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April 2008 Newsletter

April 11, 2008

Reliable and inexpensive broadband connects rural patients to eye doctors.

February 2008 Newsletter

February 13, 2008
Smaller, hotter, safer, and more versatile nuclear power plants may help address environmental and security concerns.
Shawn Newsam is developing a network of several dozen cameras that can collect data and possibly analyze air particulates around the Central Valley. The project could provide a quick, easily accessible way to evaluate local air quality in real time.

December 2007 Newsletter

December 4, 2007

Dissecting Sustainable Development

Since anyone in the world can edit articles on Wikipedia, one of the most visited sites on the web, how do we know how to trust its content? One CITRIS researcher has a method.

October '07 Newsletter

October 15, 2007
Two UC projects are attempting to develop technologies to provide millions of families living in Indian slums, and villagers in rural communities with safe, clean sources of drinking water.
An interview with Professor of Engineering Roger Bales on measuring snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

August '07 Newsletter

August 30, 2007
Nailing Down the Who, What, When, Where, and Who Else: The Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative. by Gordy Slack
Transforming an information glut into an information goldmine is the aim of knowledge science at UCSC. by Gordy Slack

June '07 Newsletter

June 20, 2007
Learn how research at CITRIS in telemedicine is improving the access to healthcare for those in remote regions throughout the state.
By engaging undergraduate computer science students in community-based projects, UC Merced is becoming a major open source advocate with its innovative collaborative laboratory.

April '07 Newsletter

April 20, 2007
Old Islamic tile patterns that embody new math are brought to life by CITRIS artists, architects, and engineers.
Petascale computing is coming of age, opening powerful new modeling opportunities for CITRIS applications.