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.
Sustainable Infrastructures
Apply for Smogathon 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 […]
What Does Your Smart Meter Know About You?
CITRIS Director Costas Spanos is among a team of UC Berkeley researchers investigating the implications – and potential misuse – of information gathered by smart […]
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 […]
UCTV Launches New Portal to Sustainability for California
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 […]
UC Water Challenge Grant Initiative: Request for Proposals
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 […]
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 […]
NSF Awards $11M to Create Computational Modeling and Simulation Center
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 […]
Robotic irrigation coming to CA vineyards
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 […]
UC Berkeley, power company Enel launch innovation hub
A new CITRIS partnership with Enel is a promising step towards increasing innovation at the University of California. Berkeley News, March 7, 2017 – The […]
BECC Conference 2017: Call for Abstracts Now Open
The BECC Conference 2017 Call for abstracts is open. Closes on April 1, 2017. The Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference (BECC) is the premier […]
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 […]
City of Vallejo Releases Collaboration Tool For Participatory Budgeting
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 […]
Art Rosenfeld, California’s Godfather of Energy Efficiency, Dies at 90
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 […]
Robots and People Working Together to Save Water and Enhance Agriculture
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 […]
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 […]
Computational Training Expanding at UC Merced Through New Grants
The National Science Foundation awarded the campus two of 30 research training grants for graduate students — particularly those from underserved populations — in computational […]
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 […]
Nonnecke and Crittenden discuss IoT & Sustainability w/ World Smart City
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 […]