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Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute and CITRIS to Develop New Approaches in the Visualization Field
Collaboration to improve visualization technologies for vital applications
2011 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards
This year, we funded 17 seed funding proposals from a pool of outstanding proposals.
David Culler appointed Faculty Director of i4Energy
The mission of i4Energy to facilitate and promote research on system-integrated enabling technologies that will achieve better energy efficiency, improved demand / response, and dramatic improvements in energy distribution.
Dot. The world’s smallest stop-motion animation character shot on CellScope
Professor Dan Fletcher’s invention of the CellScope, which is a Nokia device with a microscope attachment, was the inspiration for a teeny-tiny film.
CITRIS sponsoring CalSol, the UC Berkeley Solar Vehicle Team
CITRIS is a sponsor of CalSol, the UC Berkeley Solar Vehicle Team. This student organization has completed its latest solar vehicle, Impulse, and is preparing to race in the 2011 World Solar Challenge.
Watch CITRIS Talks on YouTube
Seminar series available on YouTube
CITRIS demonstrations a big hit at Cal Day
The CITRIS demonstrations were very popular at this year’s Cal Day, the campuswide open house for UC Berkeley.
Congratulations to this year’s Big Ideas winners
This year, CITRIS awarded five student-led proposals a total of $45,000 in prize money at the April 14 poster session for our annual White Paper competition
Big Ideas finalists for 2011
The top twelve finalists will participate in April 14 poster and judging event
Learn more about the Personal Robotics Project
Since Rosie the Robot first debuted on television’s “The Jetsons” in 1962, the futuristic image of a personal robot autonomously operating in a human home has captivated the public imagination.
Follow solar forecasting experiments in real-time
Carlos Coimbra, an Associate Professor in the School of Engineering of UC Merced, is leading research in solar forecasting. You can follow their solar experiments in real-time.
CITRIS projects recently featured in radio shows
CITRIS projects and events have been covered in recent radio stories.
Lt. Gov Gavin Newsom visits CITRIS headquarters on March 30
Gavin Newsom, the Lieutenant Governor of California, visited the CITRIS Headquarters on March 30 as part of a state-wide listening tour on higher education.
Fruitful partnership between CITRIS and Innovation Center Denmark
New partnership between CITRIS and Innovation Center Denmark involves joint conferences and workshops as well as Visiting Scholarships
Crossing Boundaries: New Media and the Shape of International News, March 17-18
Students and practitioners of journalism recently descended on Sutardja Dai Hall at the University of California Berkeley, for a conference that focused on new media and the emergent, boundary‐crossing collections of news, technologies and audiences.
NSF’s Edward Seidel discussed Global Cyberinfrastructure on March 17
Modern science is undergoing a profound transformation as it aims to tackle the complex problems of the 21st Century.
CITRIS Events
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Jeopardy! viewing party at CITRIS a big hit
Hundreds of CITRIS researchers and students gathered at Sutardja Dai Hall on Feb. 16 to watch the game’s finale starring Watson.
CITRIS Research Wins Award
Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy’s research in “Tele-Immersion for Physicians” was recently awarded the CENIC 2011 Innovations in Networking Award for High Performance Research Applications.
Closing the Digital Divide: Broadband Deployment and Adoption
Sunne Wright McPeak is the President and CEO of CETF, a statewide non-profit organization whose mission is to close the Digital Divide.
Spring 2011 Research Exchange schedule
The weekly series will begin on Wednesday, January 26
i4energy seminar series for Spring 2011
This weekly Friday lunch series begins again on Jan. 21
Prof. Andrew Fisher presents recent findings at Geophysical Meeting
An infiltration pond in California’s Pajaro Valley has become a laboratory where scientists are working to improve techniques for recharging the region’s depleted aquifer.