CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Creating information technology solutions for society's most pressing challenges
…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…
…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…
The Genomics Institute at UC Santa Cruz (UCSCGI), led by CITRIS researcher David Haussler, has been awarded seed funding of up to $50,000 for nine multidisciplinary research projects ranging from…
…project exemplifies CITRIS’s mission of bringing together researchers and campus partners to address practical challenges through innovation. “The CBTF is a great example of what happens when researchers, instructors and…
…open doors for students 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…
…Science, and Society UC Berkeley John MacMillan Vice Chancellor for Research UC Santa Cruz Theresa A. Maldonado Vice President for Research and Innovation UC Office of the President S. Shankar…
…the early 1970s, the LBNL researchers have made key contributions such as low-energy windows, low energy refrigeration, and low energy home design. These research topics continue today and are now…
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…
…Cruz, Merced) are collaborating with researchers at more than 60 supporting companies on CITRIS research. Many of our most exciting research projects involve collaborations between technologists; experts in a particular…
…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…
The Development Engineering Research Seminar series will explore and examine currents efforts to promote the sustainable development of agriculture, public health, education, and engineering in emerging regions. The series will…
