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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131113T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131113T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4653-1384329600-1384362000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Demand-Side Modeling\, Estimation and Control in Electric Power Systems\, Nov 13 DESCRIPTION:Duncan Callaway joined the Energy and Resources Group as an assistant professor in the Fall of 2009\, and he also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UC Berkeley. \n Dr. Callaway’s research can be categorized in three areas: modeling and control of aggregated storage devices; power management; and system analysis of energy technologies and their impact. His research involves the use of a variety of methods\, including stochastic modeling\, system identification\, dynamics and control\, and spatial analysis. In general\, his work focuses on improving energy efficiency and renewable resource utilization through novel energy system configuration and control strategies. Some of the specific application areas he works on include wind energy\, demand response and load control\, and plug-in electric vehicles. \n ———— \n This semester marks the start of a new format for CITRIS seminars. The i4Energy seminar series will be included in the Research Exchange seminar series and held only on Wednesdays (seminars will no longer take place separately on Fridays). This format gives us chance to focus on each of our initiatives in turn\, bringing challenging speakers to discuss their research and join in an ongoing discussion at CITRIS. \n . \n The seminars are held in in the Banatao Auditorium of Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus\, and box lunches are provided *with registration*. \n Registration for each event (by the Monday prior at 3pm) is required for lunch at UC Berkeley at \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/demand-side-modeling-estimation-and-control-in-electric-power-systems-nov-13/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131113T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131113T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4654-1384329600-1384362000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Ted Selker\, “Activities in Considerate Systems” at UC Santa Cruz\, Nov 13 DESCRIPTION:Information systems are being called upon not only to help keep us organized and productive\, but also to help in the fabric of the way we live. We are starting to see them as solving social problems and reducing disruption; they help people enjoy others or even increase self-awareness. This talk will address notions of how we can introduce social awareness in our design practices and artifacts. I will frame the considerate system stance of social feedback to a user and describe results from a variety of research projects including systems supporting people in audio conference calls\, TV interactions\, saving energy\, phone reactions\, and voting technology. \n Dr. Ted Selker is director of Considerate Systems research at Carnegie Mellon University Silicon Valley and Visiting Scholar with the UC CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative. \n Ted spent ten years as an associate Professor at the MIT Media Laboratory where he created the Context Aware Computing group and co-directed the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project. Prior to his appointment at MIT\, his successes at targeted product creation and enhancement earned him the role of IBM Fellow and director of User Systems Ergonomics Research. He has also served as a consulting professor at Stanford University\, taught at Hampshire\, University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Brown Universities and worked at Xerox PARC and Atari Research Labs. Ted was co-recipient of the Computer Science Policy Leader Award for Scientific American 50 in 2004\, the Telluride Tech fest award in 2008\, and the American Association for People with Disabilities Thomas Paine Award for his work on voting technology in 2006. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/ted-selker-activities-in-considerate-systems-at-uc-santa-cruz-nov-13/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131114T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131114T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4655-1384416000-1384448400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Energy and Climate Change: California's Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Renewables\, Fuels\, and Markets\, Nov 14 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Climate Change: California’s Efforts to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions Through Renewables\, Fuels\, and Markets \n Thursday\, November 14\, 2013 \n Booth Auditorium\, Boalt Hall \n Earn up to 6 hours MCLE credit \n Register Online \n SCHEDULE \n REGISTRATION \n 9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. \n WELCOME BY CHAIRS \n 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. \n Scott Birkey\, Cox\, Castle & Nicholson LLP \n Amy Gaylord\, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP \n KEYNOTE SPEAKER – MARY NICHOLS \n 9:45 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. \n AB 32 and California’s Energy Future \n Mary Nichols\, Chair\, California Air Resources Board \n MEETING AB 32 GOALS THROUGH RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION \n 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. \n This panel will explore how the renewable energy industry\, guided by California’s Renewables Portfolio Standard requirements\, can reduce \n greenhouse gas emissions and still meet projected energy demand. \n Moderator: Ethan Elkind\, U.C. Berkeley School of Law \n Panelists: \n Nick Chaset\, Special Advisor for Distributed Energy Resources\, Office of Governor Edmund G Brown\, Jr. \n Shannon Eddy\, Executive Director\, Large-Scale Solar Association \n Arne Olson\, Partner\, Energy and Environmental Economics\, Inc. (E3) \n LUNCH (PROVIDED) \n 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. \n LUNCHEON ADDRESS – DAVID HOCHSCHILD \n 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. \n California’s Regulatory Approach to Renewables and Greenhouse Gas Reduction \n David Hochschild\, Commissioner\, California Energy Commission \n GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS AND THE INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY: RELIABILITY AND ELECTRICITY MARKETS \n 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. \n This panel will address the integration of renewable energy by focusing on current programs at the California ISO to firm intermittent renewable energy production\, while meeting the critical goal of maintaining reliability. The panel will feature a lively discussion featuring the sometimes competing views of grid operators and players in the renewable energy field. \n Moderator: Dana Palmer\, McGuire Woods LLP \n Panelists: \n Karen Edson\, V.P.\, Policy & Client Services\, California ISO \n Vicken Kasarjian\, Dir. Grid Planning & Operations\, SMUD \n V. John White\, Executive Director\, Center for Energy \n Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT) \n BREAK \n 2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. \n PRACTICAL REALITIES: TRANSPORTATION\, LOW CARBON FUELS AND ELECTRIFICATION TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS \n 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. \n Without fanfare\, laws at the Federal and state level have been reformulating transportation fuels to become more renewable and less carbon intensive. The Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA 2007) has created the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2)\, \n which will drive lower GHG emissions nationally. California’s leadership with its Low Carbon Fuel Standard is challenging the oil industry and \n supporting the re-birth of the electric car. This panel will examine the technical and legal impacts of these transformational policies. \n Moderator: William W. Westerfield\, III\, SMUD \n Panelists: \n Dan Bowermaster\, Senior Project Manager\, Electric Power Research Institute \n Mark Poole\, California Deputy Attorney General \n Cliff Rechtschaffen\, Senior Advisor\, Office of Governor Edmund G Brown\, Jr. \n CONCLUSION AND WRAP UP \n 4:30 p.m. \n Printable Brochure | Mail/FAX Registration Form URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/energy-and-climate-change-californias-efforts-to-reduce-greenhouse-gas-emissions-through-renewables-fuels-and-markets-nov-14/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131115T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131115T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4656-1384502400-1384534800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Social Innovation Hackathon\, Nov 15 DESCRIPTION:This year’s I School Hackathon is sponsored by the Peace Corps\, and will tackle real-world problems faced by Peace Corps projects around the world. \n Thinkers and innovators\, students and professionals alike. Anyone with a desire to solve real-world problems is welcome to compete and make a difference. Technical experience is not required. Come as a team\, or form one at the event. Teams should be about 3–4 people each. \n On Friday evening\, we’ll present a set of detailed problem statements from Peace Corps projects around the world. After 20 hours of hacking\, teams will present their solutions\, and a panel of judges will award $2000 in prizes to the best projects. \n Bring your skills and passion\, and we’ll provide the food (and the caffeine)! \n Friday\, November 15\, 6:00 pm – Saturday\, November 16\, 5:00 pm. \n South Hall\, UC Berkeley \n Space is limited\, so please sign up in advance. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/social-innovation-hackathon-nov-15/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131118T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4657-1384761600-1384794000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Behavior\, Energy and Climate Change Conference\, Nov 18-20\, 2013 DESCRIPTION:The Behavior\, Energy and Climate Change (BECC) Conference 2013 is the premier event focused on understanding behavior and decision making with respect to energy usage\, greenhouse gas emissions\, climate change\, and sustainability. Annually\, 700 participants come together to share new research\, discuss innovative policy and program strategies\, build networks\, and find potential partners for collaboration. \n The BECC Conference is convened by the Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC)\, Stanford University\, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE)\, and California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE)\, University of California. \n BECC brings together a range of academics\, practitioners\, and policy-makers from a variety of fields engaged in energy and climate efforts in order to provide the latest and most relevant behavioral research\, best practices\, and methodologies. The organizers value abstracts from all relevant disciplines concerned with human behavior\, society\, and culture\, especially work from applied anthropology\, social psychology\, behavioral economics\, organizational behavior\, political science\, communications\, and the cognitive sciences. \n Ultimately\, we seek to answer this question: How can we most effectively encourage low-carbon behavior? \n The organizers plan the agenda to cover diverse perspectives/disciplines (social sciences\, behavioral economics\, communications/marketing/entertainment\, public health\, cognitive sciences and others) and issue sectors\, including residential and commercial buildings\, transportation\, urban design\, and sustainable consumption (including food). URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/behavior-energy-and-climate-change-conference-nov-18-20-2013/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131118T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4658-1384761600-1384794000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Quantifying the Influence of Climate Change on Human Conflict\, Nov 18 DESCRIPTION:A rapidly growing body of research examines whether human conflict can be affected by climatic changes. Drawing from archaeology\, criminology\, economics\, geography\, history\, political science\, and psychology\, we assemble and analyze the 60 most rigorous quantitative studies and document\, for the first time\, a striking convergence of results. We find strong causal evidence linking climatic events to human conflict across a range of spatial and temporal scales and across all major regions of the world. The magnitude of climate’s influence is substantial: for each one standard deviation (1s) change in climate toward warmer temperatures or more extreme rainfall\, median estimates indicate that the frequency of interpersonal violence rises 4% and the frequency of intergroup conflict rises 14%. Because locations throughout the inhabited world are expected to warm 2s to 4s by 2050\, amplified rates of human conflict could represent a large and critical impact of anthropogenic climate change. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/quantifying-the-influence-of-climate-change-on-human-conflict-nov-18/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131120T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131120T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4659-1384934400-1384966800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Policy Impact of Telemedicine\, Nov 20 DESCRIPTION:Information and telecommunications technology have evolved drastically over the past 2 decades and transformed many industries. Healthcare has experienced important changes but continues to lag. What have we learned from our experiences that inform us as we explore the implementation of various technologies designed to advance quality and access? What is the status of telehealth/eHealth/Connected Health in California\, especially as it relates to vulnerable populations? This talk will explore these themes and the importance for on-going\, multi-disciplinary engagement. Jana Katz-Bell will approach this topic not as a healthcare provider nor an engineer — but as a person who has been involved in implementation of many telehealth applications over the past decade and from a policy and sustainability perspective. \n ———– \n This semester marks the start of a new format for CITRIS seminars. The i4Energy seminar series will be included in the Research Exchange seminar series. This format gives us chance to focus on each of our initiatives in turn\, bringing challenging speakers to discuss their research and join in an ongoing discussion at CITRIS. \n . \n The seminars are held in in the Banatao Auditorium of Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus\, and box lunches are provided *with registration*. \n Registration for each event (by the Monday prior at 3pm) is required for lunch at UC Berkeley at \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/policy-impact-of-telemedicine-nov-20/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131121T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131121T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4660-1385020800-1385053200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Labor\, Energy and the Economy\, Nov 21 DESCRIPTION:While increasing energy usage by the largest nations in the world drives the global economy\, the resulting burden of climate change is heaviest on the poorest people in the most fragile countries. At the same time\, inequality is widespread globally; even in America\, 42% of children born into poverty will stay in poverty for their entire lives. How can we address global poverty and climate change while building a strong world economy? \n Come hear Former Secretary of Labor and Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy\, Professor Robert Reich\, and Daniel Kammen\, Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy & Director of Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL)\, speak about income inequality\, energy and climate policy\, and the way forward at RAEL’s policy panel\, “Labor\, energy\, and the economy – The Impact of Climate Change and Inequality.” \n Daniel M. Kammen is the 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 at the University of California at Berkeley. During 2010 – 2011 Kammen served as the first Chief Technical Specialist for the World Bank\, where he led efforts to promote renewable energy development and energy efficiency in developing countries. He was appointed by former Secretary of State Clinton as a Fellow of the U. S. State Department’s Energy and Climate Partnership for the Americas (ECPA)\, and serves as Lead Scholar of the Fullbright NEXUS program. \n Kammen has served as a coordinating lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)\, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. Kammen serves on the National Technical Advisory Board of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency. He is the author of over 250 journal publications\, 4 books\, 30 technical reports\, and has testified in front of state and the US House and Senate over 30 times. \n Robert B. Reich is the Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations\, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. He also served on President-Elect Obama’s transition advisory board. Professor Reich is co-founding editor of The American Prospect magazine. His commentaries can be heard weekly on public radio’s Marketplace. In 2003\, Reich was awarded the prestigious Vaclav Havel Vision Foundation Prize\, by the former Czech president\, for his pioneering work in economic and social thought. In 2008\, Time Magazine named him one of the ten most successful cabinet secretaries of the century. \n Professor Reich received his B.A. from Dartmouth College\, his M.A. from Oxford University where he was a Rhodes Scholar\, and his J.D. from Yale Law School. \n Sponsored by Renewable & Appropriate Energy Laboratory. Co-Sponsored by CITRIS. \n ————- \n FREE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED: \n This event is free and open to the public. Feel free to bring your own lunch (coffee and soda are \n not allowed in the auditorium). \n Live broadcast at http://video.citris.berkeley.edu/playlists/webcast. \n The talk can be viewed post-event on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/citrisuc. \n Ask questions live on Twitter: @citrisnews URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/labor-energy-and-the-economy-nov-21/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131121T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131121T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4662-1385020800-1385053200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:TRUST Security Seminar\, Nov 21 DESCRIPTION:This talk considers how to restore electric power systems after a natural or man-made disaster. Such a restoration is extremely challenging from a computational standpoint as it combines a complex logistics problem with activation problems over a complex physical system. We present a four-step approach which allows us to separate the logistic and restoration aspects\, while ensuring an overall high quality restoration. The approach\, which heavily exploits hybrid optimization\, is validated on benchmarks using realistic power system data. The experimental results show significant improvements over the practice in the field and the critical role of hybrid optimization to find high-quality solutions in reasonable time. (Joint work with Carleton Coffrin and Pascal van Hentenryck) \n Russell Bent received his PhD in Computer Science from Brown University in 2005 and joined LANL as a technical staff member that year in the infrastructure analysis group (DSA-4). He is currently the leader of the optimization research and development team of DSA-4. He is a Co-PI on a laboratory directed research and development (LDRD) grant on the topic of the smart grid\, Co-PI on a project for uncertainty quantification of networks\, and Co-PI for the DOE-OE project Grid Science. He is also responsible for textit{RestoreSims}\, a project for resource management\, planning\, and distribution for disasters both for the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC). Russell’s publications include deterministic optimization\, optimization under uncertainty\, infrastructure modeling and simulation\, disaster planning\, constraint programming\, vehicle routing and scheduling\, supply chain\, algorithms\, and simulation. In the past ten years Russell has published 1 book and over 40 articles in artificial intelligence and operations research. A full list of his publications can be found at http://public.lanl.gov/rbent/ URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/trust-security-seminar-nov-21/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131121T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131121T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4663-1385020800-1385053200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:TRUST Security Seminar\, Nov 21 DESCRIPTION:This talk considers how to restore electric power systems after a natural or man-made disaster. Such a restoration is extremely challenging from a computational standpoint as it combines a complex logistics problem with activation problems over a complex physical system. We present a four-step approach which allows us to separate the logistic and restoration aspects\, while ensuring an overall high quality restoration. The approach\, which heavily exploits hybrid optimization\, is validated on benchmarks using realistic power system data. The experimental results show significant improvements over the practice in the field and the critical role of hybrid optimization to find high-quality solutions in reasonable time. (Joint work with Carleton Coffrin and Pascal van Hentenryck) \n Russell Bent received his PhD in Computer Science from Brown University in 2005 and joined LANL as a technical staff member that year in the infrastructure analysis group (DSA-4). He is currently the leader of the optimization research and development team of DSA-4. He is a Co-PI on a laboratory directed research and development (LDRD) grant on the topic of the smart grid\, Co-PI on a project for uncertainty quantification of networks\, and Co-PI for the DOE-OE project Grid Science. He is also responsible for textit{RestoreSims}\, a project for resource management\, planning\, and distribution for disasters both for the National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC). Russell’s publications include deterministic optimization\, optimization under uncertainty\, infrastructure modeling and simulation\, disaster planning\, constraint programming\, vehicle routing and scheduling\, supply chain\, algorithms\, and simulation. In the past ten years Russell has published 1 book and over 40 articles in artificial intelligence and operations research. A full list of his publications can be found at http://public.lanl.gov/rbent/ URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/trust-security-seminar-nov-21-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131122T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4664-1385107200-1385139600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Automating Demand Response: From Hot Summer Events to Any Time\, Nov 22 DESCRIPTION:Mary Ann Piette is the Head of the Building Technology and Urban Systems Department and has been at LBNL since 1983. She is also the Director of the Demand Response Research Center (DRRC). The DRRC develops DR technology and the Open Automated Demand Response standard\, which is a key element of the NIST Smart Grid standards. OpenADR is being deployed to deliver over 250 MW of DR in California and throughout the US. Ms. Piette develops and evaluates low-energy and demand response technologies for buildings. She specializes in commissioning\, energy information systems\, benchmarking\, and diagnostics. \n In 2006 Ms Piette received the Benner Award at the National Conference on Building Commissioning for contributions to making commissioning “business as usual”. Ms. Piette completed her undergraduate work at UC Berkeley in Physical Science. She has a Master’s of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and a Licentiate in Building Services Engineering from the Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/automating-demand-response-from-hot-summer-events-to-any-time-nov-22/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131122T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4665-1385107200-1385139600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:The Innovation is in the Mind – The Converging Trajectories of IT\, Neuro\, and Nano\, Nov 22 DESCRIPTION:While major progress has been made over the past decades\, the dynamic behavior of the brain at large is still poorly understood. A major charter in the neuroscience community for the next decade is to create a dynamic map of brain activity – an initiative that most recently received the full support of the White House. Doing so will require the most advanced imaging capabilities operating at multiple scales of resolution – from 10’s of microns to the complete brain. \n Recent advances in microscopic sensing\, ULP processing\, and communications are leading to brain-machine interfaces that may be able to observe thousands if not millions of active neurons in vivo. These “nanomorphic” circuits truly push the limit of nanometer scale semiconductor devices. \n One of the unintended side effects of a deeper understanding of the operation of the brain is that in reverse it may lead to novel architectures and models for nanoscale information-processing systems. While the brain may not be considered “general purpose” in terms of its computational capabilities\, it performs a set of functions such as feature extraction\, classification\, synthesis\, recognition\, learning\, and higher-order decision-making amazingly well and efficiently. Some properties of neural processing match the features that are inherent to emerging nanoscale semiconductor fabrics: it thrives on randomness and variability\, processing is performed in the continuous or discrete domains\, and massive parallelism\, major redundancy\, and adaptivity are of essence. \n Computational paradigms inspired by neural information processing hence may lead to energy-efficient\, low-cost\, dense\, and/or reliable implementations of the functions the brain excels at. \n In this presentation\, we will explore both sides of this neuroscience-information technology interaction. One thing is for sure – the joint future will be exciting. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/the-innovation-is-in-the-mind-the-converging-trajectories-of-it-neuro-and-nano-nov-22/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131122T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4666-1385107200-1385139600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Engineering an Equitable Future: Water and Environmental Justice in California\, Nov 22 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/engineering-an-equitable-future-water-and-environmental-justice-in-california-nov-22/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131202T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131202T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4667-1385971200-1386003600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:ATC Lecture – From Timelapse to Timecollapse: Rethinking New Media Art and Platform in China\, Dec 2 DESCRIPTION:Reflecting on his curatorial projects in China and elsewhere\, Zhang Ga invokes some of the fundamental concepts developed in Deleuze’s extensive work on cinema to extend the discussion of “movement image” and “time image” into the digital now. He argues that movement image is timelapse — unfolding narratives that are representational — while timecollapse signals a shift to time image (under the technological construct of timespace)\, forcing upon us a presentation as expression of total time. In this vortex of permutation in which new subjects emerge and new narratives surface\, new media art assumes a decisive role in articulating and constructing contemporary cultural experiences that call into question the ocularcentric aesthetic paradigm predicated on anthropocentric subjectivity and representation. \n ZHANG Ga is a media art curator\, Professor at the Academy of Arts and Design\, Tsinghua University (Beijing)\, and Associate Professor of Media Art at the School of Art\, Media and Technology at Parsons The New School for Design (New York). He also holds appointments as consulting curator of media art at the National Art Museum of China and senior researcher at the Media + Design Lab of EPFL | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne\, and was a visiting scientist at the MIT Media Lab. Among numerous curatorial projects\, he was artistic director / curator of Synthetic Times: International New Media Art Exhibition 2008 (catalogue by the MIT Press)\, a Beijing Olympics Cultural Project\, and Translife: International Triennial of New Media Art 2011 (catalogue by Liverpool University Press)\, both organized by the National Art Museum of China. From 2004 to 2006\, together with Prof. Lu Xiaobo he organized and curated the First\, Second and Third Beijing International New Media Art Exhibitions and Symposiums\, extending the global new media art discourse into mainland China. In 2010\, he founded TASML\, Tsinghua University Art & Science Research Center Media Lab. \n The ATC series is produced by the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM)\, with support from the Office of the Vice Chancellor and Provost\, the Center for Information Technology in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)\, Meyer Sound and Theo Armour. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/atc-lecture-from-timelapse-to-timecollapse-rethinking-new-media-art-and-platform-in-china-dec-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131204T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131204T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4669-1386144000-1386176400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Overview of Rural Electrification Research in Kenya and India\, Dec 4 DESCRIPTION:Rural electrification remains a critical development challenge in low-income countries – one that promises great social benefits while simultaneously risking substantial environmental damage. Given that conventional energy systems rely heavily on fossil fuels\, increasing access to electricity for the 1.3 billion people still living without it could lead to very large increases in local and global pollution. To date\, there is very limited evidence regarding the impacts of electrification in low-income countries\, although these are the households that will drive most of the medium-term growth in global energy consumption. Our challenge\, then\, is to determine how best to harness the benefits of rural electrification while minimizing environmental costs. This talk will summarize ongoing research that aims to shed light on both sides of this critical trade off. \n ——– \n Catherine Wolfram is Cora Jane Flood Professor of Business Administration at the Haas School of Business and a researcher at the UC Energy Institute. Her research focuses on the economics of energy markets. \n She has studied the impact of environmental regulation on energy markets and the effects of electricity industry privatization and restructuring around the world. \n She received a PhD in economics from MIT. Before joining the faculty at UC Berkeley\, she was an assistant professor of economics at Harvard University. \n ———– \n . \n The seminars are held in in the Banatao Auditorium of Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus\, and box lunches are provided *with registration*. \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/overview-of-rural-electrification-research-in-kenya-and-india-dec-4/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20131220T200000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20131205T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131214T052538Z UID:3956-1387526400-1387569600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:A Talk by Marina Gorbis\, Executive Director\, Institute for the Future\, Dec 11 DESCRIPTION:Marina Gorbis is a futurist and social scientist who serves as executive director to the Institute for the Future (IFTF)\, a Silicon Valley nonprofit research and consulting organization. In her 14 years with IFTF\, Marina has brought a futures perspective to hundreds of organizations in business\, education\, government\, and philanthropy to improve innovation capacity\, develop strategies\, and design new products and services. \nMarina’s current research focuses on how social production is changing the face of major industries\, a topic explored in detail in her book\, The Nature of the Future: Dispatches from the Socialstructed World. She has also blogged and written for BoingBoing.net\, FastCompany\, Harvard Business Review\, and major media outlets. A native of Odessa\, Ukraine\, yet equally at home in Silicon Valley\, Europe\, India\, and Kazakhstan\, Marina is particularly well suited to see things from a global viewpoint. She has keynoted such international events as the World Economic Forum\, The Next Web Conference\, NEXT Berlin\, the World Business Forum\, the National Association of Broadcasters annual convention\, and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges annual conference. She holds a BA in psychology and a master’s of public policy from UC Berkeley. \n——–\nRegistration for each event (by the Monday prior at 3pm) is required for lunch at UC Berkeley at http://citris.eventbrite.com/ \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 mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/citrisuc. \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/a-talk-by-marina-gorbis-executive-director-institute-for-the-future-dec-11/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140109T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140109T200000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20131205T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131214T052442Z UID:3957-1389254400-1389297600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Diagnostics by Design\, Jan 9 DESCRIPTION:The Diagnostics by Design workshop is an interdisciplinary forum for discussing the challenges and lessons learned in developing and implementing global health technologies\, specifically at the point of care. Through interactive talks\, a panel discussion with experts from industry and academia\, and a hands-on build session\, we will explore the challenges associated with translating technologies beyond the lab. This workshop will draw on the expertise and experience of individuals from across disciplines to explore collaborative solutions to global health issues.\nThe workshop will feature Columbia University professor and mChip inventor Samuel Sia as the keynote speaker\, with a full list of speakers to come. Food and drink will also be provided throughout the event. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/diagnostics-by-design-jan-9/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140111T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140111T200000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20131205T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131214T052437Z UID:3958-1389427200-1389470400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Diagnostics by Design\, Jan 11-12\, 2014 DESCRIPTION:The Diagnostics by Design hackathon is a cross-communities effort to bridge the gap between makers and do-it-yourself innovators and the sphere of global health. The event is posed as a challenge to participants: with minimal materials or through innovative coding\, tackle a technological or informatic need in the space of point of care diagnostics. These can range from generating DIY lab equipment alternatives for medical clinics with limited resources\, informatics for disease monitoring\, or redesign of diagnostic tools for resource limited settings. Attendees from the maker communities will work with participants from academic and professional spaces: the goal is an interface between the innovative expertise of the former with the needs assessments and field knowledge of the latter. We not only explore but get hands on experience with pressing health and design needs. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/diagnostics-by-design-jan-11-12-2014/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140122T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140106T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140326T183705Z UID:4004-1390377600-1390410000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Cognitive Computing for Utilities\, Jan 22 DESCRIPTION:This talk focuses on a cognitive computing approach to handle common problems within utilities\, concentrating on utility operations and exploring the concept of using cognitive models and the underlying technologies that support it. I will discuss such topics as big data\, analytics\, sensing and the Internet of Things (IoT)\, along with the cognitive modeling schema. In addition\, I will present examples of business problems that could utilize cognitive computing capabilities\, along with issues and challenges to this type of approach. \n————– \nLive broadcast at http://video.citris.berkeley.edu/playlists/webcast. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed on our YouTube channel \nThe schedule for the semester can be found on the CITRIS site. \nWebviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall\nWebviewing at UC Merced: SSM 317\nWebviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/cognitive-computing-for-utilities-jan-22/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140122T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140122T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140116T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140116T090101Z UID:4049-1390377600-1390410000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:CITRIS Mobile App Challenge Info Session + Ideation Summit\, Jan 22 DESCRIPTION:4PM-8PM @ 141 Sutardja Dai Hall. This event will facilitate the ideation & development of project ideas to help students define potential areas of interests for their apps. Domain experts from societal impact areas will attend to provide advice and share experiences URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/citris-mobile-app-challenge-info-session-ideation-summit-jan-22/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140123T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140123T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140113T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140113T090101Z UID:4040-1390464000-1390496400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:TRUST Security Seminar\, Jan 23 DESCRIPTION:Financial and trade secret theft\, fraud\, technical attacks\, privacy intrusions\, malware and other online criminal activity is a significant problem. Millions of internet users and companies have already been victimized and perpetrators have caused considerable economic harm to the online economy. Increasing ubiquity (e.g. social media\, mobile platforms)\, more valuable assets in more places (e.g. the cloud\, online banking etc) and increasingly sophisticated and organized adversaries have created a problem that cannot be ignored. What to do? Get active\, that’s what! This discussion will explore how companies can develop proactive programs to defend themselves and enforce their rights\, including investigation\, technical defenses\, private legal enforcement\, law enforcement partnerships and user education. \nGabriel M. Ramsey\, a partner in the Silicon Valley office\, is a member of the Intellectual Property Group\, and a leader of the Entertainment & Gaming Group and the Privacy\, Data Security & Internet Safety Group. \nMr. Ramsey focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation. In 2012\, Mr. Ramsey was named one of the top 75 IP litigators in California by The Daily Journal. In 2013\, Mr. Ramsey was recognized as an “IP Star” by Managing Intellectual Property magazine. \nMr. Ramsey has substantial experience in high technology and entertainment related matters involving copyright\, trademark\, trade secret and patent law. He has significant experience in carrying out Internet enforcement actions involving cybercrime\, fraud and deceptive activity\, brand violations\, intellectual property infringement and privacy breaches. He also has handled many licensing matters and general commercial disputes. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/trust-security-seminar-jan-23/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140124T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140124T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140108T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140108T090101Z UID:4035-1390550400-1390582800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Electronic Materials Reaching Out To Mechanical\, Optical And Thermal Functionalities\, Jan 24 DESCRIPTION:Electronic materials are materials in which mobile electrons play an active role in defining their relevant properties. However\, their functionalities and applications are not necessarily limited to the electronic sector. \nIn this talk I will discuss our recent efforts in extending our understanding and engineering of electronic materials to fields dominated by mechanical\, optical or thermal processes. \nSpecifically\, I will highlight three projects: phase transition-driven micro solid engine\, point defects-enhanced thermoelectrics and molecularly gated luminescence in monolayer semiconductors. \n*******\nThis past month Prof. Wu won the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)\, which he adds to the NSF Career award and the DOE Early Career Award. He received his Ph.D. here at UC Berkeley in Applied Science & Technology before doing a postdoc at Harvard. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/electronic-materials-reaching-out-to-mechanical-optical-and-thermal-functionalities-jan-24/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140129T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140129T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140106T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140106T090101Z UID:4005-1390982400-1391014800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Targeted Efficiency: Using Customer Meter Data to Improve Efficiency Program Outcomes\, Jan 29 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Fall 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/targeted-efficiency-using-customer-meter-data-to-improve-efficiency-program-outcomes-jan-29/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140129T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140129T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140109T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140326T183334Z UID:4037-1390982400-1391014800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Does Rebound Offset the Savings from Energy Efficiency?\, Jan 29 DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\nImproving the efficiency with which we use energy is often said to be the most cost-effective way to reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Yet\, such improvements usually lower the cost of using energy-intensive goods and may create wealth from the energy savings\, both of which lead to increased energy use\, a “rebound” effect. Disagreements about the magnitude of energy efficiency rebound are immense and play a central role in debates over the role energy efficiency can play in combating climate change. But these differing views seem to stem as much from the lack of a common framework for the analysis as from different estimates of key parameters. I present a theoretical framework that parses rebound into economic income and substitution effects. The framework helps shed new light on how rebound is affected by the pricing of energy\, as well as by the degree to which consumers optimize their consumption. I then explore the implications of this framework for measurement of rebound\, examining rebound from improved auto fuel economy and lighting efficiency. The illustrative calculations I carry out suggest that rebound is unlikely to that more than offset the savings from energy efficiency investments (known as “backfire”)\, but rebound is likely to reduce the net savings by roughly 10% to 40% from these energy efficiency improvements.\n——————- \nLive broadcast at http://video.citris.berkeley.edu/playlists/webcast. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed on our YouTube channel \nThe schedule for the semester can be found on the CITRIS site. \nWebviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall\nWebviewing at UC Merced: SSM 317\nWebviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B \nRegistration through eventbrite is required for lunch at UC Berkley. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/does-rebound-offset-the-savings-from-energy-efficiency-jan-29/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140130T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140127T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140127T090101Z UID:4159-1391068800-1391101200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:TRUST Security Seminar\, Jan 30 DESCRIPTION:With the tremendous growth in cloud-based services\, the web platform is now easily the most widely used application platform. In this talk\, I will present our work towards developing a secure client-side for web applications. I will discuss three directions: secure protocols\, secure applications and secure user experience. First\, we present work on providing a formal foundation for web security protocols. We formalize the typical web attacker model and identify two broadly applicable security goals. We also identify an abstraction of the web platform that is amenable to automated analysis yet able to express subtle attacks missed by humans. Using a model checker\, our work automatically identified a previously unknown flaw in a widely used Kerberos-like authentication protocol for the web. \nSecond\, we present work on improving assurance in client-side web applications. We identify pervasive over-privileging in client-side web applications and present a new architecture that relies on privilege separation to mitigate vulnerabilities. Our design uses standard primitives and enables a 6x to 10000x reduction in the trusted computing base with only 13 lines modified. \nLastly\, we present the results of a large-scale measurement study to empirically asses whether browser security warnings are as ineffective as popular opinion suggests. We used Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome’s in-browser telemetry to observe over 25 million warning impressions in situ. Our results demonstrate that security warnings can be effective in practice; security experts and system architects should not dismiss the goal of communicating security information to end users.and secure interaction design to achieve this vision. \nDevdatta is a graduate student interested in computer security working on security of software\, primarily focused on web application security. He is part of Dawn Song’s research group at UC Berkeley. Devdatta is also an invited expert on the W3C’s Web Application Security Working Group. More details\, including how to pronounce his name\, are on his homepage: devd.me URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/trust-security-seminar-jan-30/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140131T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140131T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140127T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140127T090101Z UID:4160-1391155200-1391187600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Photonic Lab-on-a-Chip: Merging Photonics and Microfluidics\, Jan 31 DESCRIPTION:A premise of the lab-on-a-chip paradigm is the integration of several processing stages of a chemical or biochemical analytical procedure together with microfluidics and detection methods. This entails reliability\, sensitivity and specificity of the analytical systems. Although electrochemical and mechanical approaches are common\, optical detection remains predominant\, mainly due to its non-invasiveness\, high sensitivity and small footprint. \nIn this respect\, many research groups – including our own – have concentrated their efforts in developing photonic lab-on-a-chip (PhLoC). \nIn this seminar we will show how it is possible to implement advanced PhLoC with an outstanding level of integration\, but only requiring a maximum of two\, non-critical photolithographic steps. Here\, using only polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)\, air and buffer as constituent materials\, high quality micro-optical elements can be defined together with arbitrarily complex microfluidic networks. \nSeveral examples from our lab research will be presented\, including more advanced configurations. In the last part of this seminar\, new approaches will also be introduced\, such as the electrically tunable 1×5 optofluidic router for on-chip light routing. Such system can redirect light from an optical input channel into five output channels by exploiting liquid–liquid mirrors\, which are aligned using integrated electrowetting-on- dielectrics (EWOD) actuators. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/photonic-lab-on-a-chip-merging-photonics-and-microfluidics-jan-31/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140205T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140115T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140326T180826Z UID:4044-1391587200-1391619600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Technology for Patient Decision Making and Provider Choice\, Feb 5 DESCRIPTION:Live broadcast at http://video.citris.berkeley.edu/playlists/webcast. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed on our YouTube channel \nThe schedule for the semester can be found on the CITRIS site. \nWebviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall\nWebviewing at UC Merced: SSM 317\nWebviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B \nRegistration through eventbrite is required for lunch at UC Berkley. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/technology-for-patient-decision-making-and-provider-choice-feb-5/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://citris-uc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shutterstock_168971951-e1391559198712-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140205T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140122T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140205T085435Z UID:4138-1391587200-1391619600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Feb 5 - NSA Spying\, Snowden\, and Sparking Change DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss what promises to be a very timely and engaging conversation with Cindy Cohn\, legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation\, and Nicole Ozer\, technology and civil liberties director at the ACLU of Northern California. \nWe will be exploring the latest updates related to NSA spying — what we now know\, what we still don’t know\, and opportunities in Congress\, the courts\, companies\, and in communities to rein in warrantless surveillance and better safeguard privacy and free speech. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/nsa-spying-snowden-and-sparking-change-feb-5/ LOCATION:CA ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://citris-uc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/shutterstock_119487184-e1391561720268-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140205T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140205T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20140129T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140129T090101Z UID:4169-1391587200-1391619600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Community Cellular Networks in Rural Papua\, Indonesia\, Feb 5 DESCRIPTION:The price of cellular infrastructure is dropping dramatically\, entering the sub 10\,000 USD price point in the last few years. This shift has enabled a new model of telephony\, Community Cellular Networks\, where local entrepreneurs operate their own independent networks in rural areas currently without coverage. In this talk\, Dr. Heimerl will discuss Community Cellular Networks and the implementation of one such such network in the highlands of Papua\, Indonesia. \nDr. Kurtis Heimerl is a postdoctoral researcher working under Prof. Eric Brewer in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and Prof. Tapan Parikh in the iSchool. His work focuses primarily on cellular systems and their intersection with international development. He won Best Paper at the CM SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) for his work on kiosk-based crowdsoucing systems and won the community award at the 10th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (NSDI) for his work on cellular systems for rural areas. He has also worked on the Metamouse group learning program. He received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley last year. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/community-cellular-networks-in-rural-papua-indonesia-feb-5/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140206T200000 DTSTAMP:20260405T214700 CREATED:20131205T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20131214T052433Z UID:3959-1391673600-1391716800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:HTNM Lecture – Lisa Nakamura "Indigenous Circuits"\, Feb 6 DESCRIPTION:The History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series brings to campus leading humanities scholars working on issues of media transition and technological emergence. The series promotes new\, interdisciplinary approaches to questions about the uses\, meanings\, causes\, and effects of rapid or dramatic shifts in techno-infrastructure\, information management\, and forms of mediated expression.\nThe History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series is produced by the Berkeley Center for New Media with support from CITRIS (The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society). \nLisa Nakamura is a Professor in the Department of American Cultures and the Department of Screen Arts and Cultures at the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor. Her research interrogates both the performance of and assumptions embedded in representations of race and ethnicity in digital media\, particularly within gaming cultures. These issues are at the forefront of her books “Race After the Internet” (co-edited with Peter Chow-White)\, “Digitizing Race: Visual Cultures of the Internet\,” and “Cybertypes: Race\, Ethnicity\, and Identity on the Internet.” Nakamura is currently investigating transnational racialized labor and avatarial capital in a “postracial” world through the lens of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/htnm-lecture-lisa-nakamura-indigenous-circuits-feb-6/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR