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, […]