Recent News
To see how CITRIS is shaping the UC Merced campus, as well as California and the world, check out some of CITRIS @ UC Merced’s recent news:
Week of Storms Tests California’s Approach to Taming Nature
As global warming brings more intense rainfall, experts say the state needs to give rivers more room to flood safely. But the obstacles are enormous...
UC Merced Gains Prestigious UC Agricultural Experiment Station Designation
UCs Merced and Santa Cruz became the newest campuses in the system to be named an agricultural experiment stations(AES), UC President Michael Drake announced at todays Regents meeting...
Modeling Your Future
A workshop series inaugural event to learn about technology, Computer Science, networking and research. This is a free conference, open to Central Valley students. Discover paid research opportunities and apply at this event. Register here...
CITRIS hosts California Farm Bureau President
Farm Bureau representatives met with Chancellor Juan Muñoz of the University of California, Merced, this month to discuss potential science and research collaborations that may benefit farmers, ranchers and students, while generating important agricultural data to guide policymakers...
Lisa Yeo comments on ag tech information and protecting users in CCST Panel
Agricultural innovation depends on detailed information. Data are collected at every step of the production process, with sensors on combines and tractors, irrigation, drainage ditches, water wells, not to mention remote sensing and aerial maps of fields...
LEDE: Agriculture’s Next Big Step in Preserving the Planet
Recently, the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute hosted University of California, Merced professor, recipient of a F3 Challenge Grant, and CITRIS Seed Fund Ricardo de Castro. On October 12, 2022, he discussed his newest endeavor...
Fresno-Merced Future of Food Innovation coalition receives $65.1 M from US government
On Sept. 2, the White House announced a $65.1 million award — the largest federal grant ever awarded to the Central Valley — to the Fresno-Merced Future of Food Innovation (F3) Initiative coalition as part of its “Build Back Better” initiative to boost economic recovery after the pandemic...
UC Merced and CITRIS Key Collaborators on $65.1M Federal Grant
The White House announced today a $65.1 million award to the Fresno-Merced Future of Food Innovation Coalition. The funding will help launch a state-of-the-art agricultural technology hub that will serve and connect farmers across the San Joaquin Valley to industry and spark a new, more advanced era in agriculture-based technology...
CITRIS Research Exchange: Fall 2022 Speakers
Free and open to the public, the CITRIS Research Exchange offers fresh perspectives on information technology and society from distinguished academic, industry and civic leaders. Each seminar takes place on Wednesdays from noon to 1 p.m. via Zoom...