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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121030T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121030T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4439-1351584000-1351616400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Emotion Tracking for Memory\, Health and Awareness\, Oct 30 DESCRIPTION:In this talk a novel system we designed that allows users to reflect upon their moods while doing desktop computing activities and other daily events will be described. We surveyed potential users of such a system to see what they remembered about their mood swings and behavioral patterns emotionally over time\, and it was clear that they felt they did not have a good handle on this after even 48 hours. We then built AffectAura to help users track their moods\, and tested our system on six users over a week of time. The results were promising. Users found interesting patterns in the data and gave us great feedback on how to evolve the user interface visualization for real time feedback on emotional reactions\, mood swings and activities. Now we are building systems and applications that perform mood detection in real time using mobile technology. We are exploring novel user interface ideas to help users reflect on and manage their affective experiences. Many questions remain from our work on AffectAura\, in terms of how useful a system like this would be over the long term and how valuable a mobile tracking system might be in real time (especially given the likelihood of misclassifications). In addition\, we also are interested in user interface “intervention” styles that can be used when negative or disruptive emotions are detected\, whether in a car\, at the desktop\, or while mobile. Finally\, we feel there is a huge opportunity in the remote familial space\, or in a close social network\, where knowing about the emotional health of separated loved ones or close friends comes in to play. These new research areas are tightly coupled to privacy issues. A few examples of applications in some of these new areas will be presented. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/emotion-tracking-for-memory-health-and-awareness-oct-30/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121030T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121030T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4440-1351584000-1351616400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Emotion Tracking for Memory\, Health and Awareness\, Oct 30 DESCRIPTION:In this talk a novel system we designed that allows users to reflect upon their moods while doing desktop computing activities and other daily events will be described. We surveyed potential users of such a system to see what they remembered about their mood swings and behavioral patterns emotionally over time\, and it was clear that they felt they did not have a good handle on this after even 48 hours. We then built AffectAura to help users track their moods\, and tested our system on six users over a week of time. The results were promising. Users found interesting patterns in the data and gave us great feedback on how to evolve the user interface visualization for real time feedback on emotional reactions\, mood swings and activities. Now we are building systems and applications that perform mood detection in real time using mobile technology. We are exploring novel user interface ideas to help users reflect on and manage their affective experiences. Many questions remain from our work on AffectAura\, in terms of how useful a system like this would be over the long term and how valuable a mobile tracking system might be in real time (especially given the likelihood of misclassifications). In addition\, we also are interested in user interface “intervention” styles that can be used when negative or disruptive emotions are detected\, whether in a car\, at the desktop\, or while mobile. Finally\, we feel there is a huge opportunity in the remote familial space\, or in a close social network\, where knowing about the emotional health of separated loved ones or close friends comes in to play. These new research areas are tightly coupled to privacy issues. A few examples of applications in some of these new areas will be presented. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/emotion-tracking-for-memory-health-and-awareness-oct-30-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121026T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121026T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4438-1351238400-1351270800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:sMAP: Simple Measurement and Actuation for Integrating and Managing Physical Data\, Oct 26 DESCRIPTION:Time-series data is increasingly ubiquitous and generated in large volumes; commercial buildings are a particularly rich source of this information generated by the building management system\, computer networks\, occupant activity\, and many other systems. When put to use\, this information could lead to significant reductions in energy consumption; however\, it is often located in proprietary “silos”\, fragmentary\, and otherwise disorganized. The sMAP project aims to create a simple\, common foundation for collecting and organizing this data: in this talk\, we discuss the challenges of dealing with the heterogeneous data sources and providing a simple platform for building energy application. We detail some of the tens of thousands of streams currently collected\, and demonstrate some of the many uses sMAP has been put to. \n ————— \n All talks may be viewed on our \n The schedule for the semester can be found on the \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 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/smap-simple-measurement-and-actuation-for-integrating-and-managing-physical-data-oct-26/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121025T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121025T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4437-1351152000-1351184400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:History and Theory of New Media Lecture: Wendy Chun\, Brown\, Oct 25 DESCRIPTION:That we live in a networked society has become a cliché. From high-speed financial networks that erode national sovereignty to Twitter feeds that foster new political alliances to viruses that threaten global catastrophe\, networks allegedly encapsulate everything new—politically\, culturally\, militarily—about our current era. But what are networks and how do they matter? How do they differ from one another? How are they experienced and negotiated—what feelings of paranoia\, empowerment\, and inclusion/exclusion do they engender? This talk wagers that the answer to these questions lies in how networks are imagined. That is\, the power of “networks” as a theoretical tool stems from how they enable us to link between the global and the local—two scales allegedly irrevocably disconnected in the postmodern era. Rather than simply dissolving postmodern confusion\, though\, networks have created intriguing new crises and social formations. \n Wendy Chun is Professor of Modern Culture and Media at Brown University. She has studied both Systems Design Engineering and English Literature\, which she combines and mutates in her current work on digital media. She is author of “Control and Freedom: Power and Paranoia in the Age of Fiber Optics” (MIT\, 2006)\, and “Programmed Visions: Software and Memory” (MIT 2011); she is co-editor of a special issue of Camera Obscura entitled “Race and/as Technology” and co-editor of “New Media\, Old Media: A History and Theory Reader” (Routledge\, 2005). She is currently a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton); she has been a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard and a Wriston Fellow at Brown\, as well as a visiting associate professor in the History of Science Department at Harvard. She is currently working on a monograph entitled “Imagined Networks”. \n Co-sponsored by the Department of Film and Media. \n The History and Theory of New Media series is produced by the Berkeley Center for New Media with support from the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/history-and-theory-of-new-media-lecture-wendy-chun-brown-oct-25/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121024T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121024T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4435-1351065600-1351098000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Virtual Characters\, Avatars And Motion Interfaces For Improving Physical Therapy\, Oct 24 DESCRIPTION:I will present in this talk our recent results on human-like motion planning and interaction for training and rehabilitation applications. Our approach for human-like motion planning is based on a multi-modal framework that coordinates locomotion\, body positioning\, and upper-body action execution. Blending spaces defined from example motions are then introduced for achieving continuous search spaces suitable for planning human-like variations of a given action. Example motions are collected by demonstration by means of a virtual reality interface developed on the UC Merced Powerwall\, or by means of a low-cost Kinect-based solution. The overall approach leads to new interfaces for physical therapy applications. Exercises are modeled by demonstration and later autonomously delivered and monitored by virtual therapists. The virtual therapist also functions as an avatar during remote therapy sessions between real therapists and patients. Examples in the context of hand and upper-body motion rehabilitation will be presented. \n Biography: \n Marcelo Kallmann is founding faculty and associate professor of computer science at the University of California\, Merced. Before moving to UC Merced he was research faculty at the computer science department of the University of Southern California (USC) and a scientist at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT). He obtained his PhD in 2001 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). His areas of research include computer animation\, virtual reality\, motion planning and humanoid robotics. His current interests are related to motion interfaces for virtual reality\, planning methods for human-like motions\, and path planning in triangulations. In 2012 he is serving as the program co-chair for the 5th International Conference on Motion in Games (MIG). At UC Merced he established and leads the computer graphics research group. \n ———– \n All talks may be viewed on our \n The schedule for the semester can be found on the \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 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/virtual-characters-avatars-and-motion-interfaces-for-improving-physical-therapy-oct-24/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121024T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121024T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4436-1351065600-1351098000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Ultra-high Resolution Four Dimension Imaging Across the Earth Sciences\, Oct 24 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/ultra-high-resolution-four-dimension-imaging-across-the-earth-sciences-oct-24/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121019T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121019T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4434-1350633600-1350666000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:A New View of AC Power Distribution Systems\, Oct 19 DESCRIPTION:Electric power distribution used to be so pleasant and simple: power flowed down the wires from a nice substation to a happy consumer\, and if the circuit could handle peak load\, it would be okay in all conditions. Today it’s much more mysterious: with solar panels and wind turbines\, nobody quite knows which way the power is flowing\, and it changes from second to second. Even the stability of distribution systems\, taken for granted a decade ago\, is now being questioned. Alex McEachern and Sascha von Meier will discuss these problems — opportunities? — and how a proposed new micro-synchrophasor technology could open a window on distribution power flow and stability. \n —————– \n All talks may be viewed on our \n The schedule for the semester can be found on the \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 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/a-new-view-of-ac-power-distribution-systems-oct-19/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121018T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121018T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4431-1350547200-1350579600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:SPH Faculty Research Seminar presents Dr. Jaspal Sandhu – "Design: Systematic Innovation in Public Health"\, Oct 18 DESCRIPTION:Join us each Thursday to learn about the world-class public health research being conducted at Berkeley\, meet faculty and enjoy free snacks. Every week features a different\, student-nominated faculty member presenting their latest and greatest research. \n Dr. Sandhu is a Lecturer in Community Health and Human Development in the School of Public Health. His primary focus is on human-centered design for technology and service innovation in global public health. As a partner in the Gobee Group\, he and his teams consult international organizations on various issues related to the design and usability of technology to improve population health. In 2009\, he was selected as one of three iSpot Award winners by the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation. As a Fulbright scholar\, Dr. Sandhu worked with the Mongolian Ministry of Health to research the design of mobile health information systems in rural Mongolia. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/sph-faculty-research-seminar-presents-dr-jaspal-sandhu-design-systematic-innovation-in-public-health-oct-18/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121018T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121018T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4432-1350547200-1350579600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Science and the Media\, Oct 18 DESCRIPTION:David Perlman from the San Francisco Chronicle and Charles Petit\, founder of the MIT Science Journalism Tracker will be focusing on “Science and the Media”. \n David Perlman is the Science Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. His career as a journalist spans more than 70 years: in 2010 he received the Helen Thomas Award for his contributions. \n Charles Petit has covered science for more than 40 years. He is a former president of the National Association of Science Writers. He has been awarded the AGU Journalism Award in 2011 for “the outstanding quality of [his] work”\, for writing “exceptionally clear articles summarizing scientific results” (AGU Award committee). URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/science-and-the-media-oct-18/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121018T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121018T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4433-1350547200-1350579600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Science and the Media\, Oct 18 DESCRIPTION:David Perlman from the San Francisco Chronicle and Charles Petit\, founder of the MIT Science Journalism Tracker will be focusing on “Science and the Media”. \n David Perlman is the Science Editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. His career as a journalist spans more than 70 years: in 2010 he received the Helen Thomas Award for his contributions. \n Charles Petit has covered science for more than 40 years. He is a former president of the National Association of Science Writers. He has been awarded the AGU Journalism Award in 2011 for “the outstanding quality of [his] work”\, for writing “exceptionally clear articles summarizing scientific results” (AGU Award committee). URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/science-and-the-media-oct-18-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121017T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121017T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4430-1350460800-1350493200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Big Data Analytics in Business\, Services Centers\, and Healthcare\, Oct 17 DESCRIPTION:Professor Akella will describe his research\, which is based on extensive interactions with Silicon Valley and firms such as AOL\, SAP\, Cisco\, IBM. \n He will focus particularly on Hierarchical Bayesian models\, including Bayesian Kalman filtering\, in addressing the following problems: \n 1. Online advertising and attribution modeling\, which is assigning credit for user commercial actions to ad exposures. He will describe both aggregate methods and disaggregate methods that address incorrect A/B testing approaches. He will also describe Big data and sparsity issues. \n 2. Energy analytics for building energy optimization. He will indicate similarities in approaches based on Bayesian Kalman filtering. \n 3. Topic modeling\, information extraction and retrieval in service centers. \n The key issue is Big Data resulting in cognitive overload. We exploit the Generalized Dirichlet and other models that better capture causal models for text\, and lead to significantly enhanced likelihood results with orders of magnitude speedup. \n —————————– \n Ram Akella is currently Professor and Director of the Center for Large-scale Live Analytics and Smart Services (CLASS)\, which includes SMART (Social Media Analytics Research Transformation)\, and the Center for Knowledge\, Information Systems and Technology Management (KISMT) at the University of California at Silicon Valley Center/Santa Cruz. Prof. Akella started his academic career as a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard and then joined MIT (EECS/LIDS and LFM) as a Postdoctoral Associate. He then joined Carnegie Mellon University in 1985 as an Associate Professor in the Tepper Business School (GSIA) and the School of Computer Science (CS/RI)\, before working at other institutions including MIT\, Berkeley\, Stanford\, and establishing an ORU and TIM(ISTM) at UCSC/SVC as Founding Director/Chair. \n ——————- \n All talks may be viewed on our \n The schedule for the semester can be found on the \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 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/big-data-analytics-in-business-services-centers-and-healthcare-oct-17/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121012T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121012T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4429-1350028800-1350061200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Grand Opening: UC Berkeley Student Environmental Resource Center\, Oct 12 DESCRIPTION:The Student Environment Resource Center (SERC) will be holding its official grand opening event on Friday\, October 12th from 3:30 to 5:00 PM. The event will take place at the interim SERC location in a space adjacent to the Bookstore and Student Learning Center (under the Kaplan banner). \n SERC is an entirely student run project funded by The Green Initiative Fund [TGIF] that will provide information\, resources\, jobs\, research opportunities\, grant aid and services to students and student groups interested in sustainability. In addition\, SERC is also developing a sustainability DeCal that will feature a diverse array of student and community leaders. The kick-off event will serve as a chance for groups and interested students to come and learn more about SERC’s mission\, while also contributing to the discussion about how SERC will best serve the sustainability community at Cal. Refreshments\, snacks\, and an overall good time will be provided! \n For more information about how to get involved and get your group’s resources in the center please contact the SERC staff at SERC.berkeley@gmail.com. We are here to serve you\, so please do not hesitate to get in contact with us about ideas\, questions and/or concerns you have involving the center and the purpose it will serve on campus. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/grand-opening-uc-berkeley-student-environmental-resource-center-oct-12/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121011T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121011T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4427-1349942400-1349974800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Parks\, Technology and 21st Century Education\, Oct 11 DESCRIPTION:Julia Washburn\, Associate Director for Interpretation and Education at the United States National Park Service\, will present the Park Service’s vision for the role of parks and technology in solving 21st century educational dilemmas. \n Julia Washburn is a former park ranger\, National Park Foundation senior vice president\, park advocate\, and entrepreneur. She manages the Volunteers-In-Parks program\, Harpers Ferry Center for Media Services (publications\, exhibits\, audio-visual production\, and historic furnishings)\, and NPS relationships with cooperating associations\, non-profit organizations that support educational\, scientific\, historical\, and interpretive activities. She also manages all areas of interpretation and education\, which across the country swore in almost 600\,000 Junior Rangers and conducted more than 57\,000 curriculum-based education programs in 2009. \n She is an adjunct professor at George Washington University where she teaches in the museum education graduate program. She served as key advisor to the National Parks Second Century Commission’s Education Committee. Washburn holds a bachelor’s degree in psychobiology (neuroscience) from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s degree in museum education leadership from Bank Street College of Education\, New York. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/parks-technology-and-21st-century-education-oct-11/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121011T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121011T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4428-1349942400-1349974800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Parks\, Technology and 21st Century Education\, Oct 11 DESCRIPTION:Julia Washburn\, Associate Director for Interpretation and Education at the United States National Park Service\, will present the Park Service’s vision for the role of parks and technology in solving 21st century educational dilemmas. \n Julia Washburn is a former park ranger\, National Park Foundation senior vice president\, park advocate\, and entrepreneur. She manages the Volunteers-In-Parks program\, Harpers Ferry Center for Media Services (publications\, exhibits\, audio-visual production\, and historic furnishings)\, and NPS relationships with cooperating associations\, non-profit organizations that support educational\, scientific\, historical\, and interpretive activities. She also manages all areas of interpretation and education\, which across the country swore in almost 600\,000 Junior Rangers and conducted more than 57\,000 curriculum-based education programs in 2009. \n She is an adjunct professor at George Washington University where she teaches in the museum education graduate program. She served as key advisor to the National Parks Second Century Commission’s Education Committee. Washburn holds a bachelor’s degree in psychobiology (neuroscience) from Mount Holyoke College and a master’s degree in museum education leadership from Bank Street College of Education\, New York. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/parks-technology-and-21st-century-education-oct-11-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121010T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121010T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4423-1349856000-1349888400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:The Rise Of Makers: Rethinking Innovation And Education\, Oct 10 DESCRIPTION:The maker movement has grown out of Make Magazine and Maker Faire. It is a grassroots movement that invites participation of amateurs of all ages and takes advantage of new technologies for personal fabrication and physical/digital interaction. It offers new tools and a new community for creative people to work with technology. As a result\, makers are developing new hardware products and starting new businesses\, using crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter. Helping more people become makers is the goal of DIY workshops and makerspace that have grown up in parallel to provide training and workspace for makers. There’s also a national effort to find a variety of ways to see making as a way of transforming education\, providing hands-on experiences and open-ended projects that engage students. \n Bio: \n Dale Dougherty is the editor and publisher of MAKE\, and general manager of the Maker Media division of O’Reilly Media\, Inc. Dale has been instrumental in many of O’Reilly’s most important efforts\, including founding O’Reilly Media\, Inc. with Tim O’Reilly. He was the developer and publisher of Global Network Navigator (GNN)\, the first commercial Web site which launched in 1993 and was sold to AOL in 1995. Dale was developer and publisher of Web Review\, the online magazine for Web designers\, and he was O’Reilly’s first editor. Prior to developing MAKE\, Dale was publisher of the O’Reilly Network and he developed the Hacks series of books. Dougherty was a Lecturer in the School of Information Management and Systems (SIMS) at the University of California at Berkeley from 1996 to 2000. \n —————- \n All talks may be viewed on our \n The schedule for the semester can be found on the \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/the-rise-of-makers-rethinking-innovation-and-education-oct-10/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121010T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121010T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4424-1349856000-1349888400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:From Promise to Practice – The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation\, Oct 10 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Fall 2012 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/from-promise-to-practice-the-human-rights-to-water-and-sanitation-oct-10/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121010T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121010T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4425-1349856000-1349888400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:From Promise to Practice – The Human Rights to Water and Sanitation\, Oct 10 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Fall 2012 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/from-promise-to-practice-the-human-rights-to-water-and-sanitation-oct-10-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121010T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121010T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4426-1349856000-1349888400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Rajiv Shah\, Administrator of USAID\, Oct 10 DESCRIPTION:The Blum Center for Developing Economies is honored to host USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah on October 10th at 4pm in Sibley Auditorium. \n Live stream: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/12198375 \n Administrator Shah’s keynote address is entitled “An Open Source Approach to Global Development” and will focus on his ambitious efforts to transform USAID\, changing the way the Agency does business — with new partnerships\, an emphasis on innovation\, and a relentless focus on results. Join us to learn more about USAID and to hear how you\, as a student or researcher\, can be part of this transformative work! \n Dr. Rajiv Shah leads the efforts of more than 8\,000 professionals in 80 missions around the world\, seeking to extend a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life\, recover from a disaster or striving to live in a free and democratic country. Since being sworn in on Dec. 31\, 2009\, Shah managed the U.S. Government’s response to the devastating 2010 earthquake in Port-au-Prince\, Haiti; co-chaired the State Department’s first review of American diplomacy and development operations; and now spearheads President Barack Obama’s landmark Feed the Future food security initiative. He is also leading USAID Forward\, an extensive set of reforms to USAID’s business model focusing on key areas including science & technology and monitoring & evaluation. Prior to joining the Obama administration\, Shah served for seven years with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation\, including as director of agricultural development in the Global Development Program\, and as director of strategic opportunities. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/rajiv-shah-administrator-of-usaid-oct-10/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121005T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121005T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4420-1349424000-1349456400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Bringing New Technology To Market\, A Case Study on Tesla Motors Sourcing Strategy\, Oct 5 DESCRIPTION:An interactive discussion geared for entrepreneurs looking to learn about sourcing strategy for new technology products. We will use Tesla Motor’s Roadster sourcing strategy to discuss how to choose between building your own manufacturing facility versus out sourcing. Through the discussion you will learn how to identify your core competencies\, the advantages of collocation of manufacturing and engineering\, and the benefits and pitfalls of partnering with established companies. \n ———————- \n All talks may be viewed on our \n The schedule for the semester can be found on the \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/bringing-new-technology-to-market-a-case-study-on-tesla-motors-sourcing-strategy-oct-5/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121005T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121005T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4421-1349424000-1349456400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Bringing New Technology To Market\, A Case Study on Tesla Motors Sourcing Strategy\, Oct 5 DESCRIPTION:An interactive discussion geared for entrepreneurs looking to learn about sourcing strategy for new technology products. We will use Tesla Motor’s Roadster sourcing strategy to discuss how to choose between building your own manufacturing facility versus out sourcing. Through the discussion you will learn how to identify your core competencies\, the advantages of collocation of manufacturing and engineering\, and the benefits and pitfalls of partnering with established companies. \n ———————- \n All talks may be viewed on our \n The schedule for the semester can be found on the \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/bringing-new-technology-to-market-a-case-study-on-tesla-motors-sourcing-strategy-oct-5-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121005T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121005T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4422-1349424000-1349456400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:A technology path to deep greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2050\, Oct 5 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/a-technology-path-to-deep-greenhouse-gas-emission-reductions-by-2050-oct-5/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4415-1349337600-1349370000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:New Developments in Chinese IP Law\, Oct 4 DESCRIPTION:This all-day conference will bring together senior policymakers\, academics and international practitioners from China and the U.S. to discuss two important topics: (1) Revisions to the Chinese Copyright laws\, which will significantly impact U.S. and Chinese companies operating in the China market; and (2) enforcement challenges and strategies in China for holders of Chinese IP rights. The conference is sponsored by BCLT\, Loyola (LA) Law School\, and the Renmin University of China IP Academy. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/new-developments-in-chinese-ip-law-oct-4/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4416-1349337600-1349370000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:SPH Faculty Research Seminar presents Dr. Malo Hutson – Community Development as 'Preventive Medicine': Reducing Health Care Costs and Improving Population Health\, Oct 4 DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about the world-class public health research being conducted at Berkeley! Each week features a different\, student-nominated faculty member presenting their latest and greatest research. \n Malo André Hutson is a nationally recognized scholar in the areas of community and economic development\, urban policy and politics\, and urban health. As an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California at Berkeley\, Dr. Hutson’s research is concerned with how neighborhood\, community\, and metropolitan-level factors affect the health and quality of life for urban residents. Specifically\, his research is at the intersection of urban planning and health disparities. He also researches how urban policies affect the development of urban space and health. \n Dr. Hutson earned both his bachelor’s of art in sociology and masters of city planning degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his doctorate in urban and regional planning from the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the faculty at Berkeley\, Professor Hutson was a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar at the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. \n Light snacks will be provided. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/sph-faculty-research-seminar-presents-dr-malo-hutson-community-development-as-preventive-medicine-reducing-health-care-costs-and-improving-population-health-oct-4/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4417-1349337600-1349370000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:SPH Faculty Research Seminar presents Dr. Malo Hutson – Community Development as 'Preventive Medicine': Reducing Health Care Costs and Improving Population Health\, Oct 4 DESCRIPTION:Join us to learn about the world-class public health research being conducted at Berkeley! Each week features a different\, student-nominated faculty member presenting their latest and greatest research. \n Malo André Hutson is a nationally recognized scholar in the areas of community and economic development\, urban policy and politics\, and urban health. As an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of California at Berkeley\, Dr. Hutson’s research is concerned with how neighborhood\, community\, and metropolitan-level factors affect the health and quality of life for urban residents. Specifically\, his research is at the intersection of urban planning and health disparities. He also researches how urban policies affect the development of urban space and health. \n Dr. Hutson earned both his bachelor’s of art in sociology and masters of city planning degree from the University of California at Berkeley and his doctorate in urban and regional planning from the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the faculty at Berkeley\, Professor Hutson was a Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholar at the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. \n Light snacks will be provided. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/sph-faculty-research-seminar-presents-dr-malo-hutson-community-development-as-preventive-medicine-reducing-health-care-costs-and-improving-population-health-oct-4-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4418-1349337600-1349370000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Innovators@Cal\, Oct 4 DESCRIPTION:Innovators@Cal is an exciting event that fosters collaboration across the entire UC Berkeley campus. Come and attend Innovators@Cal to intellectually engage with students across disciplines and develop your network. It’s an opportunity to communicate with students outside of your discipline and learn how they approach a problem. If you have an idea\, a start up\, or are looking to form a team to test an innovative idea\, join us! \n Danae Ringelmann (UC Berkeley MBA ’08) will talk about the launch of her company Indiegogo\, the world’s largest global crowdfunding platform and one of the Bay Area’s fastest growing startups. Recently named one of the Top 50 Women Innovators in Technology\, Danae will speak about ideation\, team formation and her path from student to successful entrepreneur\, inspiring you to take your idea to the next level! Learn about three cross-campus innovation competitions from the leaders of the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Contest\, UC Berkeley Startup Competition (Bplan)\, and the Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC). Then hear students from across UC Berkeley pitch their startup ideas and find or join a team. Networking by interest area will conclude the event next door in Blum Hall. Food and refreshments will be provided. \n Sign up on the Google doc (http://bit.ly/S8mmfi) if you are interested in making a 1-minute pitch of your idea at the event. You will be contacted by the organizers prior to the event. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/innovatorscal-oct-4/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4419-1349337600-1349370000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Innovators@Cal\, Oct 4 DESCRIPTION:Innovators@Cal is an exciting event that fosters collaboration across the entire UC Berkeley campus. Come and attend Innovators@Cal to intellectually engage with students across disciplines and develop your network. It’s an opportunity to communicate with students outside of your discipline and learn how they approach a problem. If you have an idea\, a start up\, or are looking to form a team to test an innovative idea\, join us! \n Danae Ringelmann (UC Berkeley MBA ’08) will talk about the launch of her company Indiegogo\, the world’s largest global crowdfunding platform and one of the Bay Area’s fastest growing startups. Recently named one of the Top 50 Women Innovators in Technology\, Danae will speak about ideation\, team formation and her path from student to successful entrepreneur\, inspiring you to take your idea to the next level! Learn about three cross-campus innovation competitions from the leaders of the Big Ideas @ Berkeley Contest\, UC Berkeley Startup Competition (Bplan)\, and the Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC). Then hear students from across UC Berkeley pitch their startup ideas and find or join a team. Networking by interest area will conclude the event next door in Blum Hall. Food and refreshments will be provided. \n Sign up on the Google doc (http://bit.ly/S8mmfi) if you are interested in making a 1-minute pitch of your idea at the event. You will be contacted by the organizers prior to the event. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/innovatorscal-oct-4-2/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121003T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121003T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4411-1349251200-1349283600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Hybrid Assemblages\, Environments\, And Happenings: Technologies And Strategies For An Emerging Participatory Culture\, Oct 3 DESCRIPTION:This talk will present and critique a body of work evolving across several years of research at the intersection of computer science and participatory culture – namely Citizen Science. I will re-examine the emerging technologies and algorithmic approaches as well as the cultural practices surrounding sensor legibility\, scaffolding strategies\, motivation\, and human relationships to participatory computing systems. We deconstruct our current perceptions of mobile technologies away from that of simply communication tools towards that of super-computer-radio-stations-with-sensors. By rethinking mobile sensing technologies\, interactive and social experiences\, and the architecture of such systems\, we believe that important new computing platforms and practices will emerge around community engagement\, civic participation\, and collective action. Computing enabled Citizen Science is positioned to revolutionize new cooperative and collaborative approach to literacy\, transparency\, and problem solving. Through studies of several deployments across a range of landscapes – personal\, infrastructural\, community based\, etc. and exploring a variety of interactive experiences\, this talk will highlight specific strategies for engaging individuals and motivating them to participate in emerging Citizen Science efforts. \n Our work leverages the “cognitive surplus” of citizens across everyday landscapes and the opportunistic gaps for small moments of “micro-volunteering”. Throughout this work is a reframing of Citizen Science beyond simply a focus on data collection and towards an experience to promote curiosity\, joy\, wonderment\, and “new ways of seeing” our world. More importantly\, we believe that successfully designed Citizen Science projects can effect positive societal change and produce a more participatory and transparent democracy with improved understanding of our personal\, environmental\, and urban ecology. \n ——— \n Eric Paulos is the Director of the Living Environments Lab and an Assistant Professor in the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) with a faculty appointment within the Electrical Engineering Computer Science Department at UC Berkeley. Previously\, Eric held the Cooper-Siegel Associate Professor Chair in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University where he was faculty within the Human-Computer Interaction Institute with courtesy faculty appointments in the Robotics Institute and in the Entertainment Technology Center. Prior to CMU\, Eric was Senior Research Scientist at Intel Research in Berkeley\, California where he founded the Urban Atmospheres research group – challenged to employ innovative methods to explore urban life and the future fabric of emerging technologies across public urban landscapes. His areas of expertise span a deep body of research territory in urban computing\, sustainability\, green design\, environmental awareness\, social telepresence\, robotics\, physical computing\, interaction design\, persuasive technologies\, and intimate media. Eric is a leading figure in the field of urban computing\, coining the term in 2004\, and a regular contributor\, editorial board member\, and reviewer for numerous professional journals and conferences. Eric received his PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from UC Berkeley where he helped launch a new robotic industry by developing some of the first internet tele-operated robots including Space Browsing helium filled blimps and Personal Roving Presence devices (PRoPs). \n ————— \n All talks may be viewed on our \n The schedule for the semester can be found on the \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/hybrid-assemblages-environments-and-happenings-technologies-and-strategies-for-an-emerging-participatory-culture-oct-3/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121003T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121003T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4412-1349251200-1349283600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:EECS Colloquium: End-User Programming and Intelligent Tutoring Systems\, Oct 3 DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: \n Millions of end users today have access to programmable environments such as spreadsheets and smartphones\, but lack the programming expertise to write even small scripts. These users can effectively communicate their intent using examples and natural language. Our methodology involves designing a domain-specific language (DSL)\, developing a synthesis algorithm for learning programs in the DSL that match the user’s (often under-specified) intent\, and using machine learning to rank these programs. In this talk\, I will demonstrate this methodology for various domains including spreadsheet macros\, database queries\, smartphone scripts\, and even drawing programs. \n In the second half of the talk\, I will present surprising applications of this synthesis methodology in the area of intelligent tutoring systems including solution generation\, problem generation\, automated grading\, and even structured content entry. I will demonstrate these applications for various domains including geometry\, algebra\, automata theory\, and introductory programming. The underlying synthesizers leverage search techniques from various communities including use of SAT/SMT solvers (formal methods community)\, version space algebras (machine learning community)\, and A-style goal-directed heuristics (AI community). \n BIOGRAPHY: \n Sumit Gulwani is a senior researcher at Microsoft Research\, Redmond. His research interests are in the cross-disciplinary application areas of automating end-user programming (for a variety of systems such as spreadsheets\, smartphones\, robots)\, and in building intelligent tutoring systems (for K-14 math/programming/science/language subjects). He has expertise in automated programming (from examples\, natural language and/or logic) and program analysis techniques. Sumit obtained his Phd in Computer Science from UC-Berkeley in 2005\, and was awarded the C.V. Ramamoorthy Award (given for “outstanding contributions to a new research area in Computer Science”) and the ACM SIGPLAN Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award. He obtained his BTech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 2000\, and was awarded the President’s Gold Medal. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/eecs-colloquium-end-user-programming-and-intelligent-tutoring-systems-oct-3/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121003T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121003T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4413-1349251200-1349283600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Technology Innovation for the Base of the Pyramid\, Oct 3 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Fall 2012 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/technology-innovation-for-the-base-of-the-pyramid-oct-3/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121003T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121003T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T080801 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4414-1349251200-1349283600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Intelligence and Machines: Creating Intelligent Machines by Modeling the Brain\, Oct 3 DESCRIPTION:Jeff Hawkins will present the Hitchcock lectures on October 2 and October 3\, 2012. The second lecture\, titled “Intelligence and Machines: Creating Intelligent Machines by Modeling the Brain\,” is free and open to the public. No tickets are required. \n Jeff Hawkins has a multifaceted career as an inventor\, engineer\, neuroscientist\, author and entrepreneur. In \n (2005)\, he describes his life as “animated by two passions”: mobile computing\, and neuroscience. As the founder of Palm and Handspring\, Hawkins was at the forefront of mobile computing and developed landmark products like the Palm Pilot and Treo smart phone. His lifelong interest in neuroscience led him to UC Berkeley as a graduate student in integrative biology\, and to found the Redwood Neuroscience Institute\, aimed at understanding how the neocortex processes information. In 2005\, Hawkins gifted the RNI to UC Berkeley\, where it is now the Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience. \n Are intelligent machines possible? If they are\, what will they be like? In this talk\, Jeff Hawkins frames these questions by reviewing some of the efforts to build intelligent machines. He posits that machine intelligence is only possible by first understanding how the brain works and then building systems that work on the same principles. He describes Numenta’s work using neocortical models to understand the torrent of machine-generated data being created today. He will conclude with predictions on how machine intelligence will unfold in the near and long term future and why creating intelligent machines is important for humanity. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/intelligence-and-machines-creating-intelligent-machines-by-modeling-the-brain-oct-3/ LOCATION:CA END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR