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CITRIS PIs receive $5.7M to advance cyber-physical systems research

CITRIS PIs receive $5.7M to advance cyber-physical systems research
Posted on July 1, 2022

UC Santa Cruz researcher Ricardo Sanfelice will lead the project, and UC Berkeley’s Murat Arcak will serve as a co-investigator.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS People and Robots, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Robotics

CIDER drone pilot training helps UC Santa Cruz students reach new heights

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.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Aviation, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Aviation

Wexler weighs in on effects of air quality on human health

Wexler weighs in on effects of air quality on human health
Posted on June 10, 2022

CITRIS PI Anthony Wexler recently spoke to USA Today about how air pollution affects human welfare.

Posted in CITRIS Climate, In the News, UC Davis
Research Interests Climate

Kammen on California carbon neutrality: We can do better

Kammen on California carbon neutrality: We can do better
Posted on June 10, 2022

Per his research, California can reach neutrality by 2035 by prioritizing affordable renewable energy technologies.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Climate, In the News
Research Interests Climate

Building on UC Broadband: Policy Lab offers strategies to help UC close digital divide

Building on UC Broadband: Policy Lab offers strategies to help UC close digital divide
Posted on May 20, 2022

The CITRIS Policy Lab has released a report that outlines four recommendations UC could use to support broadband infrastructure development. 

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Policy Lab
Research Interests Policy

Von Meier touts ‘transformative’ solar microgrids in WSJ

Von Meier touts ‘transformative’ solar microgrids in WSJ
Posted on May 5, 2022

The Wall Street Journal asked a group of energy experts which tech had the most potential to mitigate the effects of climate change. CITRIS’s Alexandra “Sascha” von Meier responded.

Posted in CITRIS Climate, In the News
Research Interests Climate

CIDER drone education program receives $1M from James Irvine Foundation

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.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS Aviation, UC Santa Cruz
Research Interests Aviation

Job opportunities: Event Coordinator and CIEE Program Coordinator

Job opportunities: Event Coordinator and CIEE Program Coordinator
Posted on April 21, 2022

CITRIS seeks applicants for two key staff positions at the headquarters at UC Berkeley.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Climate, Job Opportunities, UC Berkeley

Policy Lab launches Section 230 legislation database

Policy Lab launches Section 230 legislation database
Posted on April 20, 2022

The CITRIS Policy Lab has launched a database that tracks all U.S. federal legislation seeking to amend, repeal or reform Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS Policy Lab, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

CITRIS PIs lead UC efforts to fight climate change

CITRIS PIs lead UC efforts to fight climate change
Posted on April 11, 2022

Several projects led by CITRIS affiliates are among the climate resilience efforts already making a difference in Californians’ lives.

Posted in CITRIS Climate, CITRIS Foundry, In the News, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced

Pieter Abbeel receives ACM Prize in Computing

Pieter Abbeel receives ACM Prize in Computing
Posted on April 11, 2022

The CITRIS PI and UC Berkeley professor been honored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for his work on robot learning.

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Robotics

Nonnecke to lead UC Berkeley’s “Our Better Web”

Nonnecke to lead UC Berkeley’s “Our Better Web”
Posted on April 11, 2022

The initiative aims to examine and provide recommendations for legislation on misinformation and illegal activities on social media platforms.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

CITRIS researchers lay groundwork to bring flying buses to California skies

CITRIS researchers lay groundwork to bring flying buses to California skies
Posted on April 8, 2022

A multicampus CITRIS Aviation team is collaborating with Caltrans to create tools and policies for air mobility in urban areas.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Aviation

Von Meier talks climate change impact on power grid

Von Meier talks climate change impact on power grid
Posted on April 6, 2022

In a recent AP story, Alexandra “Sascha” von Meier, director of the CIEE electric grid program area, discussed the impacts of climate change on America’s outdated power grids.

Posted in CITRIS Climate, In the News
Research Interests Climate

Healthy Davis Together serves as a model of town-gown partnerships

Healthy Davis Together serves as a model of town-gown partnerships
Posted on March 23, 2022

With expertise from CITRIS affiliates, the university-city collaboration has helped keep the region’s COVID positivity rate at less than 5 percent.

Posted in CITRIS Health, In the News, UC Davis

CITRIS and CLTC announce launch of AI Policy Hub

CITRIS and CLTC announce launch of AI Policy Hub
Posted on March 15, 2022

Two prominent centers at the University of California have joined together to launch an interdisciplinary initiative to train forward-thinking researchers.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS Policy Lab, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Policy

Crittenden builds case for diversity in climate tech

Crittenden builds case for diversity in climate tech
Posted on March 15, 2022

CITRIS Executive Director Camille Crittenden offers an analysis of gender diversity in energy fields in honor of Women’s History Month for the Berkeley Blog.

Posted in CITRIS Climate, EDGE in Tech, In the News
Research Interests Climate, EDGE in Tech

Inaugural cohort of health data science fellows named

Inaugural cohort of health data science fellows named
Posted on March 14, 2022

The Translational Health Data Science Fellowship Program, a partnership between CITRIS Health, the UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center, UC Davis Department of Public Health Sciences and the UC Davis DataLab, has announced its first seven graduate student fellows.

Posted in Announcements, CITRIS, CITRIS Health, UC Davis
Research Interests Health

Finlayson explains fascination with Silicon Valley CEOs

Finlayson explains fascination with Silicon Valley CEOs
Posted on March 14, 2022

EDGE in Tech Director Jill Finlayson describes the “long-standing impacts of a lack of diversity in tech” in a San Francisco Chronicle Datebook article.

Posted in EDGE in Tech, In the News
Research Interests EDGE in Tech

Haya talks carbon offsets in Bloomberg, Washington Post

Haya talks carbon offsets in Bloomberg, Washington Post
Posted on March 14, 2022

Barbara Haya, a research fellow working with CITRIS Climate and the California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) discusses offsetting carbon emissions.

Posted in CITRIS Climate, In the News
Research Interests Climate

Abbeel addresses AI advancements

Abbeel addresses AI advancements
Posted on March 9, 2022

CITRIS PI Pieter Abbeel sees robots becoming an integral part of our lives in the next five years.

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS People and Robots, In the News
Research Interests Robotics

Nonnecke discusses demand for data transparency in Science article

Nonnecke discusses demand for data transparency in Science article
Posted on March 2, 2022

Brandie Nonnecke and co-author Camille Carlton detailed what political oversight for large social media platforms may look like.

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, In the News
Research Interests Policy

Goldberg uses new AI technique to help robots move in three dimensions

Goldberg uses new AI technique to help robots move in three dimensions
Posted on February 16, 2022

As Ken Goldberg, director of CITRIS People and Robots, tells Wired, Neural Radiance Fields are “ultra-hot,” with applications in entertainment, architecture and, of course, robotics.

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots, In the News
Research Interests Robotics

CITRIS leadership sheds light on gender diversity in UC IT workforce

CITRIS leadership sheds light on gender diversity in UC IT workforce
Posted on January 25, 2022

According to a 2018–20 study by three CITRIS leaders, women hold only 30 percent of information technology jobs across the UC system.

Posted in CITRIS, EDGE in Tech, In the News
Research Interests EDGE in Tech

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