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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.

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.

Forming links to solve big problems: Katia Obraczka embraces CITRIS’s interdisciplinary mission

Posted on April 1, 2022

This UC Santa Cruz professor of computer science and engineering addresses complex issues of public safety with systems and networking expertise.

Q&A with Sukh Singh, Founder of Code Naturally

Posted on December 15, 2020

Sukh Singh was a UC Santa Cruz student studying technology information management before leaving the program to start his own company. His interest in entrepreneurship […]

UC Leaders Share Message of Resiliency, Highlight Research During CITRIS Town Hall

Posted on December 11, 2020

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 […]

California CIO Amy Tong joins CITRIS Advisory Board

Posted on January 17, 2020

State Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Director of the California Department of Technology Amy Tong has joined the advisory board of the Center for Information […]

UCSC Entrepreneurs Supported by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute

Posted on October 30, 2019

Santa Cruz Tech Beat: Michael Matkin, Assistant Director of CITRIS Santa Cruz, writes about three UC Santa Cruz student-helmed companies that got started via the CITRIS Foundry.

Using Virtual Reality for physical rehabilitation

Posted on August 14, 2019

UCSC undergraduate Aviv Elor develops virtual reality games for physical rehabilitation

The “Future of Work” addressed in Silicon Valley Forum

Posted on July 10, 2019

Industry experts shaped guidelines to technologically improve society at the “Future of the Workforce” event in Silicon Valley.

J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves named director of CITRIS UC Santa Cruz

Posted on April 12, 2018

We are pleased to welcome Professor J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves as the new director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Santa Cruz.

SVLink: UC Santa Cruz tech incubator offers convenient access to Silicon Valley

Posted on February 20, 2018

UC Santa Cruz has launched a new tech incubator, SVLink, based at the Silicon Valley campus in Santa Clara. Review of applications for up to […]

Inria@SiliconValley Interviews CITRIS Deputy Director Camille Crittenden

Posted on February 14, 2017

Camille Crittenden, Ph.D. serves as Deputy Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, Director of the CITRIS Connected Communities Initiative, and Executive Director of the […]

CITRIS-sponsored UCSC Design teams win Deans’ Awards

Posted on June 6, 2016

Members of CITRIS-sponsored UCSC Design teams (bolded names) are among this year’s recipients of the Deans’ Awards. Deans’ Awards are granted to 50 undergraduate projects, […]

Text Spotting: Helping Blind Persons Read Signs

Posted on October 13, 2014

Text Spotting aims to understand how a blind person can access information about the environment using mobile vision “It is easy—and dangerous—for the blind to […]