News

Press releases, Interviews, Media Articles

Press conferences

• SmartCities Challenge, City Hall, San Francisco, CA May 18, 2016, Held jointly with SF MTA
• Mobile Millennium, UC Berkeley, CA , November 10, 2008, Held jointly with Nokia, Navteq and the California DOT
• Safe Trip 21, Bay Bridge, Oakland, CA , June, 26, 2008, Held jointly with US DOT and the California DOT
• Mobile Century, Union Landing, CA , February 8, 2008, Held jointly with Nokia and the California DOT

Press releases

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, "Machine Learning to Help Optimize Traffic and Reduce Pollution," Oct. 29, 2018
• University of California at Berkeley, College of Engineering, "Turning cars into robot traffic managers Proposed AI-based standards leverage vehicle automation to manage traffic," Oct. 29, 2018
• MIT, "Cellphone data helps pinpoint source of traffic tie-ups", Dec 20, 2012
• University of California at Berkeley, "Cellphone, GPS data suggest new strategy for alleviating traffic tie-ups", Dec 20, 2012
• University of California at Berkeley, "Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow", May 9, 2012
• University of California at Berkeley, "Campus dedicates new state-of-the-arts CITRIS research headquarters," Mar 2, 2009
• University of California at Berkeley, "Dedication of new CITRIS headquarters marks new stage of innovation to help fuel economic growth," Feb. 27, 2009
• Nokia, "Nokia Research Center puts Mobile Millennium in gear to help reduce traffic congestion," Nov. 10, 2008
• University of California at Berkeley,"UC Berkeley and Nokia turn mobile phones into traffic probes with launch of pilot traffic-monitoring software,'Nov. 6, 2008
• ITS America,"ITS America announces finalists for the 2008 Best of ITS Awards," Oct. 30, 2008
• U.S. Department of Transportation,"U.S. DOT partners with Caltrans to move California drivers one step closer to instant travel information and safety technologies," Jun. 25, 2008
• Nokia,"Nokia and UC Berkeley capture real-time traffic information using GPS enabled mobile devices," Feb. 8, 2008
• UC Berkeley,"Joint Nokia research project captures traffic data using GPS-enabled cell phones," Feb. 8, 2008

TV interviews (selected)

• Spectrum 1 "Are HOV Lanes The Answer To LA's Traffic Problem ?", June 8, 2019, by Alex Cohen
• Spectrum 1 "Inside the Issues with Alex Cohen", April 8, 2019, by Alex Cohen
• ABC News “Just a few self driving cars on the road could improve traffic for everyone,” Nov. 16, 2018, by Jennifer Olney
• ABC News “Bay Area transportation experts say apps may make traffic worse,” Nov. 16, 2018, by Jennifer Olney
• WSB-TV2 “Your navigation app could be causing more backups, new research suggests,” Sep. 17, 2018, by Mark Arum
• CBS News, "Driver Fees Could Be Radical Solution For Livermore Valley Gridlock", Nov. 12, 2018, interview by Wilson Walker
• RTS, "Voitures Volantes", Mar. 12, 2017, interview by Aviva Fried
• KRON4, "In-depth: Are the I-80 SMART corridors easing traffic congestion?", Nov. 3, 2016, interview by Philippe Djegal
• Sveriges Radio, “Big data kan f ̈orutse bilk ̈oer,” by Peter Johansson, June 4, 2014
• KTVU / Fox News, Interview part of the 5 o’clock news, by John Fowler, May 9, 2014
• KPIC / ABC News, “Nissan developing driverless cars in Sunnyvale,” Nov. 29, 2013
• ABC News, "Commuting Costs on the Rise in America", by Diane Sawyer and Paula Faris, June 5, 2013
• The Discovery Channel, Daily Planet Segment, "Traffic Jams", by Barb Ustina, April 8, 2013
• NBC, "Live interview as part of the NBC Bay Area News", by Janelle Wang, May 25, 2012
• KGO-TV, "Floating robots provide insight into Delta waters", May 9, by Laura Anthony, 2012
• KCRA, "GPS Devices Tossed In Sacramento River For Study," May 10, 2012
• FOXBusiness, "Move Over Watson: New IBM System Will Predict Traffic," April 13, 2011, by Jennifer Booton
• ABC News, "IBM Training Computers to Predict Traffic," April 13, 2011, by Jordan Roberts
• MSNBC, "Smartphones to ease traffic snarls," April 13, 2011, by John Roach
• OETA News, "New Levee Bewaching Prevention Techniques," Nov. 11, 2009
• CBS's Smart Planet, "Alex Bayen, Professor, Systems Engineerng, UC Berkeley," May 29, 2009, by Jason Pepper
• NBC News, "Tech Future in Good Hands at Cal," May 6, 2009
• Cnet,"Nokia shows off real-time traffic application," Nov. 18, 2008
• BBC News,"Tech that trumps traffic tangles," Nov. 18, 2008, by Jason Palmer
• Cnet,"Using your cell phone's GPS to map traffic," Nov. 11, 2008, by Kara Tsuboi
• KTVU,"UC Berkeley To Offer Free Cell Phone GPS Download," Nov. 10, 2008.
• CBS News,"Cal Program Uses Cell Phones to Unjam Traffic," Nov. 10, 2008
• ABC News,"UC Berkeley teams up with Nokia for traffic," Nov. 10, 2008
• NBC News,"Gridlock Gadget: New Cell Phone Software to Help Drivers Avoid Traffic," Nov. 10, 2008
• ABC News,"Real-time traffic information to your cell phone," Jun. 25, 2008
• NBC News,"Bay Area traffic study kicks off," Jun. 25, 2008
• Cnet,"Mobile Sensing-mini subs explore Sacramento," Jun. 20, 2008
• Cnet,"Students get stuck in traffic for Nokia," Feb. 12, 2008
• Cnet,"Nokia trials N95 as traffic monitor," Feb. 11, 2008
• CBS News,"Cal, Nokia test GPS technology for traffic info," Feb. 8, 2008
• ABC News,"Cell phones used to test Easy Bay traffic," Feb. 8, 2008
• Cnet,"Nokia turns people into traffic sensors," Feb. 8, 2008
• NBC News,"Researchers test GPS-cell phone navigation in South Bay," Feb. 8, 2008
• Fox News,"Nokia and UC Berkeley capture real-time traffic information using GPS enabled mobile devices," Feb. 8, 2008

Radio interviews (selected)

• NPR/KPCC AirTalk, "Waze and LA City Council will work together to reduce growing traffic on residential streets," May 1, 2019, by Larry Mantle
• NPR (Marketplace), "New York City’s plan to cut congestion while fixing the subway,” Feb., 26, 2019, by Kai Ryssda
• KQED / NPR, “From Aviators to Apps: The Evolution of Traffic Data,” Jan. 17, 2019, by Olivia Allen-Price
• Radio Canada “Les embouteillages dans la ligne de mire de l’intelligence artificielle,” Nov. 25, 2018, by Renaud Manugerragagne
• KALW, "Driving apps like Waze are creating new traffic problems", Mar. 24, 2017, aired on NPR/KQED Apr. 5, 2017, interview by Eli Wirtschafter
• BFM TV Business, "BFM L'Atelier Numerique, La voiture de demain", interview Dec. 5, 2015, by Francois Sorel
• KQED/NPR, "The Commonwealth Club, Climate One", Nov. 2, 2015, interview by Greg Dalton
• KQED/NPR, "Forum: Study: Bay Area Traffic Second-Worst in Nation", June 5, 2015, by Michael Krazny (live)
• Sveriges Radio, "Big data kan fErutse bilkEer", by Peter Johansson, June 4, 2014
• France Inter, "Des octets dans ma ville," March 8, 2105, by Helene Chevallier
• KALW, “Big Picture Science - Shutting Down Science,” Oct. 30, 2013, by Gary Niederhoff
• Radio Caraibes, “Le Grand Angle (Le Journal de 13 Heures),” Sep. 10, 2013, by Beatrice Vandevoorde (interview given by PhD student Tim Hunter)
• KQED/NPR, “The California Report/Magazine,” Sep. 2, 2013, by Dan Brekke
• KQED/NPR, “Lessons from the Bay Bridge”, Aug. 30, 2013, by Dan Brekke
• BBC World Service, "Route 66 of the future: signal failure", May 18, 2013, by Garett Mitchel
• KCBS/CBS, Live interview, Dec. 20, 2012, by Anchor Melissa Culross
• KQED/NPR, "The California Report," Dec. 12, 2012, by Peter Jon Shuler
• KQED/NPR, "Do High-Tech Traffic Tools Work? Caltrans Hopes They'll Ease I-80 Traffic Mess," Oct. 22, 2012, by Lauren Sommer
• SCPR and KPCC, "California water system monitored by UC Berkeley tweeting robots," May. 17, 2012 by Scott Sterling
• Nature-podcast,"Phoning in Data," April 23, 2009, by Roberta Kwok
• KQED/NPR, "Dialing in on Traffic," Dec. 15, 2008, by David Gorn
• National Public Radio,"Who's Calling? It's Your Traffic Report," Jan. 26, 2009, by David Gorn
• KQED/NPR,"Reporter's Notes: Dialing in on Traffic," Dec. 12, 2008, by David Gorn
• National Public Radio,"Cell Phones: a new commuter tool?," Feb. 11, 2008
• KCBS,"Researchers road test GPS technology for traffic info," Feb. 8, 2008

Newspapers or magazine interviews or articles (selected)

• LA Magazine, "Waze Hijacked L.A. in the Name of Convenience. Can Anyone Put the Genie Back in the Bottle?," by Jonathan Littman, Aug.20, 2019
• The New York Times "Older People Need Rides. Why Aren't They Using Uber and Lyft?," Aug.16, 2019, by Paula Span
• TechNode, "AI driver monitoring is pushing forward semi-autonomous vehicle adoption," June 5, 2019, by Bailey Hu
• Berkeley Engineering, "Going with the Flow," May 1, 2019, by Ann Guy
• San Gabriel Valley Tribune, "Cameras installed at 5 intersections in Monrovia, here's what they'll do", by Tyler Shaun Evains, Mar. 20, 2019
• The Wall Street Journal "AI Mindset Is Seepng Into Venture-Capital Deals Across the Board," by Tomio Geron, Jan. 7, 2019
• Forbes, “New Index Shows Urban Growth Is Inextricably Tied To Future Mobility Innovation,” by Guillaume Thibault and Matthieu De Clercq, Jan. 22, 2019
• Businesswire, “Volocopter CEO and UC Berkeley Professor to Discuss Their Visions of How Mobility Will Change Over Next Decade,” Jan. 22, 2019
• Forbes - Russia, “Транспортные пробки могут исчезнуть благодаря беспилотникам”, by Алексей Алексенко , Nov. 23, 2018
• Science, “Watch just a few self-driving cars stop traffic jams,” Nov. 16, 2018, by Matthew Hutson
• Indiana Times, “In The Future Autonomous Cars May Also Be Used For Traffic Management On Roads,” Nov. 12, by Sarthak Dogra
• Nice Matin, “Peut-on eviter que les applis de circulation ne generent de nouveaux bouchons?” Aug. 28, 2018, by Aure Malval
• San Fransisco Chronicle "Apps blamed for turning a tiny street in Glen Park into a traffic nightmare", May 22, 2018 by Amy Graff
• US News "Why Some Cities Have Had Enough of Waze", May 7, 2018, by Tala Salem
• CityLab "What Happens When a City Bans Non-Resident Drivers?" Apr. 18, 2018, by John Surico
• The Atlantic and CityLab, "The Perfect Selfishness of Mapping Apps", Mar. 16, 2018, by Alexis Madrigal
• USA Today, "New technologies help seniors age in place - and not feel alone", Mar. 11, 2018, by Gaby Redford
• SF Chronicle, "Dark Caltrans signs on I-80 really do work", Feb. 11, 2018, by Michael Cabanatuan
• Wired Magazine, "To Make AI Smarter, Humans Perform Oddball Low-Paid Tasks", Feb. 9, 2018, by Tom Simonite
• Pasadena News Now, "Council Approves Historic Project List Request to Metro, Would Dramatically Change City's Transportation Landscape",; by Eddie Rivera, Jan. 30, 2018
• New York Magazine, "For the Good of Society - and Traffic! - Delete Your Mapp App", Dec. 11, 2017, by Rick Paulas
• Berkeley Engineering, "Case studies in forward thinking", by Daniel McGlynn, Nov. 1, 2017
• Cal Alumni Association Magazine "A New Age of Aging: How Tech Can Ease the Trials of Getting Old", Aug. 15, 2017, by Frank Browning
• The Daily Californian "UC Berkeley experts, San Francisco petition for 'smart city' funding from Department of Transportation", June 13, 2016, by Jessie Qian
• The Guardian "Still no flying cars? The future of transit promises something even better", Nov. 4, 2015, by Alison Moodie
• Le Monde, “Dans la Silicon Valley, des “Frenchies” heureux”, Feb. 12, 2014, by Corine Lesnes
• MIT Technology , "How Wireless Carriers Are Monetizing Your Movements," April 12, 2013, by Jessica Leber
• L'Etudiant, "La reconnaissance francaise in the valley", April 8, 2013
• San Jose Mercury News, "Key source of Bay Area trac headaches revealed by top researchers", Jan. 8, 2013
• Contra Costa Times, "Key source of Bay Area trac headaches revealed by top researchers", Jan. 8, 2013
• LA Weekly, "L.A. Trac Relief Possible If We Targeted Specic Neighborhoods, Says GPS Data", Dec. 24, 2012
• Oregon Herald, "gridlock traced to just a few key commuters", Dec. 21, 2012
• Wiener Zeitung, "Verkehrsstaus speisen sich aus uberraschend wenigen Quellen", Dec. 21, 2012
• New Scientist, "Beating the trac before it even exists", Nov. 11, 2012
• Wired, "Study: Connecting With Others Soothes the Savage Commuter,", Dec. 14, by Doug Newcomb
• The New York Times,"Crowdsourcing Your Commute", Dec. 10, 2012, by Christopher Schuetze
• The Economist, "Open-air computers Cities are turning into vast data factories," Oct. 27, 2012, by Patrick Lane
• BurmaNews, "Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow," May. 17, 2012
• Computer World, "UC Berkeley tests floating robot sensors to track environmental concerns," May. 9, 2012 by Kerry Davis
• The Daily Californian, "UC Berkeley robot fleet takes over California waterways to gather data," May. 20, 2012 by Kelly Fang
• PC World, "UC Berkeley Tests Floating Robot Sensors to Track Water Flow, Environmental Concerns," May. 9, 2012 by Kerry Davis
• PC World Mikro, "Univerzitet Kalifornije testira plutajuce robotizovane senzore," May. 10, 2012 by Lorens Livermor
• San Jose Mercury News, "Fleet of foot-long robots analyze Sacramento River," May. 10, 2012 by The Associated Press
• San Francisco Chronicle," Robots measure flow of Sacramento River" May. 9, 2012 by David Perlman
• Le Monde, Facebook, "GPS, smartphone : comment concilier collecte de données et vie privée," by Laure Belot, May 11,2012
• Le Monde, "Mon smartphone est trop bavard," by Laure Belot, May 11, 2012
• The Economic Times, "IBM commuter app predicts traffic jams before they happen," May 3, 2011
• Wired, "IBM App Predicts How Your Commute Will Go," April 13, 2011, by Chuck Squatriglia
• TIME, "IBM Wants to Improve Your Commute With Traffic Prediction," April 13, 2011, by Jared Newman
• New Scientist, "Beating the traffic before it even exists," May 2, 2011, by Phil McKenna
• The Wall Street Journal, "The Inconvenient Truth About Traffic Math: Progress Is Slow," Aug. 28, 2010, by Carl Bialik
• California Alumni Magazine, "The Connected Commute," May/June 2009, by David Downs
• The New York Times,"Smarter GPS to Let Cellphones Point the Way," May 3, 2009, by Roy Furchgott
• Nature,"Phoning in Data," April 23, 2009, by Roberta Kwok
• Die Welt,"Das Handy wird zum Navi der Zukunft," March 18, 2009
• The Sacramento Bee,"Test program guides travelers by cell phone," Nov. 25, 2008, by Tony Bizjak
• New Scientist,"Cellphone clusters give traffic jams away," Nov. 22, 2008
• The New York Times,"Volunteers Sought for Real-Time Traffic Project," Nov. 18, 2008 by Roy Furchgott
• The Earth Times,"Groundbreaking Debut of Traffic Probe Data at ITS World Congress," Nov. 17, 2008
• Contra Costa Times,"Traffic study goes high tech," Nov. 13, 2008 by Erik Nelson
• San Jose Mercury News,"UC Berkeley software turns cell phones into traffic trackers," Nov. 13, 2008, by Dennis Cuff
• The Daily Californian,"Researchers' New GPS Software Could Get Drivers Out of a Jam," Nov. 10, 2008
• San Francisco Chronicle,"Cell phones part of traffic monitoring network," Nov. 10, 2008
• Forbes,"Nokia Research Center Pults Mobile Millennium in Gear to Help Reduce Traffic Congestion," Nov. 10, 2008
• San Francisco Chronicle,"GPS Cell phones hooked up to monitor traffic," Nov. 9, 2008
• San Francisco Chronicle,"Plan to avoid traffic jams using cell phones," Jun. 26, 2008
• The Oakland Tribune,"Feds to help world's largest traffic tech test," Jun. 25, 2008
• The Oakland Tribune,"Experiment uses phones to track I-880 traffic," Feb. 9, 2008
• San Jose Mercury News,"Researchers try tracking traffic using cell phone GPS," Feb. 9, 2008
• Los Angeles Times,"Using cell phones to beat traffic?," Feb. 9, 2008
• Tri Valley Herald,"New GPS phone system tested on Interstate 880," Feb. 9, 2008
• San Mateo County Times,"GPS-based system would track traffic with phones," Feb. 9, 2008
• San Francisco Chronicle,"Cell phone test to monitor I-880 traffic flow," Feb. 5, 2008

Other media outlets (selected)

• Government Technology “Congestion Pricing: Is There a Perfect Technology Solution?” by Skip Descant, Apr. 17, 2019
• ICT Insights, Huawei “Motion Sensing: People, Vehicles, and Public Policy, by John North, Jan. 28, 2019
• The Coherent Chronicle, “Artificial Intelligence to Smoothen Traffic and Check Air Pollution,” by Saurabh Shah, Dec., 16, 2018
• DS De Standaard, “Hoe amper een zelfrijdende auto het fileprobleem al kan oplossen,” Nov. 22, 2018
• WNP Portal Gospodarczy, “Autonomiczne samochody sposobem na drogowe korki,” by Jakup Prokop, Nov. 20, 2018
• Green Car Congress, “Berkeley Lab researchers launch projects to apply AI to optimize traffic and reduce pollution,” Oct. 29, 2018
• System Bits, “Data privacy; robot traffic managers; helper drone fleets,” Nov. 6, 2018, by Steffora Mutschler
• Thompson Reuters ZAWYA, “DEWA in strategic partnership with Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab,” Sep. 12, 2018
• Trade Arabia, “Dewa partners with US school for AI development,” Sep. 12, 2018
• DEWA, Government of Dubai, “DEWA 1st public utility in the world in strategic partnership with Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR) Lab,” Sep. 12, 2018
• DEWA, Government of Dubai, “DEWA organises 3-day AI Leadership Programme in cooperation with the University of California, Berkeley,” Sep. 11, 2018
• O’Reilly - on our radar, “Notes from the first Ray meetup; Ray is beginning to be used to power large-scale, real-time AI applications,” by Ben Lorica August 15, 2018
• https://www.independentrecorder.com/(link is external), "The Listing of cities Which are Sick-of traffic-app Waze is growing", May 9, 2018, by Alexander John
• Signatures Innovation Fellows - Berkeley Research, "Computer Vision to Protect Patients - and Budgets", by Wallace Ravven, Feb. 6, 2018
• TechWire, "Caltrans-Led Program Could Use Software to Ease Traffic Woes", by Ayla Nick-Kearney, Apr. 13, 2017
• TechWire, "Why Data Flow Could Improve California's Traffic Flow", by Ayla Nick-Kearney, Apr. 6, 2017
• The Atlantic Citylab, "Imagining a Traffic-Free Future By Sending Driverless Cars Underground", by Linda Poon, Dec. 9, 2016
• SmartMeters, “Driverless Cars the New Must-Have Appliance,” By Kathleen Tracy, Jan. 22, 2014
• Our Ocean, “Floating robots “go with the flow” to monitor water quality,” by Christina Johnson, Sep. 12, 2013
• Our Ocean, “$1.2 million awarded to 10 new Delta Science Fellows,” by Christina Johnson, Sep. 12, 2013
• Phys.org, "New algorithm nds best routes for one-way car sharing," by Jennifer Chu, June 24, 2013
• MIT News, "New algorithm nds best routes for one-way car sharing," by Jennifer Chu, June 24, 2013
• L'Usine Digitale, "Les objets connectes sont l'industrie de demain," by Wassinia Zirar, May 20, 2013
• Mathworks Newsletter, "Motivating First-Year UC Berkeley Students to Learn Programming with a Virtual Robot Tournament," by Timmy Siauw, May 18, 2013
• R&D Magazine, "Project aims to manage trac in California using data," by Gordy Slack, March 18, 2013
• CITRIS newsletter, "Connected Corridors," by Gordy Slack, March 4, 2013
• ArsTechnica, "Cell phone tracking system reveals how trac jams start,", by Jon Brodkin, Feb. 17, 2013
• CarInsuranceQuotes.com, "UC Berkeley professor: Trac tie-ups are tied to your neighborhood,", by Allie Johnson, Feb. 4, 2013
• Business Insider, "It Only Takes A Few People To Make A Trac Jam", Dec. 22, 2012
• Yahoo, "Gridlock Traced to Just a Few Key Commuters", Dec. 21, 2012
• Bight Surf, "Cellphone, GPS data suggest new strategy for alleviating trac tie-ups", Dec. 21, 2012
• MNews Track India, "Cellphone data may help pinpoint source of trac congestion", Dec. 21, 2012
• Rocket News, "Gridlock Traced to Just a Few Key Commuters", Dec. 21, 2012
• Real Clear Science, "An Easy Way to Reduce Trac Congestion?", Dec. 21, 2012
• MNN, "Gridlock traced to just a few key commuters", Dec. 21, 2012
• Science Business, "Cell Phone, GPS Data Identify Urban Trac Jam Sources", Dec.21, 2012
• Kepea, "Gridlock traced to just a few key commuters", Dec. 21, 2012
• World News, "Gridlock Traced to Just a Few Key Commuters", Dec. 21, 2012
• Phys ORG, "Cellphone, GPS data suggest new strategy for alleviating trac tie-ups", Dec. 20, 2012
• Science Daily, "Trac Congestion Can Be Alleviated Throughout a Metropolitan Area by Altering Trips in Specic Neighborhoods, Model Shows", Dec. 20, 2012
• Technews Daily, "Gridlock Traced to Just a Few Key Commuters", Dec. 20, 2012
• MSNBC [website], "Gridlock Traced to Just a Few Key Commuters", Dec. 20, 2012
• LiveScience, "Gridlock Traced to Just a Few Key Commuters", Dec. 20, 2012
• TMCNet, "Study prompts rethink of trac tie-ups", Dec. 20, 2012
• Cellular-News, "Cellphone, GPS Data Suggest New Strategy for Alleviating Trac Tie-ups", Dec. 20, 2012
• EurekAlert, "Cellphone, GPS data suggest new strategy for alleviating trac tie-ups", Dec. 20, 2012
• UPI, "Study prompts rethink of trac tie-ups", Dec. 20, 2012
• The Atlantic Cities, "More Cars on the Road Make You Late, But Some Cars Make You Much Later Than Others", Dec. 20, 2012
• NBC News [website], "Stuck in trac? Get the right 1 percent of drivers to stay home, says study", Dec. 20, 2012
• Red Orbit, "Mobile Phone Data Used To Pinpoint Source Of Trac Congestion", Dec. 20, 2012
• LiveScience, "Gridlock Traced to Just a Few Key Commuters", Dec. 20, 2012
• Science Blog, "Cellphone, GPS data suggest new strategy for alleviating trac tie-ups", Dec. 20, 2012
• Science CodEX, "Cellphone, GPS data suggest new strategy for alleviating trac tie-ups", Dec. 20, 2012
• The Atlantic Cities, "More Cars on the Road Make You Late, But Some Cars Make You Much Later Than Others", Dec. 20, 2012
• R&D News, "Cell phone data helps pinpoint source of trac tie-ups", Dec. 20, 2012
• e! Science News, "Cellphone, GPS data suggest new strategy for alleviating trac tie-ups", Dec, 20, 2012
• Science@ORF.at(link sends e-mail), "Wer verursacht Verkehrsstaus?", Dec. 20, 2012
• Nature.com, "Understanding Road Usage Patterns in Urban Areas", Dec. 20, 2012
• Krone.at, "Verkehrsstaus speisen sich aus wenigen Quellen", Dec. 20, 2012
• Climatewire, "Trac in the U.S. eases as fewer Americans decide to drive", July 5, 2012
• TheTransWire.com, "Study looks at value of crowd-sourced trac and transit information,", Dec. 11, 2012, by Susan
• New Cities Foundation News, "New Cities Foundation Unveils Results of Landmark Study on Commuting and Social Networks," Dec. 10, 2012, by Lucie-Anne Radimsky
• The Atlantic Cities, "Solo Drivers Say They Benet From App Communities," Dec. 10, 2012 by Emily Badger
• MIT Media News, "Speeding Algorithms by Shrinking Data," Nov. 13, 2012, by Kimberly Allen
• Science News, "Smart-Phone Robots Tweet Flow Dynamics Data in Real Time," July 25, 2012, by Laura Walker
• Adafruit, "Floating Robots Use GPS-Enabled Smartphones to Transmit Data and Location," May. 10, 2012 by Tyler Cooper
• Adafruit, "UC Berkeley's Floating Sensor Network," May. 17, 2012 by Tyler Cooper
• Berkeley News Center, "Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow," May. 9, 2012 by Sarah Yang
• CIO, "UC Berkeley tests floating robot sensors to track water flow, environmental concerns," May. 10, 2012 by Kerry Davies
• Computer World, "UC Berkeley tests floating robot sensors to track environmental concerns," May. 9, 2012 by Kerry Davis
• Corriere della Serra, "California, 100 robotmisurano inquinamento fiumi," May. 16, 2012
• Discovery News, "GPS Robot Swarm Swims California Rivers," May. 13, 2012 by Jesse Emspak
• Futurity, "Smartphones in tow, robots take a swim," May. 14, 2012 by Sarah Yang
• Hack a day, "Floating sensor networks," May. 15, 2012 by Caleb Kraft
• IDG, "UC Berkeley tests floating robot sensors to track water flow, environmental concerns," May. 10, 2012 by Kerry Davis
• inovacao tecnologica, "Robos utuantes vao monitorar rios usando celular," May. 16, 2012 by Mais Temas
• MeteoWeb, "Floating Sensor Network: cento robot per misurare l'inquinamento dei fiumi californiani," May. 15, 2012 by Renato Sansone
• NERSC, "Floating Robots Track Water Flow, Stream Data via Smartphones," May. 9, 2012 by Jon Bashor
• Our amazing Planet, "GPS Robot Swarm Swims California Rivers," May. 14, 2012 by Discovery News
• Phy.org, "Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow," May. 10, 2012 by Sarah Yang
• Product Design and Development, "Photos of the Day: Floating Robots Track Water Flow With Smartphones," May. 14, 2012
• R&D Magazine, "Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow," May. 10, 2012 by University of California, Berkeley
• redOrbit, Smartphones, "Floating Robots Used To Track Water Flow," May. 14, 2012
• rinnovabili, "Inquinamento delle acque: parte il `Floating Sensor Network'," May. 15, 2012 by Rinnovabili.it
• Robots.net, Berkley Sends 100 Robots Down River," May. 16, 2012 by Steve
• San Jose Mercury News, "Fleet of foot-long robots analyze Sacramento River," May. 10, 2012 by The Associated Press
• Science Blog, "Floating robots use gps-enabled smartphones to monitor water," May. 14, 2012
• Sierra Club, "Follow Water Quality Robots on Twitter," May. 22, 2012 by Benita Hussain Smart Planet,\ Floating, smartphone-equipped robots track water flow," May. 10, 2012 by Charlie Osborne
• SpaceDaily, "Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow," May. 16, 2012 by Sarah Yang
• Tendancias21, "Robots flotantes con smartphones y GPS incorporados analizan los rios" May. 16, 2012 by Carlos Gomez Abajo
• thanhnien online, "Binh doan ro bt boi dc song ti California," May. 14, 2012 by Ho Nhien
• The Verge, "Smartphone-equipped floating robots transmit water data in real-time," May. 10, 2012 by Andrew Webster
• TPM, "UC Berkeley Launches Swarm of 100 Floating Robots," May. 18, 2012 by Paul Werdel
• Trehugger, "Tweeting Robots Monitor Water Quality in California Rivers," May. 14, 2012 by Alex Davies
• twittermania," Twitterende robot meet waterkwaliteit," May. 19, 2012 by Herman Couwenbergh
• Ubergizmo, "Smartphones used on floating robots to track water flow," May. 10, 2012 by Gene Ryan Briones
• vivanews, "Robot Ini Jago Berenang dan Twitter-an," May. 15, 2012 by Karlina Octaviany, Amal Nur Ngazis
• Central Valley Business Times," Avoiding traffic jams before they happen," April 13, 2011
• Thinq, "IBM working on traffic prediction phone app," April 13, 2011
• Tech Eye, "IBM wants to Kick Out The Jams with predictive software," April 13, 2011
• Smart Planet, "IBM, Berkeley partner on real-time traffic modeling for Bay Area," April 13, 2011, by Andrew Nusca
• TMCnet, "IBM Partners with Caltrans and UC Berkeley to Avoid Traffic Jams," April 14, 2011, by Raju Shanbhag
• XINHUANEWS, "IBM plans transportation system to predict traffic jam," April 14, 2011, by Mu Xuequan
• Government Technology,"California Aims to Improve Predictions for Traffic Jams," April 14, 2011, by News Staff
• AFP, "IBM driver tool predicts traffic jams," April 12, 2011, by Glenn Chapman
• eWeek Europe, "IBM Commuter App Could Unravel Travel Tangles," April 14, 2011, by Eric Doyle
• Treehugger, "IBM Smart Phone App Predicts Traffic So You Avoid Jams," April 14, 2011, by Jaymi Heimbuch
• Hot Hardware, "IBM Works To Make Traffic Smarter And Smoother," April 14, 2011, by Ray Willington
• San Francisco Business Times, "IBM fighting Bay Area traffic jams," April 13, 2011, by San Francisco Business Times
• Gizmodo, "IBM's Smarter Traveler Predicts Your Commute Automatically," April 14, 2011, by Kyle Wagner
• Silicon Valley Business Journal, "IBM, Caltrans help drivers skirt jams," April 13, 2011, by Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal
• Government Computer News, "Analytics tool predicts the traffic for Bay Area drivers," April 13, 2011, by Kathleen Hickey
• Reuters,"CITRIS: An Incubator of Green Tech Innovation," May 6, 2009
• Venture Beat,"UC Berkeley's CITRIS lab: a haven for startups trying to solve big problems", May 6, 2009, by Dean Takahashi
• Nokia Open Innovation Newsletter,"Open Threads," April 2009
• IEEE,"Intelligent Transportation Systems, Cell Phone Enhancements Improve Mass Transit," Feb. 23, 2009
• IEEE Spectrum,"Cell Phones for Science," February 2009, by Prachi Patel-Predd
• The Industry Standard,"Researchers use your cellphone to provide real-time traffic information," Jan. 27, 2009, by Sindya Bhanoo
• The Journal,"Comment: Information must be protected," Dec. 18, 2008, by Maitland Hyslop
• Excelsior,"Ring, trafico al habla," Dec. 10, 2008, by Carlos Fernandez de Lara
• CITRIS Report,"Taming Traffic with Your Phone: The Mobile Millennium Project", Dec. 08, 2008, by Gordy Slack
• NewsBITS,"Berkeley Researchers' High Profile at the 15th annual ITS World Congress in NYC," Winter 2008, by Ann Brody-Guy
• Cal Neighbors,"Bay Area drivers can use cell phones to avoid traffic snarls," Fall 2008
• CEE @ Berkeley Connections,"Mobile Millennium Poised to Expand Bay Area's Reputation as High-tech leader," Fall 2008,
• ARS Technica,"Nokia collaboration may keep you out of traffic jams," Nov. 23, 2008, by David Chartier
• Venture Beat,"Nokia researchers show off the mobile experiences of the future," Nov. 20, 2008, by Dean Takahashi
• US News \& World Report,"Volunteer to Have Your Driving Habits Tracked, Help Reduce Traffic," Nov. 19, 2008
• Daily News Online,"NAVTEQ dials into new traffic monitoring data," Nov. 18, 2008
• Wi-Fi Cell Phones,"Mobile Millennium- GPS Traffic Mapping," Nov. 18, 2008
• This Week in Consumer Electronics -TWICE,"Navteq/Nokia Offer Advanced Traffic Updates," Nov. 17, 2008, by Amy Gilroy
• GNT,"Mobile Millennium: Nokia teste l'info trafic par mobile GPS," Nov. 14, 2008, by C. Bruno
• SDA Asia,"Nokia Research Center puts Mobile Millennium to Curb Traffic Congestion," Nov. 13, 2008
• ZD Net,"Nokia working to reduce traffic congestion," Nov. 12, 2008, by Matthew Miller
• Newsfactor.com,"New Software Turns Cell Phones into Traffic Trackers," Nov. 12, 2008
• MSNBC, "GPS'li telefonar trafik bilgisi olusturacak," Nov. 12, 2008
• Mobinaute,"Nokia utilisera ses mobiles GPS pour eviter les embouteillages," Nov. 12, 2008
• The Independent,"Flu outbreaks and traffic jams," Nov. 12, 2008
• Electricpig,"Nokia launches next-gen traffic studies," Nov. 12, 2008
• American Public Media,"Software empowers cell phones to fight traffic congestion," Nov. 11, 2008
• TMCnet,"Nokia Intro Mobile Millennium to Help Reduce Roadway Traffic Congestion," Nov. 11, 2008
• MIT Technology Review,"Tracking Traffic with Cell Phones: A new project collects traffic data from GPS-enabled cell phones," Nov. 11, 2008
• IT Pro,"Nokia studies traffic with GPS-enabled mobiles," Nov. 11, 2008
• Computer Zeitung,"Pilotprojekt erprobt GPS-basierte Verkehrshcarichten in Echtzeit," Nov. 11, 2008
• GPS Business News,"Nokia, NAVTEQ in large scale trial for traffic information generated by GPS-phones," Nov. 11, 2008
• PressDemocrat.com,"Cell phones can help traffic flow," Nov. 10, 2008
• impre.com,"A olvidarse del caos vial," Nov. 10, 2008
• VOIP IP Technology,"Mobile Millennium Project, GPS and Mobile Phones To Ease Your Commute," Nov. 10, 2008
• BlogoWogo,"Free Traffic Info with Nokia's Mobile Millennium," Nov. 10, 2008
• L'Atelier,"Les mobiles GPS recreent le trafic routier de San Francisco," Nov. 10, 2008
• Cellular-News,"Using Mobile Phones to Monitor Road Traffic Congestion," Nov. 10, 2008
• Computer World,"Project turns GPS phones into traffic reporters," Nov. 10, 2008
• Inside-handy.de,"Neue Software nutzt Handys mit GPS als Stau-Sensoren," Nov. 10, 2008
• Media Post,"Mobile Program Sends Real-Time Traffic Info," Nov. 10, 2008
• New Mobile Tech,"Mobile Millennium Gives You Traffic Reports, For Free," Nov. 10, 2008
• Pocket-lint,"Nokia Announces Mobile Millennium Project," Nov. 10, 2008
• SFist,"UC Berkeley releases cell phone program to help ease traffic," Nov. 10, 2008
• Slash Gear,"Nokia Mobile Millennium GPS traffic monitoring project seeks volunteers," Nov. 10, 2008
• Symbian Freak,"Large scale public pilot to gather and analyse traffic information using GPS-enabled mobile devices," Nov. 10, 2008
• Symbian-guru.com,"Nokia launches public trial of Mobile Millennium," Nov. 10, 2008
• TechRadar.com," Nokia's Mobile Millennium gives free traffic info," Nov. 10, 2008
• Telecom Paper,"Open-source-concurrentie in VS voor TomTom HD Traffic," Nov. 10, 2008
• PC Magazine,"Cell Phones Linked to Track Real-Time Traffic," Nov. 10, 2008
• Mobile Messaging 2.0,"Nokia Launches Mobile Millennium for Traffic Updates," Nov. 10, 2008
• mocoNews.net,"Nokia's Big Traffic Plans," Nov. 10, 2008
• Gizmodo,"Mobile Millennium Project is a Poor Man's Traffic Relaying GPS," Nov. 8, 2008
• Dr. Dobb's Portal,"Turning Mobile Phones into Traffic Cops," Nov. 7, 2008
• Engadget,"Mobile Millennium Project promises to track traffic with cellphones," Nov. 7, 2008
• PC World,"Camera Phones and GPS Are for SMBs Too, Says Startup," Nov. 7, 2008
• RoadFlares.org,"Mobile Millennium," Nov. 7, 2008
• Slashdot,"Project Turns GPS Phones into Traffic Reporters," Nov. 7, 2008
• TransID,"The Mobile Millennium project: GPS et informations trafic!," Nov. 7, 2008
• Zimbio,"Mobile Millennium project promises to track traffic with cellphones," Nov. 7, 2008
• GPS World,"NorCal GPS Cell Phone Traffic Probe Project Gets Underway," Nov. 7, 2008
• CITRIS News,"UC Berkeley and Nokia turn mobile phones into traffic probes with launch of pilot traffic-monitoring software," Nov. 6, 2008
• PhysOrg.com,"UC Berkeley, Nokia turn mobile phones into traffic probes," Nov. 6, 2008
• UC Berkeley Newsroom,"UC Berkeley and Nokia turn mobile phones into traffic probes with launch of pilot traffic-monitoring software," Nov. 6, 2008
• CITRIS News,"Intelligent Infrastructure: Public Service, Safety, and Security: Floating and Cellular Sensors," Jun. 2008
• MIT Technology Review,"New GPS Software," May 16, 2008
• PR Web,"Mobile Sensing- Lagrangian Sensor project receives Clean Tech Innovation prize," Apr. 22, 2008
• GPS Daily,"Nokia and UC Berkeley capture real-time traffic information," Feb. 12, 2008
• TechGadgets.in,"N95 phone gives real-time traffic info, thanks to Nokia and UC researchers," Feb. 12, 2008
• Dr. Dobb's Portal,"Cars and cell phones: maybe they're not so bad after all," Feb. 11, 2008
• Largest Companies,"Nokia \& UC Berkeley capture real-time traffic info using GPS-enabled cell phones," Feb. 11, 2008
• Dvice,"Nokia phone will steer you around traffic better than your fancy GPS system," Feb. 11, 2008
• CITRIS,"Joint research project to capture traffic data," Feb. 11, 2008
• PhysOrg,"New research project captures traffic data using GPS-enable cell phones," Feb. 10, 2008
• Machines Like Us,"Capturing traffic data using GPS-enabled cell phones," Feb. 10, 2008
• TechShout.com,"Nokia and UC Berkeley experts build technology to offer real time traffic information," Feb. 9, 2008
• eFluxMedia,"Nokia and UC Berkeley tests GPS phones as traffic sensors," Feb. 9, 2008
• Engadget,"Nokia trial turns N95s into traffic sensing tools," Feb. 9, 2008
• Gizmodo,"Nokia GPS phones to fight the traffic plague," Feb. 9, 2008
• Symbian Web Blog,"Interesting GPS experiment by Nokia and UC Berkeley," Feb. 9, 2008
• eNews 2.0,"Nokia tests a traffic-tracking service," Feb. 9, 2008
• Inside Bay Area,"Area study tracks cell phones on highways to monitor traffic," Feb. 9, 2008
• Inside Bay Area,"GPS phone system tested by students," Feb. 9, 2008
• TradingMarkets.com,"Researchers test real-time traffic," Feb. 9, 2008
• Nokia Phone Blog,"Nokia conducts real time traffic test," Feb. 9, 2008
• MobileTor.com,"Nokia, UC researchers capture real-time traffic info using N95 handset," Feb. 9, 2008
• HardOCP,"The Next Traffic Sensor is Your Phone," Feb. 9, 2008
• CanadaNOW,"GPS Phones Used to Monitor Traffic," Feb. 9, 2008
• Reuters,"Nokia and UC Berkeley capture real-time traffic information using GPS enabled mobile devices," Feb. 8, 2008
• The Tech Generation Daily,"Nokia tracks traffic info with gang of GPS feeds," Feb. 8, 2008
• My Digital Life,"Trend of having GPS enabled cell phones for traffic monitoring," Feb. 8, 2008
• IntoMobile,"Mobile Century uses Nokia N95 as mobile GPS sensor," Feb. 8, 2008
• Inside Bay Area,"Profs test tracking GPS phone to gauge traffic," Feb. 8, 2008
• Wireless and Mobile News,"UCB \& Nokia Test GPS for Traffic Flow and Monitoring," Feb. 8, 2008
• MobilEdia,"Nokia and UC Berkeley Monitors Highway Traffic," Feb. 8, 2008
• MobiFrance,"Interview avec Alexandre Bayen, chercheur et Professeur Francais at l'universite de Berkeley en Californie," Feb. 4, 2008
• Slashdot,"Cellphones to Monitor Highway Traffic," Feb. 3, 2008
• ZD Net,"Cell phones to monitor highway traffic," Feb. 1, 2008