CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Creating information technology solutions for society's most pressing challenges
Each semester, the Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation invites leading designers and makers to Berkeley to speak as part of the Jacobs Design Conversations series. […]
Per Selvaag, principal at Montaag design studio, will share insights at Jacobs Hall.
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to rip apart our social fabric.
In this talk, we will provide an overview of pay-per-mile car insurance, a type of usage-based insurance policy where a driver’s rate variably changes with […]
Operations research has broadened from focusing on factories and queuing to health care, finance, and other fields. This talk argues that another opportunity for exciting […]
The rapid expansion of digital connectivity and tools poses new challenges and opportunities for organizations like Amnesty International. Although researchers working to expose human rights […]
Talk Title: Mapping Aquatic Plants Using Airborne Sensors Speaker: Susan Ustin Date: September 21, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Susan […]
The past decade has been one of astonishing innovation in the world of spatial data, analysis and visualization. I’m going to talk about all the […]
Film Screening | September 22, 2016 | 12:30-2:30 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, 310, Banatao Auditorium On September 22, 2016, join hundreds of thousands of people […]
CITRIS will co-sponsor a a screening of the films The Adaptable Mind and The Science of Character, and Ken Goldeberg will discuss some of his […]
Want to learn about the CITRIS Foundry startup accelerator program? Register for a live 30 minute online info session to meet program staff. We’ll discuss […]
The CLTC Tuesday Lunch Seminar will be on Tuesday, September 27, as we will welcome Chris Finan, CEO and Co-Founder of Manifold Technology, a Silicon […]
In his otherwise dismissive New Yorker review of Jane Jacobs’ 1962 Death and Life of Great American Cities (“Mother Jacobs’ Home Remedies”), Lewis Mumford allowed […]
Talk Title: Robots in the Harvest Speaker: James Ostrowski Date: September 28, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Jim Ostrowski is […]
Jim Ostrowski is the VP of Engineering at Blue River Technology, which serves farmers with computer-vision based robotics that unlock greater yield potential. ——————————- Free […]
In Low Car(bon) Communities, authors Nicole Foletta and Jason Henderson examine seven case studies in Europe and the United States that aim explicitly to reduce […]
Join us for the first annual Women in Technology Symposium! Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 11:30am-6:00pm Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Register now > Gender […]
Design, construction, maintenance and upgrading of civil engineering infrastructure requires fresh thinking to minimize use of materials, energy and labor. This can be achieved by […]
Jacobs Design Conversations: Elizabeth Gerber 10/13/2016 12:00pm - 1:00pm Liz Gerber, associate professor of design at Northwestern University Location: 310, Jacobs Hall About Jacobs Design […]
Talk Title: Future of Distributed Energy Resources Speaker: Ryan Hanley Date: October 19, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Ryan […]
This seminar will present various issues that had to be addressed regarding the development of a large-scale traffic simulation model.
Talk Title: Technology and Cultural Preservation Speaker: Nicola Lercari Date: October 26, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Nicola Lercari […]
The emergence of wireless sensors and smartphones have created opportunities to understand and better manage —in real-time— the behavior of critical infrastructures, including their response […]
One of the major challenges in design of complex networked control systems –such as those arising in aerospace, computing, robotics, critical infrastructure and manufacturing systems, […]
Speaker: Fred Meyers, Associate Dean for Precision Medicine, UC Davis Date: November 2, 2016, Wednesday Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Precision medicine and […]
Talk Title: Take Charge of Your Energy: Residential Demand Response Speaker: John Anderson Date: November 09, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC […]
Join author John Bloom and panelists Dan Colussy, Ray Leopold and Dorothy Robyn for a lively conversation about Iridium–the world’s most complex satellite system–and its […]
Talk Title: Innovations and Entrepreneurship in Photonics for Health Care Speaker: Jes Broeng Date: November 16, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC […]
The CITRIS Foundry is hosting a Demo Day on November 16, 2016, to celebrate the graduation of our Fall 2015 cohort. The Demo Day will […]
Talk Title: Internet Policy: The Burden of Democracy and Responsibility of Opportunity Speaker: Susan E. Walters Date: November 30, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja […]
Join TGIF for an info session on the 2017 Spring Grants! Learn about TGIF’s mission and goals, application materials, and important deadlines.
The proliferation of mobile electronic devices and the emergence of the Internet of Things (IoT) have brought energy consumption to the fore of challenges for […]
DATE AND TIME Thu, December 1, 2016 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST LOCATION Banatao Auditorium Sutardja Dai Hall Berkeley, CA Tony Xu, an innovative […]
Tony Xu, an innovative leader in the fields of infrastructure engineering and logsitics will discuss his experience founding on-demand delivery company DoorDash and his thoughts […]
The UC Berkeley Tech for Social Good program is hosting its first info session! The Tech for Social Good Program provides funding support to undergraduate, […]
In this talk, I will present implications of CPS design to Smarter Transportation Systems, namely: a) Distributed algorithms for collaborative localization and clock synchronization, b) […]
We are pleased to welcome Professor Robert Langer of MIT as our 2016-17 Distinguished Seminar speaker. “Biomaterials and biotechnology: From the discovery of the first […]
We are pleased to welcome Professor Robert Langer of MIT as our 2016-17 Distinguished Seminar speaker. “Biomaterials and biotechnology: From the discovery of the first […]
Speaker: David Wentzlaff, Princeton University Date: 12/5/2016, 2:00pm - 3:30pm Location: 380, Soda Hall Title: Processors for the Data Center and Cloud of the Future […]
Talk Title: What Happens When the Things We Design Wake Up? Speaker: Mickey McManus Date: December 07, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, […]
Health in California under a Trump Presidency UC Berkeley School of Public Health | Dean's Speaker Series Wednesday, December 7* Talk with reception to follow: […]