CITRIS and the Banatao Institute

Creating information technology solutions for society's most pressing challenges

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.

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Patrick Mantey

Professor Emeritus, Electrical and Computer Engineering
UC Santa Cruz

Engineering, Computer Networks, Aging-in-place, Automation, Control, Cyber Physical Systems, Decision Support Systems, Digital Signal Processing, Elder Care, Energy Management, Engineering Management, Geographic Information Systems, Home Activity Monitoring, Information System Architecture, Internet Of Things, Micro Grids, Multimedia Streaming, Networking Qos, Performance, Real-time Operations, Real-time Resource Allocation, Recommender Systems, Renewable Energy, Robotics, Sensor Systems, Storage

Elaine Sullivan

Associate Professor, History
UC Santa Cruz

Humanities, History, Ancient World / Classics, And Augmented Reality Environments, Archaeology, Cultural History, Digital Humanities, Egyptology, Historical Research, History, Immersive, Virtual Reality

Abhishek Halder

Associate Adjunct Professor, Applied Mathematics
UC Santa Cruz

Engineering, Control Systems, Optimal Control, Robotics