Lester Mackey to Join UC Berkeley as EECS and Statistics Assistant Professor in 2027
LesterMackey · x · 2026-10-15
Lester Mackey announced he will join UC Berkeley in January 2027 as an assistant professor in EECS and Statistics. He will recruit PhD students and postdocs this cycle for Fall 2027, focusing on the science of reinforcement learning and deep learning.
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