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Our Impact
Pioneering Research
ICSI researchers ask big questions and pursue bold ideas, wherever they may lead. Our pioneering research has sparked breakthroughs in computers’ ability to see, hear, speak, learn, reason, and discover. Advancing theory, techniques, and technology, our work drives progress and unlocks the next big questions.
“A key benefit is that ICSI has a great deal of flexibility for building collaborations. We were able to put together big centers and so forth that would have been much harder on a university campus. It’s a much more agile environment.”
Vern Paxson
ICSI Distinguished Fellow
“ICSI made interdisciplinary work extremely easy. No one cared if you were a computer science person or a psychology person or a language person. It was just about working together on this project.”
Srini Narayanan
Former ICSI Researcher
“ICSI is a prestigious research institute known for its high-impact work and uniquely international environment. Its close affiliation with UC Berkeley makes it an especially attractive place for meaningful collaboration and knowledge exchange.”
Chen He
Visited ICSI as a FARIA-ICSI International Research Fellow
Pioneering Research
Impact Stories
Advancing Human-Centered AI Through Visual Data Analysis
Chen He’s fellowship at ICSI explores how large language models can support learning, reasoning, and discovery
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The Fellowship that Launched a Career and a $900 Million Company
Robin Sommer reflects on how his one-year ICSI fellowship evolved into a 15-year journey and a leading cybersecurity startup
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Breakthroughs in Computer Vision
How ICSI researchers taught machines to see—without human-labeled data
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Setting the Stage for a Fruitful Career
Dr. Asuman Suenbuel shares how ICSI’s multicultural, interdisciplinary environment sparked her passion for innovation and launched an international career in computer science
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Fostering Finnish Scholars
Jussi Kangasharju reflects on bringing Finnish scholars to ICSI
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Teaching Computers Meaning
FrameNet helps machines—and people—understand language through semantic frames
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Demystifying the Malware Economy
How ICSI researchers infiltrated cybercriminal networks to reveal, and disrupt, the business behind malware
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Seeing with Sound
How ICSI researchers developed a real-time robotic echolocation system that “sees” using sound, just like a bat
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Efficient AI for the Internet of Things
How ICSI researchers developed a faster, leaner way to compress AI models for smart devices and large-scale neural networks
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Teaching Computers to Listen
How ICSI researchers pioneered hybrid neural network methods that transformed speech recognition
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Learning to Tell a Quality ML Model from a Lemon
How ICSI researchers created new tools to evaluate machine learning models, even without access to their training data
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A Nexus of Networking Expertise
How ICSI’s world-class networking group became a launchpad for careers and groundbreaking research across sectors
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A Feel for Language
How ICSI researchers shaped a neural theory of language grounded in cognition, embodiment, and interdisciplinary collaboration
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