CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Creating information technology solutions for society's most pressing challenges
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 […]
High-throughput imaging technologies provide a pathway to deliver better health care solutions. This presentation introduces new approaches based on time-encoded single-pixel cameras, enabling a number […]
Seminar Title: Automated Agriculture: Focus on Harvesting Room 250 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Wednesday, March 18 , 2015 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (PST) REGISTER Abstract: […]
Energy and Resources Group Spring 2015 Colloquium Series (ER295)
WHAT: “Universal Access to All Knowledge” presented by Mr. Brewster Kahle. Will we allow ourselves to re-invent our concept of libraries to expand and to […]
Current and former members of Congress and Bay Area technologists address the prospects for solving congressional dysfunction The Ash Center, the Center on Civility & […]
#Hack4Congress brings together political scientists, technologists, designers, lawyers, organizational psychologists, and lawmakers to foster new digital tools, policy proposals and other innovations to address the […]
Join us for the first FREE webinar of the 5th Annual 21st Century New Media Training Series, “Telling Stories That Matter: Visual Storytelling for Health” […]
Seminar Title: Sunrise from the West: The Growth of Renewable Energy in California Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Wednesday, April 1, 2015 from […]
Neural interfaces stand to revolutionize disease care for patients of neurological conditions. Electrocorticography (ECoG) is an electrophysiological technique where electrical potentials are recorded from the […]
The BCNM is an interdisciplinary community that draws together artists, humanists, and technologists to effectively analyze and shape developments in new media. This Spring, we’re […]
Dr. Shashi Tharoor is an Indian politician and writer who has twice been elected Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. He was previously […]
Seminar Title: Preventing Disease and Shaping Health Policy Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM […]
CITRIS Big Ideas poster session Presentation | April 8 | 3-4 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Kvamme Atrium, 3rd floor Please join us at 3pm on Wednesday, […]
Energy and Resources Group Spring 2015 Colloquium Series (ER295)
Design for all: Inclusivity by design with Patricia Moore WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2015 Lecture: 5:00 – 6:15 p.m. Reception & Student Project Demos: 6:15 […]
UC Berkeley Energy and Resources Group 21st Annual Lecture on Energy and the Environment
The electric power grid will need to be dramatically different by 2050. The existing grid is centralized and hierarchical. It assumes generation can be accurately […]
Clinically viable and minimally invasive neural interfaces stand to revolutionize disease care for patients of neurological conditions. To enable chronic and stable neural recording, we […]
Seminar title: Avoiding Scylla and Charybdis: Sustainably Improving Indoor Environmental Quality Banatao Auditorium, 310 Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Wednesday, April 8, 2015 from 12:00 PM […]