 2013
  • Eli Yablonovitch, 2011
  • Michael Jordan, 2010
  • Ruzena Bajcsy, 2007
  • David A. Patterson, 2006
  • S. Shankar Sastry, 2003
  • William M. Kahan, 2003
  • Shafi Goldwasser, 2001
  • Elwyn R. Berlekamp, 1996 *
  • Manuel Blum, 1995
  • Susan L. Graham, 1995
  • Randy H. Katz, 1990
  • A. Richard Newton, 1990 *
  • Christos Papadimitriou, 1990
  • Pravin Varaiya, 1985 *
  • Richard M. Karp, 1980
  • Eugene Wong, 1980
  • John R. Whinnery, 1975 *

Berkeley Citation

  • Ruzena Bajcsy, 2023
  • David E. Culler, 2021
  • S. Shankar Sastry, 2018
  • Edward A. Lee, 2018
  • David A. Patterson, 2016
  • Carlo H. Séquin, 2016
  • Robert W. Brodersen, 2015 *
  • Albert Pisano, 2013 *
  • Chenming Hu, 2011
  • Jerome A. Feldman, 2009
  • Susan L. Graham, 2009
  • Andrew R. Neureuther, 2007
  • Paul R. Gray, 2006
  • Pravin Varaiya, 2006 *
  • David G. Messerschmitt, 2005
  • Thomas F. Budinger, 2004
  • William G. Oldham, 2004
  • Steven E. Schwarz, 2000
  • David A. Hodges, 1998 *
  • Edwin R. Lewis, 1997
  • Eugene Lawler, 1994 *
  • Richard S. Muller, 1994
  • Eugene Wong, 1994
  • Ernest S. Kuh, 1993 *
  • Theodore Van Duzer, 1993 *
  • Arthur R. Bergen, 1991 *
  • Charles K. (Ned) Birdsall, 1991 *
  • Charles A. Desoer, 1991 *
  • Donald O. Pederson, 1991 *
  • George L. Turin, 1991 *
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh, 1991 *
  • Diogenes Angelakos, 1990 *
  • John R. Whinnery, 1987 *

UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award

  • Joshua Hug, 2023
  • John DeNero, 2018
  • Daniel Klein, 2010
  • David A. Wagner, 2006
  • Chenming Hu, 1997
  • Robert Full, 1996
  • Kameshwar Poolla, 1996
  • Brian Harvey, 1995
  • Randy H. Katz, 1992
  • Richard M. Karp, 1986
  • David A. Patterson, 1982
  • Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 1981
  • Manuel Blum, 1977
  • Edwin R. Lewis, 1972
  • Charles A. Desoer, 1971 *
  • Michael A. Lieberman, 1971

Sloan Research Fellow

  • Nika Haghtalab, 2024
  • Preeya Khanna, 2024
  • Sophia Shao, 2024
  • Angjoo Kanazawa, 2023
  • Avishay Tal, 2022
  • Alessandro Chiesa, 2021
  • Sanjam Garg, 2020
  • Aditya Parameswaran, 2020
  • Alvin Cheung, 2019
  • Moritz Hardt, 2019
  • Sergey Levine, 2019
  • Anca Dragan, 2018
  • Raluca Ada Popa, 2018
  • Prabal Dutta, 2017
  • Jelani Nelson, 2017
  • Ren Ng, 2017
  • Nir Yosef, 2016
  • Björn Hartmann, 2013
  • Michael Lustig, 2013
  • Prasad Raghavendra, 2012
  • Sylvia Ratnasamy, 2012
  • Benjamin Recht, 2011
  • Pieter Abbeel, 2011
  • Koushik Sen, 2011
  • Ali Javey, 2010
  • Jose M. Carmena, 2009
  • Alexei (Alyosha) Efros, 2008
  • Sanjit A. Seshia, 2008
  • Yun S. Song, 2008
  • Daniel Klein, 2007
  • Dawn Song, 2007
  • Venkatesan Guruswami, 2005
  • Martin Wainwright, 2005
  • Jonathan Shewchuk, 2004
  • James O'Brien, 2003
  • Ion Stoica, 2003
  • David A. Wagner, 2003
  • Jack Gallant, 1998
  • Joseph M. Hellerstein, 1998
  • Eric Brewer, 1997
  • Constance Chang-Hasnain, 1994
  • Bernd Sturmfels, 1991
  • Jennifer Chayes, 1989
  • Eli Yablonovitch, 1978
  • Manuel Blum, 1972

*No longer active in the department