Ming Wu has been appointed the new Chief Scientist for
CITRIS at Berkeley. He is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering and
Computer Sciences at Berkeley, and Co-Director of Berkeley Sensors and
Actuators Center (BSAC).
The June 2008 newsletter is now online, with two stories on key energy projects in both engine development and predicting solar availability for utilities.
Currently, CITRIS has awarded approximately $2 million in
seed grants on all four campuses. These projects will help fulfill
the CITRIS mission of creating societal-based research through collaborations
across the CITRIS campuses.
Ethan Miller's group has come up with a new approach, called Pergamum, which uses hard
disk drives to provide energy-efficient, cost-effective storage.
The April newsletter features stories about technology for social impact: CellScope (cell phone + microscope) and enabling eye care in India using cheap, reliable Wi-Fi.
Matthew Scullin, Graduate Student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UC Berkeley, is part of a collaborative exhibit currently on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
UC Berkeley has announced
plans to establish the first endowed faculty chair at the Berkeley Center for
New Media with a donation of $1.6 million from craigslist, one of the most
popular Web sites in the world.
All Research Exchange talks take place at noon on Wednesdays in 290 Hearst
Memorial Mining Building on the UC Berkeley campus, As always, these talks are free, open to the public and broadcast live on-line.
A new ECAI-related project, "Context and Relationships: Ireland and Irish
Studies," aims to better connect Irish studies materials and to make them easily
accessible from anywhere with a quick click of the computer mouse.
The acclaimed Art, Technology and Culture colloquium (ATC) at Berkeley now expands to UC Santa Cruz this fall, through a new partnership
between the ATC and UCSC's Digital Arts and New Media M.F.A. program.
The June 2008 newsletter is 
Currently, CITRIS has awarded 
Ethan Miller's group has come up with a new approach, called Pergamum, which uses hard
disk drives to provide energy-efficient, cost-effective storage.
The 
Read about innovative work at CITRIS in the latest newsletter, now 
UC Berkeley has announced
plans to establish the first endowed faculty chair at the 
All Research Exchange talks take place at noon on Wednesdays in 290 Hearst
Memorial Mining Building on the UC Berkeley campus, As always, these talks are free, open to the public and broadcast live on-line.
Read more about sustainable building and trusting Wikipedia in the latest CITRIS newsletter.
A new ECAI-related project, "Context and Relationships: Ireland and Irish
Studies," aims to better connect Irish studies materials and to make them easily
accessible from anywhere with a quick click of the computer mouse.
Videos from CITRIS talks and events are now online at 
The acclaimed Art, Technology and Culture colloquium (ATC) at Berkeley now expands to UC Santa Cruz this fall, through a new partnership
between the ATC and UCSC's Digital Arts and New Media M.F.A. program.