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:20130308T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130308T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205430 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4516-1362729600-1362762000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Sustainable Community Economic Development\, Mar 8 DESCRIPTION:Energy is key to effective community economic development. From energy efficiency as the foundation\, keeping money at home\, to renewable energy generating profits for German towns to entrepreneurs like Mosaic generating jobs and prosperity\, clean energy will be the key to revitalizing our economies. Hunter Lovins will review the basic principles of effective local economic development\, describe inspiring examples from around the world and present tools for building sustainable local economies here at home. \n ———– \n L. Hunter Lovins is President and founder of the Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS) (www.natcapsolutions.org). NCS educates senior decision-makers in business\, government and civil society to restore and enhance the natural and human capital while increasing prosperity and quality of life. In partnership with leading thinkers and Implementers\, NCS creates innovative\, practical tools and strategies to enable companies\, communities\, and countries to become more sustainable. \n Trained as a sociologist and lawyer (JD)\, Hunter is also currently a professor of sustainable business management at Bainbridge Graduate Institute\, Bard College\, and Denver University; and the chief insurgent of the madrone project. \n Recipient of such honors as the Right Livelihood Award\, Lindbergh Award and Leadership in Business\, she was named Time Magazine 2000 Hero of the Planet and in 2009 Newsweek dubbed her a “Green Business Icon.” She has co-authored nine books and hundreds of papers\, including the 1999 book\, Natural Capitalism\, 2006 e-book Climate Protection Manual for Cities\, and the 2009 Transforming Industry in Asia. She has served on the boards of governments\, non- and for profit companies. \n —- \n All are welcome to attend. \n Live broadcast at \n . Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE. All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . \n Webviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall \n Webviewing at UC Merced: SE1 100 \n Webviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 506 URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/sustainable-community-economic-development-mar-8/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130306T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130306T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205430 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200911T202256Z UID:4513-1362556800-1362589200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:PISCES: Pacific Islands Schools\, Connectivity\, Education and Solar Project\, Mar 6 DESCRIPTION:Remote island regions face many challenges when establishing reliable Internet connections and introducing technology into schools and communities. This talk draws from Professor Hosman’s in-the-field experiences with technology-for-development projects\, focusing on the PISCES Project\, a multi-partnered\, education-focused technology project in Micronesia. Using solar powered long-distance wireless connections and an all-in-one Solar-Computer-Lab-in-a-Box\, the PISCES Project aims to demonstrate a more affordable\, sustainable means of providing ICT and connectivity to off-grid locations. The talk will highlight the importance of meaningful local skills-building and well-designed partnerships as promising methods for moving forward with technology-for-development projects. \nA demo of the newest Solar-Computer-Lab-in-a-Box prototype will be displayed at the talk! \nBiography: \nLaura Hosman is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Illinois Institute of Technology. Prior to IIT\, Professor Hosman held postdoctoral research fellow positions at the University of California\, Berkeley and the University of Southern California (USC). She graduated with a PhD in Political Economy and Public Policy from USC. Her current research focuses on the role for information and communications technology (ICT) in developing countries\, particularly in terms of its potential effects on socio-cultural factors\, human development\, and economic growth. Her work focuses on two main areas: Public-Private Partnerships and ICT-in-education\, both with a focus on the developing world. Her blog\, giving insights on her fieldwork experiences\, is at http://ict4dviewsfromthefield.wordpress.com . \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. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/pisces-pacific-islands-schools-connectivity-education-and-solar-project-mar-6/ CATEGORIES:CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130306T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130306T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205430 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4514-1362556800-1362589200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:EECS Colloquium: Software is Rebooting Journalism: Data Mining and Visualization in the Public Interest\, Mar 6 DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \n Joint Colloquium Distinguished Lecture Series \n Software is Rebooting Journalism: Data Mining and Visualization in the Public Interest \n jeff larson \n Wednesday\, March 6\, 2013 \n 306 Soda Hall (HP Auditorium) \n 4:00 – 5:00 pm \n 3:30 – Refreshments will be served \n Jeff Larson \n News Applications developer\, ProPublica \n ABSTRACT: \n ProPublica is a non profit news outlet in New York City that publishes investigative journalism. They also have a team of seven News Application developers who create software that tells stories and finds meaningful stories in data. Their News Applications include databases such as Dollars for Doctors\, which lists pharmaceutical company payments to doctors\, and the Message Machine\, an application that uses Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to reverse engineer political email targeting. Jeff Larson will talk about the evolution of this new field of journalism and show off a few of ProPublica’s News Applications. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/eecs-colloquium-software-is-rebooting-journalism-data-mining-and-visualization-in-the-public-interest-mar-6/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130306T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130306T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205430 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4515-1362556800-1362589200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Green Innovation in China: China's Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy\, Mar 6 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/green-innovation-in-china-chinas-wind-power-industry-and-the-global-transition-to-a-low-carbon-economy-mar-6/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130305T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130305T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205430 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4512-1362470400-1362502800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:BERCshop: Solar Manufacturing from Wafer to Encapsulation\, Mar 5 DESCRIPTION:Come learn about how solar cells are made and hear about the latest developments in solar cell technologies! \n Speakers: \n Professor Dan Kammen\, Class of 1935 Distinguished Professor of Energy in the Energy and Resources Group\, the Goldman School of Public Policy\, and the department of Nuclear Engineering; Director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Lab (RAEL)] \n Erel Milshtein\, Director of Engineering\, Thin-film Equipment\, Process Development\, First Solar \n Topics of discussion will include: the physical manufacturing process\, the future of solar manufacturing & solar scalability\, encapsulation\, and process/quality management. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/bercshop-solar-manufacturing-from-wafer-to-encapsulation-mar-5/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130304T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130304T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205430 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4509-1362384000-1362416400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Data\, Society\, and Inference Seminar\, Mar 4 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-mar-4/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130304T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130304T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4510-1362384000-1362416400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Meredith Tromble\, Artist\, SFAI and Dawn Sumner\, Geobiologist\, UC Davis\, "Of CAVEs and Curiosity: Imaging and Imagination in Collaborative Research"\, Mar 4 DESCRIPTION:In the KeckCAVES visualization facility at UC Davis\, one can walk into a snowflake or fly over a landslide. Images from around space and time flicker into existence as researchers interact with their data in three dimensions. Among the sights to be seen are ancient microbes\, chaotic attractors\, and the surface of Mars; and\, now\, the beginnings of a vortex of dreams\, a virtual installation built from the inner lives of researchers studying the outer world. “Take Me To Your Dream (Dream Vortex)\,” a virtual installation in-progress by artist/writer Meredith Tromble\, geobiologist Dawn Sumner\, and willing CAVES researchers\, is intended as a creative stimulus for anyone at work in the CAVES. And it is the springboard for a discussion of imaging and collaboration in art and science\, including Sumner’s experiences on the Curiosity Mars mission. \n Meredith Tromble is an associate professor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies of the San Francisco Art Institute with a practice that intermingles drawing\, writing\, and performance. Her areas of interest include creative process and interdisciplinary research. She is currently writing “Art & Shadows\,” a blog on contemporary art in light of contemporary science\, funded by the Art Writers Grant Program of the Andy Warhol Foundation\, and creating a new series of “Madame Entropy” lecture/performances. \n Dawn Sumner is a geobiology professor at the University of California\, Davis. In her research\, she focuses on interpreting processes from patterns\, mostly patterns in rocks\, to understand interactions among life and environments. She has recently expanded beyond ancient Earth to explore living microbial communities in Antarctic lakes and help lead science operations for the NASA Mars rover\, Curiosity. Adventures of all sorts feed her personal curiosity. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/meredith-tromble-artist-sfai-and-dawn-sumner-geobiologist-uc-davis-of-caves-and-curiosity-imaging-and-imagination-in-collaborative-research-mar-4/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130304T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130304T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4511-1362384000-1362416400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Climate disruption: what math and science have to say\, Mar 4 DESCRIPTION:Professor Emily Shuckburgh (British Antarctic Survey) visits the Bay Area to deliver the second in an international series of MPE2013 public lectures sponsored by the Simons Foundation. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/climate-disruption-what-math-and-science-have-to-say-mar-4/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130301T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130301T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4508-1362124800-1362157200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Grid Integration of Intermittent Renewable Energy Resources\, Mar 1 DESCRIPTION:Energy storages are expected to play a significant role in increasing grid penetration of intermittent renewable resources. In this presentation\, I will show that -\, based on various hourly simulations\,- storage design and dispatch plays a significant role in our ability to transition to a grid that can accommodate very large intermittent renewable systems. First\, I will describe the result of an hourly simulation performed for an island Israeli grid. This will be followed by a brief discussion of the case of an interconnected grid using an hourly load data and the corresponding simulated wind and solar output for the state of California. This study shows that to design such a grid\, we will be required to consider a new operational policy. In this talk\, I will also discuss other complications related to designing such a power grid. \n ———- \n Solomon Abebe Asfaw received his undergraduate degree in Physics from Bahir Dar University\, Bahir Dar\, Ethiopia; an M.Sc. degree in Physics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology\, Trondheim\, Norway; a second M.Sc. and PhD degree specializing in energy system modeling from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev\, Sede Boqer\, Israel. He was a recipient of the 2010 wolf prize for outstanding PhD students in Israeli Universities. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at University of California – Berkeley. \n Solomon’s research interests include: very high grid penetration of intermittent renewable energy resources (Solar and Wind) with and without energy storage; the role of storage design and dispatch; long term planning of power grid\, etc. His findings have been published in peer-reviewed journals\, as book chapters\, and conference proceedings. \n ————— \n 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/grid-integration-of-intermittent-renewable-energy-resources-mar-1/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130228T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130228T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4507-1362038400-1362070800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:CANCELED: Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Innovation\, Access\, and Affordability for Drugs and Biologics\, Feb 28 DESCRIPTION:The third lecture in the Implementing Health Care Reform in California Lecture Series will be presented by Kent Lieginger\, PharmD\, senior vice president\, managed care and customer operations at Genentech. \n With 25 years in the pharmaceutical and biotech industries\, Kent Lieginger has held a variety of leadership roles in managed care\, U.S. and global business development\, finance\, strategic contracting\, manufacturing\, marketing and sales. During his tenure at Genentech\, he has been recognized for innovation in distribution\, contracting\, reimbursement\, account management\, and pricing. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/canceled-impact-of-the-affordable-care-act-on-innovation-access-and-affordability-for-drugs-and-biologics-feb-28/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130227T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130227T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4504-1361952000-1361984400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Illuminating the Early History of Sound Recording\, Feb 27 DESCRIPTION:The technology of sound recording was first developed in the late 19th century. During this period a great deal of experimentation was done on recording methods and materials. Much of the evidence these developments has been preserved in a variety of collections. These early recordings are typically found in obsolete formats\, and are damaged\, decaying\, and are generally considered too delicate to play invasively. \n Recently\, a series of techniques\, based upon non-contact optical metrology and image processing\, have been applied to create and analyze high resolution digital surface profiles of many of these objects. Numerical methods may be used to emulate the stylus motion through such a profile in order to reconstruct the recorded sound. This approach\, and current results\, including studies of the earliest known sound recordings\, are the focus of this talk\, and will be illustrated with sounds and images. Such studies provide a significant window on the process of invention in this important period. \n —————— \n Carl Haber is an experimental physicist. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Columbia University and is a Senior Scientist in the Physics Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory at the University of California. His main research focus is in the development of instrumentation and methods for detecting and measuring particles created at high energy colliders\, such as the facility at CERN near Geneva\, Switzerland. Since 2002 he\, and his colleagues\, have also been involved in aspects of preservation science\, applying methods of precision optical metrology and data analysis to early recorded sound restoration. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. \n — \n Free 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 All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/illuminating-the-early-history-of-sound-recording-feb-27/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130227T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130227T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4505-1361952000-1361984400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Berkeley Innovation Seminar\, Feb 27 DESCRIPTION:Scientific journals serve as two-sided knowledge platforms that facilitate the diffusion of scientific knowledge. Journals offer an outlet for scientists to disclose their findings in a way that allow them to highlight the importance of their discoveries (via the review process and the reputation of a journal) and\, at the same time\, are the principal means by which follow-on researchers can gain detailed access to the knowledge underlying scientific discoveries. For scientific discoveries with potential commercial applicability\, researchers (or their funders) may also seek to establish formal intellectual property protection (e.g.\, patents); choosing to establish a “patent-paper pair” allows researchers to influence follow-on access to knowledge disclosed in a given scientific platform. This paper evaluates the interrelationship between scientific journal publication and patenting by examining the incidence and impact of patent-paper pairs in two journals founded in the late 1990s/early 2000s; Nature Biotechnology and Nature Materials\, which serve as very similar platforms in their respective fields. We develop a dataset based on all research publications in these journals from their founding through the mid-2000s\, and on citations to and from these papers. Patent-paper pairs are much more likely to be associated with research discoveries in which at least one author is employed by the private sector\, and are also much more likely for articles with at least one United States author. Publications associated with patent-paper pairs have a higher overall rate of citation\, but this finding masks significant heterogeneity across time and across journals. For example\, patent-paper pairs published in the first few years after each journal is founded receive much lower level of citations. Using a differences-in-differences framework that exploits the delay between publication and patent grant\, we find that the negative impact of patent grant is concentrated in the first few years after journal founding. Finally\, after patent grant\, there is an increase in citation by follow-on research published in other journals but a decline in citations in follow-on research published in the originating journal. Similar to recent evidence of the interrelationship between standard-setting organizations and intellectual property\, our findings highlight the role of scientific journals as a particular type of two-sided platform\, and the subtle impact of intellectual property in shaping the use of knowledge disclosed and accessed through that platform. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/berkeley-innovation-seminar-feb-27/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130227T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130227T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4506-1361952000-1361984400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Careers and Futures: Conversations with Activists and Innovators in Poverty Action\, Feb 27 DESCRIPTION:The “Careers and Futures” speakers series creates a relaxed\, round table environment where students can engage with a diverse range of public leaders working domestically and internationally in poverty action. \n Join us Wednesday\, February 27 at 5pm in Blum Hall (Ground Level) for a conversation with Dr. Denise Dunning of the Public Health Institute. \n Dr. Dunning is the program director of the Public Health Institute’s Adolescent Girls’ Advocacy & Leadership Initiative (AGALI). AGALI improves adolescent girls’ health\, education and livelihoods by enhancing the capacity of Latin American and African leaders to advocate for policies\, programs and funding benefitting adolescent girls. Through capacity building\, grants and technical assistance\, AGALI’s major policy victories have advanced girls’ rights and empowered young women to develop their own solutions to the obstacles they face. \n Dunning has more than 15 years’ experience working in global health and development. Previously\, she worked for the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s population program on research and grantmaking in Mexico\, India\, Ethiopia and the Philippines. She also served as a Fulbright Scholar in Honduras implementing Hurricane Mitch relief efforts\, and has worked as a consultant for several organizations\, including the Population Council in Mexico\, the Inter-American Development Bank and CARE. \n Dunning holds a PhD in sociology from the University of California\, Berkeley\, and a master’s degree in public affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. \n Dunning was formerly the vice chair of the IDEX Board\, a nonprofit organization supporting global grassroots development. She was also recognized as a Choice USA Top ’30 under-30′ Activist for Reproductive Rights. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/careers-and-futures-conversations-with-activists-and-innovators-in-poverty-action-feb-27/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130226T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130226T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4503-1361865600-1361898000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:View from the Top\, Feb 26 DESCRIPTION:As Big Data proliferates\, search engines must get smarter at delivering the results you want. Harry Shum\, VP for search product development at Microsoft\, will describe the Bing Dialog Model\, the system that drives www.bing.com. The model does more than simply navigate users to a landing page; it relies on a deep understanding of users interest to match web knowledge with the user’s intentions. Shum will demonstrate the model in action through innovative features\, in particular by applying social contexts. He will also share some challenges and opportunities in building Bing as a compelling brand in consumer Internet services. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/view-from-the-top-feb-26/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130225T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4501-1361779200-1361811600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Improving the World with Wonderbags\, Feb 25 DESCRIPTION:Please join us at CITRIS for a presentation from Sarah Collins\, “Improving the World with Wonderbags” \n Designed by Durban\, South Africa-based entrepreneur Sarah Collins of Natural Balance and poverty activist Moshy Mathe\, the Wonderbag is aimed at societies where fuel is expensive or time-consuming to gather. The Wonderbag is a non-electric\, heat-retention cooker that allows food that has been brought to a boil on a stove or fire\, to continue cooking for hours after it has been removed from the direct fuel source. \n People in developing countries have diminished access to affordable\, clean sources of cooking fuel and/or cooking systems\, which leads to energy poverty for families\, and a drain on a country’s natural resources (firewood and charcoal are leading causes of deforestation in many countries)\, and alarming health risks from burns and toxic fumes. Compounding the problem is the fact that many diets in these countries consist of foods that require long cooking times – dried beans\, cassava\, root vegetables\, tough pieces of meat etc. The longer a meal is on the stove or fire\, the longer a person spends cooking\, breathing polluted air\, adding water to the pot\, and adding fuel to the fire. We’ve found in South Africa\, Rwanda and Nigeria that\, on average\, people in lower income levels can spend up to 1/2 of their day cooking\, and 1/3 of their income on cooking fuel alone. There’s got to be a better way. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/improving-the-world-with-wonderbags-feb-25/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130225T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130225T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4502-1361779200-1361811600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Building the New Economics of Sustainability\, Feb 25 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series – Special Guest (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/building-the-new-economics-of-sustainability-feb-25/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4498-1361520000-1361552400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Sustaining a Green Campus\, Feb 22 DESCRIPTION:In 2008\, Lisa McNeilly was appointed the UC Berkeley campus’s first director of sustainability. She has worked to create and manage a campus Office of Sustainability\, a key step toward achieving the campus’s long-term sustainability goals\, fostering a culture of sustainability at the organizational and individual levels\, and integrating sustainability into the classroom. \n In coordinating campus sustainability initiatives\, McNeilly supports the efforts of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS)\, the Cal Climate Action Partnership (CalCAP)\, the Berkeley Environmental Alumni Network (BEAN)\, the award-winning Berkeley Green Campus Program\, as well as the work of Environment\, Health\, and Safety\, the green-building and energy-conservation programs in Facilities Services\, the sustainability manager at the Office of the President\, and the many other campus units\, student organizations\, and public agencies working in this area. \n —————- \n 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 506 URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/sustaining-a-green-campus-feb-22/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4499-1361520000-1361552400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Sustaining a Green Campus\, Feb 22 DESCRIPTION:In 2008\, Lisa McNeilly was appointed the UC Berkeley campus’s first director of sustainability. She has worked to create and manage a campus Office of Sustainability\, a key step toward achieving the campus’s long-term sustainability goals\, fostering a culture of sustainability at the organizational and individual levels\, and integrating sustainability into the classroom. \n In coordinating campus sustainability initiatives\, McNeilly supports the efforts of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Sustainability (CACS)\, the Cal Climate Action Partnership (CalCAP)\, the Berkeley Environmental Alumni Network (BEAN)\, the award-winning Berkeley Green Campus Program\, as well as the work of Environment\, Health\, and Safety\, the green-building and energy-conservation programs in Facilities Services\, the sustainability manager at the Office of the President\, and the many other campus units\, student organizations\, and public agencies working in this area. \n —————- \n 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 506 URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/sustaining-a-green-campus-feb-22/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130222T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4500-1361520000-1361552400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Memristor: Past\, Present\, and Future\, Feb 22 DESCRIPTION:What is a memristor? Why did it take 37 years to make one? Why did HP’s memristor generate so much excitement? How does the memristor retain its memory even after the power is switched off? What is the difference between a non-volatile memristor and a locally-active memristor? How smart are they? \n This lecture reminisces the conceptual genesis of the memristor in 1971 along with an in-depth circuit-theoretic characterization and generalizations. \n In particular\, pinched hysteresis loops will be identified as the universal fingerprint of memristive systems\, thereby unifying a broad class of non-volatile memories based on resistance switchings\, such as RRAMs\, MRAMs\, phase-change memories\, etc.\, published over the past two decades\, as memristors. \n Future generalizations to memristor-based sysnapses and ion channels will also be delineated and proposed as the right stuff for building low-power\, laptop size and adaptive brain-like computers that could outperform existing supercomputers in many tasks\, e.g. face recognition and dynamic associative memory. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/memristor-past-present-and-future-feb-22/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130220T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4496-1361347200-1361379600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:The Digitalization of Healthcare: A Status Report for American Health Information Technology\, Feb 20 DESCRIPTION:Michael Minear\, Chief Information Officer at the UC Davis Medical Center\, is a national leader in health-care information technology. He has an extensive record of leading transformations of large\, complex organizations in the use of modern information technology. \n As a member of the executive leadership team of UC Davis Health System\, Minear directs about 460 staff employees and oversees an overall annual operating budget of $80 million\, plus a yearly capital budget exceeding $20 million. He is responsible for developing and executing a technology strategy that supports the health system’s four missions of clinical care\, research\, education\, and community engagement. \n Minear has worked in the health-care industry for over 34 years. He has held the positions of senior vice president and CIO at the University of Maryland Medical System; vice president and CIO at Park Nicollet Health Services in Minneapolis; CIO of the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic; and vice president at Medicus Systems. While at Medicus\, he co-designed and managed the development of the first commercial executive information system for health-care-providing organizations (DISCOVERY EIS). \n —————- \n Free 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. \n 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/the-digitalization-of-healthcare-a-status-report-for-american-health-information-technology-feb-20/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130220T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130220T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4497-1361347200-1361379600@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:The Digitalization of Healthcare: A Status Report for American Health Information Technology\, Feb 20 DESCRIPTION:Michael Minear\, Chief Information Officer at the UC Davis Medical Center\, is a national leader in health-care information technology. He has an extensive record of leading transformations of large\, complex organizations in the use of modern information technology. \n As a member of the executive leadership team of UC Davis Health System\, Minear directs about 460 staff employees and oversees an overall annual operating budget of $80 million\, plus a yearly capital budget exceeding $20 million. He is responsible for developing and executing a technology strategy that supports the health system’s four missions of clinical care\, research\, education\, and community engagement. \n Minear has worked in the health-care industry for over 34 years. He has held the positions of senior vice president and CIO at the University of Maryland Medical System; vice president and CIO at Park Nicollet Health Services in Minneapolis; CIO of the University of Minnesota Hospital and Clinic; and vice president at Medicus Systems. While at Medicus\, he co-designed and managed the development of the first commercial executive information system for health-care-providing organizations (DISCOVERY EIS). \n —————- \n Free 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. \n 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/the-digitalization-of-healthcare-a-status-report-for-american-health-information-technology-feb-20-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130219T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130219T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4495-1361260800-1361293200@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:CSGE Feb Social: User Experience\, Artificial Intelligence\, and Relevance (Aria Haghighi from Prismatic)\, Feb 19 DESCRIPTION:Title: User Experience\, Artificial Intelligence\, and Relevance \n Time: 7pm\, Tuesday\, Feb 19 \n Venue: Soda 510 (VCL Graphics Lab) \n Abstract \n Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are playing larger roles in products that we use everyday. In this talk\, we’ll look at key examples at how AI supports and improves user experience\, highlighting how quantitative methods impact qualitative experience. \n Bio \n Aria Haghighi is the co-founder and CTO of Prismatic\, the web and mobile news service growing fast thanks to rich relevance and beautiful design. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California\, Berkeley\, specializing in Statistical Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. During his graduate studies\, he published over 20 papers in top conferences\, was a Microsoft Research Fellow\, and won multiple awards for his research and teaching. He also holds a BS in Mathematics with distinction from Stanford University. \n Recently raised a $15M series-A\, Prismatic applies machine learning in real-time to content delivery. The startup is built by a small team of four computer scientists\, three of them PhDs from Berkeley and Stanford. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/csge-feb-social-user-experience-artificial-intelligence-and-relevance-aria-haghighi-from-prismatic-feb-19/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130216T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130216T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4494-1361001600-1361034000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Synthetic Biology: Engineering Living Cells with New Capabilities\, Feb 16 DESCRIPTION:Just as chemistry dominated the 19th century\, and physics the 20th century\, many predict that the 21st century will be “the century of biology.” Indeed\, the last few decades have brought dramatic increases in our understanding of the complex blueprints of living cells\, discoveries that were enabled by foundational technologies such as DNA sequencing and DNA synthesis. Building upon both these technologies and discoveries\, a new field called synthetic biology has emerged. Synthetic biology applies engineering principles to biology so that we can test our current understanding of cell design and build cells with new capabilities. Synthetic biologists believe that this new technology has the potential to transform such industries as medical therapeutics\, energy\, and manufacturing. \n Synthetic biology is a rapidly growing field; each year more and more young scientists are getting involved. Many participate in the International Genetically Engineered Machines Competition\, or iGEM\, an annual worldwide competition involving thousands of undergraduates. These students compete to build novel biological systems capable of performing useful tasks. \n For this talk\, iGEM team mentor John Dueber\, who is also a professor of synthetic biology at UC Berkeley\, will explain the science behind this emerging field. John will also highlight an example of how Jay Keasling’s laboratory used synthetic biology to create a low-cost drug to treat malaria. As John’s special guests\, student members of the UC Berkeley iGEM team will describe how they built\, tested\, and presented this year’s iGEM project\, eventually winning first prize in the iGEM Americas West Regional Jamboree in October 2012. \n This free public talk is presented as part of the monthly “Science@Cal Lecture Series”. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/synthetic-biology-engineering-living-cells-with-new-capabilities-feb-16/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130213T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130213T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4493-1360742400-1360774800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Measuring and Modeling User Interactions\, Growth Mechanisms\, and Cascades in Online Social Network based Applications\, Feb 13 DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT: \n The growing popularity of Online Social Networks (OSNs) such as Facebook has led to extensive research on OSN friendship graphs. Arguably\, however\, the worth of an OSN resides in how much *activity* its users generate\, rather than simply how connected its users are. It is important to consider general trends in online user engagement\, the approaches taken to achieve this engagement\, and its effects on the structure of the associated activity graph. We discuss the benefits and shortfalls of our model and its \n applicability to OSN-based social gaming applications. We will discuss our on-going work on analyzing the adoption tree (or cascades) of OSN-based applications. \n BIOGRAPHY: \n Chen-Nee Chuah is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of California\, Davis. She received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California\, Berkeley. Her research interests are in the general area of computer networks and wireless/mobile computing\, with emphasis on Internet measurements\, network management\, anomaly detection\, and online social networks. \n ——– \n Free 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. \n 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/measuring-and-modeling-user-interactions-growth-mechanisms-and-cascades-in-online-social-network-based-applications-feb-13/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130211T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4492-1360569600-1360602000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Data\, Society\, and Inference Seminar\, Feb 11 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-feb-11/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130208T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4491-1360310400-1360342800@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Submetering Solutions for the Smart Home and the Smart Grid\, Feb 8 DESCRIPTION:The global electric power infrastructure is undergoing a dramatic change from a load-following architecture to one that requires improved control and monitoring of the energy usage. Integration of inherently intermittent renewable resources requires improved ability to offset demand in order to leverage this intermittency. Demand Response (DR) initiative as well as other load shedding efforts are being implemented throughout the country to allow some control of the aggregate electric loads to reduce peak demand. Enhanced monitoring of the transmission and distribution grid\, as well as the electricity consumption at load level\, is desired to allow further control and deferral of non-essential loads during a DR event as well as to facilitate energy conservation. \n In my talk\, two distinct\, but related projects will be presented. The first project is about a stick-on wireless submetering system that is designed to measure and report electricity usage from circuit breaker panels in residential and commercial settings. The second project is related to the development of an energy harvesting enabled\, wireless sensor node for the condition monitoring of the Smart Grid. \n ————- \n 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 506 URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/submetering-solutions-for-the-smart-home-and-the-smart-grid-feb-8/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130207T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130207T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4490-1360224000-1360256400@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Rap Genius and the Open-Sourcing of Hip Hop Knowledge\, Feb 7 DESCRIPTION:Rap Genius and the Open-Sourcing of Hip Hop Knowledge \n a presentation by RapGenius.com founder Mahbod Moghadam \n and a panel discussion about the online presence and future of hip hop \n featuring: Jeff Chang\, Rickey Vincent\, and MC Rico Pabón \n Thursday\, February 7th – 4-6pm \n Maude Fife Room \n 315 Wheeler Hall\, UC Berkeley \n The landscape in which fans listen to and enjoy hip hop is changing rapidly and dramatically through the use of new information technology projects critiquing and contextualizing hip hop for the masses. Perhaps the most popular and innovative of these sites is RapGenius.com\, a Wikipedia-style forum that offers user-generated explanations and interpretations of hip hop lyrics. With around 10 million unique visitors per month\, Rap Genius offers users the opportunity to listen to hip hop songs\, read explanations of lyrics posted by fans and artists\, and add their own interpretations of their favorite lyrics. \n On February 7th\, Rap Genius founder Mahbod Moghadam will offer a presentation on the history and philosophy of Rap Genius in addition to performing a demonstration of the site’s many use cases. Following the presentation\, Moghadam will field questions from a panel featuring hip hop scholars\, authors\, and community activists Jeff Chang and Rickey Vincent as well as Bay Area MC and community activist Rico Pabón. The question-and-answer session and panel discussion will address issues including\, but not limited to\, the fluid relationship between hip hop production and consumption\, the tension between locally-situated lyrics and their global interpretations\, and the dynamics of privilege and demographics inherent in any project related to information technology. The fundamental question guiding our panel will be: How can online forums such as Rap Genius (www.rapgenius.com)\, Who Sampled (www.whosampled.com)\, and Urban Dictionary (www.urbandictionary.com) and their open source wikification of hip hop’s local knowledges add value to urban intellect and artistry rather than serving to coopt and undermine insider knowledges for a voyeuristic global audience? \n The event is free and open to the public. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/rap-genius-and-the-open-sourcing-of-hip-hop-knowledge-feb-7/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4487-1360137600-1360170000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Autonomous navigation in complex environments with a micro-aerial vehicle\, Feb 6 DESCRIPTION:In this talk\, I will discuss approaches that enable a quadrotor to \n autonomously navigate and explore complex indoor and outdoor \n environments. Micro-aerial vehicles (MAVs)\, and in our case quadrotors\, \n offer exceptional 3D mobility over ground platforms\, making them \n particularly suitable for search-and-rescue missions in which the \n vehicle must be able to navigate through complex 3D environments. In \n such missions\, especially in response to emergency or disaster \n situations\, it may not be safe for a human to enter the environment and \n therefore the MAV must be able to operate fully autonomously without \n requiring any human operator commands or external infrastructure. This \n talk summarizes a sequence of projects that move towards the goal of \n fully autonomous MAVs and will consist of three parts: (1) algorithms \n and systems design that enable autonomous exploration of complex indoor \n 3D environments with a quadrotor equipped with a laser scanner\, an IMU\, \n and limited computation; (2) a state estimation approach that permits \n autonomous navigation in mixed indoor and outdoor environments using \n laser\, GPS and IMU; and (3) a vision-based state estimator that greatly \n expand the capable operational environments of our quadrotor platform. \n Extensive experimental evaluations are presented in each part of the \n talk. \n Bio: \n Shaojie Shen is a Ph.D candidate in the Department of Electrical and \n Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. His research \n interests include autonomous navigation of ground and aerial robots in \n complex environments with focus on state estimation and mapping. His \n work on autonomous micro-aerial vehicle has been covered by major media \n outlets such as ABC\, The New Yorker\, and Discovery Channel. URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/autonomous-navigation-in-complex-environments-with-a-micro-aerial-vehicle-feb-6/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4488-1360137600-1360170000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Is Anybody Out There?: The Search for ET with help from Eight Million Volunteers\, Feb 6 DESCRIPTION:Dr. Werthimer will discuss the possibility of life in the universe and the search for radio and optical signals from other civilizations. Berkeley’s SETI@home project analyzes data from the world’s largest radio telescope using desktop computers from volunteers in 226 countries. SETI@home participants have contributed millions of years of computer time and have formed one of Earth’s most powerful supercomputers. Users have the small but captivating possibility their computer will detect the first signal from a civilization beyond Earth. \n Werthimer will also discuss other citizen science projects\, including the upcoming ENERGY@home project. He will cover next generation radio telescope arrays that will require petaflops of computing\, as well as speculate on when Earthlings might discover other civilizations. \n ————– \n Free 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. \n All talks may be viewed post-event on our YouTube channel \n . URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/is-anybody-out-there-the-search-for-et-with-help-from-eight-million-volunteers-feb-6/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20130206T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T205431 CREATED:20140202T090101Z LAST-MODIFIED:20140202T090101Z UID:4489-1360137600-1360170000@citris-uc.org SUMMARY:Creating Ecomarkets for Sustainable Economic Systems in the Coastal Zone\, Feb 6 DESCRIPTION:Energy and Resources Group Spring 2013 Colloquium Series (ER295) URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/creating-ecomarkets-for-sustainable-economic-systems-in-the-coastal-zone-feb-6/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR