UC Berkeley Engineering Announces “The AI-Forward Professional” Microcourse to Help Working Professionals Outpace the AI Displacement Gap

AI-forward professional

New five-week intensive focuses on “builder-first” productivity, allowing non-technical professionals to design AI workflows and build functional applications without coding. BERKELEY, CA — February 1, 2026 — The UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) today unveiled its latest executive education offering, The AI-Forward Professional. This five-week online microcourse is specifically engineered for…

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UC Berkeley Engineering Launches “Becoming a CTO” Program to Bridge the Gap Between Technical Excellence and Executive Leadership

Become a CTO

New five-week “Practical Field Guide” microcourse provides senior engineers and technical founders with a proven operating system for the C-suite. BERKELEY, CA — February 1, 2026 — The UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology (SCET) today announced the launch of Becoming a CTO: A Practical Field Guide, an intensive five-week microcourse designed to…

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How UC scientists are putting AI to the test

How UC scientists are putting AI to the test

Nervous about artificial intelligence? You’re not alone: half of Americans now say they’re more concerned than excited about the ways AI is changing daily life. But most people surveyed also recognize that AI is changing some things for the better. Take science: with its ability to detect never-before-seen patterns in complex systems, AI is speeding the search for everything from new medicines to new galaxies.

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11 things AI experts are watching for in 2026

11 things AI experts are watching for in 2026

In just a few years, AI has gone from a tech novelty to a society-altering force. It has revolutionized scientific research, classrooms and workplaces. People around the planet have turned to it to break through writer’s block and to contest parking tickets.

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Learn from the Billionaire Berkeley Professor Powering the Future of AI

Prof. Ion Stoica

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…

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Berkeley Engineering Launches AI Program for Execs

AI for Executives Faculty AI for C Suite Faculty Pieter Abbeel – AI Pioneer Director of Berkeley Robot Learning Lab Co-Director of the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence (BAIR) Lab Professor, Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) David Gallacher – Business Strategy Expert Industry Fellow, UC Berkeley College of Engineering, SCET Stuart Russell – AI Thought Leader Distinguished Professor, UC Berkeley Computer Science Smith-Zadeh Professor in Engineering Anca Dragan – Robotics & AI Researcher Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) Director of AI Safety and Alignment, Google DeepMind Ali Ghodsi – AI Entrepreneur CEO & Co-Founder, Databricks Adjunct Professor, UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) Brandie Nonnecke – AI Ethics Specialist Director, CITRIS Policy Lab Associate Research Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy Ion Stoica – Cloud Computing Innovator Executive Chairman, Databricks Director, Sky Computing Lab Professor, UC Berkeley Computer Science Dominique Shelton Leipzig – AI, Privacy & Cybersecurity Expert Partner, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Practice, Mayer Brown Founder, Co-Chief Executive Officer, NxtWork

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…

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Innovation and Engineering Leadership with Marc Tarpenning, Co-Founder, Tesla Inc.

Marc Tarpenning lectures in front of a classroom during a session of the UC Berkeley Engineering Leadership Professional Programs on Leadership

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…

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