Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life — and threaten to rip apart our social fabric.
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Data Science for Pay-Per-Mile Car Insurance
In this talk, we will provide an overview of pay-per-mile car insurance, a type of usage-based insurance policy where a driver’s rate variably changes with […]
David Levine – Saving the World with OR
Operations research has broadened from focusing on factories and queuing to health care, finance, and other fields. This talk argues that another opportunity for exciting […]
Beyond Clicktivism
The rapid expansion of digital connectivity and tools poses new challenges and opportunities for organizations like Amnesty International. Although researchers working to expose human rights […]
Mapping Aquatic Plants Using Airborne Sensors with Susan Ustin, CITRIS Research Exchange
Banatao Auditorium 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesTalk Title: Mapping Aquatic Plants Using Airborne Sensors Speaker: Susan Ustin Date: September 21, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Susan […]
Maggi Kelly-Spatial Data Science and the 21st Century Mapping Toolkit
The past decade has been one of astonishing innovation in the world of spatial data, analysis and visualization. I’m going to talk about all the […]
“Character Day” Film Screening at CITRIS and the Banatao Institute
Banatao Auditorium 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFilm Screening | September 22, 2016 | 12:30-2:30 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, 310, Banatao Auditorium On September 22, 2016, join hundreds of thousands of people […]
CITRIS Character Day Screening
CITRIS will co-sponsor a a screening of the films The Adaptable Mind and The Science of Character, and Ken Goldeberg will discuss some of his […]
Fall 2016 CITRIS Foundry Info Session, Sept 23
Want to learn about the CITRIS Foundry startup accelerator program? Register for a live 30 minute online info session to meet program staff. We’ll discuss […]
Cyber Tampering: The More Pernicious Risk… Why We Need to Tamper-Proof Our Society
The CLTC Tuesday Lunch Seminar will be on Tuesday, September 27, as we will welcome Chris Finan, CEO and Co-Founder of Manifold Technology, a Silicon […]
Jane Jacobs and the Digital City
In his otherwise dismissive New Yorker review of Jane Jacobs’ 1962 Death and Life of Great American Cities (“Mother Jacobs’ Home Remedies”), Lewis Mumford allowed […]
Robots in the Harvest with James Ostrowski, CITRIS Research Exchange
Banatao Auditorium 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesTalk Title: Robots in the Harvest Speaker: James Ostrowski Date: September 28, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Jim Ostrowski is […]
See and Spray Systems for Robotic Weeding
Jim Ostrowski is the VP of Engineering at Blue River Technology, which serves farmers with computer-vision based robotics that unlock greater yield potential. ——————————- Free […]
Low Car(bon) Communities: Inspiring car-free and car-lite urban futures
In Low Car(bon) Communities, authors Nicole Foletta and Jason Henderson examine seven case studies in Europe and the United States that aim explicitly to reduce […]
Women In Technology: Recognizing Leaders, Inspiring the Next Generation
Banatao Auditorium 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesJoin us for the first annual Women in Technology Symposium! Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 11:30am-6:00pm Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Register now > Gender […]
Kenichi Soga, UC Berkeley, CITRIS Research Exchange + Resilience Seminar
Banatao Auditorium 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesDesign, construction, maintenance and upgrading of civil engineering infrastructure requires fresh thinking to minimize use of materials, energy and labor. This can be achieved by […]
Jacobs Design Conversations: Elizabeth Gerber, “Understanding and Designing for Collective Innovation”
310 Jacobs Hall Berkeley, CA, United StatesJacobs Design Conversations: Elizabeth Gerber 10/13/2016 12:00pm - 1:00pm Liz Gerber, associate professor of design at Northwestern University Location: 310, Jacobs Hall About Jacobs Design […]
Future of Distributed Energy Resources with Ryan Hanley, CITRIS Research Exchange
Banatao Auditorium 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesTalk Title: Future of Distributed Energy Resources Speaker: Ryan Hanley Date: October 19, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Ryan […]
Developing Large Simulation Models for Real-Time Applications
This seminar will present various issues that had to be addressed regarding the development of a large-scale traffic simulation model.
Technology and Cultural Preservation with Nicola Lercari, CITRIS Research Exchange
Banatao Auditorium 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesTalk Title: Technology and Cultural Preservation Speaker: Nicola Lercari Date: October 26, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Nicola Lercari […]
Richard M. Murray of the California Institute of Technology, CITRIS Research Exchange + Resilience Seminar
Banatao Auditorium 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThe emergence of wireless sensors and smartphones have created opportunities to understand and better manage —in real-time— the behavior of critical infrastructures, including their response […]
Specification and Synthesis of Networked Control Systems with Application to Autonomous Vehicles
One of the major challenges in design of complex networked control systems –such as those arising in aerospace, computing, robotics, critical infrastructure and manufacturing systems, […]
Fred Meyers, Associate Dean for Precision Medicine, UC Davis – CITRIS Research Exchange
Banatao Auditorium 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesSpeaker: Fred Meyers, Associate Dean for Precision Medicine, UC Davis Date: November 2, 2016, Wednesday Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley Precision medicine and […]
“Take Charge of Your Energy: Residential Demand Response” with John Anderson, OhmConnect, CITRIS Research Exchange
Banatao Auditorium 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, Berkeley, CA, United StatesTalk Title: Take Charge of Your Energy: Residential Demand Response Speaker: John Anderson Date: November 09, 2016, Wednesday, 12-1pm Location: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC […]