The recipients will receive up to $40,000 to pursue multidisciplinary projects related to climate resilience.
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AI Policy Hub announces its inaugural cohort
Launched in spring 2022, the UC Berkeley AI Policy Hub has welcomed its first cohort of graduate student researchers.
Farid talks rise of disinformation, AI in NPR, Washington Post
CITRIS researcher Hany Farid discussed the risks of disinformation that grow with the advent of multimedia manipulated by artificial intelligence.
CITRIS PI discusses potential challenges for California’s gas car ban
UC Davis transportation researcher Gil Tal shared his thoughts with The New York Times regarding California’s plan to ban gas cars by 2035.
Job opportunity: Academic Coordinator in Outreach and Education
CITRIS at UC Merced is seeking a full-time academic coordinator to support its growing portfolio of research-related education and outreach programs.
CHIPS Act a reason to celebrate, says King Liu
“I am truly excited about this new bill,” she writes in the Berkeley Blog.
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.
Nicholas Anderson and James Marcin named co-directors of CITRIS Health
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute welcome Nicholas Anderson, the Robert E. Cardiff Endowed Professor in Biomedical Informatics and the health informatics division chief in the […]
Ricardo Sanfelice appointed inaugural director of CITRIS Aviation
Sanfelice, a UC Santa Cruz professor of electrical and computer engineering, offers deep expertise in cyber-physical systems and a long history with the institution.
CITRIS PIs’ research shows how social media algorithms shape preferences
A study by a UC Berkeley-led team, including CITRIS researchers Anca Dragan and Stuart Russell, revealed that certain recommender systems try to manipulate user preferences, beliefs, mood and psychological state.
Islam works to improve agricultural production by slowing down the speed of light
CITRIS at UC Davis Campus Director Saif Islam will lead an interdisciplinary team of researchers to bring fluorescence lifetime imaging into agricultural practices.
2022 Davis Drone Academy lifts off, takes flight
The camp, which serves Sacramento-area high school students from underrepresented backgrounds, returned to campus for four days of demos and hands-on learning.
Job opportunities: AV Specialist and Innovation Hub Managing Director
CITRIS is seeking candidates for two key staff positions at its UC Berkeley headquarters.
Coalition founded by Foundry alum seeks to hold polluters accountable
Climate TRACE, a tech coalition co-founded by 2014 CITRIS Foundry venture WattTime, plans to release its first asset-level inventory this fall.
Goldberg’s AUTOLab reports significant advance in robotic surgery
As far as the researchers are aware, this is the first instance of a robot outperforming a human in a surgery-related training task.
Foundry startup supports a tech-savvy firefighting workforce
Recruits at the FIRE Foundry in Marin County will field-test an early detection system developed by spring 2020 CITRIS Foundry venture Gridware.
How to improve AI: CITRIS leaders offer insights in HBR
According to Costas Spanos and Pushkar Apte, the answer is much more complex than simply providing a larger dataset.
Naughton shares wastewater epidemiology expertise with Healthy CV Together, Nat Geo
The UC Merced engineer launched an international wastewater-monitoring dashboard in 2020 with CITRIS support.
Preparing for the ‘blockchain decade’: CITRIS expert identifies opportunities
Camille Crittenden drew upon her experience as chair of the California Blockchain Working Group to inform a recent Sacramento Bee explainer.
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.
CITRIS’s Crittenden suggests tech strategies for reducing harm from gun violence
In a recent Berkeley Blog post, CITRIS’s executive director offers some tactics that engineers, computer scientists and technologists can pursue to help curb gun violence.
Trans-Pacific partnership works to develop efficient hydrogen-based energy
UC Merced’s Po-Ya Abel Chuang is working with experts in the Philippines through PCARI, a research collaborative supported by CITRIS founding benefactor Dado Banatao.
Job opportunities: Communications Student Assistants
CITRIS headquarters is hiring motivated UC students to assist core operations teams for the 2022–23 academic year.
CITRIS PI devises new way to detect COVID in pooled samples
Lydia Sohn and team demonstrated how their innovative test method can provide clearer insight into a population’s active infections.