BEARS 2020 Centers and Labs

ADEPT: Agile Design of Efficient Processing Technologies Lab

The goal of the ADEPT lab is to dramatically improve computing capability by reducing the cost and risk of designing custom silicon for new application areas. Our integrated 5-year research mission cuts across applications, programming systems, architecture, and hardware design and verification methodologies.

BAIR: Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research

The BAIR Lab brings together UC Berkeley researchers across the areas of computer vision, machine learning, natural language processing, planning, and robotics. BAIR includes over two dozen faculty and more than a hundred graduate students pursuing research on fundamental advances in the above areas as well as cross-cutting themes including multi-modal deep learning, human-compatible AI, and connecting AI with other scientific disciplines and the humanities.

BETR: Berkeley Emerging Technologies Research Center

The BETR Center is a hub of physical electronics research at the University of California, Berkeley. It serves as a nexus for interactions with companies for long-term research collaborations and knowledge transfer, as well as access to faculty and students who are building the technological foundation for future electronic devices and information systems.

BSAC: Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center

BSAC is devoted to research on sensors and miniature moving mechanical elements or MEMS (MicroElectroMechanical Systems) that take advantage of integrated-circuit technology.

BWRC: Berkeley Wireless Research Center

BWRC’s research focuses on highly-integrated CMOS implementations with the lowest possible energy consumption and advanced communication algorithms. Components are fabricated using state-of-the-art processes and evaluated in a realistic test environment

FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality

The main goals of the FHL Vive Center are to sponsor critical fundamental research and high-impact applications in the emerging fields of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Artificial Intelligence (AI), and at the same time serve as the central hub to facilitate the deployment of disruptive VR, AR, and AI technologies across the Berkeley campus for cross-disciplinary research and education.

RISELab: Real-Time Intelligent Secure Explainable Systems

RISELab represents the next chapter in the ongoing story of data-intensive systems at Berkeley; a proactive step to move beyond Big Data analytics into a more immersive world. Our mission in the RISELab is to develop technologies that enable applications to interact intelligently and securely with their environment in real time.