BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CITRIS and the Banatao Institute - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:CITRIS and the Banatao Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://citris-uc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for CITRIS and the Banatao Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130225T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4501-1361779200-1361811600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Improving the World with Wonderbags\, Feb 25 DESCRIPTION:Please join us at CITRIS for a presentation from Sarah Collins\, “Improving the World with Wonderbags” \n Designed by Durban\, South Africa-based entrepreneur Sarah Collins of Natural Balance and poverty activist Moshy Mathe\, the Wonderbag is aimed at societies where fuel is expensive or time-consuming to gather. The Wonderbag is a non-electric\, heat-retention cooker that allows food that has been brought to a boil on a stove or fire\, to continue cooking for hours after it has been removed from the direct fuel source. \n People in developing countries have diminished access to affordable\, clean sources of cooking fuel and/or cooking systems\, which leads to energy poverty for families\, and a drain on a country’s natural resources (firewood and charcoal are leading causes of deforestation in many countries)\, and alarming health risks from burns and toxic fumes. Compounding the problem is the fact that many diets in these countries consist of foods that require long cooking times – dried beans\, cassava\, root vegetables\, tough pieces of meat etc. The longer a meal is on the stove or fire\, the longer a person spends cooking\, breathing polluted air\, adding water to the pot\, and adding fuel to the fire. We’ve found in South Africa\, Rwanda and Nigeria that\, on average\, people in lower income levels can spend up to 1/2 of their day cooking\, and 1/3 of their income on cooking fuel alone. There’s got to be a better way. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/improving-the-world-with-wonderbags-feb-25/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130225T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4502-1361779200-1361811600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Building the New Economics of Sustainability\, Feb 25 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series – Special Guest (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/building-the-new-economics-of-sustainability-feb-25/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4498-1361520000-1361552400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Sustaining a Green Campus\, Feb 22 DESCRIPTION:In 2008\, Lisa McNeilly was appointed the UC Berkeley campus’s first director of sustainability. She has worked to create and manage a campus Office of Sustainability\, a key step toward achieving the campus’s long-term sustainability goals\, fostering a culture of sustainability at the organizational and individual levels\, and integrating sustainability into the classroom. \n In coordinating campus sustainability initiatives\, McNeilly supports the efforts of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS)\, the Cal Climate Action Partnership (CalCAP)\, the Berkeley Environmental Alumni Network (BEAN)\, the award-winning Berkeley Green Campus Program\, as well as the work of Environment\, Health\, and Safety\, the green-building and energy-conservation programs in Facilities Services\, the sustainability manager at the Office of the President\, and the many other campus units\, student organizations\, and public agencies working in this area. \n —————- \n All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 506 URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/sustaining-a-green-campus-feb-22/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4499-1361520000-1361552400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Sustaining a Green Campus\, Feb 22 DESCRIPTION:In 2008\, Lisa McNeilly was appointed the UC Berkeley campus’s first director of sustainability. She has worked to create and manage a campus Office of Sustainability\, a key step toward achieving the campus’s long-term sustainability goals\, fostering a culture of sustainability at the organizational and individual levels\, and integrating sustainability into the classroom. \n In coordinating campus sustainability initiatives\, McNeilly supports the efforts of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS)\, the Cal Climate Action Partnership (CalCAP)\, the Berkeley Environmental Alumni Network (BEAN)\, the award-winning Berkeley Green Campus Program\, as well as the work of Environment\, Health\, and Safety\, the green-building and energy-conservation programs in Facilities Services\, the sustainability manager at the Office of the President\, and the many other campus units\, student organizations\, and public agencies working in this area. \n —————- \n All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 506 URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/sustaining-a-green-campus-feb-22/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4500-1361520000-1361552400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Memristor: Past\, Present\, and Future\, Feb 22 DESCRIPTION:What is a memristor? Why did it take 37 years to make one? Why did HP’s memristor generate so much excitement? How does the memristor retain its memory even after the power is switched off? What is the difference between a non-volatile memristor and a locally-active memristor? How smart are they? \n This lecture reminisces the conceptual genesis of the memristor in 1971 along with an in-depth circuit-theoretic characterization and generalizations. \n In particular\, pinched hysteresis loops will be identified as the universal fingerprint of memristive systems\, thereby unifying a broad class of non-volatile memories based on resistance switchings\, such as RRAMs\, MRAMs\, phase-change memories\, etc.\, published over the past two decades\, as memristors. \n Future generalizations to memristor-based sysnapses and ion channels will also be delineated and proposed as the right stuff for building low-power\, laptop size and adaptive brain-like computers that could outperform existing supercomputers in many tasks\, e.g. face recognition and dynamic associative memory. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/memristor-past-present-and-future-feb-22/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130220T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4496-1361347200-1361379600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:The Digitalization of Healthcare: A Status Report for American Health Information Technology\, Feb 20 DESCRIPTION:Michael Minear\, Chief Information Officer at the UC Davis Medical Center\, is a national leader in health-care information technology. He has an extensive record of leading transformations of large\, complex organizations in the use of modern information technology. \n As a member of the executive leadership team of UC Davis Health System\, Minear directs about 460 staff employees and oversees an overall annual operating budget of $80 million\, plus a yearly capital budget exceeding $20 million. He is responsible for developing and executing a technology strategy that supports the health system’s four missions of clinical care\, research\, education\, and community engagement. \n Minear has worked in the health-care industry for over 34 years. He has held the positions of senior vice president and CIO at the University of Maryland Medical System; vice president and CIO at Park Nicollet Health Services in Minneapolis; CIO of the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic; and vice president at Medicus Systems. While at Medicus\, he co-designed and managed the development of the first commercial executive information system for health-care-providing organizations (DISCOVERY EIS). \n —————- \n Free and open to the public\, the Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly roundtable of presentations and discussions that highlight ways to frame and tackle societal-scale research issues. \n All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/the-digitalization-of-healthcare-a-status-report-for-american-health-information-technology-feb-20/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130220T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4497-1361347200-1361379600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:The Digitalization of Healthcare: A Status Report for American Health Information Technology\, Feb 20 DESCRIPTION:Michael Minear\, Chief Information Officer at the UC Davis Medical Center\, is a national leader in health-care information technology. He has an extensive record of leading transformations of large\, complex organizations in the use of modern information technology. \n As a member of the executive leadership team of UC Davis Health System\, Minear directs about 460 staff employees and oversees an overall annual operating budget of $80 million\, plus a yearly capital budget exceeding $20 million. He is responsible for developing and executing a technology strategy that supports the health system’s four missions of clinical care\, research\, education\, and community engagement. \n Minear has worked in the health-care industry for over 34 years. He has held the positions of senior vice president and CIO at the University of Maryland Medical System; vice president and CIO at Park Nicollet Health Services in Minneapolis; CIO of the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic; and vice president at Medicus Systems. While at Medicus\, he co-designed and managed the development of the first commercial executive information system for health-care-providing organizations (DISCOVERY EIS). \n —————- \n Free and open to the public\, the Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly roundtable of presentations and discussions that highlight ways to frame and tackle societal-scale research issues. \n All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/the-digitalization-of-healthcare-a-status-report-for-american-health-information-technology-feb-20-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130219T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130219T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4495-1361260800-1361293200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:CSGE Feb Social: User Experience\, Artificial Intelligence\, and Relevance (Aria Haghighi from Prismatic)\, Feb 19 DESCRIPTION:Title: User Experience\, Artificial Intelligence\, and Relevance \n Time: 7pm\, Tuesday\, Feb 19 \n Venue: Soda 510 (VCL Graphics Lab) \n Abstract \n Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are playing larger roles in products that we use everyday. In this talk\, we’ll look at key examples at how AI supports and improves user experience\, highlighting how quantitative methods impact qualitative experience. \n Bio \n Aria Haghighi is the co-founder and CTO of Prismatic\, the web and mobile news service growing fast thanks to rich relevance and beautiful design. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California\, Berkeley\, specializing in Statistical Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. During his graduate studies\, he published over 20 papers in top conferences\, was a Microsoft Research Fellow\, and won multiple awards for his research and teaching. He also holds a BS in Mathematics with distinction from Stanford University. \n Recently raised a $15M series-A\, Prismatic applies machine learning in real-time to content delivery. The startup is built by a small team of four computer scientists\, three of them PhDs from Berkeley and Stanford. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/csge-feb-social-user-experience-artificial-intelligence-and-relevance-aria-haghighi-from-prismatic-feb-19/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130216T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130216T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4494-1361001600-1361034000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Synthetic Biology: Engineering Living Cells with New Capabilities\, Feb 16 DESCRIPTION:Just as chemistry dominated the 19th century\, and physics the 20th century\, many predict that the 21st century will be “the century of biology.” Indeed\, the last few decades have brought dramatic increases in our understanding of the complex blueprints of living cells\, discoveries that were enabled by foundational technologies such as DNA sequencing and DNA synthesis. Building upon both these technologies and discoveries\, a new field called synthetic biology has emerged. Synthetic biology applies engineering principles to biology so that we can test our current understanding of cell design and build cells with new capabilities. Synthetic biologists believe that this new technology has the potential to transform such industries as medical therapeutics\, energy\, and manufacturing. \n Synthetic biology is a rapidly growing field; each year more and more young scientists are getting involved. Many participate in the International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition\, or iGEM\, an annual worldwide competition involving thousands of undergraduates. These students compete to build novel biological systems capable of performing useful tasks. \n For this talk\, iGEM team mentor John Dueber\, who is also a professor of synthetic biology at UC Berkeley\, will explain the science behind this emerging field. John will also highlight an example of how Jay Keasling’s laboratory used synthetic biology to create a low-cost drug to treat malaria. As John’s special guests\, student members of the UC Berkeley iGEM team will describe how they built\, tested\, and presented this year’s iGEM project\, eventually winning first prize in the iGEM Americas West Regional Jamboree in October 2012. \n This free public talk is presented as part of the monthly “Science@Cal Lecture Series”. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/synthetic-biology-engineering-living-cells-with-new-capabilities-feb-16/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130213T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4493-1360742400-1360774800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Measuring and Modeling User Interactions\, Growth Mechanisms\, and Cascades in Online Social Network based Applications\, Feb 13 DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: \n The growing popularity of Online Social Networks (OSNs) such as Facebook has led to extensive research on OSN friendship graphs. Arguably\, however\, the worth of an OSN resides in how much *activity* its users generate\, rather than simply how connected its users are. It is important to consider general trends in online user engagement\, the approaches taken to achieve this engagement\, and its effects on the structure of the associated activity graph. We discuss the benefits and shortfalls of our model and its \n applicability to OSN-based social gaming applications. We will discuss our on-going work on analyzing the adoption tree (or cascades) of OSN-based applications. \n BIOGRAPHY: \n Chen-Nee Chuah is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of California\, Davis. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California\, Berkeley. Her research interests are in the general area of computer networks and wireless/mobile computing\, with emphasis on Internet measurements\, network management\, anomaly detection\, and online social networks. \n ——– \n Free and open to the public\, the Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly roundtable of presentations and discussions that highlight ways to frame and tackle societal-scale research issues. \n All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/measuring-and-modeling-user-interactions-growth-mechanisms-and-cascades-in-online-social-network-based-applications-feb-13/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130211T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4492-1360569600-1360602000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Data\, Society\, and Inference Seminar\, Feb 11 DESCRIPTION:This cross-disciplinary seminar series will feature speakers tackling social science questions with big data and cutting-edge computation\, data analysis\, and inference techniques. Talks will alternate between Berkeley and Stanford\, and logistics will be arranged for people from both institutions to see every talk. A light lunch will be provided. If you would like to be added to the distribution list\, email: brian_reschke@haas.berkeley.edu. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/data-society-and-inference-seminar-feb-11/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130208T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4491-1360310400-1360342800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Submetering Solutions for the Smart Home and the Smart Grid\, Feb 8 DESCRIPTION:The global electric power infrastructure is undergoing a dramatic change from a load-following architecture to one that requires improved control and monitoring of the energy usage. Integration of inherently intermittent renewable resources requires improved ability to offset demand in order to leverage this intermittency. Demand Response (DR) initiative as well as other load shedding efforts are being implemented throughout the country to allow some control of the aggregate electric loads to reduce peak demand. Enhanced monitoring of the transmission and distribution grid\, as well as the electricity consumption at load level\, is desired to allow further control and deferral of non-essential loads during a DR event as well as to facilitate energy conservation. \n In my talk\, two distinct\, but related projects will be presented. The first project is about a stick-on wireless submetering system that is designed to measure and report electricity usage from circuit breaker panels in residential and commercial settings. The second project is related to the development of an energy harvesting enabled\, wireless sensor node for the condition monitoring of the Smart Grid. \n ————- \n All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 506 URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/submetering-solutions-for-the-smart-home-and-the-smart-grid-feb-8/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4490-1360224000-1360256400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Rap Genius and the Open-Sourcing of Hip Hop Knowledge\, Feb 7 DESCRIPTION:Rap Genius and the Open-Sourcing of Hip Hop Knowledge \n a presentation by RapGenius.com founder Mahbod Moghadam \n and a panel discussion about the online presence and future of hip hop \n featuring: Jeff Chang\, Rickey Vincent\, and MC Rico Pabón \n Thursday\, February 7th – 4-6pm \n Maude Fife Room \n 315 Wheeler Hall\, UC Berkeley \n The landscape in which fans listen to and enjoy hip hop is changing rapidly and dramatically through the use of new information technology projects critiquing and contextualizing hip hop for the masses. Perhaps the most popular and innovative of these sites is RapGenius.com\, a Wikipedia-style forum that offers user-generated explanations and interpretations of hip hop lyrics. With around 10 million unique visitors per month\, Rap Genius offers users the opportunity to listen to hip hop songs\, read explanations of lyrics posted by fans and artists\, and add their own interpretations of their favorite lyrics. \n On February 7th\, Rap Genius founder Mahbod Moghadam will offer a presentation on the history and philosophy of Rap Genius in addition to performing a demonstration of the site’s many use cases. Following the presentation\, Moghadam will field questions from a panel featuring hip hop scholars\, authors\, and community activists Jeff Chang and Rickey Vincent as well as Bay Area MC and community activist Rico Pabón. The question-and-answer session and panel discussion will address issues including\, but not limited to\, the fluid relationship between hip hop production and consumption\, the tension between locally-situated lyrics and their global interpretations\, and the dynamics of privilege and demographics inherent in any project related to information technology. The fundamental question guiding our panel will be: How can online forums such as Rap Genius (www.rapgenius.com)\, Who Sampled (www.whosampled.com)\, and Urban Dictionary (www.urbandictionary.com) and their open source wikification of hip hop’s local knowledges add value to urban intellect and artistry rather than serving to coopt and undermine insider knowledges for a voyeuristic global audience? \n The event is free and open to the public. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/rap-genius-and-the-open-sourcing-of-hip-hop-knowledge-feb-7/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4487-1360137600-1360170000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Autonomous navigation in complex environments with a micro-aerial vehicle\, Feb 6 DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will discuss approaches that enable a quadrotor to \n autonomously navigate and explore complex indoor and outdoor \n environments. Micro-aerial vehicles (MAVs)\, and in our case quadrotors\, \n offer exceptional 3D mobility over ground platforms\, making them \n particularly suitable for search-and-rescue missions in which the \n vehicle must be able to navigate through complex 3D environments. In \n such missions\, especially in response to emergency or disaster \n situations\, it may not be safe for a human to enter the environment and \n therefore the MAV must be able to operate fully autonomously without \n requiring any human operator commands or external infrastructure. This \n talk summarizes a sequence of projects that move towards the goal of \n fully autonomous MAVs and will consist of three parts: (1) algorithms \n and systems design that enable autonomous exploration of complex indoor \n 3D environments with a quadrotor equipped with a laser scanner\, an IMU\, \n and limited computation; (2) a state estimation approach that permits \n autonomous navigation in mixed indoor and outdoor environments using \n laser\, GPS and IMU; and (3) a vision-based state estimator that greatly \n expand the capable operational environments of our quadrotor platform. \n Extensive experimental evaluations are presented in each part of the \n talk. \n Bio: \n Shaojie Shen is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Electrical and \n Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. His research \n interests include autonomous navigation of ground and aerial robots in \n complex environments with focus on state estimation and mapping. His \n work on autonomous micro-aerial vehicle has been covered by major media \n outlets such as ABC\, The New Yorker\, and Discovery Channel. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/autonomous-navigation-in-complex-environments-with-a-micro-aerial-vehicle-feb-6/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4488-1360137600-1360170000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Is Anybody Out There?: The Search for ET with help from Eight Million Volunteers\, Feb 6 DESCRIPTION:Dr. Werthimer will discuss the possibility of life in the universe and the search for radio and optical signals from other civilizations. Berkeley’s SETI@home project analyzes data from the world’s largest radio telescope using desktop computers from volunteers in 226 countries. SETI@home participants have contributed millions of years of computer time and have formed one of Earth’s most powerful supercomputers. Users have the small but captivating possibility their computer will detect the first signal from a civilization beyond Earth. \n Werthimer will also discuss other citizen science projects\, including the upcoming ENERGY@home project. He will cover next generation radio telescope arrays that will require petaflops of computing\, as well as speculate on when Earthlings might discover other civilizations. \n ————– \n Free and open to the public\, the Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly roundtable of presentations and discussions that highlight ways to frame and tackle societal-scale research issues. \n All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/is-anybody-out-there-the-search-for-et-with-help-from-eight-million-volunteers-feb-6/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4489-1360137600-1360170000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Creating Ecomarkets for Sustainable Economic Systems in the Coastal Zone\, Feb 6 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/creating-ecomarkets-for-sustainable-economic-systems-in-the-coastal-zone-feb-6/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130204T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130204T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4485-1359964800-1359997200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Who Wins? China Wires Africa: The Cases of Angola and Nigeria\, Feb 4 DESCRIPTION:In recent years\, Chinese telecommunications companies\, with the assistance of Chinese financial institutions and \n diplomatic backing\, have successfully secured contracts to build infrastructure and wire Africa for the 21st century. \n The practical implications for economic development are important. But also important are the theoretical implications: what\, for instance\, is the relevance of such South-South linkages for how we think about globalization and the state? Our paper begins by considering China’s broader foreign economic policy agenda in Africa. What role does this play in the headway that Chinese telecommunications companies have made across African markets? What does this mean for market players from other countries (both African and non-African)? Importantly\, what impact does China’s growing presence have on the relationship between state-building and market-building in traditionally weak states across the continent? To answer these questions\, we take our study to the sector-level to investigate the growing presence of Chinese telecommunications equipment makers and service providers in Africa’s telecommunication markets. \n This talk is part of a series of presentations by IEAS Residential Research Fellows. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/who-wins-china-wires-africa-the-cases-of-angola-and-nigeria-feb-4/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130204T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130204T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4486-1359964800-1359997200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Kate Hartman\, Artist\, OCAD University\, Toronto\, "Social Prosthetics: Technology and the Human Form"\, Feb 4 DESCRIPTION:What gizmo can we use to read our minds\, expose our hearts\, or settle disputes? What gadget can improve our communication with house plants or buildings or glaciers? We are rapidly reinventing the ways in which we relate to each other and the world around us. Working with communication and body-centric technologies in the creative context enables artists and designers to ask questions\, tell stories\, and predict possible futures. The projects they create can speak to needs\, longings\, and desires not currently attended to by existing devices and systems. \n In this talk Kate Hartman will present a collection of prototypes\, tools\, and methods that allow us to reconsider the ways in which we relate and communicate and discuss the challenges and opportunities for work that sits close to the skin. \n Kate Hartman is an artist\, technologist\, and educator whose work spans the fields of physical computing\, wearable electronics\, and conceptual art. She is the co-creator of Botanicalls\, a system that lets thirsty plants place phone calls for human help\, and the Lilypad XBee\, a sewable radio transceiver that allows your clothing to communicate. Her work has been exhibited internationally and featured by the New York Times\, BBC\, CBC\, NPR\, in books such as “Fashionable Technology” and “Art Science Now”. She was a speaker at TED 2011 and her work is included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Hartman is based in Toronto at OCAD University where she is the Assistant Professor of Wearable & Mobile Technology and Director of the Social Body Lab. She is also the director of ITP Camp\, a summer program at ITP/NYU. \n This talk is co-presented with Department of Art Practice. The ATC series is produced by the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM)\, with support from the Office of the Vice Chancellor and Provost\, the Center for Information Technology in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)\, Meyer Sound and Theo Armour. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/kate-hartman-artist-ocad-university-toronto-social-prosthetics-technology-and-the-human-form-feb-4/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130201T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130201T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4483-1359705600-1359738000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Apply for Grants from The Green Initiative Fund\, Feb 1-22\, 2013 DESCRIPTION:The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) is a student-fee based sustainability fund at UC Berkeley. TGIF awards grants to campus-based projects that promote sustainable modes of transportation\, increase energy and water efficiency\, restore habitat\, promote environmental and food justice\, and reduce the amount of waste created by UC Berkeley. Portions of the fund also support education & behavior change initiatives\, student aid (via return to aid)\, and internships. Students\, faculty\, and staff may submit project proposals. \n Submit a grant abstract by one of two deadlines: February 1\, 2013 by 5pm OR February 22\, 2013. Those who submit by the 1st deadline have a chance to resubmit by the 2nd deadline (if necessary). Selected abstracts will be invited to submit final grant applications by April 1\, 2013 at 5pm. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/apply-for-grants-from-the-green-initiative-fund-feb-1-22-2013/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130201T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130201T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4484-1359705600-1359738000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Use of a Frequency Response Metric to Assess the Planning and Operating Requirements for Reliable Integration of Variable Renewable Generation\, Feb 1 DESCRIPTION:An interconnected electric power system is a complex system that must be operated within a safe frequency range in order to reliably maintain the instantaneous balance between generation and load. This is accomplished by ensuring that adequate resources are available to respond to both expected and unexpected imbalances\, and restore frequency to its scheduled value in order to ensure uninterrupted electric service to customers. \n As part of its responsibility to oversee the reliability of the nation’s bulk power system\, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) staff commissioned Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) to study how a critical aspect of reliability — the control of power system frequency during the period immediately following the sudden loss of a large conventional power plant –can be better measured to assess the adequacy of frequency control in the interconnections currently and can be used to manage the reliable integration of new resources\, including variable renewable generation. \n This talk will present selected aspects of LBNL’s report to FERC\, including an overview of power system frequency control and frequency response concepts\, the impacts of increased variable renewable generation on frequency response\, findings from dynamic simulations of the frequency response of U.S. interconnections with varying amounts of both variable renewable generation and operating reserves\, and the study’s recommendations. \n —————— \n All talks may be viewed on our \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 506 URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/use-of-a-frequency-response-metric-to-assess-the-planning-and-operating-requirements-for-reliable-integration-of-variable-renewable-generation-feb-1/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130130T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4480-1359532800-1359565200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:10th Annual Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop\, Jan 30-Feb 1\, 2013 DESCRIPTION:This is the 10th Anniversary of the Advanced Imaging Methods Workshop in Berkeley\, California. To celebrate 10 amazing years of microscopy discourse\, we are planning lectures from the best of the last 10 years\, and other top names in the microscopy field! We will also have a new location to enjoy: the Berkeley City Club. The intimate setting of this workshop allows for ample interaction between speakers\, attendees\, and sponsors in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. \n Speakers for AIM 2013: \n Wolfgang Becker\, Stefan Hell\, Kai Johnsson\, WE Moemer\, Roger Tsien\, Steve Vogel\, Xavier Daizacq\, Jan Liphardt\, Na Ji\, Edward Lemke\, Xiaokun Shu\, Vladislav Verkhusha\, Ammasi Periasamy\, Michael Börsch\, Thomas Gensch\, Yves Mely\, Manfred Auer\, Karsten Koenig\, Joerg Fischer\, Angelika Rueck\, Ahmed Heikal\, Melissa Skala\, Michael Robertts\, Andy Hoenger\, Sriram Subramaniam\, Martin Hammer\, Spencer Smith\, Kaiwen Ka\, Mark Andermann\, Josh Trachtenberg\, Mikhail Shapiro. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/10th-annual-advanced-imaging-methods-workshop-jan-30-feb-1-2013/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130130T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4481-1359532800-1359565200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:The Future of Cooperation\, Jan 30 DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \n Some of the biggest changes sweeping the technology world today are new forms of network and computer-enabled cooperation. It was easy enough to see this pattern in open source software development or Wikipedia\, a bit more challenging to see how it powered Web 2.0 giants like Google and Amazon\, but it gets really interesting when you are able to see how new kinds of man-machine symbiosis and networked cooperation are at the heart of projects like the Google self-driving car\, the reinvention of retail by Apple and Square\, transportation services from RelayRides to Uber\, and even in new models for networked government. \n Biography: \n Tim O’Reilly is the founder of O’Reilly Media and a supporter of the free software and open source movements. Over the years\, he has built a culture where sustainable innovation is a key tenet of business philosophy. His active engagement with technology communities both drives the company’s product development and informs its marketing. \n Tim is on the board of Safari Books Online and is a partner in O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. He graduated from Harvard College in 1975 with a B.A. cum laude in classics. \n —————— \n Free and open to the public\, the Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly roundtable of presentations and discussions that highlight ways to frame and tackle societal-scale research issues. \n All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/the-future-of-cooperation-jan-30/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130130T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4482-1359532800-1359565200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Berkeley Innovation Seminar\, Jan 30 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/berkeley-innovation-seminar-jan-30/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130129T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130129T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4478-1359446400-1359478800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Concentrating Solar Power and Overview of Sandia National Laboratories\, Jan 29 DESCRIPTION:This presentation is to educate residents\, students\, faculty and community members on Concentrating Solar Power (CSP). An overview of Sandia National Laboratories and career opportunities will also be presented. \n CSP uses a large array of mirrors to focus sunlight onto a receiver containing a heat-transfer fluid\, which absorbs the high heat flux (~100 – 1000 times the sun’s irradiance). A heat engine (e.g.\, Rankine cycle\, Stirling cycle) then converts the heat to mechanical work to generate electricity. CSP systems can produce utility-scale power (hundreds of megawatts) and can store excess thermal energy for energy production at night or when the sun is not shining. The ability to store large amounts of energy cheaply and reliably gives CSP a significant advantage over other intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind and photovoltaics. This presentation will provide an overview of CSP and the primary technologies that are used to implement it: parabolic troughs\, power towers\, and dish engines. Areas of needed research to improve the performance and economics of CSP technologies will be discussed. \n Dr. Cliff Ho is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories\, where he has worked since 1993 on projects involving nuclear waste management\, environmental remediation\, microchemical sensors for environmental monitoring\, water treatment and distribution\, and concentrating solar power. Cliff received his Ph.D. and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993 and 1990\, and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1989. \n Mike Kline is a technical recruiter for Sandia and has over twenty years of global engagement\, training facilitation\, and intercultural experience. He has worked with team members in over 25 countries and is responsible for Sandia’s diversity recruiting strategy. \n This event is free but space is limited. Register at URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/concentrating-solar-power-and-overview-of-sandia-national-laboratories-jan-29/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130129T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130129T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4479-1359446400-1359478800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Concentrating Solar Power and Overview of Sandia National Laboratories\, Jan 29 DESCRIPTION:This presentation is to educate residents\, students\, faculty and community members on Concentrating Solar Power (CSP). An overview of Sandia National Laboratories and career opportunities will also be presented. \n CSP uses a large array of mirrors to focus sunlight onto a receiver containing a heat-transfer fluid\, which absorbs the high heat flux (~100 – 1000 times the sun’s irradiance). A heat engine (e.g.\, Rankine cycle\, Stirling cycle) then converts the heat to mechanical work to generate electricity. CSP systems can produce utility-scale power (hundreds of megawatts) and can store excess thermal energy for energy production at night or when the sun is not shining. The ability to store large amounts of energy cheaply and reliably gives CSP a significant advantage over other intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind and photovoltaics. This presentation will provide an overview of CSP and the primary technologies that are used to implement it: parabolic troughs\, power towers\, and dish engines. Areas of needed research to improve the performance and economics of CSP technologies will be discussed. \n Dr. Cliff Ho is a Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff at Sandia National Laboratories\, where he has worked since 1993 on projects involving nuclear waste management\, environmental remediation\, microchemical sensors for environmental monitoring\, water treatment and distribution\, and concentrating solar power. Cliff received his Ph.D. and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley in 1993 and 1990\, and his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1989. \n Mike Kline is a technical recruiter for Sandia and has over twenty years of global engagement\, training facilitation\, and intercultural experience. He has worked with team members in over 25 countries and is responsible for Sandia’s diversity recruiting strategy. \n This event is free but space is limited. Register at URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/concentrating-solar-power-and-overview-of-sandia-national-laboratories-jan-29-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4476-1359014400-1359046800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Streams\, Gardens\, and Clouds: Visualizing Dynamic Data for Engagement\, Education and the Environment\, Jan 24 DESCRIPTION:January 24\, 2013\, Banatao Auditorium\, Sutardja Dai Hall\, UC Berkeley \n ***Event Registration has been higher than expected. Overflow will be accommodated in the atrium. Seating is not guaranteed.*** \n Scientists\, policymakers\, business leaders\, journalists—all seek to harness the deluge of data generated by the minute through sensing networks and social media. Aided by the increasing availability of high-speed Internet\, wireless networks\, and mobile devices\, people with access to multimedia tools contribute to these data flows both intentionally and inadvertently. Apps can now map the flow of traffic\, rivers\, and wind; social media sites chart the pulse of user sentiment; the online marketplace provides instant measures of economic activity; and online education platforms bring their own stream of information and feedback loops. \n Anyone who must make sense of this flood of information—leaders in various fields\, teachers\, citizens and consumers—rely on having effective tools to aggregate and visualize the data in a meaningful way. “Streams\, Gardens\, and Clouds” will examine sensor networks and social media platforms for supporting citizen and student engagement\, economic development\, and public health and safety. Drawing on the expertise of CITRIS and UC Berkeley researchers\, as well as invited speakers\, the event will highlight current projects to represent dynamic data on urban trends\, the environment\, education\, and health and humanitarian response. \n Speakers will include Eric Rodenbeck (Stamen Design)\, Maya Madriz (Re:Imagine Group)\, Michelle Zhou (IBM)\, Galen Panger (UC Berkeley)\, Ken Goldberg (UC Berkeley)\, Alex Bayen (UC Berkeley)\, Roger Bales (UC Merced)\, Ron Cohen (UC Berkeley)\, Edmund Seto (UC Berkeley)\, Greg Niemeyer (UC Berkeley)\, Rajiv Bhatia (San Francisco Department of Public Health)\, Rishab Ghosh (Topsy Labs)\, Olga Werby (Ushahidi)\, Juliette Powell (#Wethedata)\, Marti Hearst (UC Berkeley)\, John Canny (UC Berkeley)\, Jonathan Reichental (CIO of the City of Palo Alto). \n Free and open to the public. Submit questions via Twitter #CITRISDataViz \n Register at http://citrisdatainnovationday.eventbrite.com URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/streams-gardens-and-clouds-visualizing-dynamic-data-for-engagement-education-and-the-environment-jan-24/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130124T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4477-1359014400-1359046800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:AFRON $10 Robot Challenge Winner Exhibit Opening\, Jan 24 DESCRIPTION:The AFRON “$10 Robot” Design Challenge Winners On Display at the CITRIS Tech Museum 1/24 to 3/1/13 \n Opening Event: 1pm Thurs Jan 24 \n 3rd Floor Sutardja Dai Hall\, UC Berkeley \nhttp://j.mp/afron-exhibit-citris URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/afron-10-robot-challenge-winner-exhibit-opening-jan-24/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121214T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121214T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4475-1355472000-1355504400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Dissertation Talk: Nano-Optoelectronic Integration on Silicon\, Dec 14 DESCRIPTION:Modern silicon technology offers unprecedented spatial and temporal control of electrons with high levels of integrated complexity. Integrating nanophotonic functionality onto silicon should then allow us to extend this level of control to photons. Resulting nano-optoelectronic systems will inevitably create new functionality\, which not only enables next-generation technologies like optical interconnects\, but also gives rise to yet unforeseen applications. \n Directly growing III-V nanomaterials on silicon provides an advantageous pathway towards optoelectronic integration. Conventional wisdom often breaks at the nanoscale\, and traditional integration challenges like lattice mismatch are circumvented. In particular\, III-V nanoneedles and nanopillars with attractive optical properties grow on silicon under conditions that are compatible with the process constraints of CMOS technology. \n This talk will present a variety of nano-optoelectronic devices developed using the nanoneedle and nanopillar platform. Nanolasers are demonstrated under optical pumping\, and progress towards electrical injection is shown. Under reverse bias\, nanopillars enable avalanche photodiodes featuring gain-bandwidth products in excess of 100 GHz. Nanopillar devices also exhibit clear photovoltaic effects and even support nonlinear optical generation. The breadth of functionality shown suggests that a powerful marriage between photons and electrons on silicon is well within reach. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/dissertation-talk-nano-optoelectronic-integration-on-silicon-dec-14/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121210T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121210T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4474-1355126400-1355158800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:We Witness: A Panel on Digital Video\, Social Media\, and Political Protest\, Dec 10 DESCRIPTION:We Witness: A Panel on Digital Video\, Social Media\, and Political Protest \n Human Rights Day\, December 10\, 2012\, 4:30 to 6:30pm\, Banatao Auditorium\, Sutardja Dai Hall \n Presented by the CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative. Co-sponsored by the Human Rights Center and Henderson Center for Social Justice at Berkeley Law\, the Berkeley Center for New Media\, Townsend Center for the Humanities\, Graduate School of Journalism\, Department of Film and Media Studies\, Center for Digital Storytelling\, Ustream\, Dissent Magazine\, #WeTheData \n Recent civil disturbances and political protests from China and the Middle East to New York City and university campuses have been accompanied by a growing body of video and photography. Activists and observers can now capture events with inexpensive digital cameras and cellphones and distribute the footage through social media sites such as YouTube\, Vimeo\, Ustream\, and Facebook. How have these changes affected public perceptions and the way officials and police and handle such events? What new standards are necessary for the use of video as legal evidence? How can emerging technologies be enhanced and participants trained to make these tools more effective? \n The CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative will present a panel of leading video activists\, filmmakers\, and technology developers to highlight recent innovations in the field and discuss the implications for human rights investigations\, advocacy campaigns\, and social justice more broadly. \n Watch live on Ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/citris \n Ask questions live via Twitter #WeWitness \n Presenters: \n Sam Gregory\, Program Director\, WITNESS. WITNESS uses video to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. WITNESS empowers people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice\, promoting public engagement and policy change. \n Adam Stofsky\, Executive Director\, New Media Advocacy Project. NMAP combines legal expertise with cutting edge communication tools to strengthen human rights and social justice work. \n Rich Jones\, CEO\, OpenWatch. OpenWatch is a participatory citizen media project which uses mobile technology to enable public monitoring of authority figures. Their tool\, PoliceTape\, was released by the ACLU-New Jersey in summer 2012. \n Tomoko Hosaka\, News & Politics Manager\, Ustream. Ustream’s live streaming platform aims to bring the world together by immersing viewers in live broadcasts that create riveting experiences\, interactive communities\, and lasting connections. \n Ken Goldberg\, Faculty Director\, Data and Democracy Initiative\, The Rashomon Project. DDI builds tools to foster public engagement for the people of California and around the world. \n Contact: Camille Crittenden\, Director\, CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative\, ccrittenden@citris-uc.org URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/we-witness-a-panel-on-digital-video-social-media-and-political-protest-dec-10/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T063201 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4473-1354867200-1354899600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Infrastructure Mediated Sensing\, Dec 7 DESCRIPTION:Disaggregated sustainability sensing measures the amount of usage from each fixture or appliance in a space—for example\, providing information on the amount of water\, electricity\, or gas use at each point in the home. “The kitchen faucet was used 33 times today\, for a total of 10 gallons.” This type of information enables a number of end-use studies on sustainable water\, gas\, and electricity use\, as well as enabling real-time eco-feedback monitoring. In this talk I will explain how we sense disaggregated usage using Infrastructure Mediated Sensing (IMS). IMS infers activity in a space or residence by sensing at a single point along a home’s infrastructure (i.e.\, a pressure sensor for sensing whole home water use\, a single microphone for sensing gas use\, a plug-in sensor for electricity). I will give an overview of each system and give an extended explanation of our work in water sensing. \n BIO \n Eric Larson is a senior PhD student at the University of Washington\, with expected completion in April 2013. He received his M.Sc. in EE from Oklahoma State University in 2008. He is advised by Shwetak Patel in the Laboratory of Ubiquitous Computing at the UW. His dissertation focuses on signal processing and machine learning that support sustainable water use\, and he is working on semi-supervised modeling to make the designs practical. The tools that he is currently developing could be used by many others who are non-experts in machine learning. He has a broad range of interests\, including research in image processing\, optimization\, technical HCI\, and\, most recently\, sensing markers of health from mobile phones. \n —— \n Live broadcast at \n . Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISi4E. All talks may be viewed on our \n The schedule for the semester can be found on the \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/infrastructure-mediated-sensing-dec-7/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR