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SUMMARY:berkeleyByte presents: The Social Impact of Technology\, May 1
DESCRIPTION:berkeleyByte Presents: The Social Impact of Technology\, A Conversation Featuring Speakers from The Berkeley Foundation for Opportunities in Information Technology\, Team4Tech\, SocialCoding4Good\, and VMWare Inc. berkeleyByte (http://www.berkeleyByte.com) is the leading design\, innovation\, and technology news blog on campus run by students.  \nAs rising rents and increased income inequality exacerbate economic tensions in the Bay Area\, we ask\, what obligation does the tech industry have to our local and global communities? How are technology professionals exhibiting social responsibility and what role does their technology have to play? Please join our panelists for a conversation on these topics and more at 5pm Thursday\, May 1st\, in Soda Hall’s Wozniak Lounge. \nSpeaker Bios: \nDr. Narayan Sundararajan\nChief Technology Officer Narayan Sundararajan is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Grameen Intel Social Business Ltd. He oversees technology and product development. He is also a core member of the emerging markets healthcare team in the World Ahead Program at Intel. Prior to this\, Narayan has traversed various technical\, business and management roles at Intel working in diverse groups such as the New Business Initiatives \, Digital Health Group and Corporate Technology Group. Educated at the Indian Institute of Technology (B.Tech) and Cornell (M.S\, PhD)\, he holds 17 patents issued\, with 50 pending and has co-authored a book titled “Micro fabrication for Micro fluidics” published by Artech Publishers. He is also a freelance documentary and film-maker. \nAndrea Ramirez is an Engineering Manager with VMware’s Ecosystem Engineering R&D. She has built a reputation for leading software teams in Silicon Valley throughout the past two decades. As a graduate of Stanford University with a degree in economics\, her career in information technology began as a systems engineer at Bank of America; and in the ensuing years\, she built cross-functional teams at Yahoo! Inc.\, VeriSign\, Elemental Security\, and a slew of innovative start-ups. She also holds a Master’s of Science degree in software engineering. Currently at VMware\, Andrea oversees Ecosystem Engineering R&D\, Interoperability Engineering and custom development projects. She is honored to be an active participant in VMware’s commitment to corporate philanthropy\, bringing the examination of cloud technology to the fore in countries of emerging economies–most recently\, Vietnam in 2014 and Africa in 2013. Her personal passion for advancing educational opportunity internationally was sparked as a high school exchange student to Guayaquil\, Ecuador\, and has continued in recent years as a volunteer with the Ponheary Ly Foundation in Siem Reap\, Cambodia. \nJulie Clugage has more than 20 years of experience in the world of education\, technology and economic development. Before founding Team4Tech\, she served as global operations and communications manager for Intel Corporation’s Education Market Platforms Group. While in that role\, Julie launched the Intel Education Service Corps\, a service and career-development program that links Intel technology and 70 employees per year with non-profit organizations working to improve educational quality in developing countries. This successful program serves as a tested model for Team4Tech. Before joining Intel\, Julie worked in economic development for seven years at the World Bank\, Inter-American Development Bank\, USAID\, and a teacher training high school in rural Guatemala. She is the mother of three girls and serves on the advisory board of the Global Social Venture Competition\, as well as the board of the Las Lomitas Education Foundation. She holds an MPA from Princeton University\, an MBA from UC Berkeley\, and an AB from Dartmouth College. \nM Celine Takatsuno leads the SocialCoding4Good program\, and is presently immersed in all things open source\, volunteering\, and corporate social responsibility. As the founder of Gracepoint\, Inc.\, she focuses on emerging technology applications that open access\, communication\, and participation for the greater good. Previously\, she’s led marketing\, product\, and revenue initiatives for media\, mobile\, and web companies including Keibi (now Lithium)\, Teracent (Google)\, and Commission Junction.
URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/berkeleybyte-presents-the-social-impact-of-technology-may-1/
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SUMMARY:Valuing Design\, May 2
DESCRIPTION:Quality design is credited with providing a powerful competitive advantage to businesses and \ndriving successful innovation. Metrics for measuring the value of design have included \nperformance ratings (e.g.\, J.D. Power\, Consumer Reports)\, financial metrics (e.g.\, stock \nperformance\, revenues\, sales)\, expert evaluations (e.g.\, IDEA/Business Week\, Consumer \nElectronics Society awards)\, creativity metrics (e.g.\, novelty\, variety)\, process metrics \n(e.g.\, multidisciplinary teamwork\, human-centered design)\, and societal impact (e.g.\, \nenvironmental\, development in emerging regions). A survey of research in selected design \nmetrics will be presented along with a discussion of what metrics might be used to differentiate \nUC Berkeley’s Design Innovation program. What skills do we hope our design graduates will \nhave when they leave UC Berkeley? What role will our students play in creating a more \nmeaningful and sustainable world? In this talk\, design will be viewed broadly to include the \ndesign of physical products\, software\, services\, experiences\, new business models and policy. \nAlice Agogino is the Roscoe and Elizabeth Hughes Professor of \nMechanical Engineering. Professor Agogino is affiliated faculty at the Haas School of \nBusiness\, Gender and Women’s Studies\, Studies in Engineering\, Science and Mathematics \nEducation\, and the Energy Resources Group at the University of California\, Berkeley. A \nmember of the National Academy of Engineering who has won numerous teaching and best \npaper awards\, Professor Agogino works with approximately 50 San Francisco Bay Area \ncompanies and non-profits on a number of product design and sustainability class and research \nprojects. She will speak about “Valuing Design.” Light refreshments will be served. I hope \nyou will join this conversation with an outstanding academic leader.
URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/valuing-design-may-2/
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SUMMARY:CITRIS Mobile App Challenge Demo Day\, May 6
DESCRIPTION:To promote innovation\, community service\, and career development among UC Berkeley students\, The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) sponsored a semester-long competition for students to develop mobile apps that address needs in the following categories: \n\nHealthcare\nEnergy & Climate\nDisaster Preparedness & Response\nCivic Engagement\nEducation\n\n\nOver the course of the spring 2014 semester\, more than 50 students across 14 teams developed apps. Descriptions of team projects can be found at mobileappchallenge.org\n\n \nWe invite you to attend a Public Pitch/Demo Day on May 6 where teams will give short presentations to both a panel of judges and the UCB community. Prizes of up to $1000 will be awarded in various categories including most votes by you! See videos for each project on the CITRIS Mobile App Challenge Youtube page!\n\n\n \nPublic Pitch/Demo Day Schedule:\n3:00 – 5:30 pm Team Pitches\n5:30 – 6:30 pm Reception with light refreshments\n6:30 – 7:00 pm Awards Ceremony\n\n\n \nPlease register at: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/citris-mobile-app-challenge-demo-day-tickets-11245913831\n  \nSponsors:
URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/citris-mobile-app-challenge-demo-day/
LOCATION:Banatao Auditorium\, 330 Sutardja Dai Hall\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
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SUMMARY:Intermittency-Friendly Community Scale Renewable Energy Microgrids\, May 7
DESCRIPTION:The challenges proposed by long-term resource supplies\, global climate change and energy market volatility require strategies and policies directed towards the development of technologically\, economically and socially acceptable energy solutions. The need for major reductions in fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions from large-scale centralized power generation will require a significant increase in the use of sustainable energy sources and facilities for delivery and distribution. \nThis talk will describe a joint US-Danish collaboration between UC Santa Cruz\, UC Davis and Aalborg University and the Technical University of Denmark(DTU) to investigate\, develop and deploy distributed community-scale electro-thermal micrgrids based upon 100% renewable energy\, as integrated systems that combine electricity generation\, heating and cooling optimized for efficiency and resource utilization. The key focus will be on intermittency-friendly system design. This program will serve as a model for trans-national education designed to solve global problems and will lead to a trans-national\, distributed virtual research\, design\, development and educational center dedicated to the goal of 100% renewable and sustainable energy production and use.\n————-\nMichael Isaacson has published over 130 articles and book chapters dealing with field emission\, scanning and scanning transmission electron microscopy (instrumentation and development)\, electron energy loss spectroscopy\, image processing\, electron optics\, electron beam modification of materials\, atomic resolution microscopy\, nanolithography and fabrication\, mesoscopic physics\, near field optical imaging and nanodevices for biology and medicine. Awards include a Hertz Foundation Fellowship\, a Sloan Foundation Faculty Fellowship\, the Burton Medal from the Electron Microscopy Society of America (for pioneering work in the development of electron energy loss spectroscopy within the electron microscope)\, an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior Scientist Research Award (for instrument innovation leading to chemical characterization at the nanometer scale within the electron microscope)\, and the Rank Prize in Optoelectronics (for fundamental research in the development of near-field optical imaging). \n———- \nLive broadcast at  http://video.citris.berkeley.edu/playlists/webcast. Ask questions live on Twitter: #CITRISRE.  All talks may be viewed on our YouTube channel. \nWebviewing at UC Davis: 1003 Kemper Hall\nWebviewing at UC Merced: SSM 317\nWebviewing at UC Santa Cruz: SOE E2 Building\, Room 595B \nRegistration is required for lunch at UC Berkeley.
URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/intermittency-friendly-community-scale-renewable-energy-microgrids-may-7/
LOCATION:Banatao Auditorium\, 330 Sutardja Dai Hall\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar
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SUMMARY:Beyond Computation: The P versus NP question\, May 9
DESCRIPTION:What are the theoretical limitations of computer power? \nIn a remarkable 1956 letter\, the great logician Kurt Gödel first raised this question when he asked the famous mathematician and computer pioneer John von Neumann whether certain computational problems could be solved without resorting to a brute force search through many possibilities. In so doing\, he foreshadowed the P versus NP question\, one of the major unanswered questions of contemporary mathematics and theoretical computer science. This question asks whether every problem whose solution can be easily verified by a computer can also be easily solved by a computer. An answer to this question would reveal the potential for computers to solve puzzles\, crack codes\, prove theorems\, and optimize many practical tasks. \nThe event begins with a talk on the P vs NP question\, by Professor Michael Sipser of MIT. This will be followed by a panel discussion\, in which a group of distinguished computer science theorists will join Sipser to illuminate the current status of the question and our prospects for resolving it. Light refreshments will be served before the lecture\, at 5 p.m.
URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/beyond-computation-the-p-versus-np-question-may-9/
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SUMMARY:Biological Inspiration: How We Learn from Nature to Design Robots\, Exoskeletons and Adhesives\, May 17
DESCRIPTION:Biological Inspiration is the use of principles from biology to generate novel designs through integration with the best human engineering. These fundamental principles have inspired the design of new manufacturing processes\, control circuits\, artificial muscles\, self-cleaning dry adhesives\, and autonomous legged\, search-and-rescue robots. \nAnimals have evolved simple control systems\, multifunction actuators and feet that allow no surface to be an obstacle. Using these principles\, many-legged robots such as RHex have been developed. These robots can function to gather information in hazardous areas\, and help first responders in search and rescue functions. \nAmazing feet permit creatures such as geckos to climb up walls at over one meter per second. Geckos attach by using millions of hairs on their toes. These natural nanotech tips don’t stick by glue\, suction\, or interlock like Velcro\, but only use intermolecular forces termed van der Waals forces. The hairy toes of geckos self-clean simply by walking. The diversity of hairs among the 850 gecko species is remarkable and we can’t yet explain this variation. However\, these natural designs have inspired a variety of synthetic adhesives manufactured from many different materials ranging from carbon-nanotubes to rubbery polymers. Practical applications are limitless – new band-aids\, surgical instruments\, tires\, shoes\, clothes\, sporting equipment and much more. \nTranslating Nature’s discoveries into products requires unprecedented integration among disciplines that include biology\, engineering\, physics\, chemistry\, computer science and mathematics\, as well as new collaborative models between universities and industry. \nRobert J. Full is a Chancellor’s and Goldman Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology. In his 28 years at Cal\, he has led a focused international effort to demonstrate the value of biological inspiration by the formation of interdisciplinary collaborations of biologists\, engineers\, mathematicians and computer scientists from academia and industry. Professor Full is founder and director of CiBER\, the Center for interdisciplinary Bio-inspiration in Education and Research\, and directs the Poly-PEDAL Laboratory\, which studies the Performance\, Energetics and Dynamics of Animal Locomotion (PEDAL) in many-footed creatures (Poly). His fundamental discoveries in animal locomotion have inspired the design of novel neural control circuits\, artificial muscles\, eight autonomous legged robots and the first\, synthetic self-cleaning dry adhesive named one of the top ten nanotechnology patents. Professor Full received a Presidential Young Investigator Award\, was named a Mentor in the Life Sciences by the National Academy of Sciences and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His interests range from analyzing the pitching motion of a Hall of Fame baseball player to assisting computer animators make children’s movies (Pixar/Disney Bug’s Life). \nThis free public talk is presented as part of the monthly “Science@Cal Lecture Series” – details at http://scienceatcal.berkeley.edu/lectures
URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/biological-inspiration-how-we-learn-from-nature-to-design-robots-exoskeletons-and-adhesives-may-17/
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SUMMARY:New Media Best Practices: Using Infographics and Data Visualization Webinar\, May 22
DESCRIPTION:Interested in learning how to transform data or complex\, hard to understand information into something more visually appealing and meaningful? Or how to use tools and techniques to more successfully communicate critical information? \nJoin Sheila Baxter and Leslie Safier from Healthy Communities Institute and Leslie Yang\, from Awasu Design\, in the next webinar in the Center Health Leadership’s 21st Century New Media Series\, as they share how they’re using data visualization tools and infographics to innovatively communicate data that matters in a clear and creative way.
URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/new-media-best-practices-using-infographics-and-data-visualization-webinar-may-22/
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SUMMARY:Everyone’s a Target\, May 22
DESCRIPTION:American author and journalist Janes Bamfordhas written extensively about the National Security Agency. Fresh back from visits to Glenn Greenwald in Rio and Laura Poitras in Berlin\, the only two people in control of Edward Snowden’s complete set of documents – estimated by the NSA to be up to 1.7 million pages – Bamford will offer his thoughts on Snowden and privacy in the United States.
URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/everyones-a-target-may-22/
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SUMMARY:Agricultural Imagery\, Governmentality\, and Self-Cultivation in Early Chinese Texts\, May 22
DESCRIPTION:Ritualistic and agricultural imagery dominate depictions of the human and social body in early Chinese texts. In this presentation\, I set out to dialogue passages from three texts from the 4th & 2nd century BCE in order to depict their distinct understandings of self-cultivation and governmentality. I analyze how changes in their usage of images of tilled fields and wilderness crystallize and purport conceptual transformations of rulership.
URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/agricultural-imagery-governmentality-and-self-cultivation-in-early-chinese-texts-may-22/
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SUMMARY:Innovations in Problem Solving: New Tools for Hands-on Solutions with Clark Kellogg\, May 29
DESCRIPTION:The California Pacific Public Health Training Center (CALPACT) and the Center for Health Leadership (CHL) are proud to present “Innovations in Problem Solving: New Tools for Hands-On Solutions” with Clark Kellogg\, Faculty at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and Founding Director of the Cal Design Lab. \nThis workshop shows us how to think innovatively about how to problem solve: our perceptions\, our judgments and how we go about understanding and solving increasingly complex problems in public health (and life). We experiment with alternative methods of observing\, discovering insights\, creating solutions\, and testing our ideas. This is a session built around learning-by-doing. We get outside our comfort zone and discover what it is to be an innovation leader-as-learner! \nThere will be a morning session from 8:30am-12:30pm and an afternoon session from 1:00pm-4:30pm offered for this workshop. *Both sessions will offer the same content. PLEASE REGISTER FOR ONLY ONE SESSION.
URL:https://citris-uc.org/event/innovations-in-problem-solving-new-tools-for-hands-on-solutions-with-clark-kellogg-may-29/
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