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Slugiculture, a team from UC Santa Cruz advised by CITRIS researcher and Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Steve McGuire, was named a finalist […]
On May 21, 2026, students, mentors and state leaders gathered at the UC Student and Policy Center in Sacramento for the final showcase of the […]
CITRIS and UC Merced celebrated dual anniversaries this month, with an event at UC Merced on Main. CITRIS, created by former California Gov. Gray Davis […]
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025–26 CITRIS Aviation Prize, a multidisciplinary competition that challenges University of California […]
From generative AI systems to the platforms that shape speech, mobility and economic opportunity, today’s technologies don’t just operate within policy frameworks—they help define them. […]
With deep sadness, we mourn the passing of Dr. YangQuan Chen, Professor in the School of Engineering at UC Merced and founder and director of […]
On April 2, 2026, Alexandre Bayen, director of the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS), was […]
The CITRIS researcher and UC Davis professor has spent two decades investigating sociopolitical discussion on the internet, with the aim of understanding extremism and breaking […]
A 2025 panel discussion, including Bin Yu, a researcher at the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute […]
Two CITRIS PIs, Camille Crittenden and Samuel King, have been selected for UC Noyce Initiative funding as part of a $3.4 million award cycle supporting […]
