News & Events

CITRIS Global Research Alliance for Climate and Energy

  • June 18, 2008: 8:30am - June 19, 2008: 5:00pm
  • Location: Copenhagen University, Denmark
CITRIS will co-host a two-day event in Denmark in collaboration with the Copenhagen Climate Council, Monday Morning, and the Danish Ministries of Environment; of Energy; and of Science, Technology and Innovation.

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Cell Phone as a Platform for Healthcare Awards from MSR

CITRIS projects at Berkeley and Santa Cruz using cell phones as a healthcare platform are among the projects supported by a recent Microsoft Research initiative.

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UC Santa Cruz to lead pioneering study of pumas in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Led by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and using innovative collars made at CITRIS, the project will shed light on the movement, range, physiology, and predatory habits of pumas.

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Scientific Colloquium for Healthcare, Engineering and Medicine (SCHEME) II

  • May 16, 2008: 9:00am - 3:00pm
  • Location: 1222 Medical Education Building, UC Davis Medical Center
This highly interactive event will feature four panel discussions focused on themes in which clinicians and engineers can collaborate to solve some of the most challenging healthcare technology issues in such fields as microsurgical procedures, cardiovascular, and medical simulations with gaming and visualization.

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GPS, Cell Phones, and Rush Hour featured on ABC News

A research project between UC Berkeley and Nokia tests how well cell phone GPS can gauge upcoming traffic and is featured online here.

Winners announced for Big Ideas contest

Six projects were awarded a total of $30K at this year's CITRIS Big Ideas contest, with the top two prizes going to healthcare-related issues.

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Low-cost fuel cell project wins CET competition

A group that wants to make a cheap fuel cell that can efficiently convert hydrocarbon fuel into electricity won this year's CET Cleantech Innovation Contest.

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