CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Creating information technology solutions for society's most pressing challenges
BERC is hosting three bioenergy experts to discuss the United States’ Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2), advanced biofuels conversion pathways, and the future of bioenergy production. […]
We examine the implications of alternative forms of cap-and-trade regulations on the California electricity market. Specific focus is given to the implementation of a downstream […]
The energy supply industry is witnessing a transformation with the rise of renewable energy technology and distributed energy generation. What barriers must be overcome to […]
A giant in the field of genomics, Dr. Venter will share his insights on the promise and possibilities of synthetic biology. The annual A. Richard […]
Faculty and students are invited to join us at the School of Information for seminars on Data Science and Analytics by exciting speakers from the […]
Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) hold great potential to aid large numbers of people with neurological disorders. BMIs also provide a framework for studying cortical dynamics and […]
Faculty and students are invited to join us at the School of Information for seminars on Data Science and Analytics by exciting speakers from the […]
The state of California has embraced an ambitious goal of meeting its future energy needs while increasing its use of renewable energy. But a recent […]
How does a mature organization change business-as-usual to meet aggressive sustainability goals over the coming decades? John Elliott, Chief Sustainability Officer at Berkley Lab, will […]
Save the date! The 10th Annual Sustainability Summit will be on Monday, April 22 from 2-5PM and it will be held at Sutardja Dai Hall. […]
The NAE’s Engineering Grand Challenges directive has led to a renewed focus within engineering education on the connections between engineering and the well-being of society. […]
The NAE’s Engineering Grand Challenges directive has led to a renewed focus within engineering education on the connections between engineering and the well-being of society. […]
The mounting need to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare due to economic pressures and changing demographics requires significant transformations in healthcare delivery. This […]
Being the only surviving eyewitness description of Angkor as a lively and fully functional medieval metropolis, the account by Zhou Daguan, a 13th century Chinese […]
Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)
The Smart Grid has evolved from a concept to reality in California. In its earliest days, Smart Grid was a collection of interesting ideas for […]
Two recent technology innovations could improve the lives of tens-possibly hundreds-of millions of people among the poorest two billion people on the planet. Both technologies […]
Somebody once said, “What a damn fool can do for a dollar, an engineer can do for a nickel.” Thinking about cost as an engineering […]
Faculty and students are invited to join us at the School of Information for seminars on Data Science and Analytics by exciting speakers from the […]
Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)
Our relationships with systems that instruct us to choose ‘strong’ passwords might best be described as high maintenance (a term coined in 1989 by Ephron). […]
Throughout time, scholars and craftsmen have developed — and built upon — plausible explanations for what they observe in fields of technology and science. As […]
The talk will run from 7:30—8:30pm on Thursday, May 2 in the Berkeley City College basement auditorium. The reception will begin at 7pm with light […]
Energy storage has often been referred to as the ‘holy grail’ of the electric power system – an unattainable panacea that would greatly improve the […]
Where is design happening at Berkeley? Everywhere! UC Berkeley students from all over campus have been engaging in design to solve a diversity of real-world […]
Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)
This is the final event in the Berkeley Sawyer Seminar series on “Speciesism and the Future of Humanity,” funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, […]
Our world’s most pressing challenges, such as Climate Change, energy insecurity, water insecurity, social inequity, and food insecurity are integrated challenges that are marked by […]
The complexities of health care research require a collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach to provide innovative solutions to today’s health care needs. By leveraging expertise across […]