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Dissecting Sustainable
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Dear Friends of CITRIS,

It has been an exciting and eventful fall semester, one that
has seen continued strides for CITRIS in many areas. …

From the outset, CITRIS involvement has been instrumental in helping to shape academic excellence at UC Merced. This influence is the innovative open source teaching […]

Computational Science and Engineering (CSE) is a rapidly growing interdisciplinary field that encompasses applications (science/engineering), applied mathematics, numerical analysis, and computer science and engineering in […]

Transforming an information surplus into an information success is the aim of knowledge science, and doing so in the burgeoning area of knowledge services is […]

At the UC Berkeley campus, CITRIS, in conjunction with  the Haas School of Business, the School of Information, and the College of Engineering, helped to […]

The Information and Service Design (ISD) Program at the UC Berkeley School of Information works to develop a coherent framework for the study of service. […]

Game-based learning is a promising new approach to education that combines information technology with advances in new media.  Researchers at Berkeley’s Center for New Media, […]

Wikipedia has become an invaluable source of information to millions of households and to schools and workplaces nationwide—indeed, worldwide. In many ways, a “Wikipedia search” […]

The role and penetration of computing systems and networks in our societal infrastructure continues to grow, and their importance to societal safety and the security […]

Electronic data exists in all places, in different formats, in different locations, and in increasing volumes. The need to integrate information from different data sources […]

Embedded computers and networks are being used more and more pervasively to monitor and control physical processes in feedback loops where physical processes affect computations […]

Wireless information technologies are providing new ways to communicate and are one of several information and communication technologies touted as an opportunity to reduce society’s […]

CITRIS researchers are developing new techniques and algorithms to provide real-time geometric manufacturability feedback to designers as they work. These “Design for Manufacturing” (DFM) services […]

Flexibility and optimization at all levels are the ultimate goals in service systems design and management. In designing a supply chain, firms are often faced […]

Flexibility and optimization at all levels are the ultimate goals in service systems design and management.  In designing a supply chain, firms are often faced […]

CITRIS researchers at UC Santa Cruz are studying resource allocation policies in a service environment. This work combines statistics, simulation, and optimization models with the […]

Innovation in services is not the same as innovation in products—services are intangible, usually consumed when delivered, and the customer can co-create experience with supplier. […]

The application of rule-based IT tools to service activities is literally transforming the services component of the economy. Service activities themselves are changed when the […]

Message from Acting Director Paul Wright Greetings from Berkeley, California, headquarters of CITRIS, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society.  Since […]

Making a New Wireless Venue The goal of the Center for Advanced Radio Spectrum Utilization (CARSU) is to fundamentally change the operation of wireless communication […]

An emerging class of digital video cameras provides unprecedented ability to zoom in and capture high-resolution video images. This capability is desirable in many applications […]

It has been estimated that malicious code (viruses, worms, and Trojan horses) have caused over $75 billion in economic losses in the U.S. through 2007. […]

As part of its effort to achieve efficiency in is central plant and building operation, UC Merced Facilities Management administers an extensive control and monitoring […]