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The Professor Buys a Dyson

Like most people, there are some domestic tasks I simply detest, some I don’t like but tolerate, and some I love. For example, I just seem…

Mar 6, 2024

The Professor Buys a Dyson

Mar 6, 2024

Was Air Travel Really Ever Glamorous?

Many people think traveling is glamorous.

Mar 6, 2024

Was Air Travel Really Ever Glamorous?

Mar 6, 2024

A Tale of Two Bags, Two Airlines, Two Terminals, and Two Days

I arrived early at Athens to check in for the return home to San Francisco via Heathrow. The tickets involve a very short (90 minute)…

Aug 18, 2023

A Tale of Two Bags, Two Airlines, Two Terminals, and Two Days

Aug 18, 2023

S**t I’ve Written (on Facebook):

San Francisco is F**ked! Brooklynization!

May 5, 2022

S**t I’ve Written (on Facebook):

May 5, 2022

The Professor is called for Jury Duty

Is there anything more onerous than going through your mail, finding an official looking envelop from the County of San Francisco, only to…

May 5, 2022

The Professor is called for Jury Duty

May 5, 2022

What Can the Dramatic Arts Teach an Engineer?

C. P. Snow spoke of the largely incompatible “two cultures” of the humanities and the sciences. Yet actors and engineers may not be as…

Jan 8, 2022

What Can the Dramatic Arts Teach an Engineer?

Jan 8, 2022

Rebuild It, But This Time Better

A Science and Engineering Research Agenda for Rebuilding America’s Civilian Infrastructure in the 21st Century

Jan 6, 2022

Rebuild It, But This Time Better

Jan 6, 2022

What Can Ernest Shackleton Teach Us About Academic Leadership?

One hundred years ago today, one of the most intrepid explorers of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration passed away, on his way to his…

Jan 5, 2022

What Can Ernest Shackleton Teach Us About Academic Leadership?

Jan 5, 2022

Reflections on Nobel Prizes and Use-Inspired Research

(I wrote this piece in 2018 after Jim Allison and Frances Arnold won their Nobel Prizes. When I get a chance, I will update to include the…

Jan 4, 2022

Reflections on Nobel Prizes and Use-Inspired Research

Jan 4, 2022

The Long and Winding Road: Career Pathways to Leadership in Research Administration

(A thought piece based on my view of Leadership as Service, based on my 40 year experience as a Professor, Department Chair, Federal…

Jan 1, 2022

The Long and Winding Road: Career Pathways to Leadership in Research Administration

Jan 1, 2022

Researching while Chinese American: Ethnic Profiling, Chinese American Scientists and a New…

(The following is my lightly edited and updated written testimony to the Democratic Member Roundtable on this topic that took place on June…

Dec 31, 2021

Dec 31, 2021

We Need a National Network of University-Based Pandemic Testing and Research Centers

(I wrote this proposal in August 2020 and shared it — at their request — with Dr. Francis Collins, NIH Director, Dr. Brett Giroir…

Dec 30, 2021

We Need a National Network of University-Based Pandemic Testing and Research Centers

Dec 30, 2021

Randy Katz

Randy Katz

Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of California, Berkeley. Vice Chancellor Emeritus for Research. Former Deputy Director of CSTO/DARPA.

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