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SideKick Wins 2016 CITRIS Mobile App Challenge at UC Berkeley

SideKick Wins 2016 CITRIS Mobile App Challenge at UC Berkeley
Posted on May 3, 2016

To promote innovation, community service, and career development among UC Berkeley students, CITRIS sponsored a semester-long competition for undergraduate and graduate students to develop mobile […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, News, Sustainable Infrastructures

Special Education Project Wins 2016 CITRIS Big Ideas competition

Special Education Project Wins 2016 CITRIS Big Ideas competition
Posted on April 21, 2016

CITRIS and the Banatao Institute are honored to announce the top five winners in the IT for Society category of the Big Ideas competition. Selected […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis

2016 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards $575,000 to Ten Information Technology Projects

2016 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards $575,000 to Ten Information Technology Projects
Posted on April 8, 2016

We are delighted to announce the CITRIS Seed Funding Program awards for 2016. This year, 54 highly competitive teams from the four CITRIS campuses at […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis

CITRIS Partners with UC Riverside for New Seed Funding Series

CITRIS Partners with UC Riverside for New Seed Funding Series
Posted on April 8, 2016

We are delighted to announce the inaugural CITRIS & UC Riverside Seed Funding Program and grant awardees. As part of CITRIS’s annual seed funding process, […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis

Three California-Mexico Research Teams Win Seed Funds from CITRIS & ITESM

Three California-Mexico Research Teams Win Seed Funds from CITRIS & ITESM
Posted on April 8, 2016

Three inventive projects have been selected to receive collaborative research grants in the second annual seed funding program sponsored by Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) and […]

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Seed Funding

Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution

Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution
Posted on March 29, 2016

Inside the Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Ken Goldberg, director of CITRIS People and Robots, was quoted in a Rolling Stones article covering recent developments in artificial intelligence. Regarding […]

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots
Research Interests Robotics

Big Ideas Finalists Announced in “IT for Society” 2016 Competition

Big Ideas Finalists Announced in “IT for Society” 2016 Competition
Posted on January 6, 2016

CITRIS is delighted to have six innovative finalists in the IT for Society category of the 2015-2016 Big Ideas at Berkeley competition, which provides funding, […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Health

Apply for the 2016 CITRIS Seed Funding Opportunities (Deadline: Jan. 31, 2016)

Apply for the 2016 CITRIS Seed Funding Opportunities (Deadline: Jan. 31, 2016)
Posted on December 14, 2015

The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) is a multi-campus institute within the University of California charged with creating information […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS Invention Lab, CITRIS People and Robots, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis

Microsoft HoloLens academic research grants recipients

Microsoft HoloLens academic research grants recipients
Posted on November 12, 2015

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 […]

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots, News
Research Interests Climate, Robotics

CITRIS Day 2015 Highlights

CITRIS Day 2015 Highlights
Posted on October 29, 2015

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 […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS Invention Lab, CITRIS People and Robots, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis, UC Merced

Join us for CITRIS Day 2015 on October 13

Join us for CITRIS Day 2015 on October 13
Posted on October 6, 2015

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 […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS Invention Lab, CITRIS People and Robots, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis

Big Ideas@Berkeley competition open: student funding competition

Big Ideas@Berkeley competition open: student funding competition
Posted on September 14, 2015

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 […]

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis

CITRIS Deputy Director Camille Crittenden presents at BIDS DP@C Series

CITRIS Deputy Director Camille Crittenden presents at BIDS DP@C Series
Posted on September 11, 2015

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 […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS Invention Lab, CITRIS People and Robots, News, Sustainable Infrastructures

Five Questions for Dr. Kenneth Loh, New Director of CITRIS at UC Davis

Five Questions for Dr. Kenneth Loh, New Director of CITRIS at UC Davis
Posted on August 19, 2015

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 […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis
Research Interests Health, Robotics

Stop Laughing at those Clumsy Humanoid Robots

Stop Laughing at those Clumsy Humanoid Robots
Posted on June 12, 2015

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. […]

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

Bold Bets: Tomorrow’s Industrial Entrepreneurship

Bold Bets: Tomorrow’s Industrial Entrepreneurship
Posted on June 12, 2015

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 […]

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

UC Merced Professor Stefano Carpin Joins CPAR Executive Committee

UC Merced Professor Stefano Carpin Joins CPAR Executive Committee
Posted on May 29, 2015

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 […]

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

Five innovative faculty named Bakar Fellows

Five innovative faculty named Bakar Fellows
Posted on May 29, 2015

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 […]

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

CITRIS launches “People and Robots” Initiative, updates three other research initiatives

CITRIS launches “People and Robots” Initiative, updates three other research initiatives
Posted on April 22, 2015

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 […]

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots
Research Interests Robotics

Rashomon Project featured in New Scientist

Rashomon Project featured in New Scientist
Posted on July 3, 2013

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.

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Policy Lab, News
Research Interests Policy, Robotics

The $10 Robots: Irresistible and Affordable

The $10 Robots: Irresistible and Affordable
Posted on March 4, 2013

The idea is to get kids excited about engineering and science at an extremely low cost.

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

The AFRON “$10 Robot” Design Challenge Winners On Display at the CITRIS Tech Museum 1/24 to 3/1/13

The AFRON “$10 Robot” Design Challenge Winners On Display at the CITRIS Tech Museum 1/24 to 3/1/13
Posted on January 16, 2013

Winners of the AFRON $10 robot challenge on display at the CITRIS Tech Museum from January 24 – March 1st, 2013

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Tech Museum
Research Interests Robotics

CITRIS Researcher Jacob Rosen featured in UCSC magazine

CITRIS Researcher Jacob Rosen featured in UCSC magazine
Posted on September 24, 2012

“A Robot’s Touch” article focuses on medical surgery innovations.

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots
Research Interests Health, Robotics

CITRIS Researcher Ken Goldberg featured in East Bay Express

CITRIS Researcher Ken Goldberg featured in East Bay Express
Posted on November 20, 2005

A feature article in the November 9 issue of the East Bay Express explores Professor Goldberg’s integration of art and engineering.

Posted in CITRIS People and Robots
Research Interests Robotics

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