Dissertation Talk: Optofluidic Devices for Cell, Microparticle, and Nanoparticle Manipulation

Seminar | May 14 | 9-10 a.m. | Cory Hall, 521 (Hogan Room)

Speaker/Performer: Aaron T. Ohta, EECS

Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)

This ability to manipulate micro- and nanoscale particles enables many significant applications, spanning fields from cell biology to nanotechnology. Here, three applications of the OET device are discussed....   More >

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Dissertation Talk: Integrated MEMS Technologies for Adaptive Optics

Presentation | May 14 | 12-1 p.m. | Cory Hall, 521 (Hogan Room)

Speaker/Performer: Blake Lin, Dept. of EECS, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)

In this thesis research, we investigate the design and fabrication of micromechanical-deformable-mirror arrays for AO applications....   More >

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Resource dimensioning through buffer sampling: Net/Comm/DSP Seminar

Seminar | May 14 | 4-5 p.m. | Cory Hall, 521 (Hogan Room)

Speaker/Performer: Michel Mandjes, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica and University of Amsterdam

Sponsor: Qualcomm Inc.

In this talk I will discuss a methodology for link dimensioning, i.e., selecting a (minimal) link capacity such that the users’ performance requirements are met. Clearly, dimensioning is a crucial component of network design....   More >

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Berkeley Alliance for Global Health: Launch of a New Campuswide Initiative

Lecture | May 14 | 4-7 p.m. | Stanley Hall, Berdahl Auditorium

Featured Speakers: Peter Kim, President, Merck Research Laboratories; Don Francis, Chairman, Global Solutions for Infectious Diseases

Sponsors: Letters & Science, College of, Public Health, School of

The Berkeley Alliance for Global Health is a new research initiative focused on improving health outcomes in the developing world and around the globe. Join us for the official launch of this new initiative, with keynote addresses by two leading figures i...   More >

Target audience: All Audiences

Open to audience: All Audiences

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Learning higher-order dynamical models of time-varying

Colloquium | May 14 | 4-5 p.m. | 306 Soda Hall

Speaker/Performer: Bruno A. Olshausen, Redwood Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, UC Berkeley

Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)

I shall report recent progress in learning higher-order, dynamical models of images that exhibit response properties similar to those of neurons at higher levels of processing (medial-temporal cortex)....   More >