CITRIS Research Exchange – Spring 2018

Free and open to the public, the CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly dialogue highlighting leading voices on societal-scale technology challenges. Each one-hour seminar takes place on Wednesdays from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Pacific time, and is hosted live in the Banatao Auditorium at Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. Join the conversation online with #CITRISRE.

Printable Schedule (PDF)


Jan 31, 2018

Bots and Tots

Hal Varian

Chief Economist, Google


Feb 7, 2018

The Horrors of Fake News Today – Can it be Stopped?

Ash Bhat and Rohan Phadte

RoBhat Labs

No Webcast Available


Feb 14, 2018

Human Organs Chips for Drug Development, Disease Modeling, and Precision Medicine

Kevin Healy

Jan Fandrianto Professor, Bioegnineering; Professor, Materials Science & Engineering


Feb 21, 2018

Technology Development for the Field of Regenerative Medicine

Jan Nolta

Professor Institute for Regenerative Cures, UC Davis


Feb 28, 2018

For Better or Worse, Richer or Poorer: The Future of Tech for Good

Brandie Nonnecke

Research & Development Manager, CITRIS, UC Berkeley; Program Director, CITRIS, UC Davis


Mar 7, 2018

How the power of diversity creates better groups, firms, schools, and societies

Vint Cerf

VP and Chief Internet Evangelist, Google


Mar 14, 2018

Non-Invasive Bladder Volume Sensing for Neurogenic Bladder Dysfunction Management

Eric Kurzrock & Soheil Giasi

Chief, Pediatric Urologic Surgery Professor, Department of Urology and Pediatrics, UC Davis Health;Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering UC Davis


Mar 21, 2018

Micro-Synchrophasors for Distribution Systems

Sascha von Meier

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley and directs the Electric Grid Research program at the California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE)


Apr 4, 2018

​Love to Learn! How instilling passion in students regardless of age facilitates learning

Chris Myers

Senior Lab Manager & Head Inventioneer at CITRIS Invention LabJacobs Institute for Design Innovation


Apr 11, 2018

​Wearables, PROs & Person-Generated Health Data: Community Ambulation and Perceived / Measured Mobility in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Erik Henricson

Associate Director of Clinical Research, Department of PM&R Neuromuscular Research Center; Associate Director, UC Davis NeuroNEXT Clinical Research Center; Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, UC Davis


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CITRIS Research Exchange Archive

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