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: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:20130502T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130502T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4577-1367481600-1367514000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:TRUST Security Seminar\, May 2 DESCRIPTION:Our relationships with systems that instruct us to choose ‘strong’ passwords might best be described as high maintenance (a term coined in 1989 by Ephron). “Your password must contain an uppercase character\, but not on either side of the password. You’ll need a digit\, but appending a ‘1’ to the end of your password doesn’t count. Your password must include a symbol somewhere between the second and sixth position. The meter on the right should turn from red to green\, but don’t ask for an explanation of what must be done to turn it green. Once the meter turns green\, you’ll have 70 days until the password you’ve just created expires. When it does\, make sure not to choose a password that resembles or is based on your current password.” \n These rituals might be worthwhile if we knew they were not just witchcraft\, but rather were scientifically-proven to reduce the risk of password-guessing attacks; in fact\, recent research suggests that they are mostly ineffective. \n In this talk\, Schechter will review the threat posed by password-guessing and debunk a number of misconceptions about this threat. He will then introduce three different witchcraft-free rituals for protecting users from the scourge of guessable passwords. The talk will touch on topics in algorithms\, information theory\, and human behavior. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/trust-security-seminar-may-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130502T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130502T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4578-1367481600-1367514000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Plausible Fallacies and Inconvenient Truths\, May 2 DESCRIPTION:Throughout time\, scholars and craftsmen have developed — and built upon — plausible explanations for what they observe in fields of technology and science. As our understanding grows\, many of these ideas are proven wrong\, but with nothing to replace them\, they persist. Research to supplant these fallacies can open the door to major advances\, but incorporating new and sometimes “inconvenient” truths can be a challenge for engineers and scientists. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/plausible-fallacies-and-inconvenient-truths-may-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130502T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130502T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4579-1367481600-1367514000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Big Neuroscience\, May 2 DESCRIPTION:The talk will run from 7:30—8:30pm on Thursday\, May 2 in the Berkeley City College basement auditorium. The reception will begin at 7pm with light refreshments. Dr. Koch will be around to meet people and talk before the lecture begins so please come have a cup of coffee and mingle. \n Born in the American Midwest\, Christof Koch grew up in Holland\, Germany\, Canada\, and Morocco. He studied Physics and Philosophy at the University of Tübingen in Germany and was awarded his Ph.D. in Biophysics in 1982. After 4 years at MIT\, he joined the California Institute of Technology as a Professor in Biology and Engineering. His research area is the biophysics of nerve cells\, and the neuronal and computational basis of visual perception\, attention\, and consciousness. In 2011\, he became the Chief Scientific Officer at the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle\, where he leads a ten year\, large-scale\, high through-put effort to build brain observatories to map\, analyze and understand the cerebral cortex. Together with his long-time collaborator\, Francis Crick\, Christof pioneered the scientific study of consciousness. His latest book is Consciousness – Confessions of a Romantic Reductionist. \n The Science Seminar Series invites distinguished speakers from diverse areas of scientific research to speak about their fields. These talks are presented in conjunction with the Berkeley City College Science Club and sponsored in part by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine. All of the seminars are open to the public and have covered topics such as stem cell research potential and policy\, the neuroscience of consciousness\, energy policy and models of climate change. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/big-neuroscience-may-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130501T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130501T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4574-1367395200-1367427600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Frugal Science and Global Health\, May 1 DESCRIPTION:Somebody once said\, “What a damn fool can do for a dollar\, an engineer can do for a nickel.” Thinking about cost as an engineering constraint brings new life to ideas. This is what makes the difference between an idea influencing a hundred people or a billion. With our planet literally teaming with problems\, it’s time to take cost constraints into serious consideration. As physicists\, we like to make stuff. We use these skills (and field work) to design solutions for extremely resource constrained settings\, specially in the field of global health. Our work extends from field diagnostics to high-throughput ecology and hands on science education. \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 Live broadcast at \n . Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. 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/frugal-science-and-global-health-may-1/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130501T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130501T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4575-1367395200-1367427600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Thought Leaders in Data Science and Analytics\, May 1 DESCRIPTION:Faculty and students are invited to join us at the School of Information for seminars on Data Science and Analytics by exciting speakers from the happening places: Google\, Yahoo\, eBay\, Facebook\, Kaggle\, LinkedIn\, BlueKai Data Exchange\, Cloudera\, Skytree\, Adobe\, Claritics\, Kaiser Permanante\, Wells Fargo\, and more. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/thought-leaders-in-data-science-and-analytics-may-1/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130501T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130501T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4576-1367395200-1367427600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Climate-Challenged Society\, May 1 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/climate-challenged-society-may-1/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130430T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130430T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4573-1367308800-1367341200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Innovating Technologies for the Poorest Two Billion\, Apr 30 DESCRIPTION:Two recent technology innovations could improve the lives of tens-possibly hundreds-of millions of people among the poorest two billion people on the planet. Both technologies have emerged in the last few years from focused\, goal-driven research by teams of creative\, hard-working researchers in the Gadgil laboratory and in the field. The first technology innovation is the Berkeley-Darfur Stove\, which is an inexpensive\, fuel-efficient biomass stove for use by displaced women and girls in Darfur\, Sudan. The second innovation is Electrochemical Arsenic Remediation (ECAR)\, which affordably removes arsenic from the groundwater supplies used for drinking water in Bangladesh and neighboring regions. Dr. Gadgil will close with the six key lessons learned from his work in technology innovation. \n Dr. Ashok Gadgil is Director of the Environmental Energy Technologies Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory\, and the Andrew and Virginia Rudd Family Foundation Professor of Safe Water and Sanitation in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. He has substantial experience in technical\, economic\, and policy research on energy efficiency and its implementation particularly in developing countries. He has several patents and inventions to his credit. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/innovating-technologies-for-the-poorest-two-billion-apr-30/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130426T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130426T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4572-1366963200-1366995600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Smart Grid and Technology Integration at Pacific Gas and Electric\, Apr 26 DESCRIPTION:The Smart Grid has evolved from a concept to reality in California. In its earliest days\, Smart Grid was a collection of interesting ideas for a more sustainable and efficient energy infrastructure that created a buzz with influential policy makers. The Smart Grid has matured from concepts in white papers to real capabilities that are providing concrete and measureable benefits to utility customers and providing new opportunities for technology companies across California. \n PG&E is recognized as a leader in Smart Grid in the U.S. and around the world. PG&E has been named the greenest utility in the U.S. by Newsweek\, has consistently been named as a top utility for its Smart Grid program and has been recognized as the leading utility in the U.S. for grid integration of solar energy generation. Kevin Dasso\, the executive responsible for PG&E’s Smart Grid program\, will describe PG&E’s current Smart Grid program and how it is providing real benefits to its customers today. \n ————- \n Free and open to the public. \n Live broadcast at \n . Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISi4e. 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/smart-grid-and-technology-integration-at-pacific-gas-and-electric-apr-26/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130424T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130424T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4570-1366790400-1366822800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Virtual Angkor: Animating Zhou Daguan’s 13th Century Descriptions of Cambodia\, Apr 24 DESCRIPTION:Being the only surviving eyewitness description of Angkor as a lively and fully functional medieval metropolis\, the account by Zhou Daguan\, a 13th century Chinese emissary to Cambodia\, is widely cited among historians of Cambodia. In the year of Zhou’s visit in 1296 AD\, Angkor was already moving past its prime\, but his diaries paint a picture of Angkor as a bustling city and an impressive seat of royal power deserving of the appellation ‘rich\, noble Cambodia.’ \n Using 3D modelling and animation techniques\, this presentation provides an overview of the work of a team of Monash researchers and animators to visualise selected excerpts from Zhou’s record of Angkor. Through the creation of virtual models based on a range of archaeological\, art historical\, architectural\, and cartographical research\, these visualisations explore new ways of teaching history\, and how 3D animation can be used to make historical assumptions about Angkor more precise. \n Tom Chandler is a lecturer in 3D modelling and animation in the Faculty of Information Technology at Monash University. Beginning with an undergraduate degree in Fine Arts and Archaeology\, Tom worked overseas in the digital design industry before returning to Monash to complete a Ph.D. in the computer visualisations of the landscapes\, architecture and daily life of medieval Angkor. Tom is currently coordinating research in a range of 3D visualisation projects at Monash that seek to reappraise the applicability of virtual worlds in diverse disciplines. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/virtual-angkor-animating-zhou-daguans-13th-century-descriptions-of-cambodia-apr-24/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130424T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130424T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4571-1366790400-1366822800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:On the Inference of Pattern and Process in Nature: What Information Theory Can Teach Us\, Apr 24 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/on-the-inference-of-pattern-and-process-in-nature-what-information-theory-can-teach-us-apr-24/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130424T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130424T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T202126Z UID:4569-1366790400-1366822800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Transforming Health Care with Technology: Model-Based Approaches\, Apr 24 DESCRIPTION:The mounting need to improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare due to economic pressures and changing demographics requires significant transformations in healthcare delivery. This new healthcare that will be evidence-based\, patient-centered and proactive (preventive) is likely to depend in part on technological innovations that in turn require solutions to fundamental scientific and engineering problems. In response to these challenges\, NSF has developed a program in smart health and wellbeing that is focused on stimulating relevant research in key areas\, including computer science\, engineering\, and behavioral and social sciences\, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of problems. In this presentation I will describe the current program as well as a number of challenges ranging from the development and utilization of inexpensive monitoring technologies\, e.g. mobile health\, to the development of sophisticated inference algorithms and economically feasible intervention schemes. I will emphasize the increasing need to understand the relationship between behaviors and health\, the notion of behavioral phenotyping\, and the corresponding challenges involving the development of behavioral markers. The success of these efforts will greatly benefit from the development and application of computational predictive modeling at multiple scales\, ranging from molecular biology to behavioral data and social networks. Among the key issues requiring new research efforts\, I will identify the need for the development of patient-specific computational multi-scale models that will enable the utilization of heterogeneous\, (big) data in conjunction with individual-specific observations and measurements. I will illustrate the model-based approaches on a small sample of specific examples. \n————– \nRegistration for each event (by the Monday prior at 3pm) is required to reserve lunch at UC Berkeley at \nFree 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. \nLive broadcast at \n. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n. \nWebviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \nWebviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \nWebviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/transforming-health-care-with-technology-model-based-approaches-apr-24/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130422T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130422T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4566-1366617600-1366650000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:10th Annual Sustainability Summit\, Apr 22-23\, 2013 DESCRIPTION:Save the date! The 10th Annual Sustainability Summit will be on Monday\, April 22 from 2-5PM and it will be held at Sutardja Dai Hall. CACS first met in October 2003\, and within a year hosted the first annual UC Berkeley Sustainability Summit. Since then\, CACS has hosted a UC Berkeley Sustainability Summit every April during Earth Week. These events serve to gather the campus sustainability community – to honor achievements with Sustainability Awards\, to give general community members the chance to green their campus with Green Fund Grants\, to highlight major initiatives\, and above all to reconnect and share. \n Program Schedule: \n 2-3 PM Poster Session and refreshments \n 3- 4 PM Key note Speaker Mike Biddle: Plastics recycler \n 4-5 PM Chancellors remarks\, Awards and Recognitions \n Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mike Biddle\, a plastics pioneer and Co-Founder of MBA Polymers. http://www.ted.com/speakers/michael_biddle.html \n For more information on Dr. Biddle and to RSVP go to http://tinyurl.com/CACSSummit10 \n Refreshments will be served by the Berkeley Student Food Collective (www.foodcollective.org). URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/10th-annual-sustainability-summit-apr-22-23-2013/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130422T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130422T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4567-1366617600-1366650000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Minner Distinguished Lecture in Engineering Ethics: Engineering and Social Responsibility\, Apr 22 DESCRIPTION:The NAE’s Engineering Grand Challenges directive has led to a renewed focus within engineering education on the connections between engineering and the well-being of society. The EPICS – Engineering Projects in Community Service – program\, founded at Purdue and expanded worldwide through a partnership with IEEE\, links universities and high schools with local and global community needs. EPICS enhances engineering learning\, encourages diversity and serves as a platform for addressing some of our most pressing problems. \n The Warren A. and Marjorie C. Minner Endowment for Engineering Ethics and Professional & Social Responsibility supports the College of Engineering in its mission to impart to its students the principles and foundations of ethical responsibility. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/minner-distinguished-lecture-in-engineering-ethics-engineering-and-social-responsibility-apr-22/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130422T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130422T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4568-1366617600-1366650000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Minner Distinguished Lecture in Engineering Ethics: Engineering and Social Responsibility\, Apr 22 DESCRIPTION:The NAE’s Engineering Grand Challenges directive has led to a renewed focus within engineering education on the connections between engineering and the well-being of society. The EPICS – Engineering Projects in Community Service – program\, founded at Purdue and expanded worldwide through a partnership with IEEE\, links universities and high schools with local and global community needs. EPICS enhances engineering learning\, encourages diversity and serves as a platform for addressing some of our most pressing problems. \n The Warren A. and Marjorie C. Minner Endowment for Engineering Ethics and Professional & Social Responsibility supports the College of Engineering in its mission to impart to its students the principles and foundations of ethical responsibility. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/minner-distinguished-lecture-in-engineering-ethics-engineering-and-social-responsibility-apr-22-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4564-1366358400-1366390800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:16th Annual Travers Conference: California's Energy Future\, Apr 19 DESCRIPTION:The state of California has embraced an ambitious goal of meeting its future energy needs while increasing its use of renewable energy. But a recent Little Hoover Commission report finds that the state has failed to develop a comprehensive energy strategy that confronts the difficult tradeoffs it faces. The 16th Annual Travers Conference on Ethics & Accountability in Government will investigate the tradeoffs represented by reliance on different energy sources\, including oil\, natural gas\, nuclear energy\, biofuels\, and wind and solar power. The event is open to the public and will be held in the Bancroft Hotel Great Hall on April 19\, 2013. More information on the event will be available at http://polisci.berkeley.edu/ps/travers/conference/ \n Co-Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science\, The Commonwealth Club of California\, and the UC Energy Institute. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/16th-annual-travers-conference-californias-energy-future-apr-19/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4565-1366358400-1366390800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:A Berkeley Lab Sustainability Strategy\, Apr 19 DESCRIPTION:How does a mature organization change business-as-usual to meet aggressive sustainability goals over the coming decades? John Elliott\, Chief Sustainability Officer at Berkley Lab\, will present the Lab’s strategy for doing just that. John will provide a high-level overview of priorities and planned approaches for a sustainable Berkeley Lab\, with updates on initiatives underway. \n ————– \n John Elliott is Chief Sustainability Officer at Berkeley Lab and is responsible for directing and implementing the Lab’s sustainability strategy. He was previously Director\, Energy and Sustainability at UC Merced and has previous experience in energy efficiency program design\, leading a professional services team implementing energy software solutions for utilities and market operators\, working with native American tribes on energy efficiency and renewables\, as well as doing groundwater modeling and design of soil and groundwater remediation systems. John draws on the local academic communities of Stanford and the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley\, where he received undergraduate and masters degrees. \n —————- \n Free and open to the public. \n Live broadcast at \n . Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISi4e. 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/a-berkeley-lab-sustainability-strategy-apr-19/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T202134Z UID:4561-1366185600-1366218000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Brain-Machine Interfaces\, Apr 17 DESCRIPTION:Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) hold great potential to aid large numbers of people with neurological disorders. BMIs also provide a framework for studying cortical dynamics and the neural correlates of learning neuroprosthetic skills\, i.e. accurate\, readily-recalled control of disembodied actuators irrespective of natural physical movements. In this talk I will postulate that achieving skillful\, natural control of a multi-DOF prosthetic device will entail synergizing two different types of adaptation processes: natural (brain plasticity) and artificial (decoder adaptation)\, as well as providing realistic sensory feedback from the prosthetic device. I will present recent work from our laboratory showing that 1) neuroplasticity facilitates consolidation of neuroprosthetic motor skill in a way that resembles that of natural motor learning; 2) corticostriatal plasticity is necessary for neuroprosthetic skill learning\, and 3) closed-loop decoder adaptation (CLDA) techniques can expedite the learning process by adapting the decoder parameters during closed-loop BMI operation (i.e.\, while the subject is using the BMI). We believe that BMI systems capable of exploiting both neuroplasticity and CLDA will be able to boost learning\, generalize well to novel movements and environments\, and ultimately achieve a level of control and dexterity comparable to that of natural arm movements. \n————— \nRegistration for each event (by the Monday prior at 3pm) is required for lunch at UC Berkeley at \nFree 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. \nLive broadcast at \n. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n. \nWebviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \nWebviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \nWebviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/brain-machine-interfaces-apr-17/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4562-1366185600-1366218000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Thought Leaders in Data Science and Analytics\, Apr 17 DESCRIPTION:Faculty and students are invited to join us at the School of Information for seminars on Data Science and Analytics by exciting speakers from the happening places: Google\, Yahoo\, eBay\, Facebook\, Kaggle\, LinkedIn\, BlueKai Data Exchange\, Cloudera\, Skytree\, Adobe\, Claritics\, Kaiser Permanante\, Wells Fargo\, and more. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/thought-leaders-in-data-science-and-analytics-apr-17/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4563-1366185600-1366218000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Thought Leaders in Data Science and Analytics\, Apr 17 DESCRIPTION:Faculty and students are invited to join us at the School of Information for seminars on Data Science and Analytics by exciting speakers from the happening places: Google\, Yahoo\, eBay\, Facebook\, Kaggle\, LinkedIn\, BlueKai Data Exchange\, Cloudera\, Skytree\, Adobe\, Claritics\, Kaiser Permanante\, Wells Fargo\, and more. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/thought-leaders-in-data-science-and-analytics-apr-17-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130416T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130416T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4560-1366099200-1366131600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:A. Richard Newton Memorial Lecture in Synthetic Biology\, Apr 16 DESCRIPTION:A giant in the field of genomics\, Dr. Venter will share his insights on the promise and possibilities of synthetic biology. \n The annual A. Richard Newton Lecture\, sponsored by the UC Berkeley Synthetic Biology Institute\, honors the memory of Richard Newton\, a visionary technology leader\, passionate advocate of synthetic biology\, and dean of the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley. \n A reception will follow the lecture. \n The event is free and open to the campus community (valid campus I.D. required). \n The lecture is co-hosted by the UC Berkeley Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/a-richard-newton-memorial-lecture-in-synthetic-biology-apr-16/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130415T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130415T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4559-1366012800-1366045200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:BERCshop: The Distributed Energy Revolution\, Apr 15 DESCRIPTION:The energy supply industry is witnessing a transformation with the rise of renewable energy technology and distributed energy generation. What barriers must be overcome to make distributed energy the major form of energy generation? What business strategies are currently being used to enable distributed generation off and on the grid? Come learn about the current and future distributed energy landscape as we explore such topics as microgrids\, business and technical innovation\, and the role of utilities. \n Bring your lunch! URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/bercshop-the-distributed-energy-revolution-apr-15/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130412T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130412T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4558-1365753600-1365786000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Downstream Regulation of CO2 Emissions in California's Electricity Sector\, Apr 12 DESCRIPTION:We examine the implications of alternative forms of cap-and-trade regulations on the California electricity market. Specific focus is given to the implementation of a downstream form of regulation known as the first-deliverer policy. Under this policy\, importers (i.e.\, first-deliverers) of electricity into California are responsible for the emissions associated with the power plants from which the power originated\, even if those plants are physically located outside of California. We find that\, absent strict non-economic barriers to changing import patterns\, such policies are extremely vulnerable to reshuffling of import resources. The net impact implies that the first-deliverer policies will be only marginally more effective than a conventional source-based regulation. \n Free and open to the public. \n Live broadcast at \n . Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISi4e. 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/downstream-regulation-of-co2-emissions-in-californias-electricity-sector-apr-12/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130411T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130411T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4557-1365667200-1365699600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:BERCshop: Can the U.S. satisfy the renewable fuels standard?\, Apr 11 DESCRIPTION:BERC is hosting three bioenergy experts to discuss the United States’ Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2)\, advanced biofuels conversion pathways\, and the future of bioenergy production. In 2007\, the U.S. set bold mandates for production of conventional and advanced biofuels for transportation\, but there have been several setbacks: the lack of commercialization of cellulosic biofuels\, poor plant economics\, and lack of uptake of advanced fueling infrastructure. Are there new technologies that can meet the demands of the RFS? Or do we need a ‘reset’ on our biofuels policy? \n A Panel Discussion featuring: \n • Paul Bryan\, Lecturer\, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Former Program Manager\, DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office \n • Hanna Breetz\, Postdoctoral Scholar and Lecturer\, Goldman School of Public Policy \n • Heather Youngs\, Bioenergy Analyst\, Energy Biosciences Institute \n Light snacks and refreshments will be served. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/bercshop-can-the-u-s-satisfy-the-renewable-fuels-standard-apr-11/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T202143Z UID:4552-1365580800-1365613200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Exploring Political Controversy: A Visual Tool for Civic Sense-making\, Apr 10 DESCRIPTION:Peter Duerr currently is a visiting scholar at the CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative (DDI). His home affiliation is the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich\, Germany\, where he is a tenured professor of Knowledge and Communication Management and head of the degree course Management of Social Innovations. Prior to his academic engagement he was senior manager with the strategy consulting company Horváth & Partners\, served as director of research and rapid prototyping with the software startup Think Tools and as a researcher in the Applied Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. \nDr. Duerr earned his degrees at UC Irvine (BA Economics)\, MIT (MS Transportation) and the Technical University Munich (PhD Civil Engineering). His research and teaching focuses on scientific methods of knowledge exploration and transfer. He is dedicated to working along disciplinary boundaries for finding solutions at the interface between society and technology. \n—————— \nRegistration for each event (by the Monday prior at 3pm) is required for attendance at UC Berkeley at \nFree 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. \nLive broadcast at \n. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n. \nWebviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \nWebviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \nWebviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/exploring-political-controversy-a-visual-tool-for-civic-sense-making-apr-10-2/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4553-1365580800-1365613200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:BERCshop: Who Owns Your Invention? A discussion on ownership and entrepreneurship\, Apr 10 DESCRIPTION:Come learn about patent rights\, ownership\, and commercialization for inventions and technologies developed at UC Berkeley and LBNL! Every day\, Berkeley research scientists are making discoveries with the potential to make a powerful impact on society. In order for these technologies to transition from bench to market\, the threshold question is: who owns the invention? Does the university own it? Does the PI or graduate student own it? \n This panel discussion will focus on patent rights\, ownership\, and licensing negotiations for inventions and technologies developed at UC Berkeley and LBNL. Sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. \n A Panel Discussion featuring: \n • Professor Robert Barr\, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology \n • Cheryl Fragiadakis\, Head of Technology Transfer at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab \n • Braden Penhoet\, Executive Director for Innovation and Business Development in the Office of the VC for Research \n • Vern Norviel\, Partner\, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati \n Lunch provided to those who RSVP at http://bercshop-who_owns_your_invention.eventbrite.com/ URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/bercshop-who-owns-your-invention-a-discussion-on-ownership-and-entrepreneurship-apr-10/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4554-1365580800-1365613200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Big Ideas@Berkeley annual “Information Technology for Society” poster session\, Apr 10 DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday April 10th\, from 2-4pm\, Big Ideas@Berkeley will hold its annual “Information Technology for Society” poster session in B100 Blum Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. \n All nine finalists in the IT for Society category will be in attendance\, to discuss their innovative projects and answer questions from judges and the public. The IT for Society contest category\, sponsored by the Rudd Family Foundation and the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)\, supports student projects with the potential to channel information technology to address a broad range of social issues—including public health\, democratic governance\, transportation\, and disaster response\, among others. The upcoming poster session will allow teams to share their projects\, which have already demonstrated the capacity of IT in addressing major societal challenges. \n Big Ideas@Berkeley is an annual innovation contest aimed at providing funding\, support\, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams of UC undergraduate and graduate students who have “big ideas.” \n ——————– \n The projects in the 2013 Information Technology for Society category are: \n Access | Access will innovate a financially sustainable business model that provides free mobile phones\, subscriptions and SMS literacy curricula to the world’s illiterate poor. They plan on harnessing corporate interest at the bottom of the economic pyramid as an untapped market to finance this movement. \n Facilitating Independence for Photo Capturing\, Browsing\, and Sharing for Blind People | This big idea is to facilitate independence for blind people in capturing\, organizing\, browsing\, and sharing photos using an iPhone. \n FuturePress—Open reading\, writing\, and collaboration for enhanced ebooks | Electronic books\, content sharing\, and collaborative authoring have the potential to transform education and community knowledge building\, but proprietary platforms and limited authoring tools are standing in the way. FuturePress seeks to change this by building an open-source\, cross-platform ebook reader and a web-based collaborative authoring tool. \n Health in the Cloud | Health in the Cloud will build an easy-to-use\, but comprehensive\, platform for the global health community to collect\, manage\, and analyze diagnostic data. Emphasis will be placed on providing and standardizing powerful techniques for data visualization\, co-location of data\, and meta-analysis\, which they believe is the future of data mining and healthcare. \n Low-Cost Utility-Driven Guardian Robot for Older Persons Living Alone | This proposal aims to produce a robot that acts as a guardian for older persons living independently that is low cost\, low maintenance\, unobtrusive\, and gives the family peace of mind that their loved one is safe. \n m3d (Mass Minable Medical Data) | m3d is the “Google for Healthcare” —an intuitive and fast search engine for clinical and biomedical research. \n ParkExperienceMap | To survive\, California’s National Parks must become more relevant to people of diverse cultural backgrounds. Drawing on research about underserved populations and parks\, ParkExperienceMap\, in partnership with the national Park Service\, proposes to implement an online participatory mapping system for creating park maps that is tailored to underserved audiences. \n Science Foundary: A Series on How Scientists Change the World | The Science Foundary wants to inspire the next generation of innovators. Starting with Berkeley’s nine Nobel Laureates\, they aim to film a series of short “Science for Everyone” videos explaining their prizewinning work to spark the young minds of future scientists. \n Small\, Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for CAL FIRE Reconnaissance | The Sacramento firefighters memorial has over 1\,100 fallen heroes\, and UC Merced students have developed a way to improve firefighter safety. While combating fire\, information is key; therefore\, this big idea envisions a cheap way to continuously update CAL FIRE with small\, unmanned aerial vehicles. \n For additional information on Big Ideas@Berkeley\, or the IT for Society poster session please contact bigideas@berkeley.edu or visit our website at bigideas.berkeley.edu URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/big-ideasberkeley-annual-information-technology-for-society-poster-session-apr-10/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4555-1365580800-1365613200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Frontiers in Urban Exposure Science\, Apr 10 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/frontiers-in-urban-exposure-science-apr-10/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4549-1365408000-1365440400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Data\, Society\, and Inference Seminar\, Apr 8 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-apr-8/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4550-1365408000-1365440400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Data\, Society\, and Inference Seminar\, Apr 8 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-apr-8-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130405T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130405T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T031339 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4548-1365148800-1365181200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:The Role of Supply-Following Loads in Highly Renewable Electricity Grids\, Apr 5 DESCRIPTION:Driven by renewables portfolio standards and emissions limits\, electrical grids are phasing in renewable electricity generation at an unprecedented rate\, primarily displacing traditional fossil fuel-powered sources. Most electricity generation by renewables is non-dispatchable\, meaning that it often fluctuates unpredictably and cannot be scheduled or shifted. This makes matching supply and demand to ensure electrical reliability a fundamentally new challenge as the proportion of renewable sources increases. \n To overcome the challenges of fluctuating renewable generation\, I study the use of supply-following electrical loads that are responsive to grid conditions such as energy availability or electricity price. This talk presents the design\, implementation\, and evaluation of three supply-following loads: a home heater\, a refrigerator enhanced with thermal energy storage\, and a heat pump for cooling a room or house. I assess to what extent these supply-following loads can improve supply and demand matching by using a model of the California electrical grid at different levels of renewables penetration. Using what remains after applying supply-following loads\, I analyze the requirements for energy efficiency\, demand flexibility\, and seasonal energy storage to further improve the match in future\, sustainable electricity grids. \n Bio: Jay Taneja is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science\, advised by Professor David Culler and expecting to finish in May\, 2013. His primary research interests are in applications of information technology to societal-scale challenges\, particularly in energy systems. He received his B.S. from The Ohio State University and his M.S. from the University of California\, Berkeley. He has accepted a Research Scientist position at the new IBM Research lab in Nairobi\, Kenya. \n Webpage: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~taneja/ \n ————– \n All are welcome to attend. \n Live broadcast at \n . Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISi4e. 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 100 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 506 URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/the-role-of-supply-following-loads-in-highly-renewable-electricity-grids-apr-5/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR