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Monday, February 13, 2012Cloud Seminar: Learning About the World Through Social MediaSeminar | February 13 | 11 a.m.-12 p.m. | 380 Soda Hall Emre Kiciman, Microsoft Research Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) Social media, namely Twitter and Facebook, provides a finer-grained, Size-Dependent Probabilistic Damage Micromechanics and Toughening Behavior of Particle/Fiber Reinforced Composites: SEMM SeminarSeminar | February 13 | 12-1 p.m. | 502 Davis Hall J. Woody Ju, PhD, PE, UCLA Distinguished Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) A micromechanical framework is proposed to predict the deformation responses of particle-reinforced metal matrix composites by invoking essential features of dislocation plasticity.... More > SP12 Topics In Open Innovation Speaker Series: Featured Speaker: Alph Bingham, Founder of InnoCentiveLecture | February 13 | 2-4 p.m. | 250 Sutardja Dai Hall Alph Bingham, Founder, InnoCentive Management of Technology (MOT) Program The Spring 2012 Open Innovation Speaker Series is a weekly series intended to provide both academic and managerial perspectives on open innovation and related subjects. Admission to the speaker series is free to students, alumni, faculty, and friends of the University of California community. All Audiences, Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate Hemant Barghava, UC Davis, Title: (Retailer-Driven Product Bundling in a Distribution Channel).Seminar | February 13 | 3:30-5 p.m. | 3108 Etcheverry Hall Hemant Barghava, UC Davis Industrial Engineering & Operations Research Investigating Radiation at the NanoscaleColloquium | February 13 | 4-5 p.m. | 3105 Etcheverry Hall Dr. Khalid Hattar, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Dept of Radiation Solid Interactions, Sandia National Laboratories Abstract Faculty, Students - Graduate All Audiences No children under 18. Tuesday, February 14, 2012Intro to Remote Sensing: Understanding satellite imagery and classificationWorkshop | February 14 | 9 a.m.-1 p.m. | 111 Mulford Hall Geospatial Innovation Facility This workshop introduces the very basic principles of understanding digital imagery, both satellite and aerial. The workshop is appropriate for participants with little to no experience in remote sensing.... More > $84 UC Students, Faculty, or Staff, $224 Non-UC affiliates Register online. DREAM Seminar: Wi-Fi Enabled Sensors for Internet of Things: A Practical ApproachSeminar | February 14 | 4-5 p.m. | Cory Hall, 540 A/B Murat Senel, Bosch Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) The vision of Internet of Things (IoT) calls for connectivity not only to consumer electronics and home appliances, but also to small battery powered devices which cannot be recharged. Such small devices, often various types of sensors and actuators, are required to sustain reliable operation for years on batteries even in the presence of heavy interference. The IEEE 802.11 standard has...... More > Wednesday, February 15, 2012The Transbay Transit Center Excavation: Design and Construction of A Deep Buttress: Geo-Engineering SeminarSeminar | February 15 | 12-1 p.m. | 406 Davis Hall Stephen McLandrich, PE, GE, ARUP; Ibbi Almufti PE, SE, ARUP Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) The Transbay Transit Center will require a massive urban excavation to facilitate the construction of an underground rail terminal.... More > Managing Historical Collections with ITLecture | February 15 | 12-1 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, 310, Banatao Auditorium David de Lorenzo, Associate Director, The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley CITRIS (Ctr for Info Technology Research in the Interest of Society) Live broadcast at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast. Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. All talks may be viewed on our YouTube channel Bioengineering Department SeminarSeminar | February 15 | 12-1 p.m. | 106 Stanley Hall Stephen Fong, Virginia Commonwealth University Spring 2012 Seminar Series New Lower and Upper bounds on Communication and Arithmetic: LAPACK SeminarSeminar | February 15 | 12:10-1 p.m. | 380 Soda Hall James Demmel, UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) We present two new approaches to lower What would we be doing if we were taking climate change seriously?Colloquium | February 15 | 4-5:30 p.m. | 110 Barrows Hall Robert Socolow, Co-Director, The Carbon Mitigation Initiative & Director, Siebel Energy Grand Challenge, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University Energy and Resources Group Spring 2011 Colloquium Series (ER295)... More > Inside Windows Azure - Microsoft's Cloud OSInformation Session | February 15 | 7-9 p.m. | Alumni House, Toll Room Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS), Microsoft Word (The Alumni House is located on the south side of the UC Berkeley Campus; east of the Haas Pavilion, north of Zellerbach Hall, and southwest of Dwinelle Hall. The nearest off-campus intersection is Bancroft Way and Dana, which is just downhill from the intersection of Telegraph Ave and Bancroft Way.) Thursday, February 16, 2012View from the Top with William F. Banholzer: The Future of Alternative Feedstocks and BiofuelsLecture: Featured Event | February 16 | 12-1 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium William F. Banholzer, Executive Vice President and CTO, Dow Chemical Company College of Engineering, American Institute of Chemical Engineers The College of Engineering will host William F. Banholzer, Executive Vice President and CTO of Dow Chemical Compnay, as the next speaker in our View from the Top lecture series. Dr. Banholzer will speak on the topic, "The Future of Alternative Feedstocks and Biofuels: Recognizing Hype and Realizing Practical Limitations." Please join us for a free lunch after the talk.... More > Faculty, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Undergraduate All Audiences Special EECS Seminar: Precision Bioengineering – Interdisciplinary Development of Precision BioinstrumentsSeminar | February 16 | 4-5 p.m. | Soda Hall, HP Auditorium (306) Keisuke Goda, Univeristy of California at Los Angeles Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) Precision engineering – the interdisciplinary study and practice of high-precision engineering, metrology, and manufacturing – is the basis of modern technologies. In this talk, I will discuss how the principles and methods of precision engineering can be applied to life sciences and medicine for exploitation of new tools and instruments.... More > BERC Climate Talk with Dan MillerLecture | February 16 | 5:15-6:30 p.m. | 100 Boalt Hall, School of Law Dan Miller, The Roda Group Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative BERC is excited to host Dan Miller as he discusses the urgent need for dramatic action on climate change and the future of clean energy investments and technologies that can address the challenge. Who We Are and How We Do It: A Graduate Women of Engineering seminar seriesSeminar | February 16 | 5:30-7 p.m. | Stanley Hall, room 808 Carolyn White, PhD., Associate, A.M. Fitzgerald and Associates Graduate Women of Engineering Seminar series featuring professional female engineers from a variety of career paths. Series provides a unique forum for women engineers to share their stories, career paths and work-life balance.... More > Who we are and how we do it: GWE Seminar SeriesSeminar | February 16 | 5:30-7 p.m. | 808 Stanley Hall Featuring women from a variety of career paths post- graduate school. This series aims to provide a unique forum for women engineers to share their stories, including how and why they have made their personal and professional decisions and balanced their careers with other aspects of their full lives. ... More > BERC 2012 Kickoff Happy HourSocial Event | February 16 | 6:30-8 p.m. | Thalassa 2367 Shattuck, Berkeley, CA 94704 Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative Come meet fellow BERC members and hear about the exciting BERC activities planned for the 2012 calendar year. We hope you can also make it to BERC's first speaker of the year, venture capitalist Dan Miller, beforehand at 5pm in Boalt room 100.... More > Friday, February 17, 2012Resources RoundtablePanel Discussion | February 17 | Sutardja Dai Hall Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative The UC Berkeley Resources Roundtable is an annual conference that strives to present diverse and often conflicting perspectives oon the cutting-edge science and policy initiatives that will shape our shared future. Bringing together world-class researchers, clean technology entrepreneurs, policy makers, industry leaders, and students, the Resources Roundtable offers a unique and challenging...... More > Automated Demand Response to Enable the Integration of Renewable ResourcesLecture | February 17 | 12-1 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, 310, Banatao Auditorium Dave Watson, LBNL CITRIS (Ctr for Info Technology Research in the Interest of Society) Live broadcast at mms://media.citris.berkeley.edu/webcast. Questions can be sent via Yahoo IM to username: citrisevents. The complete schedule for the semester is online at http://citris-uc.org/news/spring_2012_i4energy. All talks may be viewed on our... More > III-V 3D TransistorsSeminar | February 17 | 1-2 p.m. | Cory Hall, 521 Cory (Hogan Room) Professor Peide (Peter) Ye, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue U., IN Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) Recently, III-V MOSFETs with high drain currents (Ids>1mA/um) and high Electronics Waste Roundtable Discussion: Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative's Annual Roundtable DiscussionConference/Symposium | February 17 | 2:30-6:30 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium James Kao, CEO, Green Citizen; Sheila Davis, Executive Director, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition; Heidi Sanborn, Executive Director, California Product Stewardship Council; Dustin Mulvaney, Assistant Professor, San Jose State University; Renee St. Denis, Sims Electronics Recycling; Francis Valluzo, Dell; Mark Robards, ECS Refining Tony Kingsbury, Sr. Leader (Dow), Executive in Residence (Sustainable Products & Solutions Program at Haas School of Business), Dow Chemical Company Barbara Kyle, Executive Director, Electronics TakeBack Coalition Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative Nine industry and nonprofit executives, directors and experts will discuss market-driven solutions to the global problem of old electronics.... More > Faculty, Friends of the University, General Public, Staff, Students - Graduate, Students - Undergraduate All Audiences $5 Student, Alumni, $10 Nonprofit, Faculty, Staff, Community, $30 Industry Tickets go on sale January 19. Buy tickets online. Glenn T Seaborg Lecture: Well-defined Supported Catalysts via the Controlled Functionalization of SurfacesSeminar | February 17 | 4-5 p.m. | Pitzer Auditorium, 120 Latimer Hall Professor Christophe Copéret, Department of Chemistry, ETH Zurich, SWITZERLAND Coffee and Refreshments served at the "Coffee Lab" B38 Hildebrand - available @ 3:50pm... More > Physics Graduate Student Social HourSocial Event: BEAR Event: Students | August 28, 2009 – December 28, 2012 every Friday | 5-7 p.m. | LeConte Hall, 375 - Helmholz Room 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 > |
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