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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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
Women in Tech: A Symposium on Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Join us on November 30th for Women in Tech: A Symposium on Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Despite evidence suggesting that diverse leadership teams can benefit workplace […]
Behavior, Energy, & Climate Change Conference: 2017 Call for Abstract
October 16 through October 18 Pre-conference Workshops – October 15 Hyatt Regency Sacramento – Sacramento, CA Call for abstracts is open. Closes April 1, 2017 Submit a […]
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 delivered timely panel discussions and keynote talks, and the videos are now online. Please also enjoy the photo mosaic below. View […]
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 […]
Professor Carpin at UC Merced Joins New Robotics Initiative Executive Committee
Reposted from the UC Merced University News | May 29, 2015 UC Merced Professor Stefano Carpin will serve on the executive board of a new […]
UC Merced Water Project Rewarded with Competitive UC Grant
CITRIS Researcher Roger Bales has won a UC Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) award for the UC Water Security and Sustainability Research Initiative, which […]
UC-Merced, UC-Davis Collaborate on New Virtual Physical Therapy Software
by Alice Daniel, California Healthline From the California Healthline website In the not-so-distant future, physical therapy patients could toss their hand outs with stick-figure drawings […]
Snow Net: Joint Berkeley-Merced Snowpack Tracking Project’s Test by Fire
A joint project between UC Berkeley and UC Merced attempts to radically improve the quality and availability of data about the amount of water stored in mountainous parts of the vast American River Basin.
Upcoming Open Data Conference at UC Berkeley Attracting World Wide Audience
On 9/12, CITRIS and IGS present a 1-day conference exploring the importance that open data has on improving governance.
View the 2013 CITRIS Impact Report Online
We are pleased to announce the publication of 2013 CITRIS Impact Report! This interactive online site allows users to explore and discover how CITRIS continues […]
Partnerships for International Research and Education
UCSC, UCD and Denmark universities win NSF award to further energy research.
Lecture series on YouTube
Our recent seminar series can be found as playlists.
UC system generates $46.3B in economic activity for state
The University of California is a key economic catalyst for the state, generating $46.3 billion in annual economic activity for California.
Archaeology@Reality exhibit at the Tech Museum, April 16-22
The CITRIS Tech Museum on the third floor of Sutardja Dai Hall will display a new exhibit that is virtual, 3D and interactive
Theater Performance at the 2008 Holiday Gala is online
The theater performance by Gail de Kosnik and her colleagues at the annual Holiday Gala is now online.
Newsletter: Smart HCCI Cars, and Predicting Direct Solar Irradiance
The June 2008 newsletter is now online, with two stories on key energy projects in both engine development and predicting solar availability for utilities.