BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CITRIS and the Banatao Institute - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:CITRIS and the Banatao Institute X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://citris-uc.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for CITRIS and the Banatao Institute REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4564-1366358400-1366390800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:16th Annual Travers Conference: California's Energy Future\, Apr 19 DESCRIPTION:The state of California has embraced an ambitious goal of meeting its future energy needs while increasing its use of renewable energy. But a recent Little Hoover Commission report finds that the state has failed to develop a comprehensive energy strategy that confronts the difficult tradeoffs it faces. The 16th Annual Travers Conference on Ethics & Accountability in Government will investigate the tradeoffs represented by reliance on different energy sources\, including oil\, natural gas\, nuclear energy\, biofuels\, and wind and solar power. The event is open to the public and will be held in the Bancroft Hotel Great Hall on April 19\, 2013. More information on the event will be available at http://polisci.berkeley.edu/ps/travers/conference/ \n Co-Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science\, The Commonwealth Club of California\, and the UC Energy Institute. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/16th-annual-travers-conference-californias-energy-future-apr-19/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130419T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4565-1366358400-1366390800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:A Berkeley Lab Sustainability Strategy\, Apr 19 DESCRIPTION:How does a mature organization change business-as-usual to meet aggressive sustainability goals over the coming decades? John Elliott\, Chief Sustainability Officer at Berkley Lab\, will present the Lab’s strategy for doing just that. John will provide a high-level overview of priorities and planned approaches for a sustainable Berkeley Lab\, with updates on initiatives underway. \n ————– \n John Elliott is Chief Sustainability Officer at Berkeley Lab and is responsible for directing and implementing the Lab’s sustainability strategy. He was previously Director\, Energy and Sustainability at UC Merced and has previous experience in energy efficiency program design\, leading a professional services team implementing energy software solutions for utilities and market operators\, working with native American tribes on energy efficiency and renewables\, as well as doing groundwater modeling and design of soil and groundwater remediation systems. John draws on the local academic communities of Stanford and the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley\, where he received undergraduate and masters degrees. \n —————- \n Free and open to the public. \n Live broadcast at \n . Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISi4e. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/a-berkeley-lab-sustainability-strategy-apr-19/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T202134Z UID:4561-1366185600-1366218000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Brain-Machine Interfaces\, Apr 17 DESCRIPTION:Brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) hold great potential to aid large numbers of people with neurological disorders. BMIs also provide a framework for studying cortical dynamics and the neural correlates of learning neuroprosthetic skills\, i.e. accurate\, readily-recalled control of disembodied actuators irrespective of natural physical movements. In this talk I will postulate that achieving skillful\, natural control of a multi-DOF prosthetic device will entail synergizing two different types of adaptation processes: natural (brain plasticity) and artificial (decoder adaptation)\, as well as providing realistic sensory feedback from the prosthetic device. I will present recent work from our laboratory showing that 1) neuroplasticity facilitates consolidation of neuroprosthetic motor skill in a way that resembles that of natural motor learning; 2) corticostriatal plasticity is necessary for neuroprosthetic skill learning\, and 3) closed-loop decoder adaptation (CLDA) techniques can expedite the learning process by adapting the decoder parameters during closed-loop BMI operation (i.e.\, while the subject is using the BMI). We believe that BMI systems capable of exploiting both neuroplasticity and CLDA will be able to boost learning\, generalize well to novel movements and environments\, and ultimately achieve a level of control and dexterity comparable to that of natural arm movements. \n————— \nRegistration for each event (by the Monday prior at 3pm) is required for lunch at UC Berkeley at \nFree and open to the public\, the Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly roundtable of presentations and discussions that highlight ways to frame and tackle societal-scale research issues. \nLive broadcast at \n. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n. \nWebviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \nWebviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \nWebviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/brain-machine-interfaces-apr-17/ CATEGORIES:CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4562-1366185600-1366218000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Thought Leaders in Data Science and Analytics\, Apr 17 DESCRIPTION:Faculty and students are invited to join us at the School of Information for seminars on Data Science and Analytics by exciting speakers from the happening places: Google\, Yahoo\, eBay\, Facebook\, Kaggle\, LinkedIn\, BlueKai Data Exchange\, Cloudera\, Skytree\, Adobe\, Claritics\, Kaiser Permanante\, Wells Fargo\, and more. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/thought-leaders-in-data-science-and-analytics-apr-17/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130417T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4563-1366185600-1366218000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Thought Leaders in Data Science and Analytics\, Apr 17 DESCRIPTION:Faculty and students are invited to join us at the School of Information for seminars on Data Science and Analytics by exciting speakers from the happening places: Google\, Yahoo\, eBay\, Facebook\, Kaggle\, LinkedIn\, BlueKai Data Exchange\, Cloudera\, Skytree\, Adobe\, Claritics\, Kaiser Permanante\, Wells Fargo\, and more. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/thought-leaders-in-data-science-and-analytics-apr-17-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130416T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130416T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4560-1366099200-1366131600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:A. Richard Newton Memorial Lecture in Synthetic Biology\, Apr 16 DESCRIPTION:A giant in the field of genomics\, Dr. Venter will share his insights on the promise and possibilities of synthetic biology. \n The annual A. Richard Newton Lecture\, sponsored by the UC Berkeley Synthetic Biology Institute\, honors the memory of Richard Newton\, a visionary technology leader\, passionate advocate of synthetic biology\, and dean of the College of Engineering at UC Berkeley. \n A reception will follow the lecture. \n The event is free and open to the campus community (valid campus I.D. required). \n The lecture is co-hosted by the UC Berkeley Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES). URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/a-richard-newton-memorial-lecture-in-synthetic-biology-apr-16/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130415T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130415T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4559-1366012800-1366045200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:BERCshop: The Distributed Energy Revolution\, Apr 15 DESCRIPTION:The energy supply industry is witnessing a transformation with the rise of renewable energy technology and distributed energy generation. What barriers must be overcome to make distributed energy the major form of energy generation? What business strategies are currently being used to enable distributed generation off and on the grid? Come learn about the current and future distributed energy landscape as we explore such topics as microgrids\, business and technical innovation\, and the role of utilities. \n Bring your lunch! URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/bercshop-the-distributed-energy-revolution-apr-15/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130412T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130412T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4558-1365753600-1365786000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Downstream Regulation of CO2 Emissions in California's Electricity Sector\, Apr 12 DESCRIPTION:We examine the implications of alternative forms of cap-and-trade regulations on the California electricity market. Specific focus is given to the implementation of a downstream form of regulation known as the first-deliverer policy. Under this policy\, importers (i.e.\, first-deliverers) of electricity into California are responsible for the emissions associated with the power plants from which the power originated\, even if those plants are physically located outside of California. We find that\, absent strict non-economic barriers to changing import patterns\, such policies are extremely vulnerable to reshuffling of import resources. The net impact implies that the first-deliverer policies will be only marginally more effective than a conventional source-based regulation. \n Free and open to the public. \n Live broadcast at \n . Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISi4e. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/downstream-regulation-of-co2-emissions-in-californias-electricity-sector-apr-12/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130411T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130411T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4557-1365667200-1365699600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:BERCshop: Can the U.S. satisfy the renewable fuels standard?\, Apr 11 DESCRIPTION:BERC is hosting three bioenergy experts to discuss the United States’ Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2)\, advanced biofuels conversion pathways\, and the future of bioenergy production. In 2007\, the U.S. set bold mandates for production of conventional and advanced biofuels for transportation\, but there have been several setbacks: the lack of commercialization of cellulosic biofuels\, poor plant economics\, and lack of uptake of advanced fueling infrastructure. Are there new technologies that can meet the demands of the RFS? Or do we need a ‘reset’ on our biofuels policy? \n A Panel Discussion featuring: \n • Paul Bryan\, Lecturer\, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Former Program Manager\, DOE Bioenergy Technologies Office \n • Hanna Breetz\, Postdoctoral Scholar and Lecturer\, Goldman School of Public Policy \n • Heather Youngs\, Bioenergy Analyst\, Energy Biosciences Institute \n Light snacks and refreshments will be served. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/bercshop-can-the-u-s-satisfy-the-renewable-fuels-standard-apr-11/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T202143Z UID:4552-1365580800-1365613200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Exploring Political Controversy: A Visual Tool for Civic Sense-making\, Apr 10 DESCRIPTION:Peter Duerr currently is a visiting scholar at the CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative (DDI). His home affiliation is the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich\, Germany\, where he is a tenured professor of Knowledge and Communication Management and head of the degree course Management of Social Innovations. Prior to his academic engagement he was senior manager with the strategy consulting company Horváth & Partners\, served as director of research and rapid prototyping with the software startup Think Tools and as a researcher in the Applied Science Division at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. \nDr. Duerr earned his degrees at UC Irvine (BA Economics)\, MIT (MS Transportation) and the Technical University Munich (PhD Civil Engineering). His research and teaching focuses on scientific methods of knowledge exploration and transfer. He is dedicated to working along disciplinary boundaries for finding solutions at the interface between society and technology. \n—————— \nRegistration for each event (by the Monday prior at 3pm) is required for attendance at UC Berkeley at \nFree and open to the public\, the Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly roundtable of presentations and discussions that highlight ways to frame and tackle societal-scale research issues. \nLive broadcast at \n. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n. \nWebviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \nWebviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \nWebviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/exploring-political-controversy-a-visual-tool-for-civic-sense-making-apr-10-2/ CATEGORIES:CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4553-1365580800-1365613200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:BERCshop: Who Owns Your Invention? A discussion on ownership and entrepreneurship\, Apr 10 DESCRIPTION:Come learn about patent rights\, ownership\, and commercialization for inventions and technologies developed at UC Berkeley and LBNL! Every day\, Berkeley research scientists are making discoveries with the potential to make a powerful impact on society. In order for these technologies to transition from bench to market\, the threshold question is: who owns the invention? Does the university own it? Does the PI or graduate student own it? \n This panel discussion will focus on patent rights\, ownership\, and licensing negotiations for inventions and technologies developed at UC Berkeley and LBNL. Sponsored by the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology. \n A Panel Discussion featuring: \n • Professor Robert Barr\, Executive Director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology \n • Cheryl Fragiadakis\, Head of Technology Transfer at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab \n • Braden Penhoet\, Executive Director for Innovation and Business Development in the Office of the VC for Research \n • Vern Norviel\, Partner\, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati \n Lunch provided to those who RSVP at http://bercshop-who_owns_your_invention.eventbrite.com/ URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/bercshop-who-owns-your-invention-a-discussion-on-ownership-and-entrepreneurship-apr-10/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4554-1365580800-1365613200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Big Ideas@Berkeley annual “Information Technology for Society” poster session\, Apr 10 DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday April 10th\, from 2-4pm\, Big Ideas@Berkeley will hold its annual “Information Technology for Society” poster session in B100 Blum Hall on the UC Berkeley campus. \n All nine finalists in the IT for Society category will be in attendance\, to discuss their innovative projects and answer questions from judges and the public. The IT for Society contest category\, sponsored by the Rudd Family Foundation and the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)\, supports student projects with the potential to channel information technology to address a broad range of social issues—including public health\, democratic governance\, transportation\, and disaster response\, among others. The upcoming poster session will allow teams to share their projects\, which have already demonstrated the capacity of IT in addressing major societal challenges. \n Big Ideas@Berkeley is an annual innovation contest aimed at providing funding\, support\, and encouragement to interdisciplinary teams of UC undergraduate and graduate students who have “big ideas.” \n ——————– \n The projects in the 2013 Information Technology for Society category are: \n Access | Access will innovate a financially sustainable business model that provides free mobile phones\, subscriptions and SMS literacy curricula to the world’s illiterate poor. They plan on harnessing corporate interest at the bottom of the economic pyramid as an untapped market to finance this movement. \n Facilitating Independence for Photo Capturing\, Browsing\, and Sharing for Blind People | This big idea is to facilitate independence for blind people in capturing\, organizing\, browsing\, and sharing photos using an iPhone. \n FuturePress—Open reading\, writing\, and collaboration for enhanced ebooks | Electronic books\, content sharing\, and collaborative authoring have the potential to transform education and community knowledge building\, but proprietary platforms and limited authoring tools are standing in the way. FuturePress seeks to change this by building an open-source\, cross-platform ebook reader and a web-based collaborative authoring tool. \n Health in the Cloud | Health in the Cloud will build an easy-to-use\, but comprehensive\, platform for the global health community to collect\, manage\, and analyze diagnostic data. Emphasis will be placed on providing and standardizing powerful techniques for data visualization\, co-location of data\, and meta-analysis\, which they believe is the future of data mining and healthcare. \n Low-Cost Utility-Driven Guardian Robot for Older Persons Living Alone | This proposal aims to produce a robot that acts as a guardian for older persons living independently that is low cost\, low maintenance\, unobtrusive\, and gives the family peace of mind that their loved one is safe. \n m3d (Mass Minable Medical Data) | m3d is the “Google for Healthcare” —an intuitive and fast search engine for clinical and biomedical research. \n ParkExperienceMap | To survive\, California’s National Parks must become more relevant to people of diverse cultural backgrounds. Drawing on research about underserved populations and parks\, ParkExperienceMap\, in partnership with the national Park Service\, proposes to implement an online participatory mapping system for creating park maps that is tailored to underserved audiences. \n Science Foundary: A Series on How Scientists Change the World | The Science Foundary wants to inspire the next generation of innovators. Starting with Berkeley’s nine Nobel Laureates\, they aim to film a series of short “Science for Everyone” videos explaining their prizewinning work to spark the young minds of future scientists. \n Small\, Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for CAL FIRE Reconnaissance | The Sacramento firefighters memorial has over 1\,100 fallen heroes\, and UC Merced students have developed a way to improve firefighter safety. While combating fire\, information is key; therefore\, this big idea envisions a cheap way to continuously update CAL FIRE with small\, unmanned aerial vehicles. \n For additional information on Big Ideas@Berkeley\, or the IT for Society poster session please contact bigideas@berkeley.edu or visit our website at bigideas.berkeley.edu URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/big-ideasberkeley-annual-information-technology-for-society-poster-session-apr-10/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130410T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4555-1365580800-1365613200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Frontiers in Urban Exposure Science\, Apr 10 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/frontiers-in-urban-exposure-science-apr-10/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4549-1365408000-1365440400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Data\, Society\, and Inference Seminar\, Apr 8 DESCRIPTION:This cross-disciplinary seminar series will feature speakers tackling social science questions with big data and cutting-edge computation\, data analysis\, and inference techniques. Talks will alternate between Berkeley and Stanford\, and logistics will be arranged for people from both institutions to see every talk. A light lunch will be provided. If you would like to be added to the distribution list\, email: brian_reschke@haas.berkeley.edu. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/data-society-and-inference-seminar-apr-8/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130408T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4550-1365408000-1365440400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Data\, Society\, and Inference Seminar\, Apr 8 DESCRIPTION:This cross-disciplinary seminar series will feature speakers tackling social science questions with big data and cutting-edge computation\, data analysis\, and inference techniques. Talks will alternate between Berkeley and Stanford\, and logistics will be arranged for people from both institutions to see every talk. A light lunch will be provided. If you would like to be added to the distribution list\, email: brian_reschke@haas.berkeley.edu. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/data-society-and-inference-seminar-apr-8-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130405T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130405T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4548-1365148800-1365181200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:The Role of Supply-Following Loads in Highly Renewable Electricity Grids\, Apr 5 DESCRIPTION:Driven by renewables portfolio standards and emissions limits\, electrical grids are phasing in renewable electricity generation at an unprecedented rate\, primarily displacing traditional fossil fuel-powered sources. Most electricity generation by renewables is non-dispatchable\, meaning that it often fluctuates unpredictably and cannot be scheduled or shifted. This makes matching supply and demand to ensure electrical reliability a fundamentally new challenge as the proportion of renewable sources increases. \n To overcome the challenges of fluctuating renewable generation\, I study the use of supply-following electrical loads that are responsive to grid conditions such as energy availability or electricity price. This talk presents the design\, implementation\, and evaluation of three supply-following loads: a home heater\, a refrigerator enhanced with thermal energy storage\, and a heat pump for cooling a room or house. I assess to what extent these supply-following loads can improve supply and demand matching by using a model of the California electrical grid at different levels of renewables penetration. Using what remains after applying supply-following loads\, I analyze the requirements for energy efficiency\, demand flexibility\, and seasonal energy storage to further improve the match in future\, sustainable electricity grids. \n Bio: Jay Taneja is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science\, advised by Professor David Culler and expecting to finish in May\, 2013. His primary research interests are in applications of information technology to societal-scale challenges\, particularly in energy systems. He received his B.S. from The Ohio State University and his M.S. from the University of California\, Berkeley. He has accepted a Research Scientist position at the new IBM Research lab in Nairobi\, Kenya. \n Webpage: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~taneja/ \n ————– \n All are welcome to attend. \n Live broadcast at \n . Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISi4e. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 506 URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/the-role-of-supply-following-loads-in-highly-renewable-electricity-grids-apr-5/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130403T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130403T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T202150Z UID:4544-1364976000-1365008400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Clinical Integration at Kaiser\, Apr 3 DESCRIPTION:Registration for each event (by the Monday prior at 3pm) is required for LUNCH at UC Berkeley at \n. Everyone is welcome to attend\, even without registration. \nFree and open to the public\, the Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly roundtable of presentations and discussions that highlight ways to frame and tackle societal-scale research issues. \nLive broadcast at \n. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n. \nWebviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \nWebviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \nWebviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/clinical-integration-at-kaiser-apr-3/ CATEGORIES:CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130403T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130403T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4545-1364976000-1365008400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Engaging Digital Humanities Curriculum\, Apr 3 DESCRIPTION:Ray Siemens is the Canada Research Chair in Humanities Computing and Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Victoria in English and Computer Science. \n Siemens is co-editor of Blackwell’s Companion to Digital Humanities (2004)\, Companion to Digital Literary Studies (2007)\, the MLA volume Literary Studies in the Digital Age: An Evolving Anthology (2013)\, and numerous articles and others works at the intersection of computational technology and the humanities. He serves as Vice-President of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences\, Director of the Digital Humanities Summer Institute\, and Director of the SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiative project Implementing New Knowledge Environments. \n Siemens will lead a brown bag lunch conversation exploring key elements of disciplinary and interdisciplinary change relating to technology in the Humanities and the response of Digital Humanities curriculum. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/engaging-digital-humanities-curriculum-apr-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130403T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130403T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4546-1364976000-1365008400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Thought Leaders in Data Science and Analytics\, Apr 3 DESCRIPTION:Faculty and students are invited to join us at the School of Information for seminars on Data Science and Analytics by exciting speakers from the happening places: Google\, Yahoo\, eBay\, Facebook\, Kaggle\, LinkedIn\, BlueKai Data Exchange\, Cloudera\, Skytree\, Adobe\, Claritics\, Kaiser Permanante\, Wells Fargo\, and more. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/thought-leaders-in-data-science-and-analytics-apr-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130403T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130403T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4547-1364976000-1365008400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Renewable Energy Futures to 2050: Current Thinking\, Apr 3 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Spring 2012 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/renewable-energy-futures-to-2050-current-thinking-apr-3/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130401T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130401T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4539-1364803200-1364835600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Data\, Society\, and Inference Seminar\, Apr 1 DESCRIPTION:This cross-disciplinary seminar series will feature speakers tackling social science questions with big data and cutting-edge computation\, data analysis\, and inference techniques. Talks will alternate between Berkeley and Stanford\, and logistics will be arranged for people from both institutions to see every talk. A light lunch will be provided. If you would like to be added to the distribution list\, email: brian_reschke@haas.berkeley.edu. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/data-society-and-inference-seminar-apr-1/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130401T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130401T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4540-1364803200-1364835600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:ATC Lecture: Scott Summit\, Designer\, Bespoke Products\, Apr 1 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/atc-lecture-scott-summit-designer-bespoke-products-apr-1/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130401T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130401T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4541-1364803200-1364835600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:ATC Lecture: Scott Summit\, Designer\, Bespoke Products\, Apr 1 DESCRIPTION: URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/atc-lecture-scott-summit-designer-bespoke-products-apr-1-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130401T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130401T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4542-1364803200-1364835600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Scott Summit\, Designer\, Bespoke Products\, "Art of the Exoskeleton: 3D Printing for the Human Condition"\, Apr 1 DESCRIPTION:What if you could communicate and spread physical products as easily as software or code? And what if you could modify each one to meet the specific needs of the individual? 3D printing offers just that ability\, though its potential has only recently begun to be realized. We are now able to create custom solutions for human needs\, based on the individuality of that specific body. But we can go further and infuse that product with beauty\, personality and uniqueness with no extra burden\, since an entirely digital process remains indifferent to complexity. This presentation will showcase some of the ways that a mass-customized process stands to improve the quality of life for people with needs unmet by mass-produced solutions. It will explore how design\, art\, and a new approach to product creation may invite new products into our lives. \n Scott Summit seeks to connect complex human needs with design and technology solutions. To this end\, he founded Bespoke Innovations in 2010\, based on 20 years of experience and research in design and additive fabrication. Bespoke was founded on the simple idea that an integrated approach that connects design\, medicine and new technology stands to offer more meaningful and individualized solutions to address a wide variety of human needs. \n As a designer\, his clients have included Apple\, Nike\, Palm\, Silicon Graphics\, and other innovations-oriented companies large and small. His designs have earned international recognition including top honors from the IDSA\, IDEA\, The Chicago Athenaeum\, IGood Design\, and Core77. Summit holds over 20 design and utility patents and has held faculty positions at Stanford University\, Carnegie Mellon\, and currently holds a faculty position at Singularity University. He has spoken at TEDx Cambridge\, the Vanguard Lecture Series\, the Summit Series\, Stanford’s Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series and keynoted at Autodesk University. Bespoke was acquired by 3D Systems in May of 2012\, and now drives its medical solutions research. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/scott-summit-designer-bespoke-products-art-of-the-exoskeleton-3d-printing-for-the-human-condition-apr-1/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130401T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130401T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4543-1364803200-1364835600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Scott Summit\, Designer\, Bespoke Products\, "Art of the Exoskeleton: 3D Printing for the Human Condition"\, Apr 1 DESCRIPTION:What if you could communicate and spread physical products as easily as software or code? And what if you could modify each one to meet the specific needs of the individual? 3D printing offers just that ability\, though its potential has only recently begun to be realized. We are now able to create custom solutions for human needs\, based on the individuality of that specific body. But we can go further and infuse that product with beauty\, personality and uniqueness with no extra burden\, since an entirely digital process remains indifferent to complexity. This presentation will showcase some of the ways that a mass-customized process stands to improve the quality of life for people with needs unmet by mass-produced solutions. It will explore how design\, art\, and a new approach to product creation may invite new products into our lives. \n Scott Summit seeks to connect complex human needs with design and technology solutions. To this end\, he founded Bespoke Innovations in 2010\, based on 20 years of experience and research in design and additive fabrication. Bespoke was founded on the simple idea that an integrated approach that connects design\, medicine and new technology stands to offer more meaningful and individualized solutions to address a wide variety of human needs. \n As a designer\, his clients have included Apple\, Nike\, Palm\, Silicon Graphics\, and other innovations-oriented companies large and small. His designs have earned international recognition including top honors from the IDSA\, IDEA\, The Chicago Athenaeum\, IGood Design\, and Core77. Summit holds over 20 design and utility patents and has held faculty positions at Stanford University\, Carnegie Mellon\, and currently holds a faculty position at Singularity University. He has spoken at TEDx Cambridge\, the Vanguard Lecture Series\, the Summit Series\, Stanford’s Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series and keynoted at Autodesk University. Bespoke was acquired by 3D Systems in May of 2012\, and now drives its medical solutions research. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/scott-summit-designer-bespoke-products-art-of-the-exoskeleton-3d-printing-for-the-human-condition-apr-1-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130322T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130322T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4538-1363939200-1363971600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Building Efficiency and Sustainability in the Tropics\, Mar 22 DESCRIPTION:A building can be an agile\, sentient\, complex dynamic system that delivers customized sequences of micro-environments to optimize comfort and productivity while minimizing carbon footprint. Such a building leverages pervasive sensing and information technology to realize and maintain tunable physical models\, and to synthesize state-of-the-art knowledge about occupant needs and patterns\, allowing optimal integration and management. This view introduces modern agile manufacturing principles in building operations\, with activities such as process control\, fault detection and classification\, planning\, forecasting and supply chain management when interacting with the grid\, the utilities\, and the environment. We will address this concept in the context of a newly established research program between UC Berkeley\, Nanyang Technological University\, National University of Singapore and Singapore’s National Research Foundation. \n ~ \n COSTAS J. SPANOS received the EE Diploma from the National Technical University of Athens\, Greece and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in ECE from Carnegie Mellon University. In 1988 he joined the Faculty at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences of the University of California at Berkeley. He has served as the Director of the Berkeley Microlab\, the Associate Dean for Research and as Department Chair. He works in statistical analysis in the design and fabrication of integrated circuits\, and on novel sensors and computer-aided techniques in semiconductor manufacturing. He also works on statistical data mining techniques for energy efficiency applications. He has contributed to two successful startup companies\, Timbre Tech\, (acquired by Tokyo Electron) and OnWafer Technologies (acquired by KLA-Tencor). He is presently a Director of the Center for Research in Energy Systems Transformation\, and of the Berkeley Educational Alliance for Research in Singapore. \n ————– \n Free and open to the public. \n Live broadcast at \n . Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISi4e. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/building-efficiency-and-sustainability-in-the-tropics-mar-22/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130321T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130321T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4535-1363852800-1363885200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Bright Lights across the River: Competing Modernities at China’s Edge\, Mar 21 DESCRIPTION:The two cities of Heihe (China) and Blagoveshchensk (Russia) stand right opposite each other across the Amur River. But if they are comparable in footprint and population size\, they look drastically different. Having evolved from a small settlement two decades ago\, Heihe is a very modern city\, structured on an urban model that is emerging throughout China. By contrast\, Blagoveshchensk looks like a typical Eastern European town and has remained practically unchanged in the last twenty years. The contrast increases even further at night\, when the whole of Heihe’s riverbank illuminates in very bright lights. \n For the Russians in Blagoveshchensk\, these lights are symbolically crucial. If they continue to see their town as an outpost of Russian cultural presence in the East\, former assumptions of cultural superiority have been deeply undermined. Indeed\, no longer viewed as a ‘backward’ developing country\, China has now become a serious economic and geopolitical contender. This rise has been viewed by Blagoveshchensk residents with an ambivalent mixture of anxiety and fascination. For the younger generation\, the lights increasingly signal the ushering in of a new kind of modernity\, offered by an economically confident China where the future beckons and where everything seems possible. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/bright-lights-across-the-river-competing-modernities-at-chinas-edge-mar-21/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130321T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130321T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4536-1363852800-1363885200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:TRUST Security Seminar\, Mar 21 DESCRIPTION:The electric power grid is a highly automated network that uses a variety of sensors\, information/control systems\, and communication networks for the purpose of sensing\, monitoring\, and controlling the physical grid. This talk first provides a brief taxonomy of potential cyber threats on the power grid and then presents a cyber-physical systems framework for risk modeling and mitigation of cyber attacks that accounts for dynamics of the physical system\, as well as the operational aspects of the cyber-based control system. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/trust-security-seminar-mar-21/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130321T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130321T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4537-1363852800-1363885200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:TRUST Security Seminar\, Mar 21 DESCRIPTION:The electric power grid is a highly automated network that uses a variety of sensors\, information/control systems\, and communication networks for the purpose of sensing\, monitoring\, and controlling the physical grid. This talk first provides a brief taxonomy of potential cyber threats on the power grid and then presents a cyber-physical systems framework for risk modeling and mitigation of cyber attacks that accounts for dynamics of the physical system\, as well as the operational aspects of the cyber-based control system. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/trust-security-seminar-mar-21-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130320T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130320T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T173641 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T202238Z UID:4531-1363766400-1363798800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:How Better Information Can Transform Water Management in California\, Mar 20 DESCRIPTION:Dr. Bales joined the University of California\, Merced\, as Professor of Engineering in June 2003\, and is one of U.C. Merced’s inaugural faculty. Dr. Bales received his B.S. from Purdue University\, an M.S. from the University of California\, Berkeley and his Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology. He worked as a consulting engineer from 1975 to 1980\, prior to his Ph.D.\, and was Professor of Hydrology and Water Resources at the University of Arizona from 1984 to 2003. He has published over 100 papers in diverse fields of research including snow hydrology\, alpine hydrology and biogeochemistry\, polar snow and ice\, contaminant hydrology\, and water quality. In 2007 he was named Acting Director\, and in 2008 Director\, of UC Merced’s Sierra Nevada Research Institute. \nAt UC Merced\, Dr. Bales organized the Mountain Hydrology Research Group\, which is deploying new research instrumentation at several Sierra Nevada sites\, and has multiple ongoing\, collaborative projects investigating mountain hydrology. He has continuing research in Greenland and Antarctica. \n———— \nFree and open to the public\, the Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly roundtable of presentations and discussions that highlight ways to frame and tackle societal-scale research issues. \nLive broadcast at \n. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n. \nWebviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \nWebviewing at UC Merced: SE1 138 \nWebviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/how-better-information-can-transform-water-management-in-california-mar-20/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR