Fork in the Road: A new UC Merced docuseries focuses on food supply research featuring UC Merced Prof. Colleen Naughton who received a CITRIS COVID-19 […]
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Tech for Social Good at UC Santa Cruz now open for applications
The Tech for Social Good (TSG) program, which funds student research projects and events on the UC Santa Cruz campus, is now accepting applications for 2020-21. Started […]
2 UC Berkeley makerspaces provide remote access to services amid COVID-19 pandemic
Daily Cal: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the makerspaces of UC Berkeley’s CITRIS Invention Lab and Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation have added remote […]
Nominations Now Open for 2021 Women in Tech Initiative Athena Awards!
Nominations are now open for the 2021 Women in Tech Initiative Athena Awards! Nominations are due by Nov. 6, 2020.
Grace Hopper Celebration: Finding a Job when AI is “Hiring”
A Recap of Women in Tech Initiative Director Jill Finlayson’s Grace Hopper Celebration 2020 Session Increasingly, AI-enabled tools are used in every facet of the […]
Top 10 Cybersecurity Tips for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). Now in its 17th year, NCSAM continues to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity across our Nation, […]
AI is for the Birds in a New Computer Science Project
Bird species usually are counted twice a year by wildlife surveyors: once during the breeding season and again during the Christmas Bird Count. New technology, however, […]
UC Merced Brings NSF ‘Computer Science for All’ Program to Merced Schools
Computer Science for All: Campus outreach programs like the new START UP SJV help area teachers engage younger students with the sciences. The technology world […]
ACTIVATE Will Bring Telehealth Services To Vulnerable, At-Risk Residents of California’s Central Valley
Researchers at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society & the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) at the University of California are launching today Accountability, Coordination, and Telehealth in the Valley to Achieve Transformation and Equity (ACTIVATE)
The Risks and Rewards of Emerging Technologies within Public Services
Investments in digital infrastructure in the public sector have lagged for years. The COVID-19 pandemic has torn back the curtain to reveal a dilapidated IT […]
The Future of Public Sector Work: Human-Centered Technology and Policy Strategies
Future of Public Sector Work is a new report released by the CITRIS Policy Lab with support from Microsoft. Facing rising workload demands, labor shortages, […]
CITRIS Invention Lab Superuser Spotlight: Nicole Repina (Ph.D., Bioengineering)
Nicole Repina is a recent Ph.D. graduate from UC Berkeley bioengineering. She is originally from Boston and earned her undergraduate degree in biochemistry and molecular […]
Announcing the new Fall 2020 Women in Tech Initiative DeCal Course
The Fall 2020 Women in Tech Initiative Decal Course Opportunities and Barriers is for students who want hands-on experience in creating projects that advance diversity and […]
Women in Tech Initiative’s Fall 2020 URAP project
UC Berkeley students are encouraged to apply to be part of the Women in Tech Initiative’s Fall 2020 URAP research project on equitable participation for […]
CITRIS Foundry welcomes 10 teams for Summer 2020 Cohort
The CITRIS Foundry welcomes ten new teams covering a variety of tech fields from artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) to 3D mapping and […]
Getting your startup off on the right foot–Easy ways to better hiring
Better hiring: Do you want investment? Do you want top talent? Do you want great products? Do you want profitability? Of course your answer is […]
Blockchain for the public good
Over the last year, I have had the privilege to lead the California Blockchain Working Group, which delivered its report to the Legislature in early July. Established by AB […]
25 Founder Stories for Case Studies
As a founder, it is helpful to have sources of inspiration and stories that show how persistence can pay off. So it was nice to […]
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute Announces COVID-19 Awards
26 Projects Awarded $5.4 Million to Accelerate Artificial Intelligence Research for COVID-19 Mitigation Across Medicine, Urban Planning, and Public Policy Urbana, IL and Berkeley, CA — […]
Open letter to the CITRIS community
The human rights abuses we have all witnessed over the past few weeks have been devastating. We grieve with the families and communities of those […]
UC’s CITRIS launches COVID-19 response with 25 awards for innovative technologies
Initial round includes potential “game-changing” innovation for diagnostics, therapeutics, and mitigation BERKELEY, May 13, 2020 – The first 25 teams awarded seed funding for technology […]
Campus charging station a new testbed for EV research
Scott Moura, CITRIS PI and associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, heads up the SlrpEV Charging Station project (Smart LeaRning Pilot for Electric Vehicles). This summer, […]
Pilot Site for the EcoBlock Project Announced
The EcoBlock Project is a California Energy Commission-funded research project led by the University of California Berkeley, motivated by urgent societal questions, and California legal mandates […]
How can buildings decrease COVID-19 transmission?
UC Berkeley researchers have released guidelines on regulating ventilation systems in buildings to reduce indoor exposure to COVID-19. The guidelines offer practical, step-by-step recommendations for settings and […]