CITRIS Newsletter Online

Read about the technology behind the dazzling holiday gala in addition to our efforts to support student research in the February/March newsletter.

Electronic medical records aid newborns

The
National Institutes of
Health has provided $1.35 million to a team of researchers at UC Santa Cruz working to develop
new statistical approaches that could dramatically improve the care for
severely ill newborn babies.

CITRIS Research Exchange, Fall 2006 Schedule

These popular talks are held every Wednesday at
noon in 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building on the UC Berkeley campus and are
all free, open to the general public, broadcast live online, and archived on the
CITRIS website.

Agricultural projects win CITRIS White paper competition

Two agricultural proposals’one on supporting
urban agriculture in Mexico City and the other on alleviating water scarcity in
California farming’are co-winners of the first annual CITRIS White Paper
competition and will receive $7500 each.

CITRIS and Hong Kong open R&D Centers

On April 20, five new R&D centers opened in Hong Kong to further
promote the development of innovation and technology.  Hosted by
local universities and technology support organisations, including CITRIS, the Centers
provide a one-stop service for applied research, technology transfer and
commercialisation and help facilitate industries to move up the value chain.
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A. Russell Flegal

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology
UC Santa Cruz

Physical And Biological Sciences, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Contamination, Marine Pollution, Trace Metals

Darrell Long

Distinguished Research Professor, Engineering
UC Santa Cruz

Engineering, Storage Systems, Data Storage, Distributed Systems, Reliability

Katia Obraczka

Professor, Computer Science and Engineering and Director, CITRIS UCSC
UC Santa Cruz

Engineering, Networking, Computer Networks, Distributed Systems, Internet Information Systems, Operating Systems.

Luca de Alfaro

Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
UC Santa Cruz

Engineering, Artificial Intelligence And Machine Learning, Ai Code Generation, Algorithmic Bias, Anomalous Behavior Detection, Code Verification, Data Ethics, Fairness Analysis, Large Language Models, Machine Learning Fairness, Ml Tools For Fairness, Program Correctness, Prototype Development

Roberto Manduchi

Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Experience, Computer Science and Engineering
UC Santa Cruz

Engineering, Computer Vision, Assistive Technology, Public Transit, Visual Impairment

$20K CITRIS competition for student ideas

CITRIS is sponsoring a $20K "white paper" competition that is open to teams of undergraduate and graduate students from all 4 CITRIS campuses (Berkeley, Davis, Santa Cruz, and Merced). Papers are due May 1, 2006. More

Institute for Scalable Scientific Data Management (ISSDM) formed

The University of California, Santa Cruz, and Los Alamos National Laboratory have agreed to establish a new collaborative institute, the Institute for Scalable Scientific Data Management (ISSDM), for research and education in the area of scientific data management.

Services: Science, Management and Engineering curriculum launched

CITRIS is
pleased to announce that IBM is supporting a new curriculum initiative
in Services: Science, Management and Engineering (SSME) designed to
prepare graduate students for careers in the emerging multidisciplinary field of services sciences, engineering, and management.

Two scientists appointed as CITRIS leaders

We are pleased to announce the appointment of two new scientists to the CITRIS leadership. As of January 1, Prof. Alex Pang is the new Chief Scientist for the UC Santa Cruz campus, and Prof. Paul Wright is the Chief Scientist for the UC Berkeley campus.