Supported by a CITRIS Seed Award, a team of engineers at the University of California, Berkeley has created mimics of COVID-19 that can be used to test the efficacy of neutralizing antibodies.
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Barbato discusses ways to protect California homes from wildfires
Michele Barbato, faculty director of CITRIS Climate, spoke to The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times about the wildfire risks of different home materials.
Soga to lead new Center for Smart Infrastructure
CITRIS PI Kenichi Soga has been named the founding director of the UC Berkeley Center for Smart Infrastructure, a unique collaboration with the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD).
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.
NIST’s AI risk management framework should address key societal-scale risks
CITRIS Policy Lab Director Brandie Nonnecke and colleagues have authored a set of recommendations for the National Institute of Standards and Technology to consider for its AI Risk Management Framework.
Michele Barbato named faculty director of CITRIS Climate initiative
CITRIS welcomes Michele Barbato, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at UC Davis, as faculty director of the new CITRIS Climate initiative.
UC adopts recommendations for the responsible use of artificial intelligence
Brandie Nonnecke, founding director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, co-chaired the University of California Presidential Working Group on AI.
On the wings of Ada Lovelace
CITRIS Executive Director Camille Crittenden writes about the world’s first programmer – and shares ideas on how to encourage the next generation of women in STEM.
Smaller, faster, more secure: CrossBar builds better ReRAM at NanoLab
Sung Hyun Jo, CTO of CrossBar Inc., credits the flexible, accommodating Berkeley Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory at CITRIS for helping the company discover ‘missing pieces’ during the commercialization process.
Davis Drone Academy returns to campus, ready to fly
In summer 2021, staff at CITRIS at UC Davis led the successful STEM outreach program for underrepresented high school students for the fourth consecutive year.
UC Merced leads innovative effort to secure water for agriculture and ecosystems
Joshua Viers, director of CITRIS at UC Merced and professor of water resources engineering, will lead the SWIM initiative, the largest research grant in UC Merced’s history.
Networks and Distributed Systems: Alexandre Bayen Reflects on 15 years of CITRIS Collaborations
The CITRIS principal investigator and engineering professor’s research harnesses mathematics to examine the distributed systems—air traffic control, highways, city streets, and more—that power our daily […]
Enel Foundation Partners with UC Berkeley to Support Italian Researchers in Their Entrepreneurial Journey
Partnership will create an Energy Fellowship Program among labs at UC Berkeley and Stanford. Berkeley, August 11, 2021 – The new Center for Sustainable Materials […]
New AI Institute Awarded to UC Merced Strengthens Agricultural Systems Research and Workforce Capabilities
Artificial Intelligence, better known as AI, is changing how decisions are made. AI is an approach to harnessing the power of massive data and computational […]
California Awards $20 Million to Institutes for Science and Innovation for Workforce Development
CITRIS is poised to offer new training programs and workforce development thanks to additional support from the FY22 state budget. Last week, Governor Gavin Newsom […]
CITRIS Student Technology Writer Fall 2021-Spring 2022
Build your skills and make a positive impact! At the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS), […]
CITRIS Student Assistant Positions Fall 2021-Spring 2022
Build your skills and make a positive impact! At the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS), […]
CITRIS Confronts Pandemic Challenges and Continues to Innovate
The 20th anniversary of CITRIS coincided with the coronavirus pandemic and the shutdown of many in-person campus operations. In response, the institute pivoted key programming […]
Job Opportunity: CITRIS Innovation & Entrepreneurship Manager
Job Title: CITRIS Innovation & Entrepreneurship Manager (4330U) Job ID: 19322Location: UC Berkeley Departmental Overview The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of […]
Job Opportunity: Administrative Coordinator, Health
Job Title: Administrative Coordinator (4722C) – CITRIS (Health) Job ID: 19315Location: UC Berkeley Departmental Overview The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of […]
Lessons on Scaling Equitable Vaccine Distribution to Help High-Risk Populations Webinar
On May 20, 2021, CITRIS Health hosted a webinar that focused on the lessons learned through the development and deployment of vaccination efforts across three […]
Job Opportunity: Digital Communications Manager
About Berkeley At the University of California, Berkeley, we are committed to creating a community that fosters equity of experience and opportunity, and ensures that […]
Helping High-Risk, Homebound Older Adults Get Vaccinated
The Lighthouse project is addressing vaccine distribution disparities by prioritizing overlooked, homebound older adults who often lack access to resources and technology. The COVID-19 pandemic […]
Hestir Turns NASA Technology Toward Earth’s Biodiversity
Half a world away from California’s Central Valley is a place with similar climate but an unparalleled diversity of plants, marine animals and ecosystems.