Jennifer Chayes
…joining Berkeley, she was a technical fellow at Microsoft, where she led research programs for over 20 years and was founder and managing director of three interdisciplinary labs: Microsoft Research…
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2021 Women in Tech Symposium – The New Era in Human-Computer Interaction
…showcase issues, sector opportunities, and the career paths of experts in human-computer interaction (HCI). Now entering a new era, human-computer interaction is a multidisciplinary field that combines new technology in…
CITRIS Invention Lab Superuser Spotlight: Uzoma Nwakuche (Class of ‘21, EECS)
…served an internship in the lab where undergrads and grads were doing research and building projects. Seeing it from the inside is one of the big reasons I chose to…
Complementarity: Work in an Age of Anxiety about AI and Automation
…is an American artist, writer, inventor, and researcher in the field of robotics and automation. He is professor and chair of the industrial engineering and operations research department at the…
CITRIS Invention Lab Superuser Spotlight: Lieyah Dagan (Class of ‘18, CED)
…visit her website. _______ The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute drive interdisciplinary innovation for social good with faculty researchers and…
Berkeley City Councilmembers Tour CITRIS and the Banatao Institute at UC Berkeley
…the interest of society through the CITRIS Policy Lab, helping create an equal playing field for women in tech through the Women in Tech Initiative, and supporting over 48 “deep tech”…
Grace Hopper Celebration: Finding a Job when AI is “Hiring”
…of AI, equip advocates with empirical research to bolster campaigns, build the voice and choice of most impacted communities, and galvanize researchers, policymakers, and industry practitioners to mitigate AI bias…
Blockchain for the public good
…a few outright recommendations as well as identify areas where further research is warranted. A few guiding principles: Refine the application of blockchain systems first on things, not people. This…
The Risks and Rewards of Emerging Technologies within Public Services
…sector institutions have been ramping up deployment of emerging technologies to support productivity. Machine learning-powered tools are increasingly used to support decision-making in classrooms and child welfare offices, chatbots can field common questions…
Google supports ¡Valle! tech training for Central Valley students
…research,” Kanemoto said. “Many of our students have never been exposed to research and ¡Valle! has opened up that pathway for them.” Kanemoto also leads regional components of CAHSI, the…
Registration is now open for the 2021 Women in Tech Symposium
…#NewHCI Register to attend ### The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute drive interdisciplinary innovation for social good with faculty researchers…
The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values with Brian Christian
…SERIES: CITRIS Research Exchange delivers fresh perspectives on information technology and society from academic, industry, and civic leaders. Free and open to the public, the CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series…
Art Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency Applications Now Open!
The Art Rosenfeld Award for Energy Efficiency aims to develop resource-efficient societies. This award provides UC Berkeley graduate student funding for technical, social science, and policy research that can lead…
Founding the Future: Highlights from the First Cohorts of the CITRIS Foundry
…ventures. The founders behind these companies are researchers, designers, makers, and disruptors from the University of California’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. As CITRIS and its peer California Institutes for Science…
CITRIS Foundry Spring 2021 cohort announced
The CITRIS Foundry welcomes twelve new teams covering a variety of tech fields from wildfire detection and artificial intelligence to pharmaceutical testing and water sustainability. The six-month CITRIS Foundry incubator…
When the Chips are Down: Navigating Strengths and Strategic Vulnerabilities in the Semiconductor Industry
…for Scholars; Non-Resident Research Fellow at the Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC) Panelists: Meg Hardon, Head of Government Affairs at Infineon Technologies Eric W. Burger, Research Professor of Computer Science…
UC Merced Faculty Advise State’s Energy and Water Efficiency Program
…The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute drive interdisciplinary innovation for social good with faculty researchers and students from four University…
California Awards $20 Million to Institutes for Science and Innovation for Workforce Development
…fill a gap that the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society and the Banatao Institute (CITRIS) is uniquely positioned to fill, and will support hundreds of…
DREAMS/CPAR/BDD Seminar – Matt Beane on Sensitivity Theory
…humans, machines, and infrastructure. Beane conducts field research on work involving robots and AI to help us understand the implications of intelligent machines for the broader world. All of his…
Job opportunity: FRESH Farm Coordinator
…master’s degree is required, and a Ph.D. is an asset. Preference will be given to candidates studying agriculture, agricultural engineering or technology, environmental systems, and food systems. Field-based research and…
DREAMS/CPAR Seminar – Karen Liu
…the ACM SIGGRAPH Significant New Researcher Award for her contribution in the field of computer graphics. ABOUT THE SERIES: CITRIS People and Robots hosts a weekly seminar series every Monday…
Founding director, CITRIS PI named AAAS fellows
…vision, as well as the field of medical imaging. Paolo D’Odorico, recipient of a 2021 Seed Award and a professor of water resources at UC Berkeley, was also honored, for…
Pieter Abbeel receives ACM Prize in Computing
…research in robot learning, including robot learning from demonstrations and deep reinforcement learning for robotic control. The ACM Prize in Computing honors early- to mid-career computer scientists whose work has…
CIDER drone education program receives $1M from James Irvine Foundation
The UC Santa Cruz CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research (CIDER) and several partners have received a $1 million, 15-month planning grant to support regional drone education and workforce development from The…