Overview of “Swinging and Flowing": Inclusion and Diversity in the Age of Data

The workshop in April 2012 played host to numerous distinguished speakers. read more »

@GeorgeWashington, or what would the Founders tweet?

In an era when it took days for messages to travel between cities or weeks to cross the Atlantic, America’s founders would have been astonished at the rate and volume of information zinging around the world today. read more »

Buildings that Change Their Behavior

A story on the automation system of SDH appears in the recent "Pictures of the Future" by Siemens. read more »

CITRIS Seed Funded proposals for 2012 announced

13 proposals were funded this year. read more »

“Pillar of Engineering” – a Sculpture in CITRIS

The striking sculpture on the terrace of the sixth floor in Sutardja Dai has a twisting, turning story, appropriate for a vision of connections rising into the air. read more »

UCSC students present corporate-sponsored design projects

Low-cost LED light bulbs, a glass microphone, an online game, and an illuminated garment for bicycle riders are among the prototypes developed by the students. read more »

California-Denmark Summer School Research Program on Renewable Energy in Denmark 2012

This workshop is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students. read more »

Camille Crittenden Joins CITRIS as Executive Director of Data and Democracy

Most recently, Crittenden served as Executive Director of the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law. read more »

Research Saves Energy with Automated Building Monitoring and Optimization

Researchers with the LoCal project have dramatically increased energy efficiency in Sutardja Dai Hall. read more »

Talking Points Memo's Idea Lab posts article on Floating Sensor Network Project

"The next time a levee overflows or an oil pipeline breaks, hundreds of pint-sized robots could be ready to deploy instantly..." read more »

Weili Dai's commencement address to UC students

I am deeply humbled to deliver the commencement address at my own school, UC Berkeley. In 1988, my husband, Sehat Sutardja, received his doctorate in electrical engineering on this stage... read more »

New CITRIS Video of Floating Sensor Network launch

View the video of the May 9th Floating Sensor Network launch supported by CITRIS and LBNL, an unprecedented experiment in hydrodynamic monitoring. read more »

$60 million Simons Foundation grant to launch theory of computing institute

A groundbreaking $60 million award to UC Berkeley from the Simons Foundation will establish the campus as the worldwide center for theoretical computer science. read more »

Putting Water Online: May 9

Engineers to toss 100 sensors downriver in California Delta field test. read more »

New Cities Summit in May to discuss the "Future of the City"

By 2050, more than 7 billion people will live in cities worldwide. read more »

Big Data Initiative leader Russell wins Blaise Pascal Research Chair

Professor Stuart J. Russell has been selected for a 2012 Blaise Pascal Research Chair in Computer Science. read more »

Big Ideas winners announced for 2012

This year's competition was extremely close with excellent student proposals and presentations. read more »

Poster session for Big Ideas on April 5

Please join us in learning about this year's finalists for the $45K prize money. read more »

Computational Research and Theory Facility: A Catalyst for Scientific Discovery

The new facility will help drive innovation in the computational sciences. read more »

CITRIS joins New Cities Foundation

NCF and CITRIS build on existing collaboration on the Foundation’s Task Force on Connected Commuting in Silicon Valley. read more »