Making Great Ideas Into Great Devices

CITRIS is about more than just cranking out brilliant ideas; our mission is to see those ideas bear fruit in the real world. read more »

Investing in an Inventive Environment

The new i-Lab will enable CITRIS researchers and their students to quickly make high-grade prototypes. read more »

Taking Batteries Outside the Box

Ultra-thin, printable batteries are safe, long-lasting, flexible, disposable, and easy to manufacture. 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 »

Alberto Cerpa’s Optical Turnstile

Tracking a building's occupancy rate can help managers target where the heating and cooling go. read more »

Electric Vehicles for Energy Storage to Stabilize Utility Grid

UCSC engineers are installing an EV recharge station and developing a smart-battery management interface system. read more »

Projects for a cleaner, more fuel-independent way of life

The ingenuity, persistence, and commitment at CITRIS is helping California, and the nation, navigate a course to a cleaner, more peaceful way of life. 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 »