Job opportunity: Events director
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute are seeking applicants for a key staff position at the UC Berkeley headquarters, to help support the institution’s mission of advancing information technology research for…
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TechCrunch: Nonnecke offers AI oversight suggestions
In a new TechCrunch series on prominent women in artificial intelligence (AI) research, Brandie Nonnecke, director of the CITRIS Policy Lab, offers insight into the roles that users, developers and…
UC Santa Cruz students excel in 3rd year of CIDER drone pilot program
The third cohort of the Pilot Training Program, which launched at UC Santa Cruz in 2021 under the direction of the CITRIS Initiative for Drone Education and Research (CIDER), is…
Making the Most of Drone and Sensor Data: A Community Discussion
…sensor data collection, field operations, security and privacy, and much more. UC Santa Cruz experts, research partners from other UC campuses and industry representatives are all welcome. Registration is required….
Goldberg proposes robot-assisted surgery in new paper
In a new paper in Science Robotics, CITRIS researcher Ken Goldberg suggests that an “Augmented Dexterity” approach that pairs experienced surgeons with specialized robotic systems could lead to better patient…
Peter Crabtree
Peter Crabtree is the principal investigator (PI) for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Building Efficiency for a Sustainable Tomorrow (BEST) Center. The center provides industry research,…
Grace Gu named ‘game-changing’ researcher by Nature
Grace Gu, a UC Berkeley assistant professor and the recipient of a 2021 CITRIS Seed Award, has been described by the journal Nature as a “game-changing” materials science researcher, lauded…
Roboticist Goldberg speaks with ‘armchair expert’
CITRIS and the Banatao Institute researcher Ken Goldberg, a UC Berkeley professor of industrial engineering and operations research, joined actor and comedian Dax Shepard for the Jan. 8 episode of…
CITRIS researchers receive UC Davis STAIR grants
Three of the four recipients of the 2024–25 UC Davis Science Translation and Innovative Research (STAIR) grants are CITRIS and the Banatao Institute affiliates. These funds will enable the researchers…
CITRIS researchers combat methane emissions with drones
UC Merced mechanical engineer YangQuan Chen and his research team, including postdoctoral researcher Derek Hollenbeck, leader of the team that won the 2021–22 CITRIS Aviation Prize, will take part in…
Policy Lab affiliates review state’s AI working report
…report includes recommendations on ensuring evidence-based policymaking, balancing the need for transparency with considerations such as security risks, and determining the appropriate level of regulation in the fast-evolving field of…
3 members of CITRIS community among new AAAS fellows
Three members of the research community at CITRIS and the Banatao Institute have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the most…
2025 Art Rosenfeld Award recipient advances energy efficiency
…UC Berkeley student research projects on policy and technology that can enable more efficient use of energy. Zou is a third-year doctoral student at UC Berkeley’s Center for the Build…
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BioSCape project receives NASA award
BioSCape, a multinational research project to monitor Earth’s biodiversity from the air, has received a 2024–25 Group Achievement Award from NASA. The honor is given to NASA-funded groups that contribute…
UC Berkeley to celebrate inaugural Tech Policy Week
…depth of technology policy efforts across campus Oct. 20–23. Join us for panels, workshops, roundtable discussions, networking events and dialogue across disciplines and sectors. Whether you’re a policy expert, researcher,…
Film Screening: The Spectrum of Life: Remote Sensing at the Southern Tip of Africa
Join us for a special screening of The Spectrum of Life, a new documentary on BioSCape — NASA’s first biodiversity-focused field and airborne campaign. Co-led by Erin Hestir, director of…
Sandra Rivera
…as the chief executive officer of Altera, a semiconductor company focused on the development of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) that are used across the data center, communications, industrial, automotive,…
CITRIS researcher inducted into the SIGCHI Academy
…an honorary group recognizing individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of human-computer interaction. Selection is based on cumulative impact, including research and innovation, influence on others’ work,…