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CITRIS PIs’ research shows how social media algorithms shape preferences

CITRIS PIs’ research shows how social media algorithms shape preferences
Posted on August 5, 2022

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.

Posted in In the News, UC Berkeley

Islam works to improve agricultural production by slowing down the speed of light

Islam works to improve agricultural production by slowing down the speed of light
Posted on August 5, 2022

CITRIS at UC Davis Campus Director Saif Islam will lead an interdisciplinary team of researchers to bring fluorescence lifetime imaging into agricultural practices.

Posted in UC Davis
Research Interests Nanotechnology

2022 Davis Drone Academy lifts off, takes flight

2022 Davis Drone Academy lifts off, takes flight
Posted on July 29, 2022

The camp, which serves Sacramento-area high school students from underrepresented backgrounds, returned to campus for four days of demos and hands-on learning.

Posted in UC Davis
Research Interests Aviation

Job opportunities: AV Specialist and Innovation Hub Managing Director

Job opportunities: AV Specialist and Innovation Hub Managing Director
Posted on July 29, 2022

CITRIS is seeking candidates for two key staff positions at its UC Berkeley headquarters.

Posted in CITRIS, Job Opportunities

Coalition founded by Foundry alum seeks to hold polluters accountable

Coalition founded by Foundry alum seeks to hold polluters accountable
Posted on July 29, 2022

Climate TRACE, a tech coalition co-founded by 2014 CITRIS Foundry venture WattTime, plans to release its first asset-level inventory this fall.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Foundry, In the News
Research Interests Climate

Goldberg’s AUTOLab reports significant advance in robotic surgery

Goldberg’s AUTOLab reports significant advance in robotic surgery
Posted on July 22, 2022

As far as the researchers are aware, this is the first instance of a robot outperforming a human in a surgery-related training task.

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Robotics

Foundry startup supports a tech-savvy firefighting workforce

Foundry startup supports a tech-savvy firefighting workforce
Posted on July 22, 2022

Recruits at the FIRE Foundry in Marin County will field-test an early detection system developed by spring 2020 CITRIS Foundry venture Gridware.

Posted in CITRIS Foundry, In the News, UC Berkeley

How to improve AI: CITRIS leaders offer insights in HBR

How to improve AI: CITRIS leaders offer insights in HBR
Posted on July 22, 2022

According to Costas Spanos and Pushkar Apte, the answer is much more complex than simply providing a larger dataset.

Posted in CITRIS, In the News

Naughton shares wastewater epidemiology expertise with Healthy CV Together, Nat Geo

Naughton shares wastewater epidemiology expertise with Healthy CV Together, Nat Geo
Posted on July 21, 2022

The UC Merced engineer launched an international wastewater-monitoring dashboard in 2020 with CITRIS support.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, COVID-19, In the News, UC Merced
Research Interests COVID-19

Preparing for the ‘blockchain decade’: CITRIS expert identifies opportunities

Preparing for the ‘blockchain decade’: CITRIS expert identifies opportunities
Posted on July 8, 2022

Camille Crittenden drew upon her experience as chair of the California Blockchain Working Group to inform a recent Sacramento Bee explainer.

Posted in CITRIS, In the News
Research Interests Policy

CITRIS PIs receive $5.7M to advance cyber-physical systems research

CITRIS PIs receive $5.7M to advance cyber-physical systems research
Posted on July 1, 2022

UC Santa Cruz researcher Ricardo Sanfelice will lead the project, and UC Berkeley’s Murat Arcak will serve as a co-investigator.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS People and Robots, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Robotics

CITRIS’s Crittenden suggests tech strategies for reducing harm from gun violence

CITRIS’s Crittenden suggests tech strategies for reducing harm from gun violence
Posted on July 1, 2022

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.

Posted in CITRIS, In the News

Trans-Pacific partnership works to develop efficient hydrogen-based energy

Trans-Pacific partnership works to develop efficient hydrogen-based energy
Posted on July 1, 2022

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.

Posted in CITRIS, UC Merced

Job opportunities: Communications Student Assistants

Job opportunities: Communications Student Assistants
Posted on June 30, 2022

CITRIS headquarters is hiring motivated UC students to assist core operations teams for the 2022–23 academic year.

Posted in Job Opportunities, UC Berkeley

CITRIS PI devises new way to detect COVID in pooled samples

CITRIS PI devises new way to detect COVID in pooled samples
Posted on June 10, 2022

Lydia Sohn and team demonstrated how their innovative test method can provide clearer insight into a population’s active infections.

Posted in CITRIS Seed Funding, COVID-19, UC Berkeley
Research Interests COVID-19

CIDER drone pilot training helps UC Santa Cruz students reach new heights

CIDER drone pilot training helps UC Santa Cruz students reach new heights
Posted on June 10, 2022

CIDER aims to reduce barriers to entry into drone research and industry by providing students with the opportunity to gain flight hours with drone hardware.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Aviation, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Aviation

Wexler weighs in on effects of air quality on human health

Wexler weighs in on effects of air quality on human health
Posted on June 10, 2022

CITRIS PI Anthony Wexler recently spoke to USA Today about how air pollution affects human welfare.

Posted in CITRIS Climate, In the News, UC Davis
Research Interests Climate

Kammen on California carbon neutrality: We can do better

Kammen on California carbon neutrality: We can do better
Posted on June 10, 2022

Per his research, California can reach neutrality by 2035 by prioritizing affordable renewable energy technologies.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Climate, In the News
Research Interests Climate

A decade of innovation and inspiration at the CITRIS Invention Lab

A decade of innovation and inspiration at the CITRIS Invention Lab
Posted on June 7, 2022

The community of makers has helped thousands of UC Berkeley affiliates develop creative skills and prototype novel products over the last 10 years.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Invention Lab, UC Berkeley

Building career pathways for California’s next-generation tech workforce

Building career pathways for California’s next-generation tech workforce
Posted on June 7, 2022

CITRIS Workforce Innovation places top student talent from four UC campuses in paid summer internships at established companies, startups, nonprofit organizations, and national and academic labs.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS, CITRIS Workforce Innovation

Job opportunity: Workforce Innovation Student Assistant

Job opportunity: Workforce Innovation Student Assistant
Posted on June 3, 2022

CITRIS is seeking a motivated UC Berkeley student to assist with the administration of the Workforce Innovation Program.

Posted in Job Opportunities, UC Berkeley

Building on UC Broadband: Policy Lab offers strategies to help UC close digital divide

Building on UC Broadband: Policy Lab offers strategies to help UC close digital divide
Posted on May 20, 2022

The CITRIS Policy Lab has released a report that outlines four recommendations UC could use to support broadband infrastructure development. 

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Policy Lab
Research Interests Policy

Paulos lab creates wireless, biodegradable heater from a leaf

Paulos lab creates wireless, biodegradable heater from a leaf
Posted on May 20, 2022

Researchers in the laboratory of Eric Paulos, faculty director of the CITRIS Invention Lab, have developed a low-cost, wireless heating system out of natural materials.

Posted in CITRIS Invention Lab, In the News, UC Berkeley

CIDER drone education program receives $1M from James Irvine Foundation

CIDER drone education program receives $1M from James Irvine Foundation
Posted on April 26, 2022

The CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research at UC Santa Cruz has received a $1 million grant to support workforce development in the Salinas and Pajaro valleys.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS Aviation, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Aviation

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