CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Creating information technology solutions for society's most pressing challenges
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…
…the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS): UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced and UC Santa Cruz. “The CITRIS Workforce Innovation…
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…
…test is positive. Based on their prototype — a home testing kit made of 3D-printed components that gives results in less than 12 minutes — the team plans to expand…
…regional air mobility, automation, airspace design, safety, economics and community acceptance. Member benefits include: Collaboration with UC and industry leaders Access to research results, data and software A voice in…
…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…
…for Research and Innovation UC Office of the President Gillian Wilson Vice Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Economic Development UC Merced Darek DeFreece Special Advisor to the Director Ikhlaq Sidhu…
…computational sciences researchers won two of the 30 NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) program grants the agency is giving out this year. The grants will fund 50 doctoral students and train…
Edward Arens, Ph.D., is Professor of Architecture at UC Berkeley. He was the Director of the Center for Environmental Design Research, which assists faculty, students, and others interested in research…
…first to admit that the two applications her research addresses – imaging brain chemistry and delivering genetic material into plants – are rather divergent. Her team is known for creating…
UC Berkeley PhD student Dan Steingart and his research on printable batteries was recently featured on a television news story by Bay Area ABC7 News. Dan is working with Dr….
The core climate research program of California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment, administered by the California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE) in partnership with California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA), has…
…Silicon Valley Forum, a new monthly lecture series launched by CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, a multi-campus research center driving technology for the public good. The series kicks off on…
…ACM Fellow, and his research has been recognized by multiple awards including an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, two ACM-SIGMOD “Test of Time” awards, VLDB Best Paper award, IBM Research…
…catalyzes early-stage research that can lead to external funding. CITRIS and the Banatao Institute is hosting a workshop for its member institute, Tecnológico de Monterrey, to bring together researchers…
…co-founder of the UC Davis Climate Adaptation Research Center. He received his summa cum laude “laurea” degree in civil engineering from the Sapienza University of Rome (Rome, Italy) in 2002,…
