We are delighted to announce the CITRIS Seed Funding Program awards for 2018. This year, 50 highly competitive teams from the four CITRIS campuses at UC […]
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Job Opportunity: CITRIS Health Postdoctoral Scholar
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) is recruiting for a postdoctoral scholar position in health technology (CITRIS Health). CITRIS Postdoctoral Scholar, Health Initiative, UC Berkeley […]
How flight simulation tech turns robots into surgeons
Borrowing techniques from flight simulation technology, CITRIS researchers have now developed an undulating platform to train surgical robots to operate on breathing, pulsing patients. Wired, March […]
CITRIS Silicon Valley Forum presents tech research and industry experts
CITRIS Silicon Valley Forum: Visionary entrepreneur Thomas M. Siebel of C3 IoT and robotics pioneer Ken Goldberg of UC Berkeley are among the speakers lined […]
Announcing the Spring 2018 CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series
We are excited to announce the CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series lineup for Spring 2018! Jan 31, 2018 – Bots and Tots featuring Hal Varian, […]
CITRIS Foundry company GenEdit: CRISPR for human use
CITRIS Foundry company GenEdit founders Kunwoo Lee and Hyo Min Park, coauthors of a study demonstrating the effectiveness of CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology in mice, aim to translate […]
A cellphone-based microscope for treating river blindness
CITRIS-sponsored research has applied smartphone-based microscope technology to more easily diagnose the Neglected Tropical Disease onchocerciasis, otherwise known as river blindness. This technological innovation has […]
Kurt D. Bettenhausen joins CITRIS Advisory Board
CITRIS is honored to welcome Kurt D. Bettenhausen to our Advisory Board. Kurt D. Bettenhausen is Senior Vice President and the global Automation & Control Technology […]
Announcing the Fall 2017 CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series
We are excited to announce our CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series lineup for Fall 2017! Sep 13, 2017 – Shadow Regulation of the Internet with […]
A New Age of Aging: How Tech Can Ease the Trials of Getting Old
Tech for Aging: How Tech Can Ease the Trials of Getting OldCITRIS Director of Health Initiatives David Lindeman and his team “offer a glowing array […]
Tech Pride: Celebrations and Challenges for LGBT Members of the Tech Community
“Despite widely adopted non-discrimination protections and benefit coverage for same-sex couples, LGBT employees as a cohort may still be under-recognized,” says Camille Crittenden, Deputy Director […]
Big Ideas Competition 2017 IT for Society Category Winners Announced
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute are pleased to announce four winners in the ‘IT for Society’ category of the annual Big Ideas competition. This category […]
Announcing Inaugural Student Awardees in CITRIS Tech for Social Good Program
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute announce 16 student-led projects that won competitive funding in Spring 2017. In parallel with the successful CITRIS Seed Funding Program […]
CITRIS and ITESM announce four winning proposals for California-Mexico collaborative research
Building on a successful binational partnership launched in 2013, four new projects have been selected to receive seed funding from Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM) jointly […]
2017 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards $611,000 to eleven information technology projects
We are delighted to announce the CITRIS Seed Funding Program awards for 2017. This year, 45 highly competitive teams from the four CITRIS campuses at […]
Inside CITRIS Day 2017
CITRIS Day 2017 was held on November 1st at the newly-opened UC Santa Cruz Silicon Valley Campus in Santa Clara, where invitees discussed the theme […]
Inria@SiliconValley Interviews CITRIS Deputy Director Camille Crittenden
Camille Crittenden, Ph.D. serves as Deputy Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, Director of the CITRIS Connected Communities Initiative, and Executive Director of the […]
Mobile health data may offer new pathways to better patient care
UC Davis awarded $1.2 million to advance state’s precision medicine initiative A UC Davis-led team has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from the California Initiative […]
2017 CITRIS Seed Funding Request for Proposals
The 2017 CITRIS Seed Funding opportunity invites Principal Investigators at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Davis Health System, UC Merced, and UC Santa Cruz to apply […]
Women in Technology: Meeting the Challenge for the Next Generation
Improving the number of women in technology will require effort from industry executives, higher education administrators and faculty, K-14 leaders and teachers, and families. With […]
John Zysman’s “The Rise of the Platform Economy” featured by Issues in Science and Technology
John Zysman has been published in Issues in Science and Technology for CITRIS-related work. The excerpt below has been reposted: The Rise of the Platform Economy […]
Twenty-four UC Merced teams demo mobile apps at Innovate to Grow
On May 13, student teams pitched their mobile apps before a panel of esteemed judges at the annual Innovate to Grow showcase event. The 5th […]
Students Create Innovative Solutions for Nonprofit Partners in Berkeley Builds Designathon
Berkeley Builds Designathon—the first interdisciplinary social innovation designathon on campus—completed with roaring success on April 30th – May 1st, 2016. Hosted by Project RISHI, Hackers […]
Students design and demo mobile apps to benefit society at UC Davis
We’re thrilled to announce the winners of the second-annual CITRIS Mobile App Challenge at UC Davis: SafeTravel, Eventr, PalMe, & Food Budgt. CITRIS sponsors this […]