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 […]
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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 […]
SideKick Wins 2016 CITRIS Mobile App Challenge at UC Berkeley
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 […]
Special Education Project Wins 2016 CITRIS Big Ideas competition
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 […]
2016 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards $575,000 to Ten Information Technology Projects
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 […]
CITRIS Partners with UC Riverside for New Seed Funding Series
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, […]
New CITRIS Collaboration Links Two Innovative Regions in Digital Health
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, Medical Delta, and InnovationQuarter, premier international organizations in the digital health space, have signed an agreement to expand joint education, […]
Big Ideas Finalists Announced in “IT for Society” 2016 Competition
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, […]
Professor Wins Major Award for ‘Time Machine’ Project
Professor Miriam Barlow was honored with a major award last month for her role in developing a method to restore the efficacy of antibiotics and […]
Apply for the 2016 CITRIS Seed Funding Opportunities (Deadline: Jan. 31, 2016)
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Big Ideas 2015 winners in “IT for Society” Challenge: BCAPI takes first place
CITRIS held its poster and judging session on April 10, for the Big Ideas 2015 competition, with seven innovative projects competing for $22.5K in prizes. […]
In Honor of Tax Day, Celebrate the Internet
The fabric of the Internet is woven with public-private partnerships. From its origin in the early 1960s, pioneers in network infrastructure and early demonstrations of […]
CITRIS Nominates Sage Scholars for 2015 Assembly in Paris
Sanjay Krishnan, Omoju Miller, and Charvi Shetty were named as Sage Scholars and invited to present their work in Paris this month. From April 16 […]
2015 Big Ideas Finalists Announced in “IT for Society” Competition
CITRIS is delighted to have seven finalists in the IT for Society category of the 2014-2015 Big Ideas@Berkeley competition, which provides funding, support, and encouragement […]
Count Me In: Walking and the City event on urban mobility
During the Fall 2014, a team of 17 graduate students and two professors worked with the city of San Leandro to develop digital tools to […]