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Ice911: A Proposal to Reversibly Rebuild Polar Ice and Habitat

  • May 13, 2008: 10:00am - 11:00am
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

Dr. Leslie Field, Founder and Managing Member of SmallTech Consulting, LLC and the Founder and CEO of MEMS Insight, Inc.

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MacArthur Maze, Fire Collapse and Reconstruction- A Public Seminar

  • May 7, 2008: 5:15pm - 6:30pm
  • Location: Sibley Auditorium, UC Berkeley campus
The seminar focuses on the MacArthur Maze in Oakland, two spans of which collapsed on April 29, 2007.

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Using IT To Build Healthier Communities

  • May 7, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

Deryk Van Brunt [Professor of Public Health, UC Berkeley]

 

Part of the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley. The complete Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.

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Architectural Design & Fabrication with Digital Technology

  • April 30, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Location: 3110 Etcheverry Hall, UC Berkeley

Lisa Iwamoto [Assistant Professor of Architecture, UC Berkeley]

 

Part of the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley. The complete schedule for the spring semester is online at RE-Spring2008.Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.

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CITRIS Distinguished Speaker: Jennie Chin Hansen from AARP

  • April 28, 2008: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley
Jennie Chin Hansen, the President-Elect of AARP, will speak at CITRIS on the needs of seniors.

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Automatic Wearable Speech Supplement in Face-to-Face and Classroom Situations

  • April 28, 2008: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
  • Location: UC Santa Cruz
Professor Dom Massaro and colleagues will speak at the next CITRIS Health Technologies Tele-Seminar series. This talk will be live at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast

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Berkeley Nanotechnology Forum

  • April 27, 2008: 7:19am - 7:19am
  • Location: Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
The 2008 Berkeley Nanotechnology Forum will feature panels on nano electronics, solar technology, health care, business and public policy, as well as distinguished speakers.

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Posters and Judging for Big Ideas contest

  • April 25, 2008: 3:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley
The top-12 finalists will present a poster session for this year's Big Idea competition, followed by the award ceremony for the judged winners.

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CITRIS Distinguished Speaker: Steve Wright from BT

  • April 24, 2008: 11:00am - 12:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

"Open Innovation in Services"


Steve Wright, the Head of Strategic Research at BT, will speak at CITRIS.

 

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An Overview of the KioskNet System

  • April 23, 2008: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

S. Keshav, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science University of Waterloo

 

Internet kiosks can provide services such as birth and marriage certificates, land records, and medical and agricultural consulting to the poorest sections of society.

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Research and Innovation on Information Technology: The Role of a Regional University Research Center

  • April 23, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

Luis Orozco-Barbosa [Professor, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha]

 

Part of the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley. The complete schedule for the spring semester is online at RE-Spring2008. Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.

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Integrating Motion into Infrastructure using Cell Phones

  • April 16, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

Alexandre Bayen [Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley]

 

Part of the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley. The complete schedule for the spring semester is online at RE-Spring2008.  Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.

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Industrial Advisory Board Meeting

  • April 15, 2008: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
  • Location: Stanford Park Hotel, Menlo Park
The presentations and agenda from CITRIS's 2008 Industrial Advisory Board meeting are now online.

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Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Disease Surveillance in the Developing World

  • April 14, 2008: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley
Lydia Sohn will speak at the next CITRIS Health Technologies Tele-Seminar series.

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Student Competition deadline: $25K in prizes

  • April 11, 2008: 5:00pm - 5:00pm
CITRIS is proud to announce the third annual CITRIS White Paper competition, which will give away $25K in cash prizes for the best ideas that demonstrate the ability of IT to address a major societal challenge.

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Regulatory Response to Telecom-Video-Data Convergence

  • April 9, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

Yale Braunstein [Professor in the School of Information, UC Berkeley]

 

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ATC Colloquium: Text, Slides and Videotapes

  • April 7, 2008: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
  • More Information: ATC website
  • Location: 160 Kroeber Hall, UCB
Kota Ezawa will speak as part of the ATC Colloquium series.

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National Public Lightpath: Policy and Technology Platform for Meeting the Connectivity Challenge in the U.S.

  • April 2, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

Joaquín Alvarado [Director, Institute for Next Generation Internet, SFSU]

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Telemicroscopy for Health: Bringing Microscopes out of the Lab and into the Field

  • March 31, 2008: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley professor Daniel Fletcher will speak at the next CITRIS Health Technologies Tele-Seminar series.

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Site-Specific Water and Fertilizer Application by a Wireless Valve Controller Network

  • March 19, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

Michael Delwiche [Chair, Biological & Agricultural Engineering, UC Davis]

 

Part of the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley. The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at RE-Spring2008. Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.

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CITRIS Distinguished Speaker: Severin Borenstein

  • March 17, 2008: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, UC Berkeley
This talk was broadcast live online. 

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Vortex-Induced Vibration for Aquatic Clean Energy

  • March 12, 2008: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Location: 240 Bechtel Engineering Center, UC Berkeley

Technology to harness marine energy is at its infancy. The VIVACE (Vortex induced Vibration for Aquatic Clean Energy) converter is a novel approach to harness hydrokinetic energy from currents even slower than 2 knots without using dams or turbines.

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Privacy and Security Implications of RFID

  • March 12, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

Jennifer King [Clinical Research Assistant, Samuelson Law, Technology, and Public Policy Clinic, UC Berkeley]

 

Part of the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley. The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at RE-Spring2008.  Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.

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ATC Colloquium: Looking at Looking at Looking

  • March 10, 2008: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
  • More Information: ATC website
  • Location: 160 Kroeber Hall, UCB
Golan Levin will speak at the ATC Colloquium series.

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2008 UC Berkeley Energy Symposium: Leadership At The Nexus of Science, Policy, & Business

  • March 7, 2008: 7:00am - 5:00pm
  • More Information: Main Symposium site
  • Location: Martin Luther King, Jr Student Union, UC Berkeley
The 2008 BERC symposium brings together leaders in energy from both the public and private sectors to discuss the innovative science, technology, and requisite public policies that will shape the future of energy in the United States and across the globe

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Designing Appropriate Computing Technologies for the Rural Developing World

  • March 5, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley

Tapan Parikh [Assistant Professor, School of Information, UC Berkeley]

 

Part of the CITRIS Research Exchange at UC Berkeley. The complete schedule for the fall semester is online at RE-Spring2008.  Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. Sponsored by Infineon Technologies.

 

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The Health Informaticist: The Human Side of Health Technology

  • March 1, 2008: 7:00am - 4:00pm
  • Location: UC Davis Medical Center
This conference will highlight multidisciplinary projects that demonstrate the diverse roles and backgrounds of the people who are the pioneers and architects of this expanding discipline.

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Computing of the Future 2008

  • February 29, 2008: 8:00am - 9:00pm
  • Contact: Yoo
  • Location: Crowne Plaza, SF Airport


What will Computing be like in 20 years? This workshop will promote discussions on a comprehensive strategy that directly addresses the challenges of power-density, bandwidth limits, programmability, and interconnect technologies.

 

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Far-Reaching Environmentally Friendly Motor Vehicle Technologies: Eyeing 2020 and Beyond

  • February 28, 2008: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley
Please join us for a talk by Yasuhiro Daisho, Professor of Engineering at Waseda University in Japan.

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Development of Cellulosic Biofuels

  • February 27, 2008: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Location: 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building, the Maria & Dado Banatao Conference Room, UC Berkeley
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