By 2050, more than 7 billion people will live in cities worldwide.
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.
Delivering earthquake warnings using smartphones
Researchers are teaming up to deliver early earthquake warnings with smartphones in California.
Marti Hearst
Professor, School of Information
UC Berkeley
Engineering, Information Visualization, Computational Linguistics, Document Reading And Search, Educational Technology, Human–computer Interaction, Information Visualization, Information-rich Ui Design, Scholarly Document Analysis, Search Engines, Search User Interfaces, Teaching At Scale
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.
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.
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.
Big Ideas winners announced for 2012
This year’s competition was extremely close with excellent student proposals and presentations.
Poster session for Big Ideas on April 5
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
Professor, Optometry and Director of Informatics Research
UC Berkeley
Optometry, Clinical Communication Systems, Clinical Communication Systems, Data Interchange Standards, Diabetic Retinopathy Screening, Dicom Standards, Distance Education, Eyepacs, Glaucoma Detection, Health Level 7 (hl7), Healthcare Information Systems, International Telehealth, Low-complexity Adaptable Imaging Systems, Medical Informatics, Optometry Informatics, Remote Clinical Diagnosis, Retinal Image Processing, Retinal Reading Center, Teleconsultations
Solving the Brueghel Imbroglio: New tech to shed light on old paintings
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
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
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
Building new ways to monitor a building’s energy consumption.
Samuel Tseng
Assistant Project Scientist, Berkeley Center for Health Technology
UC Berkeley
Haas School Of Business, Information Technology, Health Insurance, Information Economics, Information Technology, Medical Technology Utilization
Joshua Bloom
Professor, Astronomy
UC Berkeley
Letters And Science, Observational Cosmology, Large-scale Structure, Observational Astrophysics, Supernova Cosmology
Rosen helps develop robotic surgery systems for medical research laboratories
Robotic surgery allows innovative surgical procedures that are minimally invasive than current procedures.
Raymond B. Seed
Professor Emeritus, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
UC Berkeley
Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Embankments And Dams, Finite Element Analysis, Geotechnical Testing, Reinforced Soil Systems, Seismic Stability, Site Response, Soil Liquefaction, Soil-structure Interaction
John Battles
Professor of Forest Ecology
UC Berkeley
Letters And Science, Physical Geography; Earth Surface Processes, Biogeoscience Profile Needed, Fire Ecology, Geomorphology
Spring 2012 Research Exchange Seminar Series Schedule
The Spring 2012 Research Exchange Seminar Series
Innovative Information Technology, Sensors and Controls for Stable and Sustainable Energy
“The key is our ability to predict and deliver power ahead of time,” noted David Culler, the initiative’s faculty lead.
Mountain Snow: Measuring California’s Water Supply
Providing real-time water supply information tool enabling optimized usage of increasingly threatened water supplies in California.
Spring 2012 i4Energy Seminar Series
The Spring 2012 i4Energy Seminar Series
Catching Supernova in the Act
Data-enabled science allowed detection of Type Ia supernova hours after explosion.