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Ming Wu has been appointed the new Chief Scientist for
CITRIS at Berkeley. He is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Sciences at Berkeley, and Co-Director of Berkeley Sensors and
Actuators Center (BSAC).

A perspective by Professor Daniel Kammen on the energy crisis and the role of the C-GRACE meeting with CITRIS and the Copenhagen Climate Council.

A research project between UC Berkeley and Nokia tests how well cell phone GPS can gauge
upcoming traffic and is featured online here.

A group that wants to make a cheap fuel cell that can efficiently convert hydrocarbon fuel into
electricity won this year's CET Cleantech Innovation Contest.

Matthew Scullin, Graduate Student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UC Berkeley, is part of a collaborative exhibit currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

UC Berkeley is partnering with Intel and
Microsoft to accelerate developments in parallel computing and advance the
powerful benefits of multi-core processing to mainstream consumer and business
computers.

A recent study by CITRIS researchers shows that banks and telecommunications companies are top targets for identity-theft.

The latest edition of the CoolClimate Calculator shows people as well as cities and businesses how their lifestyles contribute to
global warming and identifies areas where they can reduce their footprint.

An online mystery game in which student sleuths will monitor air pollution in
South Central Los Angeles and in Cairo, Egypt, and a project using cell phones
to teach English to children in India have won funding for two UC Berkeley professors

UC Berkeley PhD student Dan Steingart and his research on printable batteries was recently featured on a television news story by Bay Area ABC7 News.

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A recent NY Times articles discusses the challenge and possible solutions to California's concerns about available energy, including the Demand Response project at CITRIS.

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and Nokia recently tested technology that could
soon transform the way drivers navigate through congested highways and
obtain information about road conditions.

To assist consumers, researchers at Berkeley
Institute of the Environment are
developing an online carbon-tracking calculator that produces a summary of all the greenhouse
gases produced by specific consumer goods.

UC Berkeley has announced
plans to establish the first endowed faculty chair at the Berkeley Center for
New Media with a donation of $1.6 million from craigslist, one of the most
popular Web sites in the world.