CITRIS Research Exchange schedule for Spring 2008

All CITRIS Research Exchange talks take place at noon on Wednesdays in 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building on the UC Berkeley campus, except where noted. As always, these talks are free, open to the public. Please note that all talks and videos from the FALL 2007 semester are online. All CITRIS Talks can now be viewed on youtube.com/citris

JANUARY 30

Automating and Optimizing Demand Response (DR) in Commercial Buildings
Mary Ann Piette, Research Director, DR Research Center, LBNL

FEBRUARY 6

Preventing Diabetic Blindness with EyePACS, A Low-cost Store-and-Forward Telemedicine System

Jorge Cuadros, Assistant Clinical Professor of Optometry, UC Berkeley

FEBRUARY 13

Cyber-archaeology: Reconstruction & Communication of the Ancient World

Maurizio Forte, Professor, Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities, UC Merced

FEBRUARY 20

How (Much) to Trust Wikipedia

Luca de Alfaro, Associate Professor of Computer Engineering, UC Santa Cruz

FEBRUARY 27

Development of Cellulosic Biofuels

Chris Somerville, Director of the EBI, UC Berkeley

MARCH 5

Computing to Support Sustainable Economic Development

Tapan Parikh, Assistant Professor, School of Information, UC Berkeley

MARCH 12

Privacy and Security Implications of RFID

Jennifer King, Clinical Research Assistant, Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic, UC Berkeley

MARCH 19

Site-Specific Water and Fertilizer Application by a Wireless Valve Controller Network

Michael Delwiche, Chair, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis

MARCH 26

No seminar

APRIL 2

National Public Lightpath: Policy and Technology Platform for Meeting the Connectivity Challenge in the U.S.

Joaquin Alvarado, Director, Institute for Next Generation Internet, SFSU

APRIL 9

Regulatory Response to Telecom-Video-Data Convergence

Yale Braunstein, Professor in the School of Information, UC Berkeley

APRIL 16

Integrating Motion into Infrastructure using Cell Phones

Alexandre Bayen, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley

APRIL 23

Research and Innovation on Information Technology: The Role of a Regional University Research Center
Luis Orozco-Barbosa, Professor, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

APRIL 30

Architectural Design & Fabrication with Digital Technology

Lisa Iwamoto, Assistant Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley

*3110 Etcheverry Hall

MAY 7

Using IT To Build Healthier Communities

Deryk Van Brunt, Professor of Public Health, UC Berkeley