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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

A giant in the field of genomics, Dr. Venter will share his insights on the promise and possibilities of synthetic biology. The annual A. Richard […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 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. […]

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 […]

Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)

Throughout time, scholars and craftsmen have developed — and built upon — plausible explanations for what they observe in fields of technology and science. As […]

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 […]

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). […]

Energy storage has often been referred to as the ‘holy grail’ of the electric power system – an unattainable panacea that would greatly improve the […]

Where is design happening at Berkeley? Everywhere! UC Berkeley students from all over campus have been engaging in design to solve a diversity of real-world […]

Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)

Our world’s most pressing challenges, such as Climate Change, energy insecurity, water insecurity, social inequity, and food insecurity are integrated challenges that are marked by […]

This is the final event in the Berkeley Sawyer Seminar series on “Speciesism and the Future of Humanity,” funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, […]

The complexities of health care research require a collaborative and multi-disciplinary approach to provide innovative solutions to today’s health care needs. By leveraging expertise across […]

This three-day symposium will bring together distinguished speakers and participants from the Bay Area and all over the world to celebrate both the excitement of […]

In 2008 we opened the Par Lab saying that industry needs the research community to help succeed in its sudden switch from serial to parallel […]

In Spring 2013, we are on the precipice of dramatic, disruptive change in the health field that offers an unprecedented opportunity and challenge to transform […]

In 2008 we opened the Par Lab saying that industry needs the research community to help succeed in its sudden switch from serial to parallel […]

In Spring 2013, we are on the precipice of dramatic, disruptive change in the health field that offers an unprecedented opportunity and challenge to transform […]

Due to popular demand, a morning session has been added for this performance improvement workshop with Dr. Tom Jackson! (It has the same content as […]

In many parts of the world, rapid changes are occurring in both governance and the state of the environment. From social movements mobilized around environmental […]

is a PhD. candidate in communication at Paris 8 University and is currently a visiting student researcher at the Center for African Studies at UC […]

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 […]

Energy and Resources Group Fall 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)

IBM Information Strategist, Steve Adler will also deliver a keynote address. This one-day conference explores the impact of open data on public policy and democratic […]

Avatar Syndrome has come to refer to the intense longings experienced by fans of the 2009 James Cameron film for the depicted planetary moon Pandora […]

Avatar Syndrome has come to refer to the intense longings experienced by fans of the 2009 James Cameron film for the depicted planetary moon Pandora […]

The i4Energy is a nexus, bringing multi-disciplinary minds together to create information technology advances for our multi-layered energy challenges. i4Energy is a collaboration among CITRIS […]

Internet privacy has become a hot topic recently with the radical growth of Online Social Networks (OSN) and attendant publicity about various leakages. For the […]

Join the (new) Climate Change and Health IdeaLab for our first meeting of the semester. This group provides a forum for campus members (students, postdocs, […]

Internet privacy has become a hot topic recently with the radical growth of Online Social Networks (OSN) and attendant publicity about various leakages. For the […]

This talk will be broadcast from CITRIS@Merced: mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/ucmerced Abstract: After a brief review of how map-reduce works, we shall look at the trade-off that needs […]

The talk describes how General Motors thinks about the longer term future and how it then applies that thinking to set research priorities and to […]

George Dyson, author of Turing’s Cathedral, the On the Same Page selection for 2013, will give the keynote lecture to kick off this fall’s program. […]

Three years ago, browsers started to add Do Not Track features, and users flocked to the Do Not Track approach. Business, however, was not so […]

As part of the On the Same Page program, distinguished panelists will discuss the Turing test and how it fosters the exploration of the boundaries […]

As part of the On the Same Page program, distinguished panelists will discuss the Turing test and how it fosters the exploration of the boundaries […]

Three years ago, browsers started to add Do Not Track features, and users flocked to the Do Not Track approach. Business, however, was not so […]

Join us for an enlightening and provocative evening as we explore the Internet’s double-edged sword: its ability to spread knowledge and democracy and its potential […]