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Sustainable Infrastructures

Brains for buildings, packaged in a smart briefcase

Brains for buildings, packaged in a smart briefcase
Posted on October 6, 2017

UC Berkeley engineers, working with CITRIS Director and EECS Professor Costas Spanos, have developed a new Building-in-Briefcase (BiB) system that can easily monitor the efficiency & sustainability of buildings.

Posted in In the News, News, Sustainable Infrastructures
Research Interests Climate

Apply for Smogathon 2017

Apply for Smogathon 2017
Posted on August 10, 2017

Do you want to fight air pollution and win $100,000? Apply for Smogathon 2017 by August 15th! On October 3rd, BERC will be hosting a […]

Posted in Sustainable Infrastructures
Research Interests Climate

What Does Your Smart Meter Know About You?

What Does Your Smart Meter Know About You?
Posted on June 28, 2017

CITRIS Director Costas Spanos is among a team of UC Berkeley researchers investigating the implications – and potential misuse – of information gathered by smart […]

Posted in News, Sustainable Infrastructures
Research Interests Climate

Tech Pride: Celebrations and Challenges for LGBT Members of the Tech Community

Tech Pride: Celebrations and Challenges for LGBT Members of the Tech Community
Posted on June 20, 2017

“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 […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Policy Lab, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis
Research Interests Policy

Big Ideas Competition 2017 IT for Society Category Winners Announced

Big Ideas Competition 2017 IT for Society Category Winners Announced
Posted on May 17, 2017

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 […]

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

Announcing Inaugural Student Awardees in CITRIS Tech for Social Good Program

Announcing Inaugural Student Awardees in CITRIS Tech for Social Good Program
Posted on May 16, 2017

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 […]

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

CITRIS and ITESM announce four winning proposals for California-Mexico collaborative research

CITRIS and ITESM announce four winning proposals for California-Mexico collaborative research
Posted on May 16, 2017

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 […]

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

UCTV Launches New Portal to Sustainability for California

UCTV Launches New Portal to Sustainability for California
Posted on May 5, 2017

The University of California is sharing their efforts to maintain a Sustainable California, with a new media-rich web portal hosted by University of California Television […]

Posted in News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis
Research Interests Climate

UC Water Challenge Grant Initiative: Request for Proposals

UC Water Challenge Grant Initiative: Request for Proposals
Posted on April 6, 2017

UC Water supports water research across the UC system as a network of scholars, students, and partners. To engage new investigators and to increase the […]

Posted in CITRIS, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Berkeley, UC Davis

2017 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards $611,000 to eleven information technology projects

2017 CITRIS Seed Funding Awards $611,000 to eleven information technology projects
Posted on March 28, 2017

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 […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, CITRIS Seed Funding, Sustainable Infrastructures

NSF Awards $11M to Create Computational Modeling and Simulation Center

NSF Awards $11M to Create Computational Modeling and Simulation Center
Posted on March 27, 2017

UC Berkeley Professor of Structural Engineering Stephen Mahin will lead a new center for computational modeling and simulation of the effects of natural hazards on […]

Posted in Sustainable Infrastructures

Robotic irrigation coming to CA vineyards

Robotic irrigation coming to CA vineyards
Posted on March 23, 2017

Ken Goldberg, director of the People and Robots initiative of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, explains robotic applications for crop irrigation. Researchers are developing a […]

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

UC Berkeley, power company Enel launch innovation hub

UC Berkeley, power company Enel launch innovation hub
Posted on March 7, 2017

A new CITRIS partnership with Enel is a promising step towards increasing innovation at the University of California. Berkeley News, March 7, 2017 – The […]

Posted in CITRIS Foundry, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Berkeley

BECC Conference 2017: Call for Abstracts Now Open

BECC Conference 2017: Call for Abstracts Now Open
Posted on March 7, 2017

The BECC Conference 2017 Call for abstracts is open. Closes on April 1, 2017. The Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference (BECC) is the premier […]

Posted in CITRIS, News, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Davis, UC Merced
Research Interests Climate

Inside CITRIS Day 2017

Inside CITRIS Day 2017
Posted on March 6, 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 […]

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

Inria@SiliconValley Interviews CITRIS Deputy Director Camille Crittenden

Inria@SiliconValley Interviews CITRIS Deputy Director Camille Crittenden
Posted on February 14, 2017

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 […]

Posted in CITRIS, CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz

City of Vallejo Releases Collaboration Tool For Participatory Budgeting

City of Vallejo Releases Collaboration Tool For Participatory Budgeting
Posted on February 14, 2017

The City of Vallejo has unveiled a new online community collaboration platform for Participatory Budgeting (PB). The customized platform, AppCivist, was developed by the Social […]

Posted in CITRIS, Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Berkeley

Art Rosenfeld, California’s Godfather of Energy Efficiency, Dies at 90

Art Rosenfeld, California’s Godfather of Energy Efficiency, Dies at 90
Posted on February 7, 2017

Art Rosenfeld, a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) Distinguished Scientist Emeritus who is also known as California’s “godfather” of energy efficiency and who has […]

Posted in Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Berkeley
Research Interests Climate

Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture

Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
Posted on December 14, 2016

A nearly $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is helping University of California researchers refine collaborative robotic technology that could change […]

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

2017 CITRIS Seed Funding Request for Proposals

2017 CITRIS Seed Funding Request for Proposals
Posted on October 18, 2016

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 […]

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

Women in Technology: Meeting the Challenge for the Next Generation

Women in Technology: Meeting the Challenge for the Next Generation
Posted on October 5, 2016

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 […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS Invention Lab, News, Sustainable Infrastructures

Computational Training Expanding at UC Merced Through New Grants

Computational Training Expanding at UC Merced Through New Grants
Posted on September 26, 2016

The National Science Foundation awarded the campus two of 30 research training grants for graduate students — particularly those from underserved populations — in computational […]

Posted in Sustainable Infrastructures, UC Merced
Research Interests Future of Work

John Zysman’s “The Rise of the Platform Economy” featured by Issues in Science and Technology

John Zysman’s “The Rise of the Platform Economy” featured by Issues in Science and Technology
Posted on August 3, 2016

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 […]

Posted in CITRIS Health, CITRIS People and Robots, Future of Work, Sustainable Infrastructures
Research Interests Future of Work

Nonnecke and Crittenden discuss IoT & Sustainability w/ World Smart City

Nonnecke and Crittenden discuss IoT & Sustainability w/ World Smart City
Posted on June 20, 2016

In 2016, over half the world’s population live in cities. Each year these cities account for nearly 70% of greenhouse gas emissions, waste 250 to […]

Posted in CITRIS Policy Lab, Sustainable Infrastructures
Research Interests Climate, Policy

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