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:20130226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130226T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4503-1361865600-1361898000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:View from the Top\, Feb 26 DESCRIPTION:As Big Data proliferates\, search engines must get smarter at delivering the results you want. Harry Shum\, VP for search product development at Microsoft\, will describe the Bing Dialog Model\, the system that drives www.bing.com. The model does more than simply navigate users to a landing page; it relies on a deep understanding of users interest to match web knowledge with the user’s intentions. Shum will demonstrate the model in action through innovative features\, in particular by applying social contexts. He will also share some challenges and opportunities in building Bing as a compelling brand in consumer Internet services. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/view-from-the-top-feb-26/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130227T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130227T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4504-1361952000-1361984400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Illuminating the Early History of Sound Recording\, Feb 27 DESCRIPTION:The technology of sound recording was first developed in the late 19th century. During this period a great deal of experimentation was done on recording methods and materials. Much of the evidence these developments has been preserved in a variety of collections. These early recordings are typically found in obsolete formats\, and are damaged\, decaying\, and are generally considered too delicate to play invasively. \n Recently\, a series of techniques\, based upon non-contact optical metrology and image processing\, have been applied to create and analyze high resolution digital surface profiles of many of these objects. Numerical methods may be used to emulate the stylus motion through such a profile in order to reconstruct the recorded sound. This approach\, and current results\, including studies of the earliest known sound recordings\, are the focus of this talk\, and will be illustrated with sounds and images. Such studies provide a significant window on the process of invention in this important period. \n —————— \n Carl Haber is an experimental physicist. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University and is a Senior Scientist in the Physics Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California. His main research focus is in the development of instrumentation and methods for detecting and measuring particles created at high energy colliders\, such as the facility at CERN near Geneva\, Switzerland. Since 2002 he\, and his colleagues\, have also been involved in aspects of preservation science\, applying methods of precision optical metrology and data analysis to early recorded sound restoration. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. \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 All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/illuminating-the-early-history-of-sound-recording-feb-27/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130227T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130227T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4505-1361952000-1361984400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Berkeley Innovation Seminar\, Feb 27 DESCRIPTION:Scientific journals serve as two-sided knowledge platforms that facilitate the diffusion of scientific knowledge. Journals offer an outlet for scientists to disclose their findings in a way that allow them to highlight the importance of their discoveries (via the review process and the reputation of a journal) and\, at the same time\, are the principal means by which follow-on researchers can gain detailed access to the knowledge underlying scientific discoveries. For scientific discoveries with potential commercial applicability\, researchers (or their funders) may also seek to establish formal intellectual property protection (e.g.\, patents); choosing to establish a “patent-paper pair” allows researchers to influence follow-on access to knowledge disclosed in a given scientific platform. This paper evaluates the interrelationship between scientific journal publication and patenting by examining the incidence and impact of patent-paper pairs in two journals founded in the late 1990s/early 2000s; Nature Biotechnology and Nature Materials\, which serve as very similar platforms in their respective fields. We develop a dataset based on all research publications in these journals from their founding through the mid-2000s\, and on citations to and from these papers. Patent-paper pairs are much more likely to be associated with research discoveries in which at least one author is employed by the private sector\, and are also much more likely for articles with at least one United States author. Publications associated with patent-paper pairs have a higher overall rate of citation\, but this finding masks significant heterogeneity across time and across journals. For example\, patent-paper pairs published in the first few years after each journal is founded receive much lower level of citations. Using a differences-in-differences framework that exploits the delay between publication and patent grant\, we find that the negative impact of patent grant is concentrated in the first few years after journal founding. Finally\, after patent grant\, there is an increase in citation by follow-on research published in other journals but a decline in citations in follow-on research published in the originating journal. Similar to recent evidence of the interrelationship between standard-setting organizations and intellectual property\, our findings highlight the role of scientific journals as a particular type of two-sided platform\, and the subtle impact of intellectual property in shaping the use of knowledge disclosed and accessed through that platform. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/berkeley-innovation-seminar-feb-27/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130227T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130227T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4506-1361952000-1361984400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Careers and Futures: Conversations with Activists and Innovators in Poverty Action\, Feb 27 DESCRIPTION:The “Careers and Futures” speakers series creates a relaxed\, round table environment where students can engage with a diverse range of public leaders working domestically and internationally in poverty action. \n Join us Wednesday\, February 27 at 5pm in Blum Hall (Ground Level) for a conversation with Dr. Denise Dunning of the Public Health Institute. \n Dr. Dunning is the program director of the Public Health Institute’s Adolescent Girls’ Advocacy & Leadership Initiative (AGALI). AGALI improves adolescent girls’ health\, education and livelihoods by enhancing the capacity of Latin American and African leaders to advocate for policies\, programs and funding benefitting adolescent girls. Through capacity building\, grants and technical assistance\, AGALI’s major policy victories have advanced girls’ rights and empowered young women to develop their own solutions to the obstacles they face. \n Dunning has more than 15 years’ experience working in global health and development. Previously\, she worked for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s population program on research and grantmaking in Mexico\, India\, Ethiopia and the Philippines. She also served as a Fulbright Scholar in Honduras implementing Hurricane Mitch relief efforts\, and has worked as a consultant for several organizations\, including the Population Council in Mexico\, the Inter-American Development Bank and CARE. \n Dunning holds a PhD in sociology from the University of California\, Berkeley\, and a master’s degree in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. \n Dunning was formerly the vice chair of the IDEX Board\, a nonprofit organization supporting global grassroots development. She was also recognized as a Choice USA Top ’30 under-30′ Activist for Reproductive Rights. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/careers-and-futures-conversations-with-activists-and-innovators-in-poverty-action-feb-27/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130228T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130228T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4507-1362038400-1362070800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:CANCELED: Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Innovation\, Access\, and Affordability for Drugs and Biologics\, Feb 28 DESCRIPTION:The third lecture in the Implementing Health Care Reform in California Lecture Series will be presented by Kent Lieginger\, PharmD\, senior vice president\, managed care and customer operations at Genentech. \n With 25 years in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries\, Kent Lieginger has held a variety of leadership roles in managed care\, U.S. and global business development\, finance\, strategic contracting\, manufacturing\, marketing and sales. During his tenure at Genentech\, he has been recognized for innovation in distribution\, contracting\, reimbursement\, account management\, and pricing. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/canceled-impact-of-the-affordable-care-act-on-innovation-access-and-affordability-for-drugs-and-biologics-feb-28/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130301T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130301T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4508-1362124800-1362157200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Grid Integration of Intermittent Renewable Energy Resources\, Mar 1 DESCRIPTION:Energy storages are expected to play a significant role in increasing grid penetration of intermittent renewable resources. In this presentation\, I will show that -\, based on various hourly simulations\,- storage design and dispatch plays a significant role in our ability to transition to a grid that can accommodate very large intermittent renewable systems. First\, I will describe the result of an hourly simulation performed for an island Israeli grid. This will be followed by a brief discussion of the case of an interconnected grid using an hourly load data and the corresponding simulated wind and solar output for the state of California. This study shows that to design such a grid\, we will be required to consider a new operational policy. In this talk\, I will also discuss other complications related to designing such a power grid. \n ———- \n Solomon Abebe Asfaw received his undergraduate degree in Physics from Bahir Dar University\, Bahir Dar\, Ethiopia; an M.Sc. degree in Physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology\, Trondheim\, Norway; a second M.Sc. and PhD degree specializing in energy system modeling from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev\, Sede Boqer\, Israel. He was a recipient of the 2010 wolf prize for outstanding PhD students in Israeli Universities. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at University of California – Berkeley. \n Solomon’s research interests include: very high grid penetration of intermittent renewable energy resources (Solar and Wind) with and without energy storage; the role of storage design and dispatch; long term planning of power grid\, etc. His findings have been published in peer-reviewed journals\, as book chapters\, and conference proceedings. \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 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/grid-integration-of-intermittent-renewable-energy-resources-mar-1/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130304T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130304T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4509-1362384000-1362416400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Data\, Society\, and Inference Seminar\, Mar 4 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-mar-4/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130304T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130304T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4510-1362384000-1362416400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Meredith Tromble\, Artist\, SFAI and Dawn Sumner\, Geobiologist\, UC Davis\, "Of CAVEs and Curiosity: Imaging and Imagination in Collaborative Research"\, Mar 4 DESCRIPTION:In the KeckCAVES visualization facility at UC Davis\, one can walk into a snowflake or fly over a landslide. Images from around space and time flicker into existence as researchers interact with their data in three dimensions. Among the sights to be seen are ancient microbes\, chaotic attractors\, and the surface of Mars; and\, now\, the beginnings of a vortex of dreams\, a virtual installation built from the inner lives of researchers studying the outer world. “Take Me To Your Dream (Dream Vortex)\,” a virtual installation in-progress by artist/writer Meredith Tromble\, geobiologist Dawn Sumner\, and willing CAVES researchers\, is intended as a creative stimulus for anyone at work in the CAVES. And it is the springboard for a discussion of imaging and collaboration in art and science\, including Sumner’s experiences on the Curiosity Mars mission. \n Meredith Tromble is an associate professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies of the San Francisco Art Institute with a practice that intermingles drawing\, writing\, and performance. Her areas of interest include creative process and interdisciplinary research. She is currently writing “Art & Shadows\,” a blog on contemporary art in light of contemporary science\, funded by the Art Writers Grant Program of the Andy Warhol Foundation\, and creating a new series of “Madame Entropy” lecture/performances. \n Dawn Sumner is a geobiology professor at the University of California\, Davis. In her research\, she focuses on interpreting processes from patterns\, mostly patterns in rocks\, to understand interactions among life and environments. She has recently expanded beyond ancient Earth to explore living microbial communities in Antarctic lakes and help lead science operations for the NASA Mars rover\, Curiosity. Adventures of all sorts feed her personal curiosity. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/meredith-tromble-artist-sfai-and-dawn-sumner-geobiologist-uc-davis-of-caves-and-curiosity-imaging-and-imagination-in-collaborative-research-mar-4/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130304T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130304T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4511-1362384000-1362416400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Climate disruption: what math and science have to say\, Mar 4 DESCRIPTION:Professor Emily Shuckburgh (British Antarctic Survey) visits the Bay Area to deliver the second in an international series of MPE2013 public lectures sponsored by the Simons Foundation. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/climate-disruption-what-math-and-science-have-to-say-mar-4/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130305T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130305T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4512-1362470400-1362502800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:BERCshop: Solar Manufacturing from Wafer to Encapsulation\, Mar 5 DESCRIPTION:Come learn about how solar cells are made and hear about the latest developments in solar cell technologies! \n Speakers: \n Professor Dan Kammen\, Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy in the Energy and Resources Group\, the Goldman School of Public Policy\, and the department of Nuclear Engineering; Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab (RAEL)] \n Erel Milshtein\, Director of Engineering\, Thin-film Equipment\, Process Development\, First Solar \n Topics of discussion will include: the physical manufacturing process\, the future of solar manufacturing & solar scalability\, encapsulation\, and process/quality management. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/bercshop-solar-manufacturing-from-wafer-to-encapsulation-mar-5/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130306T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130306T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T202256Z UID:4513-1362556800-1362589200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:PISCES: Pacific Islands Schools\, Connectivity\, Education and Solar Project\, Mar 6 DESCRIPTION:Remote island regions face many challenges when establishing reliable Internet connections and introducing technology into schools and communities. This talk draws from Professor Hosman’s in-the-field experiences with technology-for-development projects\, focusing on the PISCES Project\, a multi-partnered\, education-focused technology project in Micronesia. Using solar powered long-distance wireless connections and an all-in-one Solar-Computer-Lab-in-a-Box\, the PISCES Project aims to demonstrate a more affordable\, sustainable means of providing ICT and connectivity to off-grid locations. The talk will highlight the importance of meaningful local skills-building and well-designed partnerships as promising methods for moving forward with technology-for-development projects. \nA demo of the newest Solar-Computer-Lab-in-a-Box prototype will be displayed at the talk! \nBiography: \nLaura Hosman is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Illinois Institute of Technology. Prior to IIT\, Professor Hosman held postdoctoral research fellow positions at the University of California\, Berkeley and the University of Southern California (USC). She graduated with a PhD in Political Economy and Public Policy from USC. Her current research focuses on the role for information and communications technology (ICT) in developing countries\, particularly in terms of its potential effects on socio-cultural factors\, human development\, and economic growth. Her work focuses on two main areas: Public-Private Partnerships and ICT-in-education\, both with a focus on the developing world. Her blog\, giving insights on her fieldwork experiences\, is at http://ict4dviewsfromthefield.wordpress.com . \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. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/pisces-pacific-islands-schools-connectivity-education-and-solar-project-mar-6/ LOCATION:CA CATEGORIES:CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130306T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130306T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4514-1362556800-1362589200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:EECS Colloquium: Software is Rebooting Journalism: Data Mining and Visualization in the Public Interest\, Mar 6 DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \n Joint Colloquium Distinguished Lecture Series \n Software is Rebooting Journalism: Data Mining and Visualization in the Public Interest \n jeff larson \n Wednesday\, March 6\, 2013 \n 306 Soda Hall (HP Auditorium) \n 4:00 – 5:00 pm \n 3:30 – Refreshments will be served \n Jeff Larson \n News Applications developer\, ProPublica \n ABSTRACT: \n ProPublica is a non profit news outlet in New York City that publishes investigative journalism. They also have a team of seven News Application developers who create software that tells stories and finds meaningful stories in data. Their News Applications include databases such as Dollars for Doctors\, which lists pharmaceutical company payments to doctors\, and the Message Machine\, an application that uses Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to reverse engineer political email targeting. Jeff Larson will talk about the evolution of this new field of journalism and show off a few of ProPublica’s News Applications. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/eecs-colloquium-software-is-rebooting-journalism-data-mining-and-visualization-in-the-public-interest-mar-6/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130306T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130306T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4515-1362556800-1362589200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Green Innovation in China: China's Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy\, Mar 6 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/green-innovation-in-china-chinas-wind-power-industry-and-the-global-transition-to-a-low-carbon-economy-mar-6/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130308T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130308T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4516-1362729600-1362762000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Sustainable Community Economic Development\, Mar 8 DESCRIPTION: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 towns to entrepreneurs like Mosaic generating jobs and prosperity\, clean energy will be the key to revitalizing our economies. Hunter Lovins will review the basic principles of effective local economic development\, describe inspiring examples from around the world and present tools for building sustainable local economies here at home. \n ———– \n L. Hunter Lovins is President and founder of the Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS) (www.natcapsolutions.org). NCS educates senior decision-makers in business\, government and civil society to restore and enhance the natural and human capital while increasing prosperity and quality of life. In partnership with leading thinkers and Implementers\, NCS creates innovative\, practical tools and strategies to enable companies\, communities\, and countries to become more sustainable. \n Trained as a sociologist and lawyer (JD)\, Hunter is also currently a professor of sustainable business management at Bainbridge Graduate Institute\, Bard College\, and Denver University; and the chief insurgent of the madrone project. \n Recipient of such honors as the Right Livelihood Award\, Lindbergh Award and Leadership in Business\, she was named Time Magazine 2000 Hero of the Planet and in 2009 Newsweek dubbed her a “Green Business Icon.” She has co-authored nine books and hundreds of papers\, including the 1999 book\, Natural Capitalism\, 2006 e-book Climate Protection Manual for Cities\, and the 2009 Transforming Industry in Asia. She has served on the boards of governments\, non- and for profit companies. \n —- \n All are welcome to attend. \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 100 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 506 URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/sustainable-community-economic-development-mar-8/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130311T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130311T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4517-1362988800-1363021200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Bechtel Engineering Center Open House\, Mar 11 DESCRIPTION: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. We will gather at 3:30 p.m. at the main entrance to the Bechtel Engineering Center for a ribbon-cutting ceremony\, celebrating its re-invention as a home for leadership development and related activities and services for our students. \n Following the brief program\, everyone is welcome inside the Bechtel Engineering Center for a reception and to visit recently renovated spaces such as the Kresge Engineering Library and our new Center for Access to Engineering Excellence (CAEE). CAEE provides space for our students to contribute to Berkeley’s diverse and inclusive community\, to develop personally and professionally\, and to cultivate leadership and academic skills. \n The entire college and campus community is invited. Please join us: \n Bechtel Engineering Center Open House & Celebration \n Monday\, March 11 \n Ribbon Cutting Ceremony\, 3:30 – 4 p.m. \n Open House\, 4 – 5 p.m. \n Bechtel Engineering Center \n College of Engineering\, UC Berkeley \n Refreshments\, student demonstrations and a special look at the recent renovations URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/bechtel-engineering-center-open-house-mar-11/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130313T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130313T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4518-1363161600-1363194000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Code for Africa: The Emergence of Computer Science in Ghana and Uganda\, Mar 13 DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \n Formal training in computer science and engineering is undergoing a revolution in East and West Africa. More than a decade after the introduction of the affordable Internet and low-cost computers to each of these African sub-regions\, the era of self-taught\, bottoms-up software programming and computer science is coming to an end. Formal\, university-based CS education is growing in quality in East and West Africa\, promising deeper\, more sustainable understanding of digital technologies in these sub-regions. In the best universities in Uganda and Ghana\, new and increasingly original research is laying the foundations for the creation of authentic and even world-class CS knowledge enterprises\, especially at the nexus of mobile communications\, media and information services. The first evidence of an authentic East African research agenda is beginning to be seen. Obstacles to East and West Africans joining the mainstream of global CS research remain stubbornly high\, but because of unique social\, economic and cultural conditions in East and West Africa\, the possibility is growing that CS researchers from these sub-regions will make significant\, world-class contributions in coming decades. More broadly\, the emergence of CS in sub-Saharan Africa could help orient digital innovation more towards the authentic needs and realities of life in developing regions\, thus helping to reduce and perhaps (ultimately) nullify an innovation “gap” that has disadvantaged peoples of the developing world since the dawn of digital computing. \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. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/code-for-africa-the-emergence-of-computer-science-in-ghana-and-uganda-mar-13/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130313T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130313T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4519-1363161600-1363194000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Thought Leaders in Data Science and Analytics\, Mar 13 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-mar-13/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130313T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130313T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4520-1363161600-1363194000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:EECS Colloquium: Data-driven Image Understanding\, Mar 13 DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: \n Reasoning about a visual scene from a photograph is an inherently ambiguous task because an image in itself does not carry enough information to disambiguate the world that it is depicting. Yet\, humans have no problems understanding a photograph\, seamlessly inferring a plethora of information about the physical space of the scene\, the depicted objects and their relationships within the scene\, rough scene illumination\, cues about surface orientations and material properties\, event hints about the geographic location. This remarkable feat is largely due to the vast prior visual experience that humans bring to bear on the task. How can we help computers do the same? \n Research in my lab over the past decade has focused on the use of large amounts of visual data\, both labeled and unlabeled\, as a way of injecting visual experience into the task of computational image understanding. In this talk\, I will first show some examples of the power of Big Visual Data to address complex visual tasks with surprisingly simple algorithms. I will then describe our data-driven techniques for gaining a deeper understanding of the scene by parsing the image into its constituent elements to infer information about its 3D geometric\, photometric\, and semantic properties. Applications of our techniques will demonstrated for several practical tasks including single-view 3D reconstruction\, object detection\, visual geo-location\, and image-based computer graphics. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/eecs-colloquium-data-driven-image-understanding-mar-13/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130313T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130313T130000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20130314T033900Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T202248Z UID:5420-1363176000-1363179600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Code for Africa: The Emergence of Computer Science in Ghana and Uganda DESCRIPTION:Speaker/Performer: Gregg Zachary\, Arizona State University \nSponsor: CITRIS (Ctr for Info Technology Research in the Interest of Society) \nAbstract:\nFormal training in computer science and engineering is undergoing a revolution in East and West Africa. More than a decade after the introduction of the affordable Internet and low-cost computers to each of these African sub-regions\, the era of self-taught\, bottoms-up software programming and computer science is coming to an end. Formal\, university-based CS education is growing in quality in East and West Africa\, promising deeper\, more sustainable understanding of digital technologies in these sub-regions. In the best universities in Uganda and Ghana\, new and increasingly original research is laying the foundations for the creation of authentic and even world-class CS knowledge enterprises\, especially at the nexus of mobile communications\, media and information services. The first evidence of an authentic East African research agenda is beginning to be seen. Obstacles to East and West Africans joining the mainstream of global CS research remain stubbornly high\, but because of unique social\, economic and cultural conditions in East and West Africa\, the possibility is growing that CS researchers from these sub-regions will make significant\, world-class contributions in coming decades. More broadly\, the emergence of CS in sub-Saharan Africa could help orient digital innovation more towards the authentic needs and realities of life in developing regions\, thus helping to reduce and perhaps (ultimately) nullify an innovation “gap” that has disadvantaged peoples of the developing world since the dawn of digital computing. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/code-africa-emergence-computer-science-ghana-uganda/ LOCATION:Banatao Auditorium\, Sutardja Dai Hall\, UC Berkeley\, Berkeley\, 94720 CATEGORIES:CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130314T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130314T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4521-1363248000-1363280400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:BERCshop: Cleantech VC\, Mar 14 DESCRIPTION: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 of their investment methodologies\, after which there will be a 1-hour discussion about the current state of cleantech investing. Questions from the audience will be welcomed. \n Speakers: \n • Debjit Mukerji\, Siemens \n • Kevin Kopczynski from Rockport Capital \n • Neil Wolff\, VantagePoint Capital Partners \n • Brian Steel\, Cleantech to Market\, Energy Institute at Haas \n Need to come a little late or leave early? Not a problem\, we’d love to have you! \n Lunch will be provided for those who RSVP. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/bercshop-cleantech-vc-mar-14/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130314T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130314T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4522-1363248000-1363280400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Ernest S. Kuh Distinguished Lecture\, Mar 14 DESCRIPTION: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 poses the big questions and big opportunities. Agilent Technologies is at the forefront of this revolution\, exemplifying engineering innovations that are key to biology-based\, life-changing advances in areas such as health care\, energy\,and the environment. \n Ernest S. Kuh Distinguished Lecture is made possible by the generosity of Professor Emeritus and Mrs. Ernest Kuh. It is held annually and features an accomplished engineering professional from industry or academia. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/ernest-s-kuh-distinguished-lecture-mar-14/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130314T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130314T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4523-1363248000-1363280400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:History and Theory of New Media Lecture: Lisa Gitelman\, NYU\, Mar 14 DESCRIPTION:“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 for thinking about today’s amateur cultural production? What would\, what should a history of amateurs look like? \n This talk represents the culmination of an extended study tentatively entitled The Scriptural Economy: A Media History of Documents. It’s a book that seeks to render selective episodes from the history of the reproducibility of writing\, starting with nineteenth-century commercial printing and ending with the PDF file. \n Lisa Gitelman is a media historian whose research concerns American book history\, techniques of inscription\, and the new media of yesterday and today. She is particularly concerned with tracing the patterns according to which new media become meaningful within and against the contexts of older media. Her most recent book is entitled Always Already New: Media\, History\, and the Data of Culture and was published by the MIT Press in 2006. Current projects include a monograph\, “The Scriptural Economy: A Media History of Documents\,” and an edited collection\,”‘Raw Data’ Is an Oxymoron.” She holds a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University and is a former editor of the Thomas A. Edison Papers at Rutgers University. Lisa Gitelman is currently Professor of English and of Media\, Culture\, and Communication at NYU. \n This talk is co-sponsored by the Department of Rhetoric. The History and Theory of New Media series is produced by the Berkeley Center for New Media with support from the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/history-and-theory-of-new-media-lecture-lisa-gitelman-nyu-mar-14/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4526-1363334400-1363366800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:BERC Resources Roundtable: The Future of Urban Water\, Mar 15 DESCRIPTION: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 in research associated with assessment of urban water problems and the development of innovative policies and technologies for water supply\, urban drainage\, and waste treatment. A cross-disciplinary set of panelists from academia and industry will shed light on current and anticipated challenges related to urban water systems as well as market opportunities linked to urban water renewal. We hope you will join us for this fruitful discussion! \n Registration: http://futureofurbanwater-atom.eventbrite.com \n Event Contact: andrew_collier@mba.berkeley.edu URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/berc-resources-roundtable-the-future-of-urban-water-mar-15/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4527-1363334400-1363366800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:BERC Resources Roundtable: The Future of Urban Water\, Mar 15 DESCRIPTION: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 in research associated with assessment of urban water problems and the development of innovative policies and technologies for water supply\, urban drainage\, and waste treatment. A cross-disciplinary set of panelists from academia and industry will shed light on current and anticipated challenges related to urban water systems as well as market opportunities linked to urban water renewal. We hope you will join us for this fruitful discussion! \n Registration: http://futureofurbanwater-atom.eventbrite.com \n Event Contact: andrew_collier@mba.berkeley.edu URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/berc-resources-roundtable-the-future-of-urban-water-mar-15-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4524-1363334400-1363366800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Learning Mode: Critical Issues in Online Education\, Mar 15 DESCRIPTION: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 educational landscape. This two-day symposium at UC Berkeley brings together scholars\, educational media developers\, students\, and employers to explore and discuss critical issues in online higher education. \n Symposium speakers will share their diverse experiences with online education and examine\, from a variety of angles\, the conditions\, opportunities\, and tensions pertaining to learning online. Over the course of two days\, speakers will identify key factors for successful implementation of online and on-campus learning models as they examine shifting notions of equity and access\, as well as theories of learning\, communities of practice\, research opportunities\, the global reach of online education\, and learning tools and metrics. \n Keynote Speaker Peter Norvig (Director of Research\, Google) will present on Friday\, March 15 at 4:45pm. \n Featured speakers include Piotr Mitros (Chief Scientist\, edX)\, Carina Wong (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)\, Lal Jones-Bey (Coursera)\, John Rinderle (Open Learning Initiative\, Carnegie Mellon University)\, Gabe Kleinman (IDEO)\, Marti Hearst (Professor\, UC Berkeley)\, Suzanne Howard (IDEO)\, Pieter Abbeel (Professor and edX instructor\, UC Berkeley) and Christian Simm (Executive Director and Founder\, swissnex San Francisco). See symposium website for a full list of speaker biographies. \n Registration is now open at http://ciioe.eventbrite.com/. This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited\, we encourage you to register early. \n Presented by the Berkeley Center for New Media. Co-presented by the CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative\, with support from the UC Berkeley Center for Teaching and Learning\, the Banatao Institute @ CITRIS Berkeley\, and the Office of the President. \n To close our conference with a real service\, we are planning a Hackathon for Sunday March 17. The subject of this Hackathon is how to build an app that supports access to the UC schools for K-12 students. For more information\, see the Hackathon page at learningmode.org. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/learning-mode-critical-issues-in-online-education-mar-15/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130315T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4525-1363334400-1363366800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Learning Mode: Critical Issues in Online Education\, Mar 15 DESCRIPTION: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 educational landscape. This two-day symposium at UC Berkeley brings together scholars\, educational media developers\, students\, and employers to explore and discuss critical issues in online higher education. \n Symposium speakers will share their diverse experiences with online education and examine\, from a variety of angles\, the conditions\, opportunities\, and tensions pertaining to learning online. Over the course of two days\, speakers will identify key factors for successful implementation of online and on-campus learning models as they examine shifting notions of equity and access\, as well as theories of learning\, communities of practice\, research opportunities\, the global reach of online education\, and learning tools and metrics. \n Keynote Speaker Peter Norvig (Director of Research\, Google) will present on Friday\, March 15 at 4:45pm. \n Featured speakers include Piotr Mitros (Chief Scientist\, edX)\, Carina Wong (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)\, Lal Jones-Bey (Coursera)\, John Rinderle (Open Learning Initiative\, Carnegie Mellon University)\, Gabe Kleinman (IDEO)\, Marti Hearst (Professor\, UC Berkeley)\, Suzanne Howard (IDEO)\, Pieter Abbeel (Professor and edX instructor\, UC Berkeley) and Christian Simm (Executive Director and Founder\, swissnex San Francisco). See symposium website for a full list of speaker biographies. \n Registration is now open at http://ciioe.eventbrite.com/. This event is free and open to the public. Space is limited\, we encourage you to register early. \n Presented by the Berkeley Center for New Media. Co-presented by the CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative\, with support from the UC Berkeley Center for Teaching and Learning\, the Banatao Institute @ CITRIS Berkeley\, and the Office of the President. \n To close our conference with a real service\, we are planning a Hackathon for Sunday March 17. The subject of this Hackathon is how to build an app that supports access to the UC schools for K-12 students. For more information\, see the Hackathon page at learningmode.org. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/learning-mode-critical-issues-in-online-education-mar-15-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130318T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130318T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4528-1363593600-1363626000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Smart Materials and Advanced Manufacturing\, Mar 18 DESCRIPTION: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 the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Also featured is a distinguished industrial panel that will share with us their view of the industry needs for an “industrial commons”. In the afternoon\, a second panel will highlight some of the assets of the Northern California participants in this All-California program. Next\, breakout sessions will allow for considerable participant discussion on the day’s topics. Finally\, our distinguished closing speaker\, Mark Zdeblick\, CTO of Proteus Digital Health\, will describe new opportunities in manufacturing and healthcare. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/smart-materials-and-advanced-manufacturing-mar-18/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130318T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130318T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4529-1363593600-1363626000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Building Text-Analysis Tools for Literary Study\, Mar 18 DESCRIPTION: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 interests are user interfaces for search engines\, information visualization\, natural language processing\, and empirical analysis of social media. Hearst has recently completed a book on Search User Interfaces. Bryan Wagner is associate professor in the English Department and affiliated faculty in the American Studies Program at UC Berkeley. His primary research focuses on African American expression in the context of slavery and its aftermath\, with secondary interests in legal history\, cultural theory\, and popular music. \n Hearst and Wagner will discuss their National Endowment for the Humanities funded WordSeer project. This project began as an experiment by Ph.D. candidate Aditi Muralidharan asking how natural language processing and data visualization could be applied to the process of literary study. Two years and two NEH grants later\, the team has expanded their goal from matching up computational linguistics algorithms with literary questions to the creation of a publicly available scholarly tool for the visual and algorithmic analysis of text. \n A brown bag lunch conversation with Hearst and Wagner discussing lessons learned and the close collaboration\, field- testing and detailed understanding of humanistic work processes that are necessary for tool builders to be successful. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/building-text-analysis-tools-for-literary-study-mar-18/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130318T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130318T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4530-1363593600-1363626000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Data\, Society\, and Inference Seminar\, Mar 18 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-mar-18/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130320T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130320T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T062953 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T202238Z UID:4531-1363766400-1363798800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:How Better Information Can Transform Water Management in California\, Mar 20 DESCRIPTION: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 received his B.S. from Purdue University\, an M.S. from the University of California\, Berkeley and his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. He worked as a consulting engineer from 1975 to 1980\, prior to his Ph.D.\, and was Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at the University of Arizona from 1984 to 2003. He has published over 100 papers in diverse fields of research including snow hydrology\, alpine hydrology and biogeochemistry\, polar snow and ice\, contaminant hydrology\, and water quality. In 2007 he was named Acting Director\, and in 2008 Director\, of UC Merced’s Sierra Nevada Research Institute. \nAt UC Merced\, Dr. Bales organized the Mountain Hydrology Research Group\, which is deploying new research instrumentation at several Sierra Nevada sites\, and has multiple ongoing\, collaborative projects investigating mountain hydrology. He has continuing research in Greenland and Antarctica. \n———— \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/how-better-information-can-transform-water-management-in-california-mar-20/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR