Archive for 2023| UC Berkeley Professional Education
Forbes recently profiled Ion Stoica — co-founder of Databricks and Anyscale — whose research and teaching have shaped some of the world’s most influential AI companies. Despite building billion-dollar ventures and chairing a $6M-a-year research lab funded by tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Nvidia, Stoica chooses to stay in the classroom, mentoring students and… The post Learn from the Billionaire Berkeley Professor Powering the Future of AI appeared first on UC Berkeley Profes...| UC Berkeley Professional Education
Vinod Khosla’s recent insights about the future of work and AI’s transformative impact resonate deeply with what we’re seeing across industries today. His advice to Gen Z—to “optimize your career for flexibility, not a single profession” and cultivate “the ability to learn”—captures a fundamental truth about our rapidly evolving workplace. However, there’s a critical gap… The post The Missing Bridge: Why AI Leadership Skills Matter More Than Ever appeared first on UC Ber...| UC Berkeley Professional Education
Berkeley, CA, Aug 27, 2024 — On November 11-12, 2024, Berkeley Engineering’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) will launch the AI for the C-Suite program, a premier executive education course designed to equip senior leaders with strategic insights into leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) within their organizations. This in-person AI strategy workshop, held on… The post Berkeley Engineering Launches AI Program for Execs appeared first on UC Berkeley Profession...| UC Berkeley Professional Education
For over a decade, the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) at UC Berkeley has hosted the Engineering Leadership Professional Program (ELPP), which has helped more than 1,000 technical professionals hone their leadership skills and bring an innovative spirit to their firms. On February 28, Marc Tarpenning (B.A. Computer Science ‘85), co-founder of Tesla… The post Innovation and Engineering Leadership with Marc Tarpenning, Co-Founder, Tesla Inc. appeared first on UC B...| UC Berkeley Professional Education
AI luminary Andrew Ng recently shared his insights on the future of AI at a Berkeley event titled “How AI Will Change the World (for Good)” hosted by The House Fund with support from the Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET). Ng, one of the world’s most respected AI experts, emphasized the transformative potential… The post “AI is the New Electricity”: Insights from Dr. Andrew Ng appeared first on UC Berkeley Professional Education.| UC Berkeley Professional Education
President Joe Biden recently visited the Bay Area to surface a discussion on the evolving nature of AI and its impacts on technology, business, society and national policy. UC Berkeley community members were active in contributing their views to the public discussion. Shomit Ghose, an industry fellow at the UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship… The post Berkeley and SCET Leaders Comment on Artificial Intelligence during Biden Bay Area Visit appeared first on UC Berkeley Professi...| UC Berkeley Professional Education
The journey to entrepreneurial success can be a long and winding road, but for Andrew Laffoon, it started right here at UC Berkeley’s Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology. As a recipient of the Center’s Certificate of Engineering Management and Innovation program, Laffoon went on to co-found and serve as CEO of Mixbook, a leading…| UC Berkeley Professional Education
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A Response to MIT’s “95% AI Failure” Study MIT’s recent report claiming that 95% of generative AI projects fail to deliver measurable return on investment has sent shockwaves through the business community. The study, “The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025,” found that despite $30-40 billion in enterprise investment, 95% of organizations studied…| UC Berkeley Professional Education
Archive for 2025| UC Berkeley Professional Education
No longer a distant frontier, the AI-driven shift will undoubtedly continue to redefine global economies, industries, and institutions, a transformation that calls for strategic leadership of executives and policymakers. In the coming years, it is imperative to design systems that harmonize AI capabilities with human judgement and champion ethical AI governance at this critical intersection…| UC Berkeley Professional Education
“I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two.” The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson Can We Chat? You may have seen the recent, and much-publicized, working paper titled “Large Language Models, Small Labor Effects” (Humlum & Vestergaard 2025), gauging…| UC Berkeley Professional Education
