CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Creating information technology solutions for society's most pressing challenges
Steven Johnson is the author of eight books on the intersection of science, technology and personal experience. He has also co-created three influential web sites: […]
The Queerness and Games Conference Theme: “Difference at Play” UC Berkeley, October 25 and 26, 2014 qgcon.com // @qgcon // qgconference@gmail.com Register at eventbrite. The […]
As director of informatics research at the UC Davis Health System, Nick Anderson does research into the effective uses of biomedical data, information and knowledge […]
As web applications get increasingly complex to support sophisticated business functionalities, an emerging class of vulnerabilities, which are referred to as logic vulnerabilities (a.k.a, logic […]
The current progress of embedded computation and communication technologies are pushing several systems toward increased levels of autonomy. Transportation systems, in particular, are experiencing a […]
Technology innovation has always been the engine that has enabled new space mission capabilities. For interplanetary space exploration, nowhere has this been more evident in […]
The Breakthrough Prize symposia will offer a day of inspiring and enlightening conversations that will shine a light on the science behind the Breakthrough Prizes. […]
CITRIS is co-sponsoring an event in November that is designed to explore a new multi-leveled approach to speed up knowledge development and enter the fast […]
Human beings are big data. Analogous to computer code, human beings are uniquely defined by the information content held within the body and more specifically, […]
Crowd-sourcing labor markets (e.g., Amazon Mechanical Turk) are booming, because they enable rapid construction of complex work.ows that seamlessly mix human computation with computer automation. […]
Energy and Resources Group Fall 2014 Colloquium Series (ER295)
What’s everyone talking about? They’re talking about data! Whether you’re interested in finance, gaming, travel, security, education, health care, commerce, or science, data will play […]
Richard Swart is the Director for the Program for Innovation in Entrepreneurial and Social Finance at the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership. Richard Swart leads […]
Energy and Resources Group Fall 2014 Colloquium Series (ER295)
The Human Impacts Institute, German Consulate San Francisco, Transatlantic Climate Bridge Program of Germany, Bioneers, Impact Hub,Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), Story Corps, and the Berkeley […]
An interdisciplinary symposium, presented by the Berkeley Population Center, together with the Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging and the Department of Demography […]
“Hack for a Cause” — the 2nd annual Social Innovation Hackathon is partnering with Heifer International for 24 hours of hacking to end world hunger […]
UCSC has built the Cancer Genomics Hub (CGHub) for the US National Cancer Institute, designed to hold data for all major NCI projects. To date […]
The genius of the pioneers of the Internet was to keep the network of links and routers – the “plumbing” – dumb and minimal, placing […]
A Panel of Local Innovators
With special guest Monica Lam. High Tech, Low Life follows two of China’s first “citizen reporters” as they roam the country reporting on social and […]
An afternoon discussion and poster session Presented by students, faculty and staff from the Global Urban Humanities program, CITRIS, BCNM, and the CITRIS Social Apps Lab During Fall 2014, […]
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Social Apps Lab at UC Berkeley create information technology solutions for many of […]
As more and more data moves to the cloud, data replication has become prohibitively costly and there is an acute need for efficient, fault-tolerant schemes […]
Materials research over the last three decades has led to significant advances in the manufacturing of new materials with tailored and unique properties for a […]
A glistening spaceship, with seven lonely years and billions of miles behind it, glides into orbit around a softly-hued, ringed planet. A flying-saucer shaped machine […]
In this presentation, the first to be held in the newly renovated Social Science Matrix space, Scott McDonald, Adjunct Professor, Marketing at Columbia Business School […]
The essence of public health is the prevention of preventable suffering and the creation and promotion of a world in which all can truly thrive. […]
Seminar Title: Harnessing Technology to Empower Marginalized Communities Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Wednesday, February 4, 2015 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 […]
CITRIS Director Costas Spanos is speaking at UC Merced on Friday, February 6 from 12-1pm in Room SSB 120. To RSVP, please visit: http://citris.ucmerced.edu/events/frontiers-information-technology-speaker-series-interest-society. Abstract: How […]
Seminar Title: Field Experimentation on the Demand Side of Electricity Markets Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Wednesday, February 11, 2015 from 12:00 PM […]
The View from the Top lecture series spotlights thought leaders in technology, industry and education, bringing them onto campus to share the latest developments and […]
Seminar Title: Scientific Visualization and Big Data Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM […]
Join Tom Steyer, advanced energy advocate, investor and philanthropist, for the 6th Annual Michael Nacht Distinguished Lecture in Politics & Public Policy. Moderated by Governor […]
Seminar Title: Appropriate Technology for Sustainable Urban Development Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 […]
Come join us for an exciting and thought provoking discussion on the role Bay Area-based social enterprises play in developing economies.
Advanced driver assistance systems already help drivers reach their destinations safely and more comfortably. Future systems will evolve from driver assistance over highly automated vehicles […]
Seminar Title: Social Networking in Cancer Care Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Wednesday, March 4, 2015 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (PST) […]
Seminar Title: How Online Civic Engagement Can Increase Public Trust in Government Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Wednesday, March 11, 2015 from 12:00 […]
Personality traits form a key driver behind people’s behavior, cognitions, motivations and emotions; and thus assessing others’ personality is a basic social skill and a […]