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CITRIS researcher Jaspal Sandhu is working to decrease the maternal death rate in Mongolia using PDAs to assist nurses. He was recently profiled on CNET.
Read about the NOOR project and efforts in Peta computing in the April/May newsletter now online.
Petascale computing is coming of age, opening powerful new modeling opportunities for CITRIS applications.
Dear Members and Friends of CITRIS,
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am just back from Taiwan, where we held the second CITRIS-Asia Research
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Deadline is April 23 at 5:00 p.m. for the second annual CITRIS White Paper competition, which will give away $25K in cash prizes for the best ideas that demonstrate the ability of IT to address a major societal challenge.
Old Islamic tile patterns that embody new math are brought to life by CITRIS artists, architects, and engineers.
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have developed a "hyperlens" that brings them one major step closer to the goal of nanoscale optical imaging. The new hyperlens is capable of projecting a magnified image of a pair of nanowires spaced 150 nanometers apart onto a plane up to a meter away.
Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center is leading the Tall Buildings Initiative, a collaborative of universities, government agencies and the engineering community that develops design criteria to ensure safe and usable high-rises following future earthquakes.
Fans and makers of electric cars from around Northern California converged on UC Santa Cruz on March 10 for a conference and car show celebrating the battery-powered green machines.
The CITRIS Headquarters Building reached a milestone on March 2nd, during a Topping Out ceremony which marked the placement of the highest and final steel beam. The gold and blue painted beam was signed by all the dignitaries present then hoisted into the air and placed atop the building.
