The Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod is a micro-robot made of paperboard and off-the-shelf electronics that could assist in recovery from natural disasters by crawling into spaces too dangerous for rescue workers to enter.
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.
February Newsletter is online
The latest CITRIS newsletter is now online, witha story about a micro-robot made of paperboard and off-the-shelf electronics that could assist in recovery from natural disasters, and an interview with Greg Niemeyer, who creates games that can help engage people with serious issues, particularly that of climate change.
2010 CITRIS Seed Funding RFP Now Open
CITRIS is pleased to announce a new round of seed funding for FY 2010. It is open to all CITRIS investigators in UC Berkeley, Davis, Merced, and Santa Cruz.
CITRIS Research Exchange schedule for Spring 2010 is now online
The spring schedule for the Research Exchange can be found at http://www.citris-uc.org/events/RE-spring2010
Statoil Initiates Mega-Projects Initiative at UC Berkeley’s Project Production Systems Laboratory
One of the world's largest crude oil and gas suppliers, Statoil, has
teamed up with UC Berkeley’s Project Production Systems Laboratory
(P2SL) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) to
establish a Mega-projects Research Initiative.
CITRIS Faculty Weigh in on COP15
On December 7, 2009, representatives of the world’s governments convene
in Copenhagen, Denmark, seeking agreement between nations to regulate
and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions after 2012, when the current
treaty, known as the Kyoto Protocol, expires.
Subterranean Solutions: Tracking Groundwater Recharge
California’s water crisis “hangs over us like a ton of bricks,” says Andrew Fisher, UC Santa Cruz professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences and director of the Recharge Initiative…
Santa Cruz Researchers Focus on Mountain Lion Wherabouts
SANTA CRUZ — Most people try to stay
away from mountain lions, but on Friday a group of researchers in Santa
Cruz county went looking for them…
CALVIN: Clarifying California’s Old and Murky Water Problems
Professor Jay Lund and colleagues at the UC Davis Center for Watershed
Sciences have developed software to model California's water storage
and distribution system.
Subterranean Solutions: Tracking Groundwater Recharge
UC Santa Cruz Professor Andrew Fisher leads the Recharge Initiative, which focuses
efforts to protect, enhance, and improve the availability and
reliability of ground water resource.
i4energy Seminar Series, Fall 2009 is online
The complete schedule for the new energy seminar series at CITRIS is online at http://www.citris-uc.org/events/i4e-fall2009.
CITRIS Research Exchange for the Fall now online
The Fall 2009 schedule for the CITRIS Research Exchange is now online. The talks begin Sept. 2 and will take place in the Banatao Auditorium at Sutardja Dai Hall.
Getting Your Robot On: Wearable Machines’ Intimate Interface
Jacob Rosen has developed a robotic arm controlled by the
electrical signals sent by the brain through the nerves to contract the
muscles – signals known as electromyograph (EMG).
Medical Matchmakers: Startup ComplexDX Helps Specialists Find Hard-to-Diagnose Patients
A new company, which won second-place in this year's Big Ideas contest, works to connect patients with difficult-to-diagnose symptoms with the right specialists.
Professor Yi Zhang
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
UC Santa Cruz
Engineering, Computer Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Economics, Informational Search And Recommendation, Machine Learning And Data Mining, Natural Language Processing
Professor Jim Whitehead
Professor of Computational Media and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
UC Santa Cruz
Engineering, Software Engineering, Collaborative Software, Software Tools
John Vesecky
Professor Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
UC Santa Cruz
Engineering, Radar Systems, Deep Water Ocean Processes, Radar Design, Remote Sensing, Signal Processing
Professor Ajujan Varma
Professor Emeritus, Computer Science and Engineering
UC Santa Cruz
Engineering, Machine Learning, Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Computer Networking, Ml Theory, Optical Networks
Holger Schmidt
Distinguished Professor, Optoelectronics
UC Santa Cruz
Engineering, Photonics, Nano-magnetism, Optical Systems, Optofluidics, Photonic Devices, Spintronics
Professor Jose Renau
Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
UC Santa Cruz
Engineering, Computer Architecture, Hardware Design Flow, Microarchitecture, Systems Design
Professor Raquel Prado
Professor, Statistics
UC Santa Cruz
Engineering, Statistics, Inference, Statistical Modeling
Professor Nader Pourmand
Professor, Biomolecular Engineering
UC Santa Cruz
Physical And Biological Sciences, Bioengineering, Bioelectronics Chemosensors, Biomaterials, Biosensors, Dna Fingerprinting, Genotyping, Nanotechnology, Pathogen Detection, Sequencing, Single Cell Characterization
Professor Ira Pohl
Professor Emeritus, Computer Science and Engineering
UC Santa Cruz
Engineering, Algorithms, Computer Science Fundamentals, Programming Languages
Professor David Pease
Assistant Adjunct Professor
UC Santa Cruz