Overview of CITRIS for the IEEE LCN conference

Summary form only given, as follows. The complete presentation was not made available for publication as part of the conference proceedings. The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) is a partnership between four UC campuses – Berkeley (lead campus) Davis, Merced, Santa Cruz, the state of California and private industry. It is one of four UC Centers for Science and Innovation formed to help solve societal scale problems, which affect the quality of life of every Californian. The presenter will describe some of the projects going on at UC campuses to help solve these daunting challenges: Education – distance learning…; Energy Efficiency – smart buildings…; Environment - water, air, environment, forest fires;… Health Care - monitoring devices;… Homeland Security and Defense; Seismic Safety; and Transportation.