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Signature Initiatives Town Hall Meeting

Panel Discussion | April 15 | 10-11:30 a.m. |  Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center

Sponsor:  Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

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Project Management for Scientists: Project Planning: STROBE Seminar

Seminar | April 15 | 12-1 p.m. | 775 Tan Hall

Speakers:  Dr. Nico Hernández Charpak, Associate Director of Education, STROBE; Dr. Ellen Keister, Associate Director of Education, STROBE

Sponsor:  STROBE

itle: Project Management for Scientists: Project Planning

Presenters: Drs. Nico Hernández Charpak and Ellen Keister, STROBE leadership, JILA, CU Boulder

Abstract:

Being a successful scientist requires planning and managing complex team projects that span multiple years. This two-part, interactive workshop will give you the tools and insights necessary for you to navigate this type...   More >

Ernest S. Kuh Distinguished Lecture: From Cory Hall to Silicon Valley: Building a Startup that Thrives

Lecture | April 16 | 12-1 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium, 3rd floor

Featured Speakers:  John Georges Ph.D., '94 EECS, Partner, QMC Telecom; David Curtrer, Ph.D., '98 EECS, CEO, Kumu Networks

Sponsors:  College of Engineering, Eta Kappa Nu (HKN)

In their talk, “From Cory Hall to Silicon Valley: Building a Startup that Thrives,” they will talk about Berkeley Engineering's role in their careers. While John and Dave were still graduate students at Berkeley, they founded LGC Wireless, a telecom equipment manufacturer. They also co-founded NextG Networks, which sold to Crown Castle for $1 billion in 2012. We are delighted to welcome them back...   More >

Scientific Computing and Matrix Computations Seminar: Nonlinear reduced-order modeling: Using machine learning to enable extreme-scale simulation for many-query problems

Seminar: Scientific Computing: CS | April 17 | 2-3 p.m. | 380 Soda Hall

Speaker/Performer:  Kevin Carlberg, Sandia Lab

Sponsor:  Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)

Physics-based modeling and simulation has become indispensable across many applications in engineering and science, ranging from aircraft design to monitoring national critical infrastructure. However, as simulation is playing an increasingly important role in scientific discovery, decision making, and design, greater demands are being placed on model fidelity. This high fidelity necessitates...   More >

EECS Colloquium: Building Dynamic Robots

Colloquium: Departmental: EE: CS | April 17 | 4-5 p.m. | Sutardja Dai Hall, Banatao Auditorium | Note change in location

Speaker/Performer:  Marc Raibert, Founder and CEO, Boston Dynamics

Sponsor:  Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)

Dynamics opens a world of opportunity for robotics. Robots that move dynamically can go where other robots can't go, handle larger payloads with smaller footprint and smaller robot mass, and move faster to get work done more quickly. This talk will give a status report on Boston Dynamics' work in this area, both its long-term effort to develop robots of the future and shorter-term efforts to...   More >

Psi Quantum Info Session

Information Session: EE: CS | April 18 | 5-7 p.m. | 375 LeConte Hall

Moderator:  Jordan Sullivan, Quantum Computing at Berkeley (RSO)

Sponsor:  Department of Physics

Psi Quantum, one of Silicon Valley's most secretive quantum computing startups, is sharing a bit of their time with Quantum Computing at Berkeley. Come learn and network at our 6pm mixer! Resumes welcome.

Food will be provided at 6pm.

How To Be an Effective Female Founder

Panel Discussion: Departmental: EE: CS | April 18 | 6-8:05 p.m. | 290 Hearst Memorial Mining Building

Sponsor:  Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)

SWE Startup Spring at Berkeley presents the first of a two-part series on Women Entrepreneurs: How To Be an Effective Female Founder on April 18th, 6-8pm at 290 HMMB.

Do you want to know how to become an effective female founder? Come listen to panelists Caroline Winnett, Executive Director at SkyDeck, Maria Artunduaga, CEO of Respira Labs, Paola Santana, Founder of Matternet and now Social...   More >

Solid State Technology and Devices Seminar: Materials for Spin-Charge Interconversion: A New Perspective

Seminar: Solid State Technology and Devices: EE: CS | April 19 | 1-2 p.m. | Cory Hall, The Hogan Room, 521

Speaker:  Shehrin Sayed, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC Berkeley

Sponsor:  Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)

In this talk, I will present a physics-based model to describe such effects in diverse classes of materials including topological insulators, Kondo insulators, transition metals, semimetals, oxide interfaces, and narrow band-gap semiconductors.

Metabolite-based Diagnostics Enabled by MEMS Devices: Nano Seminar Series

Seminar: Micro/Nano Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS): EE | April 19 | 2-3 p.m. | 4 LeConte Hall | Note change in date and location

Speaker/Performer:  Prof. Cristina Davis, UC Davis, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Sponsor:  Berkeley Nanosciences and Nanoengineering Institute

Human “breath analysis” provides a wide range of opportunities for diagnosis of pathophysiological conditions in a non-invasive and potentially inexpensive way.
Ultimately these devices will be fully utilized in medical point-of-care locations in clinical offices.