Events

Energy is key to effective community economic development. From energy efficiency as the foundation, keeping money at home, to renewable energy generating profits for German […]

Join Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and College of Engineering Dean Shankar Sastry on Monday, March 11 as we mark a special moment in Berkeley Engineering’s history. […]

ABSTRACT: Reasoning about a visual scene from a photograph is an inherently ambiguous task because an image in itself does not carry enough information to […]

Abstract: Formal training in computer science and engineering is undergoing a revolution in East and West Africa. More than a decade after the introduction of […]

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 […]

“Amateurdom” and “fandom” were realms of amateur cultural production, the former self-articulated around 1870 and the latter around 1930. Could these “-doms” offer a resource […]

From the Industrial Revolution through the Information Age, each era has brought remarkable leaps in technology and wide-ranging benefits for society. Today, it’s biology that […]

Come and learn more about the comparative approaches of corporate and independent Venture Capital investors in the cleantech space. The speakers will give an overview […]

With the rapid growth of online education platforms, institutions of higher learning must address pressing questions about the opportunities and risks related to the changing […]

With the rapid growth of online education platforms, institutions of higher learning must address pressing questions about the opportunities and risks related to the changing […]

The Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative is pleased to present the 2013 Resources Roundtable, The Future of Urban Water. UC Berkeley is a recognized leader […]

The Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative is pleased to present the 2013 Resources Roundtable, The Future of Urban Water. UC Berkeley is a recognized leader […]

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 […]

Marti Hearst is a professor in the School of Information at UC Berkeley, with an affiliate appointment in the Computer Science Division. Her primary research […]

The highlights of our workshop include our kickoff speaker, Dr. Tom Kurfess, who until very recently served as the Assistant Director for Advanced Manufacturing in […]

Dr. Bales joined the University of California, Merced, as Professor of Engineering in June 2003, and is one of U.C. Merced’s inaugural faculty. Dr. Bales […]

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 […]

The lecture will be held on Wednesday, March 20 from 4:15 pm to 6:00 pm in UC Berkeley’s Banatao Auditorium. Professor Enrico Moretti from Berkeley’s […]

The lecture will be held on Wednesday, March 20 from 4:15 pm to 6:00 pm in UC Berkeley’s Banatao Auditorium. Professor Enrico Moretti from Berkeley’s […]

The electric power grid is a highly automated network that uses a variety of sensors, information/control systems, and communication networks for the purpose of sensing, […]

The electric power grid is a highly automated network that uses a variety of sensors, information/control systems, and communication networks for the purpose of sensing, […]

The two cities of Heihe (China) and Blagoveshchensk (Russia) stand right opposite each other across the Amur River. But if they are comparable in footprint […]

A building can be an agile, sentient, complex dynamic system that delivers customized sequences of micro-environments to optimize comfort and productivity while minimizing carbon footprint. […]

What if you could communicate and spread physical products as easily as software or code? And what if you could modify each one to meet […]

What if you could communicate and spread physical products as easily as software or code? And what if you could modify each one to meet […]

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 […]

Energy and Resources Group Spring 2012 Colloquium Series (ER295)

Ray Siemens is the Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing and Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Victoria in English […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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. […]

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. […]

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)

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). […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

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, […]

Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295)

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 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 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 […]