Three videos highlight some of the research taking place at CITRIS. The videos show research successes with three projects: CellScope, Mobile Millennium, and smart thermostats.
News
CITRIS Research Exchange for the Fall now online
The Fall 2009 schedule for the CITRIS Research Exchange is now online. The talks begin Sept. 2 and will take place in the Banatao Auditorium at Sutardja Dai Hall.
Why are we charging for certain rooms and where will the money go?
Why are we charging for certain rooms and where will the money go?
Javeed Siddiqui Appointed as CITRIS Medical Director
Javeed Siddiqui, M.D was recently appointed as Medical Director of CITRIS. Dr. Siddiqui’s work to advance healthcare access and quality through the use of technology has made significant contributions to the field. His project management and strategic planning experience in technology advancement will be valuable throughout the CITRIS community.
Cloud Computing Workshop Slides
Sponsored by: Yahoo!, Cal CSE, CSE-Cloud, and CITRIS
http://cloud.citris-uc.org/
Presentations:
Cloud Computing Part I: Introduction to Hadoop/Pig
Cloud Computing Part II, Advanced Topics
For Information about the Workshop click here.
Prof. Carey receives award from Hewlett-Packard
Professor Van P. Carey, CITRIS researcher and UC Berkeley professor of Mechanical Engineering recently received an award from Hewlett-Packard as part of a growing research effort on sustainable energy technologies in the Energy and Information Technologies (EIT) Laboratory that he founded with CITRIS seed funding. Prof. Carey has attracted more that $250,000 in new funding for this lab in recently awarded grants from HP and UC Discovery.
Sun Microsystems co-founder Bill Joy Interviewed at Berkeley Symposium on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems
The CITRIS sponsored Berkeley Symposium on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems recently gathered about 100 researchers. EE Times reporter Rick Merritt interviewed Sun Microsystems co-founder and keynote speaker Bill Joy. Watch interview.
Alex Bayen interviewed on Smartplanet
Professor Alexandre Bayen was recently interviewed by CBS’ Smartplanet, a new online channel from CBS. The interview focused on Mobile Millennium, a traffic information system built jointly by Nokia, Navteq and UC Berkeley, in partnership with the US Department of Transportation and the California Department of Transportation. View two minute interview.
Ravi Nemana awarded $5,000 by IBM
Ravi Nemana, CITRIS Executive Director for Services and Health Care, received an Honorable Mention Award of $5,000 for his contributions to IBM’s Smarter Planet University Jam. Since 2001, IBM has used jams to involve more than 300,000 people around the world in far-reaching exploration and problem-solving. IBM's Jams provide for collaborative innovation and bring different minds and different perspectives together to discover new solutions to long-standing problems.
Watch a video about the Mobile Millennium project
UC Berkeley professor Alex Bayen was recently intereviewed at CITRIS Headquarters about the Mobile Millennium project. Watch the video.
Tenth Workshop on the DOE Advanced Computational Software Collection
The Advanced CompuTational Software (ACTS) Collection comprises a set
of non commercial tools mainly developed at the Department of Energy's
(DOE) laboratories, sometimes in collaboration with universities. These
software tools aim to simplify the solution of common and important
computational problems, and have substantially benefited a wide range of
applications and fields in computational sciences.
CSE will use Yahoo!’s cloud computing cluster to conduct large-scale research
CSE will use Yahoo!’s cloud computing cluster to conduct large-scale systems
software research and explore new applications that analyze
Internet-scale data sets, ranging from voting records to online news
sources
San Quentin computer project wins 2009 Big Ideas
This year's Big Ideas first prize of $13,000 went to the San Quentin All-access computer center project. Read more about it and the other prize winners.
Opinion Space launched
Opinion Space, an experimental system for visualizing opinions and exchanging ideas, encourages people to express their opinions and lets them visualize where they stand relative to the diversity of other viewpoints.
CITRIS UCSC and Cisco find mutual benefit in networking partnership
Cisco has provided funding and equipment–and challenging real-world
problems–for teaching and research laboratories at the engineering school,
enabling UCSC students to work directly with Cisco engineers on networking
projects.
CSE in Cloud: Computational Science and Engineering will use Yahoo!’s cloud computing cluster to conduct large-scale research
Yahoo! today announced that it has expanded its partnerships with top
U.S. universities to advance cloud computing research. The University
of California at Berkeley, Cornell University and the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst will join Carnegie Mellon University in using
Yahoo!’s cloud computing cluster to conduct large-scale systems
software research and explore new applications that analyze
Internet-scale data sets, ranging from voting records to online news
sources.
Student Competition 2009: $30K in prizes
CITRIS is proud to announce the fourth annual CITRIS White
Paper competition, which will give away $30K in cash prizes for the best ideas
that demonstrate the ability of IT to address a major societal challenge.
Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy Awarded 2009 Benjamin Franklin Medal
Professor and CITRIS Director Emeritus Ruzena Bajcsy was recently awarded the Franklin Institute's 2009 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Computer and Cognitive Science. Prof. Bajcsy received the award for contributions to robotics and computer vision, specifically the development of active perception and the creation of methods to improve our understanding of medical images.
CITRIS Headquarters Building Dedication Photos
The CITRIS headquarters building was dedication on February 27, 2009. The
newest research facility on the UC Berkeley campus, Sutardja Dai Hall is now
the new home of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest
of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute@CITRIS Berkeley. These photos
highlight the day’s festivities.
CITRIS researchers and projects featured on Science@Cal website
To celebrate their theme on "physics and technology," the Science@cal website features numerous CITRIS researchers and projects, including Steve Glaser, Sara McMains, Tsu-Jae King, and the Aravind Eye Hospital project.
Dedication of new CITRIS headquarters
The newest research facility on the campus of UC Berkeley was dedicated on Friday, Feb. 27, and embodies the innovation and entrepreneurship needed to fuel economic growth and arrives at a time when the state and nation seek relief from the recession. Photos and video
Marvell Lab featured in Wall Street Journal
A recent WSJ article discusses the Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory and its founders.
Capture of Nanomagnetic ‘Fingerprints’ a Boost for Next-Generation Information Storage Media
A team of physicists at UC Davis has developed a
technique to capture the magnetic “fingerprints” of certain nanostructures —
even when they are buried within the boards and junctions of an electronic
device
Announcing the 2009 HP Labs Innovation Research Program
CITRIS announces the launch of the 2009
Hewlett-Packard Labs Innovation Research Program (IRP). http://www.hpl.hp.com/open_innovation/irp/.