SafelyYou, a startup emanating from CITRIS seed-funding, uses AI-enabled camera systems to detect, in real time, falls of individuals with dementia.
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SimCenter Releases Four New Educational and Research Tools
The NHERI SimCenter has just released three research tools and its third educational tool that support natural hazards engineering.
Young summer interns design and create in CITRIS Invention Lab
The CITRIS Invention Lab has launched a summer internship program for junior high and high school students. From mid-June to early August, nine students from California schools are spending two weeks designing and creating in the 1700-sf makerspace on the first floor of Sutardja Dai Hall.
Job Opportunity: CITRIS Director of Development
Apply for the CITRIS Director of Development opportunity at UC Berkeley.
Tsu-Jae King Liu named new dean of Berkeley Engineering
The UC Berkeley College of Engineering has named Tsu-Jae King Liu its new dean, the first woman to hold that position and among only 60 […]
White House summit: CITRIS a voice for ‘trustworthy’ AI
On May 10, the White House convened 100 national leaders in industry, tech, government, and academia for a summit on the potential of artificial intelligence […]
CITRIS showcases student Tech for Social Good
At a showcase in April at the Banatao Auditorium, undergraduate and graduate students presented their work developing novel tech ideas, addressing issues from gait impairment in the elderly and robots for disaster relief to connecting refugees to social services.
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
Drones for Sustainability
In its first annual student video competition, UCTV’s CITRIS-seeded “Sustainable California” channel awarded first place to a trilingual Berkeley graduate student team production about using UAVs for mapping and ecological monitoring.
How to interact with robots without embarrassing yourself
“All these robots suffer from the same challenge: they need to anticipate,” says CITRIS researcher Anca Dragan. Doctoral students working with CITRIS Sustainable Infrastructures director […]
Sam Altman: How to build a successful bio startup
On April 25, 2018, CITRIS hosted Y Combinator President Sam Altman to discuss how to build a successful bio startup. Joining him on the panel […]
A huge UC Davis tech campus is coming to this neighborhood in Sacramento
Sacramento Bee: In April, UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May (M.S.’88, Ph.D.’91 EECS) announced plans for a 25-acre technology and innovation district at the university’s medical center campus in Sacramento.
Transforming Mobility in Rural America Through New Technology
Next Avenue/PBS: Asked at the CITRIS-co-hosted “Transforming Mobility” conference last week: How is it that Amazon can deliver toilet paper to a person in the Adirondacks overnight, but it takes that same person three days to arrange transportation to a doctor’s appointment?
Deep Energy Efficiency helps power Carbon Neutrality Initiative
Decades in the making, a carbon-free future for the University of California is finally in sight.
Dex-Net is the most dexterous robot ever created
The key to this robot’s dexterity is not in its mechanical grippers but in its brain. Powered by Dex-Net 4.0 software created by CITRIS People and Robots Director Ken Goldberg and team, this robot is a lot closer to matching the adroitness of a human than anything developed previously.
Job Opportunity: CITRIS Health Postdoctoral Scholar
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) is recruiting for a postdoctoral scholar position in health technology (CITRIS Health). CITRIS Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Initiative, UC Berkeley […]
How the Paris climate accord is becoming reality at UC
The University of California launched its Carbon Neutrality Initiative in 2013, aiming to reach that target by 2025. But the big question has been how. Now, a […]
How flight simulation tech turns robots into surgeons
Borrowing techniques from flight simulation technology, CITRIS researchers have now developed an undulating platform to train surgical robots to operate on breathing, pulsing patients. Wired, March […]
The next evaluation breakthrough from online shopping?
Online shopping: “Collaborative filtering” might not be a widely recognizable term, but it’s what companies like Netflix and Amazon rely upon for recommending products to […]
New CITRIS Foundry cohort advances deep technology
The CITRIS Foundry welcomes the newest cohort of startup teams to its accelerator program, advancing such novel technologies as high-efficiency nanolayer battery coatings, precision immune therapies, and […]
Cal Energy Corps Call for Applications by March 30
Applications are now open for this year’s Cal Energy Corps program! The Cal Energy Corps, sponsored this year by the Center for Information Technology Research […]
Yali’s opens in Qualcomm Cafe at CITRIS headquarters
Qualcomm Cafe will be returning to the UC Berkeley campus with a soft opening on Wednesday, February 28, 2018. The cafe is reopening under a […]
CITRIS Silicon Valley Forum presents tech research and industry experts
CITRIS Silicon Valley Forum: Visionary entrepreneur Thomas M. Siebel of C3 IoT and robotics pioneer Ken Goldberg of UC Berkeley are among the speakers lined […]
Clarity Air Monitoring is reducing air pollution with smart design
Air pollution is one of the greatest threats to human health worldwide, responsible for millions of premature deaths each year. Emissions from vehicles, power plants, wildfires, […]