UC Berkeley

The headquarters of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute are located in Sutardja Dai Hall (SDH) on the UC Berkeley campus. Specially designed to house this interdisciplinary research institute, the building contains 141,000 sq. feet of laboratory space for collaborative research, faculty offices, the 149-seat Banatao Auditorium, conference rooms on each floor, and modern classrooms. SDH also hosts the CITRIS Invention Lab, a rapid prototyping space used by UC entrepreneurs in our CITRIS Foundry startup accelerator program and the student maker community. The Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory occupies a two-story, 15,000-square-foot wing of Sutardja Dai Hall where academic and industry researchers develop prototypes for new biosensors, photonics devices, and other MEMS/NEMS sensors. SDH is equipped with hundreds of sensors and sophisticated systems for building management that form a living laboratory on campus for energy research and proof-of-concept demonstrations.

Contact CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, UC Berkeley

Delivering earthquake warnings using smartphones

Researchers are teaming up to deliver early earthquake warnings with smartphones in California.

Marti Hearst

Dr. Hearst focuses on designing, building, and evaluating information access systems. She has designed several novel information visualization and text analysis techniques for this purpose, including TextTiling, TileBars, and the Cat-a-Cone.

Big Data Initiative leader Russell wins Blaise Pascal Research Chair

Posted on April 13, 2012

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

Electric Vehicles for Energy Storage to Stabilize Utility Grid

Posted on April 11, 2012

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

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

Posted on April 11, 2012

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

Big Ideas winners announced for 2012

Posted on April 6, 2012

This year’s competition was extremely close with excellent student proposals and presentations.

Poster session for Big Ideas on April 5

Posted on March 22, 2012

Please join us in learning about this year’s finalists for the $45K prize money.

Distributed Intelligence Automated Demand Response (DIADR) Project, Sutardja Dai Hall

The Distributed Intelligence Automated Demand Response (DIADR) project aims to reduce peak electricity demand on campus.

Jorge Cuadros

Research Activities Starting in 1994, developed several programs for remote clinical diagnosis and distance learning, including programs in China, India, and Latin America. EyePACS was […]

Solving the Brueghel Imbroglio: New tech to shed light on old paintings

Posted on February 6, 2012

This could be the basis of a paradigm for making the work on other artists more accessible and collaborative

Nina Amenta: Looking for patterns and collaborations in the data

Posted on February 6, 2012

The new CITRIS@Davis director is compelled to get involved in research that will “have real world impact in other areas.”

CITRIS joins New Cities Foundation

Posted on January 30, 2012

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

Energy use in Sutardja Dai Hall

Posted on January 26, 2012

Building new ways to monitor a building’s energy consumption.

Samuel Tseng

Dr. Tseng is an Assistant Project Scientist at the Institute of Business and Economic Research (IBER) and a Member of the Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging (CEDA). Dr. Tseng’s research interests include information economics, health insurance, information technology, and medical technology utilization. Dr.