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Microsoft HoloLens academic research grants recipients
Meet the award recipients of the first Microsoft HoloLens academic research grants Chosen from more than 500 qualified applications, three faculty members from the UC Berkeley Robotics […]
CITRIS Day 2015 Highlights
The inaugural CITRIS Day on October 13, 2015, delivered timely panel discussions and keynote talks, and the videos are now online. Please also enjoy the […]
Join us for CITRIS Day 2015 on October 13
In celebration of our 15th anniversary, we highlight activities core to our mission: bringing innovative methods, insights, and tools from the classroom to the marketplace […]
Big Ideas@Berkeley competition open: student funding competition
The 2015-2016 Big Ideas@Berkeley contest is now open. Big Ideas@Berkeley is an annual contest aimed at providing funding, support, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams of […]
CITRIS Deputy Director Camille Crittenden presents at BIDS DP@C Series
For the 2015-2016 academic year, the Data Points at Cal (BIDS DP@C) series hosted directors from various data science-related research units on campus who delivered 10-minute overviews of […]
Five Questions for Dr. Kenneth Loh, New Director of CITRIS at UC Davis
Since his appointment in July 2015 as the new UC Davis campus director for CITRIS, Dr. Kenneth Loh has been actively recruiting students for CITRIS projects, promoting […]
Stop Laughing at those Clumsy Humanoid Robots
Ken Goldberg, director of the People and Robots initiative of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, was prominently featured in a Wired article on humanoid robots. […]
Bold Bets: Tomorrow’s Industrial Entrepreneurship
For the third event in the Bold Bets series, The Atlantic will travel to the Bay Area to explore innovations in manufacturing and production. Next-generation […]
UC Merced Professor Stefano Carpin Joins CPAR Executive Committee
UC Merced Professor Stefano Carpin will serve on the executive board of a new multidisciplinary research enterprise called the People and Robots Initiative, by the […]
Five innovative faculty named Bakar Fellows
Congratulations to each of the new Bakar Fellows at UC Berkeley, including CITRIS-affiliated faculty members Pieter Abbeel and Michael Lustig. As a pioneer in robot learning, perception […]
CITRIS launches “People and Robots” Initiative, updates three other research initiatives
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) today announces the launch of the CITRIS People and Robots Initiative, a major […]
Rashomon Project featured in New Scientist
The Rashomon Project is developing an open-source toolkit that can facilitate the rapid assembly and public review of “Video Timelines” where many video and photo perspectives are time-aligned and displayed simultaneously.
The $10 Robots: Irresistible and Affordable
The idea is to get kids excited about engineering and science at an extremely low cost.
The AFRON “$10 Robot” Design Challenge Winners On Display at the CITRIS Tech Museum 1/24 to 3/1/13
Winners of the AFRON $10 robot challenge on display at the CITRIS Tech Museum from January 24 – March 1st, 2013
CITRIS Researcher Jacob Rosen featured in UCSC magazine
“A Robot’s Touch” article focuses on medical surgery innovations.
CITRIS Researcher Ken Goldberg featured in East Bay Express
A feature article in the November 9 issue of the East Bay Express explores Professor Goldberg’s integration of art and engineering.