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, […]
Research Thrusts
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 […]
Creating a National Innovation Ecosystem with Dr. Don Millard from NSF
Dr. Don Millard will speak at 2:15 pm on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 in Room 250 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley This talk is sponsored […]
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 […]
Big Ideas competition now open to all CITRIS campuses
What’s Your Big Idea? The 2014-2015 Big Ideas at Berkeley contest is now open! Big Ideas at Berkeley is an annual innovation contest that provides […]
Telehealth Research Collaboration spans the Atlantic
For more than a decade, high hopes have been pinned on telehealth technology to help the U.S. health care system serve the rising population of […]
Launching New Research Platforms for Smarter Buildings and Healthier People
Friends of CITRIS, The collected research of CITRIS faculty shows an amazing range of scale: from micro-electronics and nanotechnology to systems at the level of […]
Technology and Older Adults: The New Era of Connected Aging
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and Center for Technology and Aging (CTA) to Host Forum on Connected Aging […]
3rd Annual CITRIS at UC Merced Mobile App Challenge Winners
The CITRIS at UC Merced Mobile App Challenge finals were held on Friday, May 16, 2014. Congratulations to the finalists! Meet the winners below. Crowd […]
CITRIS in a Nutshell: Innovation, Community, Teamwork, and Social Purpose
Dear Friends of CITRIS, Most issues of the CITRIS Signal focus on new research conducted by our top faculty scientists and engineers. This edition looks […]
The CITRIS Foundry first cohort of graduates
by Gordy Slack The road to start-up success is littered with great ideas. Turning an idea into a prototype, a viable business plan, and an […]
Mobile App Challenge: Inventing Small Ways to Make a Big Difference
Most students aspire to both do well and do good in school. A semester-long app-development competition helped give traction for 50 graduate and undergraduate students […]
The Innovation HealthJam to be held June 17-19, 2014
Registration is now open for the Innovation HealthJam, a collaborative brainstorming event that will be held online June 17-19, 2014. During the free, three-day virtual […]
CITRIS Big Ideas Winners for 2014
CITRIS held its poster and judging session on April 21st, 2014 for the annual Big Ideas competition, with eight innovative projects competing for $22.5K in […]