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:20100314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20101107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4288-1323331200-1323363600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:The Digital We at the Social Apps Lab at CITRIS\, Dec 8 DESCRIPTION:The Social Apps Lab focuses on creating mobile applications that use elements of gameplay to motivate citizen learning\, civic action\, and crowdsourced solutions for social problems. The Digital We examines the premises\, prospects\, and projects of this kind of social media production through a day of workshops and public discussions. The directors of the Social Apps Lab will present several new projects\, including CitySandbox\, DengueTorpedo\, Pathways\, and BingoType. \n Join us for – \n Workshops with presentations from: \n • Chris Kelty – UC Los Angeles\, Department of Information Studies \n • Kacper Poblocki – University of Poznan\, Department of Anthropology \n • Warren Sack – UC Santa Cruz\, Program of Digital Arts and New Media \n • Artur Celinski – Res Publica\, Warsaw \n • Marina Gorbis – Institute for the Future\, Palo Alto \n • Heather Horst – UC Irvine\, Digital Media and Learning Research Hub \n Roundtable Discussion about Interdisciplinary Initiatives and University-City Projects with: \n • Paul Wright – UC Berkeley\, Director of CITRIS \n • Carla Hesse – UC Berkeley\, Dean of Social Sciences \n • Anthony Cascardi – UC Berkeley\, Dean of Arts and Humanities \n • Gordon Wozniak – City of Berkeley Councilmember \n Demo of Recent Projects at the Social Apps Lab: \n • James Holston\, Co-Director \n • Greg Niemeyer\, Co-Director \n • URAP Students at the Social Apps Lab \n And Dialogues with: \n • Artur Celinski – Res Publica\, Warsaw \n • Ken Goldberg – UC Berkeley\, Dept of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research \n • Marina Gorbis – Institute for the Future\, Palo Alto \n • Heather Horst – UC Irvine\, Digital Media and Learning Research Hub \n • Josefina Coloma – Sustainable Science Institute & UC Berkeley School of Public Health \n • Terry Deacon – UC Berkeley\, Department of Anthropology \n • Faraz Farzin – Stanford\, Department of Psychology \n • Kacper Poblocki – University of Poznan\, Department of Anthropology \n • Bill Satariano – UC Berkeley School of Public Health URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/the-digital-we-at-the-social-apps-lab-at-citris-dec-8/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4289-1323331200-1323363600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:The Digital We at the Social Apps Lab at CITRIS\, Dec 8 DESCRIPTION:The Social Apps Lab focuses on creating mobile applications that use elements of gameplay to motivate citizen learning\, civic action\, and crowdsourced solutions for social problems. The Digital We examines the premises\, prospects\, and projects of this kind of social media production through a day of workshops and public discussions. The directors of the Social Apps Lab will present several new projects\, including CitySandbox\, DengueTorpedo\, Pathways\, and BingoType. \n Join us for – \n Workshops with presentations from: \n • Chris Kelty – UC Los Angeles\, Department of Information Studies \n • Kacper Poblocki – University of Poznan\, Department of Anthropology \n • Warren Sack – UC Santa Cruz\, Program of Digital Arts and New Media \n • Artur Celinski – Res Publica\, Warsaw \n • Marina Gorbis – Institute for the Future\, Palo Alto \n • Heather Horst – UC Irvine\, Digital Media and Learning Research Hub \n Roundtable Discussion about Interdisciplinary Initiatives and University-City Projects with: \n • Paul Wright – UC Berkeley\, Director of CITRIS \n • Carla Hesse – UC Berkeley\, Dean of Social Sciences \n • Anthony Cascardi – UC Berkeley\, Dean of Arts and Humanities \n • Gordon Wozniak – City of Berkeley Councilmember \n Demo of Recent Projects at the Social Apps Lab: \n • James Holston\, Co-Director \n • Greg Niemeyer\, Co-Director \n • URAP Students at the Social Apps Lab \n And Dialogues with: \n • Artur Celinski – Res Publica\, Warsaw \n • Ken Goldberg – UC Berkeley\, Dept of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research \n • Marina Gorbis – Institute for the Future\, Palo Alto \n • Heather Horst – UC Irvine\, Digital Media and Learning Research Hub \n • Josefina Coloma – Sustainable Science Institute & UC Berkeley School of Public Health \n • Terry Deacon – UC Berkeley\, Department of Anthropology \n • Faraz Farzin – Stanford\, Department of Psychology \n • Kacper Poblocki – University of Poznan\, Department of Anthropology \n • Bill Satariano – UC Berkeley School of Public Health URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/the-digital-we-at-the-social-apps-lab-at-citris-dec-8-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4286-1323244800-1323277200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Saving the World Together\, One Server at a Time\, Dec 7 DESCRIPTION:The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at \n . All talks may be viewed on our \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 \n Abstract: \n Power and energy management\, and more recently environmental sustainability\, are emerging as central issues in systems design. The next order-of-magnitude improvements in these areas will come from rethinking how we approach and optimize energy efficiency — “holistically” across traditional design boundaries. This talk will discuss such optimizations from the data-centric data center project at HP Labs\, specifically focusing on two examples — “dematerialized datacenters” and “nanostores”. These designs\, cross-cutting the sustainability\, technology\, architecture\, and software communities\, can achieve significant improvements in energy efficiency (10X-50X). \n Bio: Partha Ranganathan is a Fellow at Hewlett Packard Labs where he currently leads a large initiative on future data-centric data centers. His research interests are in systems architecture and manageability\, energy-efficiency\, and systems modeling and evaluation. He has done extensive work in these areas including key contributions around energy-aware user interfaces\, heterogeneous multi-core processors\, power capping and power-aware server designs\, federated enterprise power management\, energy modeling and benchmarking\, disaggregated blade server architectures\, and most recently\, storage hierarchy and systems redesign for non-volatile memory. He was also one of the primary developers of the publicly distributed Rice Simulator for ILP Multiprocessors (RSIM). Dr. Ranganathan’s work has led to several commercial products and has been featured in various venues including the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Business Week\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Times of India\, Slashdot\, Youtube\, and Tom’s hardware guide. Dr. Ranganathan has been named one of the world’s top young innovators by MIT Technology Review\, and has been recognized with several other awards including Rice University’s Outstanding Young Engineering Alumni award. Dr. Ranganathan received his B.Tech degree from the Indian Institute of Technology\, Madras and his M.S. and Ph.D. from Rice University\, Houston. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/saving-the-world-together-one-server-at-a-time-dec-7/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4287-1323244800-1323277200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:CITRIS Holiday Gala\, Dec 7 DESCRIPTION:Please mark your calendars for an exciting event at Banatao Institute@CITRIS Berkeley on Wednesday\, December 7th: the annual Holiday Gala at Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/citris-holiday-gala-dec-7/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4284-1323158400-1323190800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Mobile Entrepreneurship at Cal – IEOR 190E Final Showcase and Competition\, Dec 6 DESCRIPTION:Join us as Berkeley’s eight newest mobile startups show off their apps and fight for a chance to defend UC Berkeley’s title at the international University Mobile Challenge at Barcelona. Help your favorite team win the coveted Audience Choice award! \n IEOR 190E – “Mobile Applications and Entrepreneurship” is a course at Berkeley that aims to bridge the gap between academia and business. Through the course of a semester\, teams of 4-5 students each create a mobile-based business and prototype their technology. At\nthe\nconclusion\n of\nthe\n course\,\neach\nteam\n will\npitch\n their\ncompany\n to\na\npanel\n of\n VCs\n and\n angel investors. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/mobile-entrepreneurship-at-cal-ieor-190e-final-showcase-and-competition-dec-6/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4285-1323158400-1323190800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Mobile Entrepreneurship at Cal – IEOR 190E Final Showcase and Competition\, Dec 6 DESCRIPTION:Join us as Berkeley’s eight newest mobile startups show off their apps and fight for a chance to defend UC Berkeley’s title at the international University Mobile Challenge at Barcelona. Help your favorite team win the coveted Audience Choice award! \n IEOR 190E – “Mobile Applications and Entrepreneurship” is a course at Berkeley that aims to bridge the gap between academia and business. Through the course of a semester\, teams of 4-5 students each create a mobile-based business and prototype their technology. At\nthe\nconclusion\n of\nthe\n course\,\neach\nteam\n will\npitch\n their\ncompany\n to\na\npanel\n of\n VCs\n and\n angel investors. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/mobile-entrepreneurship-at-cal-ieor-190e-final-showcase-and-competition-dec-6-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4283-1323158400-1323190800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Swarm Lab Inauguration\, Dec 6 DESCRIPTION:On December 6\, we celebrate the official inauguration of the Center with a “Swarm Visions” session in the morning followed by a poster and demo session in the afternoon\, as well as a ribbon cutting ceremony presided over by Paul Jacobs\, CEO of Qualcomm Inc. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/swarm-lab-inauguration-dec-6/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111202T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111202T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4282-1322812800-1322845200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Technology Demonstration Success Stories from the PIER Program: Making End-Use Efficiency Happen\, Dec 2 DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public\, the i4Energy Speaker Series is a weekly roundtable of lectures and discussions that highlight these research issues. All talks take place at noon on Fridays in 310 Sutardja Dai Hall\, Banatao Auditorium on the UC Berkeley campus\, unless otherwise indicated. \n Live broadcast at \n . Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at \n . All talks may be viewed on our \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1065 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 506 \n The California Energy Commission (CEC) Public interest Energy Research (PIER) Program has produced many high efficiency end-use technologies capable of substantially reducing energy use\, costs\, and environmental impacts. The State Partnership for Energy Efficient Demonstrations (SPEED) Program is one of the key connections to the market for the PIER Program\, proving technology in the field\, providing feedback to the product development process\, and piloting technology deployment toward achieving energy efficiency at scale. \n Karl Brown is the Director of the SPEED Program and Deputy Director of the California Institute for Energy and Environment. Karl will describe the SPEED team coordinated by CIEE\, summarize the extensive portfolio of demonstrations\, and mark progress toward achieving the market potential of demonstrated technologies in California. Karl will also provide three technology success stories illustrating the diverse and nimble approaches the Program takes in advancing technology adoption. \n ————————- URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/technology-demonstration-success-stories-from-the-pier-program-making-end-use-efficiency-happen-dec-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111130T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111130T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4281-1322640000-1322672400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Dataflow Computing for Data-intensive Applications\, Nov 30 DESCRIPTION:The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at \n . All talks may be viewed on our \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/dataflow-computing-for-data-intensive-applications-nov-30/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111121T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111121T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4279-1321862400-1321894800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Networked Journalism and a Public Right to Hear in an Age of Newsware and APIs\, Nov 21 DESCRIPTION:What does a public right to hear mean in networked environments\, and why does such a right matter? In this talk I’ll describe how this right to hear has\, in part\, historically and implicitly underpinned the U.S. press’s claims to autonomy and\, more fundamentally\, models of democratic freedom. I’ll trace how this right appears in contemporary networked news production\, and show how three networked news organizations have used Application Programming Interfaces to simultaneously listen to and distance themselves from their readers. A modern public right to hear — and thus the press’s claims to autonomy — depends\, in part\, upon networked technologies and practices that mediate among different groups and professions struggling for identity and legitimacy through what Bowker and Star (1999) call “boundary infrastructures.” It is through these technosocial systems — powerful yet often invisible infrastructures that I call “newsware” — that the contemporary\, institutional press signals how it is willing to listen to\, with\, and for publics. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/networked-journalism-and-a-public-right-to-hear-in-an-age-of-newsware-and-apis-nov-21/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111121T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111121T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4280-1321862400-1321894800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:ATC Lecture: Performance and Humor in the New Media Landscape\, Marc Horowitz\, Nov 21 DESCRIPTION:Marc Horowitz is an interdisciplinary artist\, working primarily in performance\, video and installation. The central concerns driving most of his work have to do with engaging strangers in public and on the internet around absurdist principles. These projects engage in a dialog with a diverse range of subjects including entertainment\, advertising\, architectural environments\, commerce and the quest for daily meaning. Marc says that he is “constantly making lists of potential inventions\, neologisms\, moneymaking schemes\, jokes\, drawings\, websites\, characters and impromptu videos. It is my hope that my work speaks to “the moment\,” that it might reflect and critique American idealism\, expansionism\, and capitalism; that it might parody pop culture so successfully it becomes re-appropriated by it.” \n Marc Horowitz will discuss how contemporary information technologies\, i.e. smart phones\, youtube\, social media sites\, are changing the way we make and consume art and entertainment. \n Marc Horowitz is many things: a virtual cross country explorer\, a comedic performance enthusiast\, sheep shearer\, social experimentalist\, one of People Magazine’s 50 most eligible bachelors\, and possibly the first would-be inventor of a brick-house\, diesel-truck\, hybrid helicopter. \n One of his recent digital adventures landed him on NPR’s Weekend Edition – discussing the Los Angeles to Richmond\, Virginia road trip he and friend\, Peter Baldes\, took via Google Maps without ever leaving their homes. Prior to that\, Marc was challenged to live 168 hours straight in a Nissan Sentra for the “Seven Days in a Sentra” national ad campaign. \n Before his Nissan project\, Marc spent the better part of an entire year traveling around the country having dinner with strangers he met out of a Crate & Barrel catalog. After that\, he drove the shape of his coast-to-coast signature on a US map\, improving towns along the way. These improvements include starting an Anonymous Semi-Nudist Colony in Nampa\, Idaho and burying an entire town’s problems in Craig\, Colorado. \n Other projects include: “www.theadviceofstrangers.com” with Creative Time\, where Marc lived his life through the advice of strangers as he surrendered his life choices online for the public to vote on; the Talkshow247 internet broadcast\, a 24/7 three-month long lifecast; his involvement with The Center for Improved Living\, “The Me & You Show” at the Hayward Gallery\, “Marc Horowitz Saves America” MTV pilot; the Human Video Game Experiment; and well\, you get the idea. Marc is a busy man\, with many talents. His work can be seen on his site www.ineedtostopsoon.com. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/atc-lecture-performance-and-humor-in-the-new-media-landscape-marc-horowitz-nov-21/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111118T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4278-1321603200-1321635600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Reducing Peak Load on Campus: Distributed Intelligent Automated Demand Response in Sutardja Dai Hall\, Nov 18 DESCRIPTION:Live broadcast at \n . Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at \n . All talks may be viewed on our \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1065 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 506 \n Abstract: \n The Distributed Intelligent Automated Demand Response (DIADR) management system has intelligent optimization and control algorithms for demand management\, taking into account many factors affecting cost: comfort\, HVAC\, lighting\, and other building systems\, climate\, and usage/occupancy patterns. \n The goal of the two year project is to demonstrate an innovative DR management system on a typical commercial building to achieve 30% demand reduction while still maintaining the building as a healthy\, productive\, and comfortable environment for the building occupants. In addition to centralized building energy management\, this project features distributed intelligent control via various load control gateways that manage end devices\, such as computers\, printers\, and task lighting. \n The selected building\, Sutardja Dai Hall on the UC Berkeley campus\, is a relatively new building (opened Feb 2009) and houses the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) and the Banatao Institute@CITRIS Berkeley. This building has a Siemens Apogee Building Automation System and WattStopper lighting system. Progress thus far has been \n . Outlining the functional requirements \n . Development\, installation and demonstration of the Siemens Smart Energy Box (SEB) to receive demand response signals from the Demand Response \n Automated Server (DRAS) at LBNL and automatically generate a DR response (thermostat setpoint change) in the test office. \n . Developing and testing the Service Oriented Architecture (distributed load control gateway) \n . Developing and simulating central and distributed load control algorithms. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/reducing-peak-load-on-campus-distributed-intelligent-automated-demand-response-in-sutardja-dai-hall-nov-18/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111117T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111117T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4276-1321516800-1321549200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Building a Smarter Planet talk by IBM\, Nov 17 DESCRIPTION:Refreshments will be provided. \n Abstract: \n Dr. Meyerson will introduce IBM Smarter Planet solutions\, where natural and engineered systems can be made “smarter” with the use of information and systems technology. Systems such as Water\, Transportation\, Energy and Healthcare can be instrumented\, analyzed and optimized to make cleaner water\, less congested traffic\, cost-efficient energy\, and safer food and healthcare. \n Now\, we need to know what to do next. How do you infuse intelligence into a system for which no one enterprise or agency is responsible? How do you bring all the necessary constituents together? Our companies\, our cities and our world are complex systems—indeed\, systems of systems—that requirenew things of us as leaders\, as workers and as citizens. A smarter planet will require a profound shift in management and governance toward far more collaborative approaches. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/building-a-smarter-planet-talk-by-ibm-nov-17/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111117T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111117T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4277-1321516800-1321549200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:The Internet and Democracy\, Nov 17 DESCRIPTION:Are the insurgencies spawned in the “Arab Spring” riding a wave borne by the Internet\, or are the new information technologies more likely to subvert those very movements? Evgeny Morozov\, Internet-savvy analyst of social protest\, doubts that the new media necessarily represent “technologies of freedom.” Instead\, he argues in his new book The Net Delusion\, repressive regimes may use social networking sites and other digital media to track and subvert popular causes. On November 17\, Dissent magazine and the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues’ Center for Research on Social Change will present “The Internet and Democracy\,” a forum featuring Morozov and Jillian York of the Electronic Freedom Foundation in a dialogue on what democratic movements all over the world can expect from the new technologies. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/the-internet-and-democracy-nov-17/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111116T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111116T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4275-1321430400-1321462800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Investing in Innovation for More Affordable\, Accessible Health Care\, Nov 16 DESCRIPTION:The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at \n . All talks may be viewed on our \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 \n Abstract: \n Health care in America has increasingly priced itself out of the reach of customers. Employers and individuals have long complained about the system’s lack of affordability. And the payer of last resort-government-is now facing the same reality. \n Indeed\, the current debate over how to manage the country’s deficit has produced a striking milestone in American politics: Both sides of the aisle now agree on the need to dramatically rein in government health spending. The argument today is not about whether to cut costs\, but about how. \n Many schools of thought cast innovation as the principal problem in health care. They assert that the quest for the latest new gizmos\, without regard to value\, has brought the nation to this point. While there is no question that high-cost\, low-value products and services have been created in the name of innovation\, we believe that bold new clinical and business models\, often aided by technical breakthroughs\, are instead a vital part of the answer. \n Our experiences in the field have led us to create the CHCF Health Innovation Fund. This three-year\, $10 million effort is dedicated to identifying and investing in both nonprofit and for-profit companies developing technologies and services that have the potential to create a dramatic impact on the cost and accessibility of care. As we developed the fund\, we paid close attention to the creative approaches of other health-care foundations in this area. While most impact investing in health care to date has been from foundations working internationally\, we see a growing interest among social investors and entrepreneurs in tackling health-care costs and inequities inside the United States. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/investing-in-innovation-for-more-affordable-accessible-health-care-nov-16/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111110T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111110T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4273-1320912000-1320944400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Current State of Hydroclimate Modeling and Ability to Predict Floods\, Droughts and Extreme Events\, Nov 10 DESCRIPTION:———- \n CITRIS’s Intelligent Water Infrastructure for California initiative will create a state-wide information ‘infrastructure’ that will enable the better management of the state’s limited water resources and save California money by averting the need for new water storage facilities. \n ————— \n Abstract: \n Hydrologists and Water Resource planners require information about future hydroclimatic conditions to guide them in their decision making process. Depending on the timescale\, a variety of mathematical models has been developed and are being used. Regional climate models are used with longer time scales\, ranging from seasons to decades while information from Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)models are often employed to help with shorter time scale forecasts (days to weeks). The output of such models is then used as input to hydrologic models for a variety of applications\, including flood forecasting. \n This presentation reviews the state of the current capabilities of the above mentioned models in terms of their predication skill and their level of usefulness for operational hydrologic and water resources decision making. Examples related to each of these modeling timescales will be discussed with specific focus on the needs of arid and semi-arid regions. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/current-state-of-hydroclimate-modeling-and-ability-to-predict-floods-droughts-and-extreme-events-nov-10/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111110T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111110T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4274-1320912000-1320944400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Cleantech Entrepreneurship Forum\, Nov 10 DESCRIPTION:Hear some of the leaders in today’s cleantech space discuss how an idea becomes a product and what it takes to make company successful! The panelists are Jennifer Indovina of Tenrehte Technologies\, Rick Winter of Primus Power\, and Brooks Kincaid of Imprint Energy. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/cleantech-entrepreneurship-forum-nov-10/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4270-1320825600-1320858000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Getting UAVs Off Their Bottoms (with Flexrotor)\, Nov 9 DESCRIPTION:The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at \n . All talks may be viewed on our \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 \n Abstract: \n UAVs have a record of note for \n Disappointing the civil promotor. \n What has always been lost? \n A great need for low cost! \n A solution\, perhaps\, is Flexrotor. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/getting-uavs-off-their-bottoms-with-flexrotor-nov-9/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4271-1320825600-1320858000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Building a 10\,000 Year Archive of All Human Languages\, Nov 9 DESCRIPTION:The Rosetta Project at The Long Now Foundation is working to build an open public digital collection of all human language as well as an analog backup that can last for thousands of years–The Rosetta Disk. In the “long now\,” the goal is long-term storage and access to information–on the scale that both supports and transcends individual human societies and civilizations. In the “here and now” the project serves to support and amplify the importance of the world’s nearly 7\,000 human languages\, the vast majority of which are endangered and\, if current trends continue\, likely to go extinct in the next 100 years. I’ll present our current work on the Rosetta Project Collection and Disk as well as some new initiatives including the “Language Commons” where we are working to help build the multilingual Web. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/building-a-10000-year-archive-of-all-human-languages-nov-9/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111109T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4272-1320825600-1320858000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Building a 10\,000 Year Archive of All Human Languages\, Nov 9 DESCRIPTION:The Rosetta Project at The Long Now Foundation is working to build an open public digital collection of all human language as well as an analog backup that can last for thousands of years–The Rosetta Disk. In the “long now\,” the goal is long-term storage and access to information–on the scale that both supports and transcends individual human societies and civilizations. In the “here and now” the project serves to support and amplify the importance of the world’s nearly 7\,000 human languages\, the vast majority of which are endangered and\, if current trends continue\, likely to go extinct in the next 100 years. I’ll present our current work on the Rosetta Project Collection and Disk as well as some new initiatives including the “Language Commons” where we are working to help build the multilingual Web. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/building-a-10000-year-archive-of-all-human-languages-nov-9-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111104T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111104T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4269-1320393600-1320426000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Smart\, Energy Producing and Healthy Homes: Eight European Experiments\, Nov 4 DESCRIPTION:The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at \n . All talks may be viewed on our \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1065 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 506 \n Abstract: \n Ms. Hansen has been responsible for interdisciplinary building and research projects based on defining\, testing and communicating Active House\, a vision of buildings that ‘give more than they take’. The basis of the project involves eight national and international buildings\, together with the companies VELUX\, VELFAC and Sonnenkraft. The aim is to find methods and examples of how to improve quality of life in future energy-producing buildings. Ellen was project manager on the first house and kindergarden built according to the Active House principals\, ‘Home for Life’ and ‘Solhuset’. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/smart-energy-producing-and-healthy-homes-eight-european-experiments-nov-4/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111103T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111103T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4265-1320307200-1320339600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:2nd Berkeley Symposium on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems\, Nov 3-4\, 2011 DESCRIPTION:The 2nd Berkeley Symposium on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems will feature researchers in the following technical areas: \n • Low voltage tunneling FETs; \n • Low voltage nanomechanical logic; \n • Energy efficient spintronic logic; \n • Energy efficient memory and storage devices; \n • Energy efficient chip scale interconnects; and \n • Low voltage CMOS circuits and architectures. \n Symposium Highlights: \n • Dan Hutcheson\, VLSI Research Inc.\, to deliver the keynote address \n • 18 research leaders from Europe\, Japan\, and US to share their perspectives on achieving ultra-low energy devices and circuits URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/2nd-berkeley-symposium-on-energy-efficient-electronic-systems-nov-3-4-2011/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111103T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111103T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4266-1320307200-1320339600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:2nd Berkeley Symposium on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems\, Nov 3-4\, 2011 DESCRIPTION:The 2nd Berkeley Symposium on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems will feature researchers in the following technical areas: \n • Low voltage tunneling FETs; \n • Low voltage nanomechanical logic; \n • Energy efficient spintronic logic; \n • Energy efficient memory and storage devices; \n • Energy efficient chip scale interconnects; and \n • Low voltage CMOS circuits and architectures. \n Symposium Highlights: \n • Dan Hutcheson\, VLSI Research Inc.\, to deliver the keynote address \n • 18 research leaders from Europe\, Japan\, and US to share their perspectives on achieving ultra-low energy devices and circuits URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/2nd-berkeley-symposium-on-energy-efficient-electronic-systems-nov-3-4-2011/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111103T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111103T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4267-1320307200-1320339600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson\, Nov 3 DESCRIPTION:EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson will be at Berkeley Law to speak about current EPA policies and the EPA’s reaction to recent House Republican challenges to environmental laws. Administrator Jackson will also discuss how the EPA is answering President Obama’s call for federal agencies to work with American businesses and create green jobs. She will also answer student questions submitted in advance. \n Advance registration required: http://epaberkeley.eventbrite.com/ URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/epa-administrator-lisa-jackson-nov-3/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111103T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111103T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4268-1320307200-1320339600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:History and Theory of New Media: Transmedia\, Henry Jenkins\, Nov 3 DESCRIPTION:Henry Jenkins is the Provost’s Professor of Communication\, Journalism\, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. He arrived at USC in Fall 2009 after spending the past decade as the Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program and the Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities. He is the author and/or editor of twelve books on various aspects of media and popular culture\, including Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture\, Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture and From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games. His newest books include Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide and Fans\, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture. He is currently co-authoring a book on “spreadable media” with Sam Ford and Joshua Green. He has written for Technology Review\, Computer Games\, Salon\, and The Huffington Post. \n Jenkins is the principal investigator for Project New Media Literacies (NML)\, a group which originated as part of the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Initiative. Jenkins wrote a white paper on learning in a participatory culture that has become the springboard for the group’s efforts to develop and test educational materials focused on preparing students for engagement with the new media landscape. He also continues to be actively involved with the Convergence Culture Consortium\, a faculty network which seeks to build bridges between academic researchers and the media industry in order to help inform the rethinking of consumer relations in an age of participatory culture. And he is working at USC to develop a new research project focused on young people\, participatory culture\, and public engagement. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/history-and-theory-of-new-media-transmedia-henry-jenkins-nov-3/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111102T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111102T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4264-1320220800-1320253200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Vital Secrets of Sustainable Neighborhoods\, Nov 2 DESCRIPTION:The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at \n . All talks may be viewed on our \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 \n Abstract: \n Many strategies have been proposed for how to achieve low to zero carbon operations in the built environment. All the strategies associated with building efficiency – high value insulation\, low air infiltration\, passive solar\, daylighting\, natural ventilation\, shading\, efficient lighting and appliances are the proven foundation for reducing energy demand by 40-60%. Green urbanism – compact\, mixed-use\, high density\, walkable communities with frequent\, high quality public transit can reduce vehicles miles traveled (VMT) by 30-50% or higher. Solar (PV and hot water) and wind energy can contribute a significant part of the supply\, but what can make up the balance to get to zero carbon. Four case studies of existing neighborhoods reveal the secrets. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/vital-secrets-of-sustainable-neighborhoods-nov-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111031T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111031T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4263-1320048000-1320080400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:ATC Lecture: Present Continuous Past(s): The Centre Pompidou New Media Collection\, Christine Van Assche\, Oct 31 DESCRIPTION:Christine Van Assche\, Chief Curator and Curator of New Media at the Centre Georges Pompidou\, will speak on the topic of contemporary art and new media. \n If one takes Nam June Paik’s first video tapes as a starting date\, New Media has already existed for half a century. And it has progressed considerably in this time\, stretching aesthetic and technological boundaries. The Centre Pompidou New Media Collection started 35 years ago and has since become one of the more important and internationally renowned collections of New Media works. The definition of New Media\, its history\, research\, conservation\, current trends\, and presentation in France and around the world will be the subject of this lecture. \n As Chief Curator and Curator of New Media at the Centre Georges Pompidou\, Christine Van Assche has assembled a renowned collection of video works and multimedia installations that comprises more than 1\,700 pieces. She has organized influential thematic exhibitions\, including Passages de l’image (1990)\, with Catherine David and Raymond Bellour\, and Sonic Process (2002)\, and a number of shows accompanied by monographic catalogues\, on such artists as Thierry Kuntzel\, Marcel Odenbach\, Tony Oursler\, Gary Hill\, Stan Douglas\, Mona Hatoum\, Pierre Huyghe and Bruce Nauman. She is the author of Vidéo et après. La Collection du Musée national d’art moderne (1996)\, among other publications\, and helped conceive the Web-based New Media Encyclopedia (www.newmedia-art.org). URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/atc-lecture-present-continuous-pasts-the-centre-pompidou-new-media-collection-christine-van-assche-oct-31/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111028T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111028T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20201031T083305Z UID:4261-1319788800-1319821200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Adura Technologies: Efficiency and Demand Response Through Commercial Building Lighting Controls DESCRIPTION:To the Dark Side: Efficiency and Demand Response Through Commercial Building Lighting Controls \nAbstract: \nLighting energy represents 30-40% of commercial building electricity consumption\, yet very few buildings have advanced lighting controls. The potential energy savings are tremendous as is the opportunity to reduce demand on the grid during critical peak use periods. Charlie will describe how low-cost wireless radio technology develop at UC Berkeley is creating a paradigm shift in the way we think about controlling lighting. Beyond deep energy savings and demand response\, the technology offers personal control for occupants and improved maintenance and security for facility managers. \nFounded by Charlie and Haas MBA graduates Josh Mooney and Zach Gentry\, Adura Technologies has commercialized this technology and is deploying it across the U.S. Charlie will describe the journey from a University research project to a venture-funded startup. \n  URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/to-the-dark-side-efficiency-and-demand-response-through-commercial-building-lighting-controls-oct-28/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111028T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111028T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4262-1319788800-1319821200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Using High-Resolution Observations for Improving Wind Power Production: Two Case Studies in California\, Oct 28 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/using-high-resolution-observations-for-improving-wind-power-production-two-case-studies-in-california-oct-28/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111026T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T152850 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4258-1319616000-1319648400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Bridging Photonics and Computing\, Oct 26 DESCRIPTION:The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at \n . All talks may be viewed on our \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 \n Abstract: \n The silicon chip has been the mainstay of the electronics industry for the last 40 years and has revolutionized the way the world operates. Today a silicon chip the size of a fingernail contains over one billion transistors and has the computing power that only a decade ago would take up an entire room of servers. Recently silicon photonics has attracted a great deal of attention since it offers an opportunity for low cost opto-electronic solutions for applications ranging from telecommunications down to chip-to-chip interconnects as well as possible applications in new emerging areas such as optical sensing and or bio-medical applications. \n Recent advances and research breakthroughs in silicon photonic device performance over the last few years have shown that silicon can be considered as a material onto which one can build future optical devices. While significant efforts are needed to improve device performance and to “commercialize” these technologies\, progress is moving at a rapid rate. If successful\, silicon may similarly come to impact optical communications as it has impacted the electronics industry. \n This presentation will provide an overview of silicon photonics research at Intel Corporation\, describe some of the recent advances including the recently announced demonstration of an integrated silicon photonics optical link operating at 50Gbps and the scalability of this technology to >1Tbps. In addition the presentation will provide an overview and discuss the potential applications and future opportunities for enabling “photonics” in and around the PC and server platform. \n Dr. Mario Paniccia is an Intel Fellow and Director of the Photonic Technology Lab at Intel Corporation. Mario currently directs a research group focused in the area of Silicon Photonics. The team is developing silicon-based photonic building blocks for future use in enterprise and data center communications. Mario has worked in many areas of optical technologies during his career at Intel including optical testing for leading edge microprocessors\, optical communications and optical interconnects. His teams pioneering activities in silicon photonics have led to many firsts such as the first silicon modulator with bandwidth >1GHz (2004) and then the first at 40Gb/s (2007). The first continuous wave Raman silicon laser breakthrough (2005) and together with UCSB\, the world’s first “Hybrid Silicon Laser” (2006). Mario has won numerous awards including in November 2004 Mario being awarded by Scientific American to be one of the top 50 researchers for his teams work in the area of silicon photonics. In October 2008 Dr Paniccia was named by R&D Magazine as “Scientist of the year” for his teams pioneering research in the area of Silicon Photonics. In 2011 he was awarded “innovator of the year” by EE times ACE award for his teams pioneering efforts in demonstrating the world’s first 50G integrated Silicon photonics link. He has published numerous papers\, including 3 Nature papers\, 3 book chapters\, and has over 65 patents issued or pending. He is a fellow of IEEE\, OSA and SPIE. Mario earned a B.S. degree in Physics in 1988 from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a Ph.D. degree in Solid State Physics from Purdue University in 1994. \n For more info: www.intel.com/go/sp URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/bridging-photonics-and-computing-oct-26/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR