On December 4, 2023, the BIDS community gathered at the Alumni House to celebrate the winter holidays and Saul Perlmutter's tenure as BIDS Founding Faculty Director. Professor Perlmutter spearheaded the effort to found the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS) in 2013 and developed a vision for its future, creating a vital, new community where data science at UC Berkeley could flourish.
The appreciation and respect for him and his work were palpable, with tributes by BIDS Faculty Council...