CITRIS Health is seeking motivated students to fill two open positions. Details about the positions below: Student assistant (investor database) (~10 hours per week) CITRIS […]
Research Thrusts
Using Virtual Reality for physical rehabilitation
UCSC undergraduate Aviv Elor develops virtual reality games for physical rehabilitation
Bolinas to be case study in evacuation
Point Reyes Light: CITRIS visiting scholar Louise Comfort will join a yearlong study in Bolinas, CA along with other UC Berkeley researchers to develop the […]
Superuser-turned-entrepreneur designs novel tech to combat Alzheimer’s with light
A young scientist pursuing a career in academic research walked into the CITRIS Invention Lab wanting to build mice cages for a doctoral project. “It was like, ‘This is intimidating, I don’t know what I’m doing at all.’ But my entire career changed based on the experience I had at CITRIS.” She went on to found a company developing novel photonic technology to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
CITRIS E.D. Camille Crittenden named Chair of California Blockchain Working Group
Camille Crittenden to lead 20 blockchain tech and policy experts under Assembly Bill 2658.
Big tech firms racing to track climate refugees
“Everybody deserves to have formal identification that they can use to exert their rights,” says Brandie Nonnecke, director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, as to […]
Fifty years of surveillance law in America
Cyrus Farivar, investigative tech reporter at NBC News and Habeas Data author, discusses 10 legal cases that have had an outsized impact on surveillance and […]
Misinformation Spreading About Abortion Ban
Buzzfeed: Recent abortion bans have spurred a rash of misleading claims online consistent with research from the CITRIS Policy Lab on the role of bots […]
AI that’s fair, reliable, safe: California can lead the way
Today, automated decision systems influence who receives health insurance, parole, and job offers. The California legislature is leading the nation in establishing standards for accountability, […]
From Invention Lab to Ghana, training devices to screen for cervical cancer
In collaboration with midwives in Ghana, Visualize designs, builds and implements low-cost training devices that assist in teaching health care providers how to screen for cervical cancer.
CITRIS 2019 Seed Funding Awards Announced
Competitive teams from the campuses of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Berkeley, Santa Cruz, Merced, Davis, and Davis Health submitted proposals for collaborative […]
CITRIS to U.S. Capitol to help inform tech policy
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute are ramping up efforts to bring technology expertise to national policymakers in Washington DC. Director Costas Spanos and CITRIS Policy […]
Berkeley City Councilmembers Tour CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Berkeley
Berkeley City Councilmembers Tour CITRIS and learn about ways CITRIS is advancing information technology in the interest of society. Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguin and City […]
Announcing new directors for expanded programs
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute are pleased to introduce new directors coming on board to support an expanded set of programs for the multicampus institute, […]
As biotech booms, so do bacteria
by Saemmool Lee Applying new tech solutions for stubborn health care challenges is big business. At the CITRIS Foundry, in-house startup accelerator of CITRIS and […]
Indonesia tsunami’s power surprises scientists
“It’s heartbreaking when you know the technology is there,” says CITRIS Policy Lab affiliate scholar Louise Comfort, who has been working to bring new tsunami sensors […]
Job Opportunity: CITRIS Policy Lab Director
Job Title: CITRIS Policy Lab Director (0378U) Job #25789 – CITRISLocation: Main Campus-BerkeleyPart-Time or Full-Time: Full-TimeRegular/Temporary: Regular Tip: Search for “25789” in job portal keyword […]
Million Hands
Hand prosthetics have come a long way since Daniel Lim created a “super hand” in the CITRIS Invention Lab in 2015 for an eight-year-old with symbrachydactyly, thanks to CITRIS seed-funded projects led by Professors Alice Agogino and Grace McConnell and collaborators across campus and beyond.
SafelyYou: Using AI to detect and prevent falls
SafelyYou, a startup emanating from CITRIS seed-funding, uses AI-enabled camera systems to detect, in real time, falls of individuals with dementia.
CRISPR reduces autism symptoms in mice
Company GenEdit, founded by Berkeley PhDs Kunwoo Lee and Hyo Min Park, with Berkeley bioengineering professor Niren Murthy, was part of a study representing the first demonstration of behavior […]
White House summit: CITRIS a voice for ‘trustworthy’ AI
On May 10, the White House convened 100 national leaders in industry, tech, government, and academia for a summit on the potential of artificial intelligence […]
CITRIS showcases student Tech for Social Good
At a showcase in April at the Banatao Auditorium, undergraduate and graduate students presented their work developing novel tech ideas, addressing issues from gait impairment in the elderly and robots for disaster relief to connecting refugees to social services.
Sam Altman: How to build a successful bio startup
On April 25, 2018, CITRIS hosted Y Combinator President Sam Altman to discuss how to build a successful bio startup. Joining him on the panel […]
A huge UC Davis tech campus is coming to this neighborhood in Sacramento
Sacramento Bee: In April, UC Davis Chancellor Gary S. May (M.S.’88, Ph.D.’91 EECS) announced plans for a 25-acre technology and innovation district at the university’s medical center campus in Sacramento.