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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Four Strategies to Combat Disinformation Before Elections
…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…
UC Merced Professors Collaborate to Solve Big Problems in the Central Valley
…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…
CITRIS UCSC Tech For Social Good Program funds student teams
…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…
Leaders in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – Shareka Nelson
…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…
Job Opportunity: Director of Development
…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…
2021 CITRIS Seed Funding Info Session
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…
2021 CITRIS Seed Funding Info Session
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…
13 cross-campus projects selected for 2021 Seed Awards
…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 PI engineers more energy efficient transistors in NanoLab
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…
Goldberg’s AUTOLab reports significant advance in robotic surgery
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,…
Clarity Movement Co. raises $9.6M in series A+ funding
…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…
Farid talks AI in US criminal justice system on PBS’s Nova
…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…
CITRIS, CDSS and BAIR Present: Jaron Lanier on Data Dignity in AI
…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…
6 multicampus, interdisciplinary projects selected for 2023 CITRIS Seed Awards
…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…
CITRIS PI’s surgical robot hits new milestone
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…
CITRIS Workforce Innovation empowers the next generation of STEM leaders
…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…
CITRIS PIs use AI to solve key California issues
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…
CITRIS Climate director discusses rebuilding after wildfire
…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…
Batteries, buildings and beyond: Scott Moura combats climate change at scale
…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…
Seed Award project transforms glucose monitoring with AI
…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…
CITRIS Campuses
…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…
Innovations in Renewable Energy
…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…
Advisory Board
…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…