Principal investigators from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz are invited to submit proposals for 2023 CITRIS Seed Awards.
UC Santa Cruz
Proximity to Silicon Valley makes UC Santa Cruz a natural place to engage the world’s industrial leaders and put new technology solutions to work. CITRIS Santa Cruz explores the design of new systems for immersive video and augmented reality, intelligent media for social good, and exploring the intersection of computing approaches from artificial intelligence, computer graphics, and software engineering with art and design. Creating new forms of interactive media with autonomous, generative, and dynamic responses to interaction has broad applications to fields from education, health, and entertainment to security and safety.
CITRIS Santa Cruz also examines the societal impact of CPS and IoT. Just as desktop computers and personal computing became commonplace decades ago, consumers are now acclimating to the idea that the objects they handle, the media they use, and the services they employ to process information are embedded with intelligence to improve everyday life.
CITRIS PIs win UC Santa Cruz coastal resilience funding
CITRIS researchers received support for a diverse array of pilot projects in a recent funding round from the UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience.
Katia Obraczka named director of CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute are pleased to welcome professor Katia Obraczka, professor of computer science and engineering, as the campus director of CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz.
Becca Fenwick
Director, UC Santa Cruz CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research (CIDER)
Saara Korpela
Administrative and Program Assistant, CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz
DroneCamp 2023
Siemens gift supports University of California STEM outreach to underserved communities
The donation to CITRIS — an “easy decision,” said partners at Siemens — helped bring skills training to students across Northern California.
2022 CITRIS Seed Funding Info Session
CITRIS Seed Funding offers up to $60K for multicampus research for social good
Investigators from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Davis Health, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz are invited to submit proposals for 2022 CITRIS Seed Awards.
CITRIS PIs receive $5.7M to advance cyber-physical systems research
UC Santa Cruz researcher Ricardo Sanfelice will lead the project, and UC Berkeley’s Murat Arcak will serve as a co-investigator.
CIDER drone pilot training helps UC Santa Cruz students reach new heights
CIDER aims to reduce barriers to entry into drone research and industry by providing students with the opportunity to gain flight hours with drone hardware.
Building career pathways for California’s next-generation tech workforce
CITRIS Workforce Innovation places top student talent from four UC campuses in paid summer internships at established companies, startups, nonprofit organizations, and national and academic labs.
CIDER drone education program receives $1M from James Irvine Foundation
The CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research at UC Santa Cruz has received a $1 million grant to support workforce development in the Salinas and Pajaro valleys.
DroneCamp 2022
CITRIS researchers lay groundwork to bring flying buses to California skies
A multicampus CITRIS Aviation team is collaborating with Caltrans to create tools and policies for air mobility in urban areas.
Forming links to solve big problems: Katia Obraczka embraces CITRIS’s interdisciplinary mission
This UC Santa Cruz professor of computer science and engineering addresses complex issues of public safety with systems and networking expertise.
CITRIS at UC Santa Cruz awards five student teams Tech for Social Good funding
Three student-led technology development projects and two events have received 2021–22 TSG awards.
CITRIS Workforce Innovation
13 cross-campus projects selected for 2021 Seed Awards
The proposals address grand challenges, including climate resilience, digital health innovation, next-generation technology policy, and automation and the workforce.
The celebration continues: CITRIS highlights progress in 20th anniversary year
To honor two decades of IT solutions for the public good, CITRIS reaffirms a commitment to empowering University of California students, accelerating deep tech entrepreneurship, diversifying the STEM workforce, and leading the charge in climate and aviation research with interdisciplinary collaboration.
CITRIS Seed Funding offers $500K for multicampus research for social good
CITRIS is accepting proposals from principal investigators at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Davis Health, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz for projects addressing Grand Challenges of IT.
John MacMillan
Vice Chancellor for Research
UC Santa Cruz