08 Apr, 2024
Commons Conversations
Computing the News: Data Journalism and the Search for Objectivity
with Sylvain Parasie
Professor of Sociology at Sciences Po (Paris) and Director of Sciences Po's Media Lab
A Commons Conversation Read more
12 Oct, 2023
Art, Tech & Culture
Internet Tour: Invisible Infrastructures and AI Hallucinations
An in-person journey through the physical Internet infrastructure, a tourist route of non-touristic places
with Alex Saum-Pascual, Digital Artist, Poet, and Associate Professor of Contemporary Spanish Literature and New Media, University of California, Berkeley; Mario Santamaría, Visual Artist and Lecturer, Elisava University, Barcelona; Jill Miller, Visual Artist and Assistant Professor, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley; Asma Kazmi, Research-Based Artist and Associate Professor, Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley; Beth Piatote, Writer, Playwright, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, and Director of Arts Research Center, University of California, Berkeley Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Special Events
The Parables Experience at MozFest Virtual
with curators ill Weaver (a Detroit-based artist and organizer. They co-founded Emergence Media and Complex Movements)
and Valencia James (a performer, maker, and researcher from Barbados, interested in the intersection between dance, theater, technology, and activism, currently pursuing an MFA in Art Practice at the University of California Berkeley)
This event is hosted by MozFest, which is part art, tech and society convening, part maker festival, and the premiere gathering for activists in diverse global movements fighting for a more humane digital world. Read more
13 Apr, 2020
Art, Tech & Culture
ONLINE: Neural Abstractions
*Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) precautions, this event has been moved to the online platform Zoom*
with Tom White
Artist and Researcher
Victoria University of Wellington School of Design
Cosponsored by Autolab and the CITRIS People and Robots (CPAR) and held in conjunction with the DH Faire.
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24 Sep, 2018
Special Events
Undergraduate Certificate Information Session 2018
Find out more about the certificate in new media for undergraduates at Cal! Read more
13 Sep, 2017
Special Events
Undergraduate Certificate Information Session
Come and learn about the BCNM's Undergraduate Certificate program! Lunch provided. Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Special Events
Jane Jacobs and the Digital City
in partnership with SPUR San Francisco Read more
27 Sep, 2016
Workshops
Masterclass: Designing Jane Jacobs' Digital Cities
Co-sponsored by the Center for Science, Technology, Medicine & Society, the Global Urban Humanities Initiative, and the School of Information's Center for Technology, Society, and Policy. Read more
31 Jul, 2015
Special Events
Books in Browsers Request for Proposals Deadline
The succesful conference is back for its sixth year. And it wants your submissions! Read more
20 Jan, 2015
Special Events
CITRIS Mobile App Challenge Info Session + Ideation Summit 2015
We're sponsoring a semester-long competition for the best mobile apps that address civic needs! Read more
04 Apr, 2014
Special Events
A panel on our evolving relationship with AI, happening April 4th Read more
06 Mar, 2014
Special Events
We invite you to this symposium of discussions on privacy protections, surveillance methods, and resistance in our digital world Read more
28 Oct, 2013
History & Theory
A History and Theory of New Media lecture by Eyal Weizman, architect, University of London Professor Read more
17 Mar, 2013
Special Events
Learning Mode: College Readiness Hackathon
Develop a New Media app to make the college application process less harrowing in this CITRIS-sponsored Hackathon! Read more
14 Nov, 2012
Special Events
New Media Graduate Student Presentations
Three DE students (Theater, Performance, Dance Studies; New Media) will present their research this past semester. Read their fascinating presentation abstracts here Read more
14 Nov, 2012
New Media Graduate Student Presentations
Three DE students (Theater, Performance, Dance Studies; New Media) will present their research this past semester. Read their fascinating presentation abstracts here Read more
21 Feb, 2012
Special Events
with Wendy Ju, California College of Arts, Read more
25 Apr, 2011
Special Events
Advancing the New Machine, Human Rights and Technology Conference
A symposium for anyone interested in uniting the tech-world and the human rights community Read more
14 Mar, 2011
Special Events
Fashioning Apollo – Spacesuits, Cities, and How to Dress for Tomorrow
A lecture by Nicholas de Monchaux Read more
3 days ago
A fulfilling and comprehensive experience
Minh Anh Van reflects on her experience as the inaugural BCNM AAPI Media Creatives Fellow! Read more
04 Nov, 2023
Announcing BCNM's Fall 2023 Faculty Seed Grants
This semester, the Berkeley Center for New Media was thrilled to support four faculty members in their scholarship through seed grants that will help catalyze their research in new media. We are excited to congratulate these amazing artists and scholars! Read more
26 Oct, 2023
Wish Wang on Community Design
Wish Wang received an undergraduate research fellowship and was mentored by Xinwei Zhuang. Read more
16 Jul, 2023
Artificial Intelligence Meets Medical Robotics
Ken Goldberg co-authors a perspective essay on artificial intelligence and medical robotics for Science AI. Read more
05 Jul, 2023
Fall 2023 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Applications are due November 1, 2023. Read more
26 Jun, 2023
Ken Goldberg on Generative AI
Pieter Abbeel and Ken Goldberg on generative AI applications Read more
13 Jun, 2023
Undergraduate Research Report: Xiaowen Yuan on Immersive Virtual Environments
Xiaowen Yuan worked with Haripriya Sathyanarayanan on a project based on virtual reality and built environment design. Read more
30 May, 2023
Undergraduate Research Reports: Riya Manimaran on Hybrid Learning
Riya Manimaran worked with Meg Everett on Hybrid Learning Environments. Read more
26 May, 2023
Conference Grants: Katherine Song at CHI 23
Katherine presented "Lotio: Lotion-Mediated Interaction with an Electronic Skin-Worn Display" and "Vim: Customizable, Decomposable Electrical Energy Storage." Read more
10 May, 2023
Conference Grants: Eric Rawn at CHI 23
We are pleased to support our students sharing their work at the premiere conferences in their field. Eric Rawn presented my paper “Understanding Version Control as Material Interaction with Quickpose” at the ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) CHI (Conference on Computer-Human Interaction) in Hamburg, Germany Read more
19 Apr, 2023
Check out the amazing work from BCNM faculty, students, and alumni at the ACM Computer-Human Interaction Conference of 2023! Read more
15 Apr, 2023
Announcing Our Summer 2023 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Akira Ono, Isabel Li, Nika States, Reica Ramirez, and Wish Wang! Read more
20 Mar, 2023
Valencia James Co-Curates The Parables Experience
The Parables Experience takes place at MozFest! Read more
13 Mar, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2023 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of Asian studies, education, computer science, geography, film & media, rhetoric, EECS, architecture, and more! Read more
05 Jan, 2023
Spring 2023 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Applications for Spring 2023 admittance are due March 1, 2023. Read more
01 Dec, 2022
BCNM Around the Web December
Check out the great work of our faculty and alumni around the web this December! Read more
14 Nov, 2022
Check out BCNM at the 25th ACM Conference! Read more
12 Nov, 2022
Summer 2023 Research Award Application Now Open
We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. Read more
02 Nov, 2022
Ken Goldberg at CoRL 2022
Ken Goldberg is featured in the 6th Annual Conference on Robot Learning. Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Now Accepting Applications for 2023 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2023. Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Christine Dierk at UIST 2022
Our alum Christine presents Project Primrose: Reflective Light-Diffuser Modules for Non-Emissive Flexible Display Systems. Read more
04 Oct, 2022
Apply Now for the Spring 2023 New Media Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Choose from projects on hybrid learning, immersive environments, and InsightXR. Applications are due November 1, 2022. Read more
31 Aug, 2022
Applications for our Fall 2022 Conference Grants Now Open
BCNM students are invited to apply for small grants to help defray the costs associated with sharing their work at conferences. Read more
27 Aug, 2022
Fall 2022 Designated Emphasis and Certificate Applications Now Open
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media! Applications due November 1, 2022. Read more
11 Aug, 2022
Queer Affects at the Origins of Computation
Jacob Gaboury's new article appears in the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. Read more
21 Jun, 2022
FogROS brings robotic cloud computing to the Robot Operating System
Ken Goldberg and team published a new article featured in TechCrunch. Read more
15 Jun, 2022
Michelle Carney on Bringing ML and UX Together
Alum Michelle Carney speaks to the Experiencing Data podcast about her mission to bring machine learning and user interface design together. Read more
10 Jun, 2022
We're so proud to share some our greatest successes from 2022! Read more
23 Mar, 2022
Announcing Our Spring 2022 DE & Certificate Cohort
Secondary Gaze, by Jiaxuan Ren. Read more
12 Mar, 2022
Announcing the Spring 2022 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working in the fields of architecture, technology, cognitive science, and more! Read more
24 Feb, 2022
Ken Goldberg on Accelerating quadratic optimization with reinforcement learning
Check out Ken Goldberg's paper on Neural Information Processing Systems! Read more
05 Feb, 2022
Applications for our Spring 2022 Conference Grants Now Open
BCNM students are invited to apply for small grants to help defray the costs associated with sharing their work at conferences. Read more
31 Jan, 2022
Welcoming Liu Ruoxin: Visiting Scholar from China
Ruoxin Liu is an associate professor at the New Media Research Institute of Communication University of China. Read more
20 Jan, 2022
Announcing Our Fall 2021 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Congratulations to Lina Matine, Akemi Nagashiki, and Abigail Lomibao! Read more
20 Jan, 2022
Spring 2022 Applications for the Designated Emphasis and Certificate Now Open
The Berkeley Center for New Media is now accepting applications for admission to the Designated Emphasis (DE) in New Media and the Graduate Certificate in New Media programs. All applications for Spring 2022 admittance are due March 1, 2022. Read more
01 Jan, 2022
Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft Reviews the Distance Cure
Hannah Zeavin's new book The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy is reviewed in Book Forum. Read more
09 Dec, 2021
Amazing representation of BCNM presenting at 4S, the Society for Social Studies of Science! Read more
22 Nov, 2021
Summer 2022 Research Award Applications Now Open
We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. Read more
14 Nov, 2021
Now Accepting Applications for 2022 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2022. Read more
14 Nov, 2021
Eric Paulos, Björn Hartmann, Jingyi Li and Molly Nicholas at the 34th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology. Read more
14 Oct, 2021
BCNM Around the Web October 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this October! Read more
23 Sep, 2021
Jacob Gaboury and Hannah Zeavin presented at the Special Interest Group for Computing, Information, and Society 2021 conference! Read more
18 Aug, 2021
Announcing Our Fall 2021 Class Fund Recipients
This semester, we're supporting the History and Theory of New Media, Locative Media, Adversarial Networks, and Against Innovation. Read more
30 Jul, 2021
Pablo Paredes on the Invisible Future of Health Monitoring
Pablo Paredes features on Stanford Medicine Center for Digital Health's The Invisible Future of Health Monitoring. Read more
25 Jul, 2021
Molly Nicholas, Eric Paulos, and alum Cesar Torres all featured amazing new work at DIS 2021. Read more
23 Jul, 2021
BCNM Around the Web July 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this July! Read more
22 Jul, 2021
Ken Goldberg Co-Author on Optimization for Imitation Learning
Ken Goldberg co-authored a paper with Zaynah Javed, Daniel S. Brown, Satvik Sharma, Jerry Zhu, Ashwin Balakrishna, Marek Petrik, and Anca D. Dragan on Policy Gradient Bayesian Robust Optimization for Imitation Learning. Read more
21 Jul, 2021
Applications for our Fall 2021 Conference Grants are now open!
BCNM students are invited to apply for small grants to help defray the costs associated with sharing their work at conferences. Read more
10 Jul, 2021
KC Forcier Reviews Beyond the Uncanny Valley
Film & Media student Kaitlin Forcier reviews de Young museum's Uncanny Valley: Being Human in the Age of AI. Read more
06 Jul, 2021
Fall 2021 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate Now Open
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28 May, 2021
Camille Crittenden on Blockchain for the Public Good
Camille Crittenden, Executive Director of CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, was recently featured in the All About Blockchain podcast, where she discussed the future social benefits of blockchain innovation. Read more
27 May, 2021
Camille Crittenden Excellence in Management Award
Congratulations to BCNM's Camille Crittendon for receiving the Berkeley Staff Assembly’s 2021 Excellence in Management Award! Read more
27 May, 2021
Trevor Paglen on The Quarantine Tapes
BCNM alumni Trevor Paglen features on the 186th episode of The Quarantine Tapes. Read more
21 May, 2021
Congratulating our 2021 Graduates
These students have been pivotal to the new media landscape at Cal, and we are excited to see the incredible future work they undertake in their respective fields.
Artwork by Tina Piracci Read more
17 Apr, 2021
BCNM Around the Web April 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this April! Read more
17 Apr, 2021
Björn Hartmann on Model-based Formalization of the Autonomy-to-Human Perception Hand-off
Björn Hartmann published a paper on "Model-based Formalization of the Autonomy-to-Human Perception Hand-off." Read more
05 Mar, 2021
Make a Big Impact on the Future with the Big Give
This year, arm the next generation of innovators with the tools to build just and equitable technological futures through the Berkeley Center for New Media. Read more
29 Jan, 2021
BCNM Around the Web January 2021
Check out the amazing work of our faculty, students, and alumni around the web this January! Read more
09 Dec, 2020
Spring 2021 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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20 Nov, 2020
Summer 2021 Research Award Applications Now Open
We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. Read more
12 Nov, 2020
Announcing the Fall 2020 DE & Graduate Certificate Cohort
We are thrilled to welcome this Fall’s graduate cohort! Read more
04 Nov, 2020
Camille Crittenden on Blockchain for the Public Good
Camille Crittenden recently moderated a panel titled "Blockchain for the Public Good" as a part of the CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series. Read more
03 Nov, 2020
Undergraduate Research Fellowships 2021
Applications are now open and are due December 1, 2020. Read more
28 Oct, 2020
Camille Crittenden and the CITRIS Policy Lab Publish on Blockchain Digital Identity
Camille Crittenden and the CITRIS Policy Lab investigate what blockchain technology could mean for vulnerable populations in the United States. Read more
15 Oct, 2020
Ken Goldberg at IROS 2020
Several papers co-written by Ken Goldberg were presented at IROS 2020. Read more
14 Oct, 2020
Now Accepting Applications for 2021 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2021. Read more
24 Sep, 2020
Xiaowei Wang & An Xiao Mina on WeChat
Xiaowei Wang and An Xiao Mina publish "WeChat Has Both Connected Families and Torn Them Apart" in Slate. Read more
23 Sep, 2020
Seed Grants Recipient: Celeste Kidd and The Role of Reasoning and Metacognition during Belief Formation in the Internet Era
Celeste Kidd received a Seed Grant to examine "The role of reasoning and metacognition during belief formation in the internet era". Read more
31 Aug, 2020
Björn Hartmann on Bridging Asymmetrical Communication Between External and VR Users
The paper is being presented at the 2020 ACM User Interface Software and Technology conference. Read more
19 Aug, 2020
Summer Research Dispatch: Tina Piracci on 3D Printing with Germinated Spores
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29 Jul, 2020
Fall 2020 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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21 Jul, 2020
BCNM Faculty Receive Berkeley Changemaker Grants
[Image credit: Original image from: King st. Development in Toronto by Frank Gehry, edited by Elnaz Tafrihi Bailey.] Read more
19 Jul, 2020
Trevor Paglen's Opposite Geometries at the Carnegie Museum of Art
The show runs from Sep 4, 2020–Mar 14, 2021. Read more
17 Jun, 2020
Bryan Truitt on Mediating the Human Face
Bryan mapped a genealogy of knowledge which formed the foundation for the development of computerized human emotion recognition algorithms. Read more
16 Apr, 2020
BCNM Around the Web April 2020
Check out the amazing work of our faculty and alumni in April 2020! Read more
12 Apr, 2020
CHI has been cancelled due to COVID-19, but let's celebrate the incredible work of our students, faculty, and alumni who were slated to present! Read more
03 Apr, 2020
New Paper on Multi-Task Fabric Manipulation
Ken Goldberg was part of the team to publish a new paper "VisuoSpatial Foresight for Multi-Step, Multi-Task Fabric Manipulation". Read more
13 Mar, 2020
Jill Miller's Platform Art Space Live
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10 Mar, 2020
BCNM Around the Web March 2020
Check out the amazing talks and discussion around the work of our students, faculty, and alumni in March 2020! Read more
05 Mar, 2020
Announcing the Spring 2020 Conference Grant Recipients
Congratulations to these amazing students working on digital tools, ethnographic research, philosophical arguments, and more! Read more
10 Feb, 2020
Join Jill Miller & Greg Niemeyer in Mo'orea for ART 160N This Summer
Don't miss this exciting BCNM Study Abroad opportunity this summer in French Polynesia! Read more
05 Feb, 2020
Ken Goldberg Keynotes Healthcare Robotics Forum
Ken Goldberg was a keynote speaker at the Healthcare Robotics Engineering Forum 2019 in Santa Clara. Read more
28 Jan, 2020
Announcing Our 2020 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, the Berkeley Center for New Media pairs undergraduates with a graduate student mentor, offering them the chance to complete real, graduate level research while at Cal. We are thrilled to announce this year's Fellows. Read more
31 Dec, 2019
Ken Goldberg Publishes on Fabric Smoothing Policies
Ken co-published on "Deep Imitation Learning of Sequential Fabric Smoothing Policies" Read more
29 Nov, 2019
Applications for our Spring 2020 Conference Grants Now Open
BCNM students are invited to apply for small grants to assist with conference attenddance. Read more
27 Nov, 2019
Spring 2020 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
Read more
20 Nov, 2019
Summer 2020 Research Award Applications Now Open
We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. Read more
17 Nov, 2019
Announcing our Fall 2019 Graduate Cohort
Art by Shuang Yan. Read more
13 Nov, 2019
Now Accepting Applications for the 2020 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2020. Read more
05 Nov, 2019
We're Hiring an Events Coordinator!
Join the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM), an interdisciplinary research center that studies and shapes media transition and emergence from diverse perspectives. Through critical thinking and making, we cultivate technological equity and fairness in our classrooms, in our communities, and on the internet. Read more
18 Oct, 2019
Call for Participation: Contested Data
Alum danah boyd and Dan Bouk are running an incredible workshop at Data & Society. Application deadline: November 25, 2019. Read more
07 Oct, 2019
Announcing the Fall 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premier conferences in their field. Read more
06 Sep, 2019
Summer Research Dispatch: Brian Bartz in Trevor Paglen's Studio
Artist Brian Bartz worked on custom computer-vision algorithms in alum Trevor Paglen's art studio in Berlin. Read more
13 Jul, 2019
Applications for our Fall 2019 Conference Grants Now Open
BCNM students are invited to apply for small grants to assist with conference attenddance. Read more
11 Jul, 2019
BCNM presented their latest research at the CM Designing Interactive Systems 2019 conference on Contesting Borders and Intersections. Read more
08 Jul, 2019
Fall 2019 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
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28 May, 2019
Soravis Prakkamakul on VR at CHI 2019
Soravis presented “Exploring Word-gesture Text Entry Techniques in Virtual Reality” at the Human Factors in Computing Conference 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. Read more
19 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Graduates
Work by Mathieu Iniesta. Read more
09 May, 2019
Congratulating our 2019 Undergraduate Certificate Graduates
These students invested in the new media landscape at Cal, and we're excited to see what new endeavours they undertake in their respective fields Read more
01 May, 2019
Harry Burson on Stereo in the 19th Century at SCMS
Harry presented "Stereo in the 19th Century: Space, Audition, and the Théâtrophone" at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies conference in Seattle, Washington. Read more
14 Mar, 2019
Announcing the Spring 2019 Conference Grant Recipients
We're to our extraordinary The Berkeley Center for New Media is thrilled to provide small grants to our graduate students to help them share their innovative research at the premier conferences in their field. Read more
12 Feb, 2019
Critical Making at UBI Comp
Critical Making: Designing for Activism, featuring BCNM faculty Eric Paulos and Jill Miller as instructors, will be at the 10th International UBI Summer School in Oulu, Finland. Read more
04 Feb, 2019
Now Accepting Applications for our 2019-2020 Faculty Seed Grants
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29 Jan, 2019
Spring 2019 Applications for the Designated Emphasis and Certificate in New Media Now Open
Applications are open to admitted graduated students at UC Berkeley and are due March 1, 2019. Read more
03 Jan, 2019
Ken Goldberg in IEEE Transactions in Automation Guest Editorial
Ken Goldberg and other IEEE luminaries call for greater openness around reproducible benchmarks. Read more
26 Dec, 2018
Announcing Our Spring 2019 Undergraduate Research Fellows
Each year, undergraduates work closely with our graduate mentors on academic research. Read more
03 Dec, 2018
Now Accepting Applications for our Spring 2019 Conference Grants
BCNM graduate students are invited to apply for funds to assist in their conference attendance. Read more
28 Nov, 2018
Summer 2019 Research Award Applications Now Open
We're pleased to offer awards of $1,000 and $500 to our graduate students this summer to help support their research projects. Read more
26 Nov, 2018
Announcing our Fall 2018 Graduate Cohort
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11 Nov, 2018
Now Accepting Applications for the 2019 Lyman Fellowship
Applications are due February 1, 2019. Read more
04 Oct, 2018
Now Hiring: Assistant Professor in Geospatial Representation, Design, and Critical Cartography
Recruitment opens September 24th, 2018 and runs through November 5th, 2018. Read more
03 Oct, 2018
Alum Trevor Paglen in MCA's 'I was Raised by the Internet'
Alum Trevor Paglen's art exhibited in Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's 'I was Raised by the Internet' Read more
01 Oct, 2018
Updated: Ken Goldberg at RoboBusiness 2018
BCNM faculty Ken Goldberg is the keynote speaker Day 2 of RoboBusiness 2018. Read more
24 Sep, 2018
BCNM Students & Faculty Named GloUH Townsend Fellows
Great to see BCNM faculty and graduate students part of the Spring 2019 Global Urban Humanities-Townsend Fellows. Read more
26 Jul, 2018
Ken Goldberg on ABC News on Robots as the Future of AI
"Why is Facebook keen on robots? It's just the future of AI," writes Ryan Nakashima. Read more
18 Jul, 2018
Ritwik Banerji Published on Interactions with Artificial Social Agents
The article is titled: "De-instrumentalizing HCI: Social Psychology, Rapport Formation, and Interactions with Artificial Social Agents" Read more
28 Jun, 2018
Fall 2018 Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificates in New Media Now Open
Applications are open to admitted graduated students at UC Berkeley and are due November 1, 2018. Read more
19 Jun, 2018
Now Accepting Applications for Fall 2018 Conference Grants
Due October 1, 2018 Read more
30 May, 2018
We're Hiring! - Office Manager & Events Coordinator Wanted!
The Berkeley Center for New Media and Arts Research Center are hiring an Office Manager and Events Coordinator to maintain and develop their programs. Read more
28 May, 2018
2018 Seed Grants: Rita Lucarelli & the New Media of the Book of the Dead
The BCNM Faculty Seed Grant Program awarded $5000 to Rita Lucarelli (Near Eastern Studies) to digitally transposition Egyptian coffins into 3D models. Read more
28 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg at ICRA 2018
Ken Goldberg was a speaker at ICRA 2018's workshop on advances in robotic warehouse automation. Read more
27 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg & Robots Featured in NBC Bay Area News
Ken Goldberg and his lab were interviewed by NBC Bay Area about the progress being made in robotics development at UC Berkeley. Read more
26 May, 2018
2018 BCNM Seed Grants: Jacob Gaboury and Queer Computing
Jacob Gaboury (Film & Media) received $5000 to examine the relationship between digital technologies and queer identity as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
18 May, 2018
Undergraduate Research Dispatches: Claudia Ruslim on Gourmet Gentrification
Claudia Ruslim, recipient of a BCNM undergraduate research fellowship, was selected to act as a research assistant to Will Payne. Read more
07 May, 2018
Ken Goldberg at the Executive Leadership Conference on Robots in Consumer Packaged Goods
Ken Goldberg attended the annual Executive Leadership Conference to discuss Can Robots Really Handle Consumer Packaged Goods?. Read more
23 Apr, 2018
Rita Lucarelli Receives CITRIS Seed Grant
Rita Lucarelli's project on Egyptian landscapes will be funded by the CITRIS seed grant program. Read more
18 Apr, 2018
Announcing 2018 Summer Research Awards
Congratulations to this year's Summer Research Award recipients! We are excited to support the amazing work these students will be completing over the summer. Read more
09 Apr, 2018
The BCNM Guide to CHI 2018
Overwhelmed by the amazing panels at CHI 2018? Make your CHI experience a BCNM one with our guide to where our students, faculty, and alumni will be presenting! Read more
19 Mar, 2018
Announcing the Spring 2018 BCNM Conference Grant Recipients!
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02 Mar, 2018
Rue and Koci Hernandez on AR in the California Magazine
Professors Jeremy Rue and Richard Koci Hernandez were featured in an article in California Magazine on augmented reality. Read more
25 Jan, 2018
BCNM Now Accepting Applications for 2018-2019 Faculty Seed Grants
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25 Jan, 2018
Introducing our Spring 2018 Research Assistants
Each year, the BCNM selects four graduate student projects that we believe will both interest and prove engaging to undergraduates. Undergraduates apply to be a research fellow and once selected, they have the opportunity to work on high-level research in concert with our graduates, who mentor them on research methods. Read more
22 Jan, 2018
Spring 2018 Applications Now Open for the Graduate Designated Emphasis & Certificate Program
Graduate students are now invited to apply for Spring 2018 admission into the BCNM program. Read more
04 Dec, 2017
Revisited: NWMEDIA 201 Performance Night
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28 Nov, 2017
Now Accepting Applications for Spring 2018 Conference Grants
Due March 1, 2018 Read more
13 Nov, 2017
Alum Bonnie Ruberg's Queer Games Studies Reviewed in Creative Applications
Queer Game Studies, edited by BCNM alum Bonnie Ruberg (with Adrienne Shaw), has been reviewed in Creative Applications. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Berkeley's DeepDrive Releases 36,000 Nexar Research Videos
Berkeley DeepDrive (BDD) and Nexar announce the release of videos and images for further research. Read more
03 Nov, 2017
Alum Trevor Paglen Visiting Faculty at The New Normal
BCNM alum Trevor Paglen is named visiting faculty at The New Normal, a post-graduate program in Moscow, Russia. Read more
31 Oct, 2017
Experts on Building Faster, More Secure AI Systems
Ken Goldberg, member of RISElab and Chair of IEOR, comments on possible methods to control the AI challenges that are appearing. Read more
30 Oct, 2017
Lyman Fellowship Applications Now Open
We are now accepting applications from current UC Berkeley PhD students. Applications are due February 1, 2018. Read more
24 Oct, 2017
Ken Goldberg at Collaborative Robots and Advance Vision Conference
Ken Goldberg speaks on the new wave in robot grasping at the Collaborative Robots and Advanced Vision Conference November 16th, 2017. Read more
17 Oct, 2017
Please welcome our new Executive Committee member Tom McEnaney! McEnaney works at the intersections of the history of media and technology, Argentine, Cuban, and U.S. literature, sound studies, and computational (digital) humanities. Read more
10 Oct, 2017
Alum Stuart Geiger at JupyterCon
BCNM alum Stuart Geiger presented at JupyterCon this past August, offering a deeper understanding on how to use Jupyter in diverse ways and insights on the changing rituals around computation. Read more
26 Sep, 2017
Fall 2017 Applications Now Open Undergraduate Certificate Program
Undergraduated are now invited to apply for Fall 2017 admission into the BCNM undergrad program.
Applications due November 1. Read more
19 Sep, 2017
Fall 2017 Applications Now Open for the Graduate Designated Emphasis & Certificate Program
Graduates are now invited to apply for Fall 2017 admission into the BCNM program.
Applications due November 1. Read more
23 Aug, 2017
Now Accepting Applications for Conference Grants
Calling BCNM Grad students! If you're presenting a paper at a conference, apply for these grants to help subsidize the costs! Read more
15 Jun, 2017
Nicholas de Monchaux at WEAR 2017
De Monchaux spoke at WEAR 2017 about his book Fashioning Apollo! Read more
01 Jun, 2017
Ken Goldberg at SAIL-Toyota Seminar Series at Stanford
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24 May, 2017
Ken Goldberg and T-ASE Add Note to Practitioners
Ken Goldberg and T-ASE's simplified second abstract was featured in an article for the IEEE RAS. Read more
17 May, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Undergraduate Certificate Grads
These students have made extensive contributions to New Media at Cal Read more
16 May, 2017
Announcing Our 2017 Graduates
We look forward to sharing their future endeavors!
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07 Apr, 2017
BCNM Seed Grants 2017: Ed Campion and the Sound Habitat
Ed Campion (Music) received $5,000 to build a sound habitat with Ron Rael (Architecture) as part of our Faculty Seed Grant program. Read more
21 Feb, 2017
Eric Paulos Gives Keynote at HotMobile Conference
This year's HotMobile Conference with Eric Paulos as Keynote speaker. Read more
17 Feb, 2017
BCNM Now Accepting Applications for Faculty Seed Grants!
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18 Jan, 2017
Ken Goldberg at the 12th Annual Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics
UC Berkeley students and faculty attended the 12th International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR) Read more
12 Dec, 2016
Take Note: New Robot Conference Chaired by Ken Goldberg
We're excited to see this new conference on Robotic Learning co-chaired by Ken Goldberg! Read more
12 Dec, 2016
Summer 2017 Research Fellowships Now Open for Applications
BCNM is awarding several fellowships of $1,000 and $500 to be used towards your summer doctoral or pre-doctoral research Read more
12 Dec, 2016
Now Accepting Applications for Spring 2017 Conference Grants
The BCNM is able to offer a small subsidy for students attending the premiere conferences in their fields Read more
08 Dec, 2016
Video Now Online: “Video Analytics: From Keywords to Keyframes”
with Virginia Kuhn. Check it out! Read more
28 Nov, 2016
Skintillates from Hybrid Ecologies Lab Featured in MakeZine
Skintillates was featured in MakeZine's article "Light Up Your Body with Temporary Tattoo Circuits" Read more
22 Nov, 2016
Peter Lyman Fellowship Application Now Open
We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship in New Media! Read more
17 Nov, 2016
Ken Goldberg Named Chair of IEOR
The Department of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research has a new chairperson! Read more
14 Nov, 2016
We're excited to see AMPLab transform into RISELab, which focuses on real-time secure decision stacks! Read more
24 Oct, 2016
The BCNM was thrilled to provide Cesar Torres (EECS) with a conference travel grant Read more
09 Sep, 2016
BCNM Publishing Round-up!
We've compiled a booklet of their publications of the last year, complete with abstracts and links to where to read the full articles or books! Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Announcing Jane Jacobs and the Digital City Symposium
This event is a partnership between BCNM and the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Applications for Designated Emphasis and Certificates in New Media Now Open!
All applications for Spring 2017 admittance are due November 1, 2016 Read more
01 Sep, 2016
Ken Goldberg at International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
Goldberg gave an address at the plenary session on August 30, entitled "Multiplicity: What Robots and AI Can Teach Us about Being Human" Read more
23 Aug, 2016
Revisited: Digital Humanities at Berkeley Summer Institute 2016
Check out the photos from the event as well as the highlights of the various courses and lectures on offer Read more
11 Aug, 2016
Summer Research Reports: Ryan Ikeda on Technology as Learning
Ryan Ikeda received a summer research award from the BCNM to support his dissertation research on how technology in the classroom impacts modes of learning Read more
18 Jul, 2016
Ed Campion and the Sound Habitat
This year the Berkeley Center for New Media offered four faculty research grants to seed ambitious academic projects in the field Read more
11 Jul, 2016
Greg Niemeyer and the Internet from the Inside Out.
Greg Niemeyer will create radial visualizations of the internet from the inside out Read more
07 Jul, 2016
Two Honorable Mentions and a Best Paper at DIS 2016
This year the biennial ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems (DIS) was held in Brisbane, Australia Read more
07 Jul, 2016
Eric Paulos Receives Seed Grant for Making of Unmaking
Our alumni voted on the applications and awarded $10,000 to Eric Paulos to design The Making of Un-making Read more
30 Jun, 2016
Laura Devendorf and Abigail De Kosnik's paper wins Best Paper Award!
Devendorf gave a talk at the ACM Conference of Designing Interactive Systems in Brisbane, Australia Read more
24 Jun, 2016
Ken Goldberg and the da Vinci Robot Take on Suturing
Eliza Strickland featured the work of BCNM’s Ken Goldberg in developing the da Vinci robotic system's applications in the operating room Read more
21 Jun, 2016
BCNM Seed Grants 2017: Abigail De Kosnik's TorrentMap
Our alumni voted on the applications and awarded $10,000 to Abigail De Kosnik to build her innovative tool TorrentMap Read more
18 May, 2016
Summer Research Opportunities: Hybrid Ecologies Lab
The Hybrid Ecologies Lab, headed by Eric Paulos, is looking for skilled and passionate undergraduate and graduate students to join us this summer Read more
17 May, 2016
Alex Saum-Pascual's #SelfiePoetry Exhibited at code/switch Chicago
If you're in Chicago this summer, don't miss out on code/switch at the Women Made Gallery Read more
12 May, 2016
Eric Paulos' CS 160 Interface Design Showcase
Teams were challenged to design novel smartphone and smartwatch applications focused on health and medical themes Read more
09 May, 2016
Interactive Urban Lighting Recommended for NEA
UC Berkeley’s Center for New Media - one of 64 National Endowment for the Arts Our Town projects selected nationwide Read more
04 May, 2016
BCNM Explores, a series of site tours to investigate collaborations across disciplines Read more
26 Apr, 2016
Revisited: "Change and Stillness: Bodies and Gestures within Sensor Technology"
We recap this fascinating talk on this past showcase of sensor-technology art Read more
26 Apr, 2016
Undergraduate Research Fellowship Dispatches: MacKenzie Alessi, John Scott, and Data Visualization
What if we could map learning in the social realm? How would classroom engagement appear and shift over time? And how could we use this data to improve teaching? Read more
07 Apr, 2016
Announcing 2016 Summer Research Awards
We are thrilled by the ambitious and innovative work these students are all completing Read more
05 Apr, 2016
Ken Goldberg in MIT Technology Review
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02 Mar, 2016
Ken Goldberg's SPIE Keynote
28 Jan, 2016
Apply now for the DE & Certificate in New Media
Applications for Fall 2016 admittance are due March 1, 2016 Read more
28 Jan, 2016
Summer '16 Research Awards Applications Due in March
Applications Due: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Read more
19 Jan, 2016
Skintillates: UC Berkeley Students engineer electronic temporary tattoo
It comes as no surprise that Skintillates won the Maker of Merit honor in the National Maker Faire Read more
23 Nov, 2015
Announcing our Newest Cohort of Designated Emphasis and Graduate Certificate Students
We know these students will contribute to the vibrant interdisciplinary life of the Center Read more
25 Sep, 2015
BCNM's Annual Open House Calls for Applications for Emphasis and Certificate in New Media!
01 Sep, 2015
Research Opportunity: Textile Display Technology
"We are currently looking to work with 2-3 graduate or undergraduate researchers..." Read more
20 Aug, 2015
Valkyrie Savage's CS 160 Showcase
This summer BCNM DE Valkyrie Savage (Computer Science) taught the popular course Computer Science 160: User Interface Design and Development Read more
06 Aug, 2015
Field Notes: Teaching Nostalgia & the Future in New Media
Read more
05 Aug, 2015
Alex Saum-Pascual E-Literature Class Funded by Digital Humanities
We're thrilled to see that Alex Saum-Pascual's (Spanish) new electronic literature course has been funded by Digital Humanities at UC Berkeley! Read more
04 Aug, 2015
ArtReach Studio Residencies Applications Open
ArtReach is a non-profit mobile arts organization that is reframing the artist residency Read more
22 Jul, 2015
Tech Award Dispatches: Lark Buckingham
20 Jul, 2015
Revisited: Critical Making Course Exhibition
Check out photos of amazing student work! Read more
16 Jul, 2015
Björn Hartmann Receives Best Paper Award at EICS 2015
13 Jul, 2015
Best Video Prize at Hamlyn Surgical Robot Challenge
09 Jun, 2015
Editor's Choice Awards at Bay Area Maker Faire
Three Editor's Choice awards were awarded to NWMEDIA 203: Critical Making projects at this year's Bay Area Maker Faire Read more
29 Apr, 2015
Announcing our Spring 2015 Graduating Class
We'll miss their energy and their intellectual curiosity around BCNM, but wish them all the best in their new endeavors and look forward to the amazing intellectual, artistic, and technological contributions we know they will produce Read more
21 Apr, 2015
Books in Browsers - Request for Proposals
BIB VI will explore new forms of stories that embrace hybrid digital forms, or play with the tension between digital and physical interfaces Read more
18 Mar, 2015
BCNM Welcomes Spring 2015 DE & Certificate Students
Applications this semester were phenomenal and we’re thrilled by the unique perspectives each of our new students will bring to the Center Read more
11 Feb, 2015
"Watching, creating, and archiving" paper published in Convergence
On the quantity and temporality of fannish productivity in online fan fiction archives" Read more
10 Feb, 2015
Being the Machine is a project that explores the relationship between humans-that-make and machines-that-make Read more
08 Dec, 2014
Call for Innovations Winners: Eric Paulos and Energy Parasites
18 Nov, 2014
Welcoming New DE and Certificate Students
19 May, 2014
Cyberphysical Democracy: Online Platforms and Offline Action
Follow Camille Crittenden on Twitter: www.twitter.com/data_democracy Read more
12 May, 2014
BCNM was excited to offer NWMEDIA 198 this semester, a decal associated with the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society's (CITRIS) Mobile Apps Challenge Read more
26 Mar, 2014
Presenting the Robots and New Media Symposium
The Kingdom of the Netherlands and UC BCNM highlight the next phase in the evolution of robotics with the “Robots and New Media Symposium” on April 4 Read more
20 Nov, 2013
Now Accepting Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship Applications
Applications Due: February 1, 2014 Read more
17 Sep, 2013
BCNM Accepting Designated Emphasis and Masters Certificate Applications!
23 Apr, 2013
BCNM New Media Students showcase Research at Spring Semester Presentation
UC Berkeley graduate students with a Designated Emphasis in New Media presented their research on April 17, 2013 in the BCNM Commons to an audience of students, faculty, and members of the public Read more
28 Jan, 2013
Applications for M.A./Ph.D. Academic Programs in New Media due March 1, 2013
Applications for Fall 2013 admittance to both programs are due March 1, 2013 Read more
15 Jan, 2013
Call for Applications: Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship in New Media
Summer Stipend of $5,000
Applications Due: February 11, 2013
Read more
10 Dec, 2012
BCNM New Media Graduate Students Present Their Research
Their presentations spanned a wide range of study including street dance, machine learning and cyber-communication Read more
14 Nov, 2012
Tablets, Africa's Next Leap-Frog Technology
by Reginold Royston, Ph.D. candidate in the African Diaspora Program with a Designated Emphasis in New Media Read more
18 Sep, 2012
Applications for M.A./Ph.D. Academic Programs in New Media
Due November 1, 2012 Read more
05 Sep, 2012
Announcing the Fall 2012 - Spring 2013 Art, Technology and Culture Colloquium Lecture Series
Mondays, 7:30-9:00 pm. ATC lectures are free and open to the public! Read more
07 May, 2012
Welcoming BCNM's New DE and Certificate Students
We are delighted to announce the following newly students to the BCNM Designated Emphasis and Master's Certificate Program in New Media Read more
01 Feb, 2012
Aesthetic Applications of Wave Field Synthesis
Rama Gottfried will be working with the Acoustic and Cognitive Spaces Team at IRCAM and the Centre Pompidou based in Paris Read more
17 Nov, 2011
Call for Applications: Peter Lyman Graduate Fellowship in New Media
Applications due February 6, 2012 Read more
19 Oct, 2011
Applications for M.A./Ph.D. Academic Programs in New Media due March 1, 2012
12 Sep, 2011
Turning Data into Democratic Action: Social Apps Lab at CITRIS
01 Sep, 2011
Position Open: Assistant Professor, New Media, Tenure Track
Applications must be postmarked by Oct. 14, 2011. Read more
29 Aug, 2011
ShowMeHow: Translating User Interface Instructions Between Similar Applications
15 Jun, 2011
The New Social App Lab at CITRIS
The Social App Lab is an interdisciplinary initiative and supported at UC Berkeley by CITRIS Read more
15 Jun, 2011
CITRIS Launches Data and Democracy Initiative
Read more
15 Jun, 2011
Pwning Asthma Triggers: Health Games as Technologies of Social Engagement
Next deadline – 1 March, 2023
Designated Emphasis Program
Next deadline – November 1, 2023
Next deadline – 1 November 2023
Undergraduate Certificate in New Media
Applications are accepted year-round. Please apply here: https://forms.gle/9i7pmAvoTaifmWzT6
Visiting Scholar in New Media
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This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
This list is updated regularly. Check back often for the latest updates. Email lara@berkeley.edu with suggestions.
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2024.
Applications for Summer 2024 are due March 5, 2024.
New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – October 1, 2023
Applications are due October 12, 2023
Next deadline - November 1, 2023
Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Applications are now open. Applications are due February 1, 2024.
Applications for Summer 2024 are due March 5, 2024.
New Media Research Fellowship
Next deadline – October 1, 2023
Applications are due October 12, 2023
Next deadline - November 1, 2023
Undergraduate Research Fellowship