2020 CITRIS Core Seed Funding Awards Announced
…one-time award of up to $60,000 for interdisciplinary work that can lead to larger research programs and extramural grant proposals. Projects are designed to show results within a year. The…
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…one-time award of up to $60,000 for interdisciplinary work that can lead to larger research programs and extramural grant proposals. Projects are designed to show results within a year. The…
…California “ BOT Bill” requires the disclosure of bots that attempt to influence California residents’ voting or purchasing behaviors. Renée DiResta, Technical Research Manager at the Stanford Internet Observatory, warns that the law…
…careers. The CITRIS Core Seed Fund awards provide $60,000 and catapult research into actionable results within a year. Of the 68 proposals submitted, seven teams were awarded, including three projects with UC…
…results to raise awareness. Team members: Yiluan Song, Ph.D., Environmental Studies; Jade Guzman, Undergrad, Environmental/Legal Studies. The Gateways Project: a tele-class curriculum to teach graphic design to people incarcerated in Santa…
…and the Berkeley Engineering at UC Berkeley, which supports research and initiatives to promote the equitable participation of women in technology fields. Prior to Berkeley, she led mentorship and developed…
…one of the world’s leading institutions of higher education, distinguished by its combination of internationally recognized academic and research excellence; the transformative opportunity it provides to a large and diverse…
The CITRIS Seed Funding program issues short-term, targeted awards to further the institute’s research priorities for societal benefit, catalyze early results that can lead to significant funding and strengthen connections…
The CITRIS Seed Funding program issues short-term, targeted awards to further the institute’s research priorities for societal benefit, catalyze early results that can lead to significant funding and strengthen connections…
…Health), Jonathon Schofield (UC Davis) While many researchers have thoroughly investigated assistive technologies to help people with visual impairments navigate and experience their environments in rich detail, few devices have…
CITRIS researcher and UC Berkeley professor Sayeef Salahuddin has made a design breakthrough that significantly reduces the energy needed to operate a transistor without sacrificing size, speed and performance. This…
A team of researchers in Ken Goldberg‘s Automation Laboratory recently published the results of a study in which a robot performed a common surgical training task with more speed than,…
…in places from Los Angeles Unified School District to Mexico City, uses solar power and cellular communication to provide quick and accurate test results. Clarity plans to use the funding…
…courts to test the likelihood of recidivism, Farid and researchers conducted an online survey using 400 participants. Their findings discovered a correlation between prior convictions and race. “We know that…
…Computing, Data Science, and Society and the UC Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab. About the Series: CITRIS Research Exchange delivers fresh perspectives on information technology and society from distinguished…
…to seeing the results of their research.” Sustainability and health were common areas of interest this year, as more than half of the selected projects aim to either reduce carbon…
As the MIT Technology Review reports, a AI-trained robot out of longtime CITRIS researcher Ken Goldberg’s lab can now complete six stitches in imitation skin autonomously. The achievement marks a…
…for social impact, to help address growing demand for skilled workers in these fields. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment rates for data scientists and information security…
As artificial intelligence (AI) gets faster, better and easier to use, University of California faculty — including a number of CITRIS researchers — are harnessing it to help solve some…
…of fire for many decades,” said Michele Barbato, civil and environmental engineering professor at UC Davis and director of the CITRIS Climate research initiative. “If we rebuild exactly as we…
…Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS), found inspiration for his life’s calling in an unlikely place: Los Angeles traffic. “As a kid, sitting on…
…UC Davis students with T1D have been using BeaGL in the research phase with beneficial results, enabling them to build trust in the system and allowing King to integrate user…
…from social sciences and diverse fields. UC Merced The University of California, Merced is a leader in uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV/UAS) research. CITRIS at UC Merced specializes in gathering scientific…
…the public, the CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly dialogue highlighting leading voices on societal-scale research issues. Each one-hour seminar takes place on Wednesdays and starts at 12pm…
…Dean of the College of Computing, Data Science, and Society UC Berkeley John MacMillan Vice Chancellor for Research UC Santa Cruz S. Shankar Sastry Director Emeritus (2005–07), CITRIS and the…