The Smart-Grid Development and Demonstration Assessment paints an evolving picture of progress in smart-grid technologies, helping us measure the benefits and fill in the gaps […]
Projects
sMAP: Simple Monitoring and Actuation Profile
Energy networks – from process control, to building systems, to far-reaching utilities – rely on a steady diet of information. However, not all data is […]
Berkeley Tricorder
The Challenge: Provide powerful remote sensing in a small, light, wearable form The Innovation: A multi-function sensor with wireless connectivity and multi-day data storage capacity […]
Towards Semantic Spatial Awareness: Robust Text Spotting for Assistive Technology Applications
This project will develop computer vision techniques that can be used to assist people whose are hampered by disability in movements.
Integrated Wind Turbine Blade and Tower Health Monitoring and Failure Prognosis
As wind energy production continues to increase its share of the total worldwide energy supply, conditional assessment of wind turbine structure will become increasing important to help reduce interruptions and increase profitability of these important renewable energy resources.
Sensing CO2 Domes for Adaptive Management of Urban Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Exploring a new way to provide near real-time data of greenhouse gas production by integrating atmospheric modeling with a dense, surface-based observation network of anthropogenic and biogenic tracers.
Testbed Analytics for Renewable Microgrid Systems
This project focuses on the design, deployment and operation of microgrids for on-site renewable power generation.
Quantitative Sensing and Modeling of California’s Aquatic Ecosystems
By combining the historical data with real-time information, researchers plan to create models and tools that examine the link between water quality and fish behavior.
Understanding Image-based Big Data using Human Computation
This project will enhance machine understanding of big image and video data sets by including human input as sub-routines inside of larger computational systems.
Proactive Legal Information Retrieval and Filtering
This research will assist citizens in accessing legal texts in a way that will simplify the process and make the retrieved data more relevant and timely.
The California Tele-Audiology Program
Researchers will integrate new audiological technologies with telemedicine to enable follow-up with infant patients for improved outcomes.
“Swinging and Flowing”: Inclusion and Diversity in the Age of Data
The CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative hosted a workshop to discuss the impact of Big Data on our universities and community.
The African Robotics Network (AFRON)
A community of institutions, organizations and individuals engaged in robotics in Africa.
Rashomon Project
Online tools for assembling multi-perspective chronologies
The Remote Radio Control of Millimeter-scale Insects in Flight
This project focuses on a robust nano air vehicle that will be an invaluable exploratory tool in a disaster response scenario.
Point-of-Care Microfluidic Platform for Rapid Influenza Detection
A rapid bio-sensing diagnostic kit could help to effectively control widespread infection.
Metal-semiconductor Nano-hybrid Platforms for Thermoelectric Power Generation
A collaboration among UC Santa Cruz, Davis, and Merced to develop novel functional material platforms for thermoelectric power generators.
Void Networks in Collapsed Structures as a Guide for Development of Rescue Millirobots
This research project investigates the use of millirobots as a safe and potentially more effective alternative to human search and rescue mission after a natural disaster.
Advanced Tools for Consolidation of California’s groundwater data
A collaboration to make California’s groundwater data more accessible to the research community and the general public.
Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CARES)
Since 2008, the Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability (CARES) has partnered with the Pinoleville Pomo Nation
The RAVEN Surgical Robotic System: Robot-Assisted Tele-Surgery for Tele-Health
Proof-of-Concept for Robot Learning for Subtasks in Pediatric Appendectomy
Computational Histopathology Pipeline of Tumor Sections
Researchers at LBNL have developed a computational pipeline that downloads newly scanned tumor sections from the NIH TCGA…
Creating Mobile Laboratories for Studying Human Behavior: Is Unhealthy Eating a Matter of Price or Preference?
The Mobile Xlab is an experimental social science lab will study human behavior by building on the ubiquity and applications of smartphones.
Self-Simulating Software for Service Operations in the Health Care Industry
This project targets a key element to improve a hospital’s operating efficiency using multiple data inputs, such as smart phones and RFID tags.