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 […]
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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.
UC Merced Faculty Advise State’s Energy and Water Efficiency Program
Josué Medellín-Azuara and Sarah Kurtz Join the SWEEP Advisory Board The California Department of Food and Agriculture—or CDFA—recently added two UC Merced faculty to the […]
Tech research at UC Merced grows under Faculty Success Initiative Fellowship
CITRIS co-sponsors two fellowships at UC Merced for early-career faculty. Launched in 2020, the UC Merced Faculty Success Initiative Extramural Funding Fellowship (EFF) program helps […]
UC Leaders Share Message of Resiliency, Highlight Research During CITRIS Town Hall
On December 9, CITRIS and the Banatao Institute hosted a virtual town hall to reflect on how the University of California research community has developed […]
Google supports ¡Valle! tech training for Central Valley students
Applications now open: A second round of funding from Google will support another year of ¡Valle!, the tech training program aimed at increasing access to […]
UC Merced Professors Collaborate to Solve Big Problems in the Central Valley
UC Merced faculty are involved in three new CITRIS seed-funded projects to address society’s—and the San Joaquin Valley’s—problems through technology in the following areas: agriculture, […]
Fork in the Road features CITRIS PI Colleen Naughton
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 […]
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 […]
Earth Day Talk Focuses on Ag Land and Water Regulations, Solutions
UC Merced Newsroom: The Center for Information Technology in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and UC Merced’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Graduate Group present an […]
How to improve tech opportunities for Central Valley students? ¡Valle de Exploración!
Bay Area native Erin Hestir followed a non-traditional path to a position in technology before becoming an engineering professor at UC Merced. Inspired by her […]
CITRIS Merced PIs improve strawberry harvesting
UC Merced Newsroom: Harvesting is one of the most costly and labor-intensive operations in strawberry production. But a UC Merced engineering researcher is looking for ways […]
Irrigation robots could help grow wine grapes in California
Faced with shortages of water and workers, winemakers are working with CITRIS researchers at UC Merced and UC Berkeley on a robot-assisted precision irrigation delivery system that uses machines to monitor and adjust water emitters
3D Orchards: UC Researcher Turns Farms Into Virtual Reality
3D Orchards: Virtual reality meets agriculture in the article below featuring CITRIS Researcher Dr. YangQuan Chen and the UC Merced MESA lab. Farmers are relying more and more […]
BECC Conference 2017: Call for Abstracts Now Open
The BECC Conference 2017 Call for abstracts is open. Closes on April 1, 2017. The Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference (BECC) is the premier […]
Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
A nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is helping University of California researchers refine collaborative robotic technology that could change […]
Computational Training Expanding at UC Merced Through New Grants
The National Science Foundation awarded the campus two of 30 research training grants for graduate students — particularly those from underserved populations — in computational […]
Mind and Body Join Robotics in New Research Project
Three UC Merced researchers are connecting eye-tracking hardware with a robotic exoskeletal arm to further understand the mind-body connection and, someday, to help people with […]
Twenty-four UC Merced teams demo mobile apps at Innovate to Grow
On May 13, student teams pitched their mobile apps before a panel of esteemed judges at the annual Innovate to Grow showcase event. The 5th […]
CITRIS Mobile App Challenge begins January 21
Each spring, teams of students will develop mobile software applications and the business models needed to prepare them for the marketplace in the Mobile App […]
CITRIS Day 2015 Highlights
The inaugural CITRIS Day on October 13, 2015, delivered timely panel discussions and keynote talks, and the videos are now online. Please also enjoy the […]
Researchers Gathering Data to Tackle California’s Water Crisis on Multiple Fronts
Reposted from Sierra Sun Times | by Joel Patenaude | September 25, 2015 California, long envied by the rest of the country for its climate, beauty […]
Going With the Flow of Data
Scientific data like that being produced by UC Merced researchers will ultimately provide a means to a more sustainable future. “Going with the Flow of […]