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ADVISORY:
Press briefing about the Center for Information Technology
Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
ATTENTION:
NEWS, ASSIGNMENT AND SCIENCE EDITORS
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07.12.00
Contact: Robert Sanders
(510) 643-6998 rls@pa.urel.berkeley.edu
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WHAT:
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A
press briefing about the University of California, Berkeley's
Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest
of Society (CITRIS), which Gov. Gray Davis today (Thursday,
Dec. 7) endorsed as a fourth California Institute for
Science and Innovation. He said he will seek funding
for CITRIS from the California Legislature next year.
CITRIS
was one of six proposed institutes, three of which Davis
selected today to receive $100 million each from the
state over four years. The several hundred million dollar
CITRIS project will use new information technology to
produce scientific advances in fields critical to the
future of the California economy.
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WHEN:
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3
p.m. Thursday, Dec. 7. |
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WHERE:
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Wozniak
Lounge, fourth floor of Soda Hall, UC Berkeley. Soda Hall
is at the corner of Hearst and LeRoy avenues, on the north
edge of the campus. |
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WHO:
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Chancellor
Robert M. Berdahl, UC Berkeley
Chancellor M.R.C. Greenwood, UC Santa Cruz
Dean Richard Newton, College of Engineering, UC Berkeley
Professor James Demmel, associate director of CITRIS
Rod Park, senior associate for academic development, UC
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BACKGROUND:
In
his year 2000 State of the State address, the governor
proposed the creation of CISI to help California maintain
its premier standing in science and technology and to
provide the technological underpinnings for the state's
future economic growth. His fiscal year 2000-2001 budget
included $75 million to establish the institutes.
CITRIS,
a CISI finalist, involves engineers, scientists and
scholars from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz and
UC Merced. CITRIS projects range from the design of
information systems for emergency and disaster response
in an earthquake to life-saving medical alert sensors
to "smart" buildings that automatically adjust their
internal environment, saving both energy and pollution
costs.
VISUALS:
Samples of "smart dust" - millimeter-sized, cheap sensors
outfitted with wireless communication and onboard computer
processing that are key to many of the societal applications
envisioned by CITRIS.
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