The project goal is to apply pervasive computing and sensor technology to personal monitoring that can lead to improved understanding of exposure to hazardous environments […]
Projects
Poetry and Big Data Sets
“A poem is worth a thousand images.” – Anonymous Information technology has created a deluge of data; the challenge is how to understand it, how […]
Opinion Space: Social Media for Collective Discovery
Social Media has tremendous potential for innovation and problem solving, but existing tools such as blogs, wikis, and comment lists can be quickly overwhelmed by […]
Proposition 30 Awareness Project
In Fall 2012, California’s Proposition 30 sought to balance the budget by imposing temporary taxes to benefit public education at all levels. In order to […]
Metavid
We have developed Metavid.org, a site that archives video footage of the U.S. Senate and House floor proceedings. Visitors can search for who said what […]
Peer-to-PCAST: Open Video for Open Government
The Obama Administration has outlined a set of principles and practices to support Open Government in which citizens can collaborate with the government to solve […]
AFRON
The African Robotics Network (AFRON) is a community of institutions, organizations and individuals engaged in robotics in Africa. Established in April 2012, AFRON seeks to […]
Digital Media & Democratic Politics
My research examines the intersection of documentary film and digital media in the politically charged environment of the United States over the last decade. Given […]
Democracy and Digital Inequality
The history of the Internet over the past decade has been defined by the explosion of social media that created seemingly unlimited ways for people […]
Visualizing Ambivalence in the Public Sphere
America’s hallmark institutions of public debate and decision-making display a surprising consistency in the ways that they record and represent ‘public opinion’: they are binary, […]
Election 2012
The Data and Democracy Initiative actively supports social media efforts to inform and engage citizens about issues that affect them. In Fall 2012, DDI provided […]
Bloom
DDI Faculty Director Ken Goldberg recently collaborated with Sanjay Krishnan, Fernanda Viégas, and Martin Wattenberg to create an Internet-based artwork. Envisioned as a tribute to […]
American Cybercultures: Principles of Internet Citizenship
Created by Associate Professor Greg Niemeyer at UC Berkeley This course educates students in the historical, political, and practical aspects of the Internet in order […]
Donation Dashboard
The Generosity of Crowds: New Website Matches Non-Profits to Donors “It’s more difficult to give money away intelligently than it is to earn it in […]
Vote Your Mind
A new project of the Data and Democracy Initiative will increase voter education, confidence and persistence for individuals with cognitive impairments. Traditional text-based voter guides […]
Learning Mode Conference and Hackathon
We can hardly deny that online education transforms many aspects of learning, knowledge, and validation. It also opens new opportunities for research. The Berkeley Center […]
CalDay Photo Hunt
CalDay Photo Hunt is a smart phone “token-type” game launched at CalDay 2011. Players receive a list of prompts (types) and must find and photograph […]
Motion Interfaces for Physical Therapy
Real-time motion capture and immersive 3D computer-generated environments are emerging as a powerful approach to numerous challenges, including health care challenges in clinical work and […]
Robotic & Virtual Assistive Agents
Information technology is changing our lives at a speed often beyond to our ability to adapt. Ubiquitous connectivity, portable computing, pervasive sensing, novel interfaces, massively […]
CellScope: Telemicroscopy for Disease Diagnosis
One of the most basic—yet powerful—tools in all of science and medicine is the microscope. The Fletcher Lab at the University of California, Berkeley, designed […]
Tele-immersion for Physicians
An example of cross-campus collaboration is Tele-Immersive Environments for Geographically Distributed Collaborations amongst Medical Professionals. The project goal is to develop successful collaborations between researchers […]
Technology-Based Innovation for Independent Living
The developed world is aging at a high rate as a result of the general “baby boom” following World War II, as well as advancements […]
Bionics Lab
The mission of the Bionics Lab is to develop science, technology, and human resources at the interface between robotics, biological systems, and medicine. The PI/Lab […]
Assistive Technologies Lab
The Assistive Technology Lab performs cutting edge technology research on helping people with disabilities, older adults, children, and people with low literacy and socioeconomic status, as well […]