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Smaller Keeps Getting Bigger: Marvell Lab Kicks into Gear
If small was beautiful, nano is stunning.
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April 2010 Newsletter: Marvell Lab
Letter from the Directors
Dear Friends of CITRIS:
These are challenging times, to be sure. But they are also thrilling ones, full of opportunities for …
CITRIS Junior Fellow/Postdoctoral Scholar Opening
The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) headquartered at the University of California, Berkeley has an immediate opening for CITRIS Junior Fellow/Postdoctoral Scholar in the area of telemedicine and healthcare technologies.
i4Energy Seminar: Electrical Efficiency Trends of Computation over Time
This talk will describe long-term trends in the electrical efficiency of computation that enabled the development of laptops and other mobile computing devices. If these trends continue, they presage continued further improvements in battery powered computers, sensors, and controls.
Research Exchange: Security For and From GPS
These days, GPS is used by all of us, and our application space is partially spanned by the following far-flung examples. Several hundred million GPS chip sets were shipped as part of cell phones last year, where they added about $2 to the bill or materials. These will support consumer applications like location specific advertising.
Cyberattack as a Tool of U.S. Policy?
Much has been written about the possibility that terrorists or hostile nations might conduct cyberattacks against critical sectors of the U.S. economy.
Eric Brewer wins ACM-Infosys Foundation Award for scalable Web technology
CITRIS researcher Eric Brewer,
professor of electrical engineering and computer sciences at the
University of California, Berkeley, is the 2009 recipient of the
ACM-Infosys
Foundation Award in the Computing Sciences, a prestigious honor that
comes with
a $150,000 prize.
BCNM and U.S. State Department announce collaboration
Opinion Space is a visualization tool for world opinion developed by an
interdisciplinary team of students and faculty at the UC Berkeley Center
for New Media in collaboration with new media experts at the U.S.
Department of State.
i4Energy Seminar: Smart Grid – What is it and Why is it Necessary?
While there has been significant press attention towards the “smart grid”, there has been little public discussion of what a smart grid is, and the follow on question of why is it necessary. To many, smart grid means smart meters; however, meters are the tip of iceberg. Unravel the mystery as SDG&E, one of the leading utilities in the smart grid arena nationwide, provides a definition of the smart grid and, more importantly why it is imperative, particularly in California.
Research Exchange: Meta Mouse
Enabling computer-based education in the developing world requires addressing significant resource limitations. Students often sit with two or more peers at a computer, and learning in this environment can be a challenge. For this reason, the idea of multiple-mouse interfaces has gained traction, allowing each student to directly interact with educational applications. However, major roadblocks exist to adoption and use of these technologies.