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Sunday, November 1, 2009

Amazing Gate: Rescuing a Campus Icon

Exhibit - Artifacts: BEAR Event | May 18 – December 23, 2009 every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | Doe Library, Rowell Cases, 2nd floor


Bancroft Library


“Amazing Gate” looks at the history of Sather Gate and gives details of the restoration process to repair damage from rust and corrosion....   More >


All Audiences

All Audiences

Open during the operating hours of Doe Library. See our website for current hours: www.lib.berkeley.edu

Monday, November 2, 2009

Amazing Gate: Rescuing a Campus Icon

Exhibit - Artifacts: BEAR Event | May 18 – December 23, 2009 every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | Doe Library, Rowell Cases, 2nd floor


Bancroft Library


“Amazing Gate” looks at the history of Sather Gate and gives details of the restoration process to repair damage from rust and corrosion....   More >


All Audiences

All Audiences

Open during the operating hours of Doe Library. See our website for current hours: www.lib.berkeley.edu


CCNA Preparation&#151;Routing and Switching Theory

Course | September 14 – November 16, 2009 every Monday | 6:30-9:30 p.m. |  UC Berkeley Extension Peninsula Center


1991 Broadway St., Redwood City, CA 94063

UC Berkeley Extension


Get a solid foundation in modern routing and switching theory and prepare to take the CCNA-Routing & Switching Certification Exam (640-802 CCNA) in this 30-hour course. Through lectures and hands-on router simulations you learn how to use router simulators (downloaded or Internet-based). You learn about Internetworking, Internet Protocols, IP subnetting and VLSM, IOS, IP routing,......   More >


$645

Enrollment opens July 20. Enroll by September 15 by calling 510-642-4111.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Amazing Gate: Rescuing a Campus Icon

Exhibit - Artifacts: BEAR Event | May 18 – December 23, 2009 every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | Doe Library, Rowell Cases, 2nd floor


Bancroft Library


“Amazing Gate” looks at the history of Sather Gate and gives details of the restoration process to repair damage from rust and corrosion....   More >


All Audiences

All Audiences

Open during the operating hours of Doe Library. See our website for current hours: www.lib.berkeley.edu


Strategic Issues in Energy Resources and Politics: with Dan Kammen

Course | October 6 – November 10, 2009 every Tuesday | 12-1:30 p.m. | David Brower Center, Main Auditorium


2150 Allston, Berkeley, CA 94704

Dan Kammen

Severin Borenstein; Per Peterson; Mason Willrich; Chris Somerville

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute


Energy is the biggest industry on the planet - come and find out its secrets!...   More >


Alumni, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Cal Parents

Enroll online, or by calling 510-642-9934.


Beyond Engineering: Career Panel for Engineering Students

Panel Discussion: BEAR Event: Students: Career | November 3 | 12:30-2 p.m. | Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg., Room 290


Engineering, College of


Engineering students are invited to attend a career panel featuring Berkeley Engineering alumni working in non-engineering fields such as law, investments, journalism, and development. Alumni will share what it’s like to work outside a traditional engineering job and offer tips and techniques on how to find these careers....   More >


RSVP by November 2 online, or by calling Dawn Kramer at 510-643-7828, or by emailing Dawn Kramer at bears@berkeley.edu.


Robotics and Embedded Systems Seminar: Understanding the Genome of Data Centers

Seminar | November 3 | 4-5 p.m. | 540 Cory Hall


Jie Liu, Microsoft Research

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)


To meet the growing demand of Online Services, data centers consume
billions of KWh electricity every year, and the number is expected to
double in the next 5 years. A typical data center is operated
conservatively and as a result almost half of the energy consumption
goes into cooling, and power distribution, and idled servers. In this
talk, I summarize a number of research......   More >


Point of Care Diagnostics Meeting: Venture Capital for Diagnostics in the Developing World

Seminar | November 3 | 6-7 p.m. | 340 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.


Ramesh Subramani, MD, New Leaf Venture Partners

Graduate Assembly


Ramesh Subramani MD, New Leaf Venture Partners

Entrepreneurs are making successful inroads into delivering diagnostics which will transform healthcare in the US and abroad. Creating diagnostics requires both a great technology and a great plan. I will discuss what venture firms look for in both....   More >

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Amazing Gate: Rescuing a Campus Icon

Exhibit - Artifacts: BEAR Event | May 18 – December 23, 2009 every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | Doe Library, Rowell Cases, 2nd floor


Bancroft Library


“Amazing Gate” looks at the history of Sather Gate and gives details of the restoration process to repair damage from rust and corrosion....   More >


All Audiences

All Audiences

Open during the operating hours of Doe Library. See our website for current hours: www.lib.berkeley.edu


Matrix Computations Seminar: Tensor approximation tools free of the curse of dimensionality

Seminar | November 4 | 11:10 a.m.-12 p.m. | 380 Soda Hall


Prof. Eugene Tyrtyshnikov, Institute of Numerical Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)


Even "simple" case in higher dimensions may require data elements
as many as atoms in the universe. Structure in data in such case
is the key issue. However, existing tensor representations suffer from
various drawbacks. We propose new tensor decompositions called
TENSOR-TRAIN DECOMPOSITIONS and the corresponding numerical algorithms
with then complexity linear in the number of......   More >


Integrated Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Positron Emission Tomography: A New Tool for Biomedical Imaging

Lecture | November 4 | 12-1 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium


Simon Cherry, Professor of Bioengineering, UC Davis

CITRIS (Ctr for Info Technology Research in the Interest of Society)


The complete series can be found at http://www.citris-uc.org/events/RE-fall2009.As always, these talks are free, open to the public and broadcast live on-line at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast the day and time of the event. Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. Sponsored by Infineon Technologies....   More >


Bioengineering Dept Seminar

Seminar | November 4 | 12-1 p.m. | 106 Stanley Hall


Professor Hana El-Samad, University of California, San Francisco

Bioengineering (BioE)


Fall 2009 Seminar Series
Wednesday, November 4
12noon - 1:00pm
106 Stanley Hall, UC Berkeley

Professor Hana El-Samad

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
UC San Francisco

details forthcoming...   More >


CE92 Intro to Civil Engineering Seminar - Fall 2009: Environmental Engineering. Present Applications and Future Trends

Lecture | November 4 | 12-1 p.m. | 534 Davis Hall


William Faisst, Brown and Caldwell, Walnut Creek, CA

Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)


Environmental engineering. Present applications & future trends...   More >


High Speed Rail and Air: What We Do Know and What We Do Not Know

Seminar | November 4 | 2:30-3:30 p.m. | 406 Davis Hall


Matthew A. Coogan, Director of the New England Transportation Institute

Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)


Abstract: What do we know about the predicted impact of high speed
rail (HSR) on the rest of the multimodal transportation system? What
are the diversions from air that are expected? What are the
implications of such diversions from air to rail for relieving airport
congestion, based on the American experience to date?...   More >


Research opportunities at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

Colloquium | November 4 | 4-5 p.m. | Soda Hall, HP Auditorium (306)


Dr. Ronald Boisvert, Mathematical and Computational Sciences Division of the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)


One of the major research components of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the Information Technology Laboratory.

Today we will provide an overview of ITL and also describe technical opportunities within NIST and ITL for both students and researchers....   More >

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Amazing Gate: Rescuing a Campus Icon

Exhibit - Artifacts: BEAR Event | May 18 – December 23, 2009 every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | Doe Library, Rowell Cases, 2nd floor


Bancroft Library


“Amazing Gate” looks at the history of Sather Gate and gives details of the restoration process to repair damage from rust and corrosion....   More >


All Audiences

All Audiences

Open during the operating hours of Doe Library. See our website for current hours: www.lib.berkeley.edu


TRUST Security Seminar Series: Polymorphic Shellcode:The Demise of Signature-based Detection. Smashing the Stack with Hydra

Seminar | November 5 | 1-2 p.m. | Soda Hall, Wozniak Lounge


Salvatore J. Stolfo, Department of Computer Science, Columbia University

Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology


Recent work on the analysis of polymorphic shellcode engines suggests that modern obfuscation methods would soon eliminate the usefulness of signature-based network intrusion detection methods and supports growing views that the new generation of shellcode cannot be accurately and efficiently represented by the string signatures which current IDS and AV scanners rely upon. We......   More >


Engineering Employer Roundtable

Workshop: Students: Career: Advising | November 5 | 2-4 p.m. | Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg., Room 290


Co-sponsored by the College of Engineering and the Cal Career Center


Thinking about applying for internships or jobs? Meet with a engineering/technical professional to learn about specific technical fields and companies in a table discussion setting. Get pointers on how to successfully market yourself. Bring your resume.


To RSVP, login to Callisto: http://callisto.berkeley.edu....   More >


Revolutionizing Education: A Learning Moment: Special Talk Featuring One Laptop Per Child

Information Session | November 5 | 3-4:30 p.m. | 3111 Etcheverry Hall


Charles Kane, President, COO, One Laptop Per Child

Stacey Kertsman, EduWeavers, South Africa; Paul Commons, EduWeavers, South Africa

Emerging and Neglected Diseases, Center of


Learn about opportunities to participate in the One Laptop Per Child Corps....   More >


Modularity, polyrhythms, and what robotics and control may yet learn from the brain

Seminar | November 5 | 4-5 p.m. | 3110 Etcheverry Hall


Jean-Jacques Slotine, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Information Sciences - Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences - Director of the Nonlinear Systems Laboratory, Nonlinear Systems Laboratory- MIT

Mechanical Engineering, Department of (ME)


Although neurons as computational elements are 7 orders of magnitude slower than their artificial counterparts, the primate brain grossly outperforms robotic algorithms in all but the most structured tasks. Parallelism alone is a poor explanation, and much recent functional modelling of the central nervous system focuses on its modular, heavily feedback-based computational......   More >


New Design Techniques for Existing and Futuristic FPGAs

Presentation | November 5 | 5-6 p.m. | Cory Hall, 540 A/B


Deming Chen, Department of ECE, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)


As cost and complexity for ASIC designs grow in a steady and rapid pace along the technology scaling, FPGA designs offer an attractive alternative. In this talk, I will mainly present two recent research results on FPGAs generated at University of Illinois. The first targets existing FPGAs for performance optimization using a novel BDD (binary decision graph)-based synthesis......   More >


Study Abroad in Science and Engineering

Information Session: Students | November 5 | 5:30-7 p.m. | 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.


Berkeley Programs for Study Abroad, BPSA, Engineering, College of


Come learn about study abroad opportunities in engineering and the physical from study abroad and science and engineering advisors, as well as engineering and science students who have studied abroad....   More >


CCNA Preparation--Network Security Theory

Course | September 3 – November 5, 2009 every Thursday | 6:30-9:30 p.m. |  UC Berkeley Extension Peninsula Center


1991 Broadway St., Redwood City, CA 94063

UC Berkeley Extension


Gain a solid foundation in modern network security theory and prepare to take the CCNA-Security Exam (640-553-11NS) in this 30-hour course. You learn about core security technologies as well as how to develop security policies and mitigate risks. IT organizations that employ CCNA Security-holders look for staff members have the knowledge you gain in this course, staff who can......   More >

Friday, November 6, 2009

Amazing Gate: Rescuing a Campus Icon

Exhibit - Artifacts: BEAR Event | May 18 – December 23, 2009 every Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday | Doe Library, Rowell Cases, 2nd floor


Bancroft Library


“Amazing Gate” looks at the history of Sather Gate and gives details of the restoration process to repair damage from rust and corrosion....   More >


All Audiences

All Audiences

Open during the operating hours of Doe Library. See our website for current hours: www.lib.berkeley.edu


GaN Nanowires: ee298-2

Seminar | November 6 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 521 Cory Hall


Jeff Urban, LBL

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)


The generation and control of directional white light is critical for many technological, spectroscopic, and imaging applications. On the millimeter or greater scale, it may be attained and manipulated via standard optical techniques, however, there currently exists no general method to generate and direct white light at nanoscale dimensions....   More >


Environmental Engineering Seminar Series: Mechanistic Models for Simulating the Factors Influencing Bulk to Total Bacteria Ratio in Drinking Water Distribution Systems

Seminar | November 6 | 12-1 p.m. | 406 Davis Hall


Soumya Kini, Brown and Caldwell

Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)


In this research, mechanistic models were developed to simulate how residence time, chlorine concentration, and water velocity influence the fraction of Heterotrophic Plate Count (HPC) bacteria in bulk water relative to the total HPC bacteria in the system....   More >


An Overview of Energy Research at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lecture | November 6 | 12-1 p.m. | 250 Sutardja Dai Hall


Ashok Gadgil, Professor and Deputy Director, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, LBNL

CITRIS (Ctr for Info Technology Research in the Interest of Society)


Heterogeneous Integration Approach for Electronics, Solid-State Lighting, and Photovoltaic

Seminar | November 6 | 1-2 p.m. | Cory Hall, 521 Cory (Hogan Room)


Professor Nathan W. Cheung, EECS/UCB

Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)


Recent advances in layer transfer technology enable a new paradigm to integrate
heterogeneous electronic materials and microsystems. The heterogeneous integration
approach alleviates limitations of monolithic integration by synthesizing and fabricating
each material subsystem independently....   More >


Organic/Polymer Solar Cells -- Past, Present and Future: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar | November 6 | 2-3 p.m. | 390 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg.


Prof. Alan Sellinger, Stanford University, Materials Science & Engineering

Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute


Solar cell efficiencies and lifetimes based on organic small molecules and polymeric materials have been gradually increasing over the past 10 years. For example, power conversion efficiencies (PCE) and lifetimes of 1% and a few hours have now reached nearly 7% and thousands of hours.

This talk will review the progress and future prospects of organic/polymer solar cells as well......   More >


Graphene-based materials and their potential for applications, including ultracapacitors

Seminar | November 6 | 2-3:30 p.m. | 3110 Etcheverry Hall


Rod Ruoff, Cockrell Family Regents Chair, Dept of Mechanical Engineering and the Texas Materials Institute - The University of Texas at Austin

Mechanical Engineering, Department of (ME)


Thermal chemical vapor deposition has been used to grow graphene on copper substrates [1] and isotopic labeling (13C vs 12C) to study the kinetics and mechanisms of the graphene growth on Cu [2]. This talk presents a suggested path for obtaining large area growth of high quality graphene in ways compatible with methods of the semiconductor industry. Furthermore, I will discuss......   More >


Macroscopic Models for City Evacuations

Seminar | November 6 | 4-5 p.m. | 212 O'Brien Hall


Stella So, PhD Candidate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California, Berkeley

Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)


Abstract: Physical models for the city evacuation problem are
developed using a “macroscope”. Given the nature of the problem
(outbound directional travel), general strategies are found at the
freeway and network levels. On a freeway, a simple priority scheme
proves to be an optimal traffic control. It is decentralized, adaptive
and quick....   More >


Physics Graduate Student Social Hour

Social Event | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room


Graduate Assembly


Graduate students, staff, and faculty from any department are invited to this weekly event held by the Physics Graduate Student Association as a forum for informal networking and communication between scientists and science enthusiasts from all career levels. Come by for a relaxing atmosphere with delicious refreshments usually sponsored by the GA....   More >

Saturday, November 7, 2009

CEE Concrete Canoe Tailgate

Social Event: Featured Event: Students: Parents | November 7 | O'Brien Hall, Breezeway


Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)


CEE’s Concrete Canoe, Bear Area, and its win at the 2009 ASCE National Concrete Canoe Competition, will be honored during the Cal vs. Oregon State University football game on Saturday, November 7, at Memorial Stadium, Berkeley.

All loyal Canoe supporters are invited to a tailgate party 2 hours prior to kickoff on the O'Brien Hall breezeway on the Berkeley campus....   More >