CITRIS Seed Funded Projects

CITRIS hosts many multi-disciplinary smaller centers in which information technology is being developed to solve large societal problems including healthcare, services, and intelligent infrastructures (such as energy, water, earthquake safety and sustainability). UC researchers from Berkeley, Davis, Merced, and Santa Cruz or groups of faculty from these universities may apply for a one year seed grant in the range of $50,000 to $75,000 to grow a CITRIS center, where Information Technology or similar is used creatively for their "Interests of Society" mission. Below is a list of current and past CITRIS Seed Funded Projects.
Project TitleResearchers
Energy Harvesting for Biomedical Devices and Health Care Intelligent InfrastructureProfessor Paul Wright, Professor Rajeevan Amirtharajah
Robotic and Virtual Assistive Agents for Establishing the Center on Autonomous and Interactive SystemsAssistant Professor Stefano Carpin, Assistant Professor Marcelo Kallmann
Ultra-high Performance, Low Power, and Ubiquitous Data Centers on a ChipProfessor S.J. Ben Yoo, Professor Van Carey, Professor Rajeevan Amirtharajah, Professor Venkatesh Akella
Infrastructure Development for Social Entrepreneurship CenterAssociate Professor James Davis
Enhanced Information and Communications for First RespondersProfessor Paul Wright, Professor Carlo Sequin
Terrestrial Remote Sensing for Monitoring Atmospheric ParticulatesAssistant Professor Shawn Newsam
Author Reputation and Text Trust in the WikipediaAssociate Professor Luca de Alfaro
Modeling Electric Usage in Residential AreasProfessor David M. Auslander, Professor Patrick Mantey
Wireless Inertial Measuring System for Quantitative Diagnosis of Neurological DiseaseProfessor Steven Glaser, Professor Ruzena Bajcsy
Programmable Real-time Traffic Analysis on Many-Core ArchitecturesAssistant Professor Soheil Ghiasi
Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Disease Surveillance in the Developing WorldProf. Lydia Sohn
Virtual Speech Therapist for Stroke Survivors with Aphasia in MalaysiaAssistant Professor Sri Kurniawan, Professor Dominic Massaro
The Solar Irradiance Mapping InitiativeSIMIAssociate Professor Carlos Coimbra, Assistant Professor Qinghua Guo
Mobile Sensor Networks for Independent Living and Safety at HomeAssistant Professor Songhwai Oh, Assistant Professor Stefano Carpin
Networking for Next Generation Healthcare ITProfessor S.J. Ben Yoo, Professor Zhi Ding, Professor Tom Nesbitt, Dr. James Marcin
Canary on a Chip: Biomimetic Lung-Based BiosensorAssistant Professor Wei-Chun Chin, Assistant Professor Michelle Khine
Nanomagnet Arrays for Information StorageAssociate Professor Kai Liu
Game Based Learning Initiative for Early Head Start in OaklandProfessor Greg Niemeyer, Assistant Professor Kimiko Ryokai, Dr. Randi Hagerman
Automatic Wearable Speech Supplement in Face-to-Face and Classroom SituationsProfessor Dominic Massaro
Telemicroscopy for Disease DiagnosisCellscopeProfessor Daniel Fletcher
Expanding Dialogue on Art, Technology, and CultureProfessor Kenneth Goldberg
Center for Smart Sustainable Energy TechnologyCSSETProfessor Van Carey
Tele-immersive environments for geographically distributed collaborations amongst medical professionalsProfessor Ruzena Bajcsy
The Recharge Initiative: Enhancing Aquifer Recharge and Improving the Quality of Water ResourcesProfessor Andrew Fisher
CITRIS Collaborations with Social Enterprises Thomas Kalil
Personal Rapid Transit Energy and Traffic SimulatorAssistant Professor Gabriel Elkaim
Mobile Phones as a Literacy Platform in NigerAssistant Professor Travis Lybbert
Center for Advanced Radio Spectrum UtilizationCARSU
Public Health Assisting Smart TechnologiesPHAST
Improved Breast MRI with a Composite Magnetic Matching MaterialAssociate Professor Steve Conolly
Collaborative Virtual Environments for Virtual HeritageAssistant Professor Marcelo Kallmann, Professor Maurizio Forte