Giving in honor of Herbst鈥檚 first two directors听

June 14, 2016

Last summer, we announced the 2015 death of Athanasios (Thanasi) Moulakis, the program鈥檚 founding director. If you were here in the Program鈥檚 first decade or so, you will remember Thanasi鈥檚 vibrant and dynamic personality. He taught many sections of its original seminars as well as History of Technology and Engineering...

2016 Message from the Director

June 14, 2016

Hello, Alumni and Friends! It鈥檚 been another wonderful year for the Herbst Program. Our biggest news is that our instructor search has been successful. From a field of more than 170 applicants, the eight Herbst faculty unanimously agreed on the two top candidates: Shilo Brooks and Laura Rabinowitz . Both...

Herbst hosts expert on artificial intelligence

June 14, 2016

This past semester, with the generous support of the Engineering Excellence Fund and the Dean鈥檚 Office, Herbst hosted Stuart Russell , a professor of computer science at University of California, Berkeley. Russell, a lively, thoughtful and compelling speaker, is an international authority on artificial intelligence whose book " Artificial Intelligence:...