UC Berkeley Events Calendar

SPRING CHOREOGRAPHY WORKSHOP

Fri, 09 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Students in the UCB dance program present original groups works. Two showings: 4:30pm & 8pm. Free.

Joan Jonas: The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things

Fri, 09 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Since the late 1960s, Joan Jonas (b. 1936) has been a pioneer in video and performance art. The Berkeley Art Museum mounted its first retrospective of the artist’s work in 1982, and this week it unveils a recent acquisition, “Joan Jonas: The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things.” In her latest pieces, Jonas has re-presented her earlier performance-based work. Jonas found inspiration for The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things (2004-05) in a 1960s trip to Arizona, where she witnessed several Hopi rituals. The resulting work incorporates reflections on Western art by German art historian Aby Warburg (1866-1929), who visited the American Southwest in the 19th century. Jonas continued to develop the piece, adding live performances with music composed by jazz musician Jason Moran for performances at Dia: Beacon in New York in 2005-06. Footage from those performances has been added to the work.

From Plugs to Bling

Fri, 09 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

This exhibition explores the lives of students at the University of California, as told through the clothing they once wore. From junior plugs (top hats) and lettermen’s jackets to charm bracelets and African American graduation stoles, from cashmere sweater sets to denim jackets festooned with anti-war buttons, Cal students have always made fashion, political and gender statements through their choice of clothing and accessories. The exhibition draws from the University Archives and from numerous other campus collections, and includes many items never before on display. Curated by William Benemann, Archivist.

Protest in Paris 1968: Photographs by Serge Hambourg

Fri, 09 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

In May 1968 in Paris, student and worker strikes against the conservative government of General Charles de Gaulle brought the country to a standstill. Images by French photographer Serge Hambourg provide a striking eyewitness account of this pivotal moment in political and cultural history." On Friday, April 4, at 5 p.m., Mr. Hambourg will deliver an Artist's Talk, in which he will comment on the content and context of his photographs and share personal anecdotes from his experience as a photojournalist in Paris during the spring and summer of 1968.

Ten Moments in the Twentieth Century

Fri, 09 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

These paintings depict memorable moments in the twentieth century. The events have been reconstructed so as to allow what we have learned from hindsight to be reflected in each painting.

The Chinese of California

Fri, 09 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

As a part of California since before its creation as a state, Chinese have joined countless other immigrants in defining their life in America. This exhibit looks at the unique challenges that Chinese Americans faced in maintaining full access to civil rights, and shows how these challenges influenced the formation and personality of Chinese communities in California. A joint project of The Bancroft Library, the California Historical Society, and the Chinese Historical Society of America.

MATRIX/REDUX

Fri, 09 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

MATRIX/REDUX celebrates thirty years of the MATRIX Program for Contemporary Art, spotlighting the vibrant and diverse work of many of the cutting-edge artists featured in the program over the past three decades.

Ward Schumaker: SAVED!

Fri, 09 May 2008 0:00:00 PDT

Hand-painted Books and Works on Paper As an illustrator Ward Schumaker's work appears frequently in such publications as the L A Times, New York Times, Poetry, and Le Figaro; in collateral for United Airlines and Hermès; and in books. He has illustrated two limited edition for The Yolla Bolly Press: Two Kitchens in Provence by M.F.K.Fisher; and Paris France by Gertrude Stein. His personal work has appeared in solo shows in Nashville, Shanghai, and recently at the Meridian Gallery in San Francisco. He lives and works in San Francisco with his wife, artist Vivienne Flesher. Please note: some of the work appears in our conference rooms. If you are interested in viewing, please call ahead to be sure that there are no events scheduled. Opening Reception: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 :: 5:30pm

Preventing Academic and Behavioral Problems in Children: Rethinking Interventions for Schools

Fri, 09 May 2008 7:45:00 PDT

Preventing Academic and Behavioral Problems in Children: Rethinking Interventions for Schools • Focus on prevention and capacity building • Development and implementation of universal, selected, and intensive social skills interventions for children at risk for behavior disorders • Considerations for implementation of academic interventions with English Language Learners • New model of service delivery that includes Response to Intervention, progress monitoring, and evolving roles of school personnel with at-risk and special needs populations Register Online Now!! Register By April 1 for Early Bird Discount!! Registration Deadlines Non-Student/Student Register by April 1, 2008 $95/$35 Register Between April 1 and May 1 $105/$45 After May 1, 2008 at the door $115/$55

Cycle of Life: Awakening

Fri, 09 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

Three artists, Koo Kyung Sook (Korea), Brenda Louie (China) and Dinh Anh Tham Poong (Vietnam) explore in art body and memory, physical processes and spiritual awareness, personal identity and the inexorable cycles of life.

Bugs in the Garden:An Exhibit by Patrick E

Fri, 09 May 2008 9:00:00 PDT

Walk Through the Garden to see a variety of original bug Sculptures by local artist Patrick E., including a special new insectivorous insect member of the Garden.

SPEED

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:00 PDT

Take a trip in the fast lane at SPEED!, a new exhibit about high performance and barrier-smashing motion. This colorful celebration of movement translates the thrills and challenges of going fast and faster into twenty hands-on activities to demonstrate the science and technology of record setting speed. The exhibit comes to Berkeley as part of a national tour. Speed! is open through May 11.

World-Making and World Art

Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:00 PDT

An exploration of practices of visual and aural culture as world-making–how they create human worlds of action, sensation, and knowledge. If art makes many different worlds, how do these worlds interrelate? How do they change? A diverse group of scholars will wrestle with the question: What world is involved in "world art"?

Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT

Superman faces off with an Aztec god and cannibals run amok in Monet’s garden at Giverny in Enrique Chagoya: Borderlandia, the first major museum retrospective of the work of Mexico-born, San Francisco–based artist Enrique Chagoya. In the more than seventy works in the exhibition—paintings, charcoal and pastel drawings, prints, and mixed-media codices (accordion-folded books)—Chagoya intermingles icons and cultural references spanning hundreds of years and thousands of miles to create fantastic images and scathingly funny satires.

Bridging Nanoparticles with Light - Tweezers, Guiding, Detection, and More

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT

Three-dimensionally confined nanoparticles that harvest strong near-field interaction with light, such as colloidal quantum dots (QD) and Au nanoparticles (NP), have opened new directions in nanophotonic devices and integration, as well as applications in biomedicine such as cancer cell ablation, drug delivery, and bio-manipulation. Utilizing localized surface plasmon resonance in the Au NPs, we have proposed a new plasmonic tweezers for bio-manipulation and nano-fabrication. The platform builds on an array of Au NPs. The highly non-uniform radiation field generated by the surface plasmon creates large dielectrophoretic force on dielectric objects nearby, thus alleviates the intensity and focusing requirement of the input laser. We report our work on manipulating micro/nano-particles and biological cells using the plasmonic tweezers. Long-range trapping with very low optical intensity was observed on specific nanowires. We will also describe operating the plasmonic tweezers as micro-mixers and micro-concentrators in opto-fluidics. Utilizing the unique optoelectronic properties and surface chemistries of colloidal QDs, we have proposed QD nanophotonic integrated circuits using molecular self-assembly fabrication. We will describe our work on sub-diffraction QD waveguide and nanoscale QD photodetector with high sensitivity and spatial resolution.

Safe Affordable Drinking Water for Poor Communities in the Developing Countries

Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:00 PDT

Despite huge advances in public supply of safe drinking water during the last century, 2 million deaths, mostly of children below 5, continue annually owing to bad quality drinking water (World Bank and WHO joint estimate). Dr. Gadgil will briefly describe the approach he has followed for many of his long-term research projects, and then illustrate in some detail how it was applied successfully to begin to provide a solution to this particular problem. The invention that resulted from this approach, "UVWaterworks", now provides affordable safe drinking water daily, in rural India, to about 950,000 people, and currently the number increases by about 10,000 per week. Current work, challenges, and future plans will also be described.

PEM Tips for Supervisors and Managers (Drop-in Workshop)

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT

PEM form completion questions? Bring the form, job description, and your lunch for assistance from a vocational rehabilitation counselor. Topics: definitions, analysis techniques, form usage. No enrollment required; please arrive by 12:15 PM or session will be canceled.

Development of Water Robotics Platforms for Lagrangian Sensing of Environmental Flows

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT

GA International Students Affairs Committee

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT

The International Student Affairs Committee serves and supports all international graduate students on campus. This includes monitoring all policies of the relating to issues affecting international students and making recommendations on these issues to the Delegate Assembly. Notes are taken of the meetings, which must be noticed and open to the public.

ESPM Wildlife & Conservation Biology Seminar Series

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 PDT

The population consequences of breeding competition in the endangered Seychelles Magpie Robin

Epigenetic regulation of the synaptic AMPA receptor phenotype

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:30:00 PDT

Division of Neurobiology & H. Wills Neuroscience Institute Seminar

26th Annual Geo-Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series

Fri, 09 May 2008 12:30:00 PDT

Raymond B. Seed, Professor, UC Berkeley GeoEngineering Program, “Lessons From Disaster:California’s New Levee and Water Infrastructure Challenges” Demetrious Koutsoftas Principal ARUP “Ground Characterization and Performance: A 25-Year Bay Area Perspective" James K. Mitchell, Professor Emeritus, UC Berkeley & Virginia Tech, “1958-2008: Reflections and Lessons from Half a Century of Teaching, Research, and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering”

GIIF-CAMFER GeoLunch

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT

"Merging Lived Space with Relational Space: Forging a Common Methodology in GIS and Networks" GIS and social network theory share three important characteristics. First, social scientists and historians use the two methodologies to reveal patterns of human behavior and provide ways of explaining or predicting change over time. Second, both stress the importance of representational space, either the lived, physical space or an abstract, social space. And finally, the two methodologies have profited enormously from advances in computation. Despite parallel development and conceptual overlap, the primary tools that we use for these methods are largely disconnected. Ian will use examples from his own historical research to explore the possibilities of a workable "Network Analytic GIS."

California Golden Overtones Super Sproul

Fri, 09 May 2008 13:00:00 PDT

California Golden Overtones Super Sproul Performance at Sather Gate

Sustaining the Silicon Revolution--Challenges and Opportunities

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:00 PDT

The steady miniaturization of the MOSFET with each new generation of CMOS technology yielded continual improvements in integrated-circuit performance and cost per function over the past several decades, to usher in the Information Age. Continued transistor scaling will not be as straightforward in the future as it has been in the past, however, due to fundamental limits leading to increases in power consumption and variability in transistor performance. These challenges represent new opportunities for innovation. In this talk, I will discuss recent developments and ongoing research at UC Berkeley in CMOS and MEMS technologies, aimed to sustain the rapid pace of silicon technology advancement and usher in the Age of Ubiquitous Computing. Biography: Tsu-Jae King Liu received the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. She joined the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center as a Member of Research Staff in 1992, to research and develop polycrystalline-silicon thin-film transistor technologies for flat-panel display applications. In August 1996 she joined the faculty of the University of California at Berkeley, where she is now Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) and Director of the UC Berkeley Microfabrication Laboratory. Her awards include the Ross M. Tucker AIME Electronics Materials Award (1992) for seminal work in polycrystalline silicon-germanium thin films, an NSF CAREER Award (1998) for research in thin-film transistor technology, the DARPA Significant Technical Achievement Award (2000) for development of the FinFET, the Electrical Engineering Award for Outstanding Teaching at UC Berkeley (2003), and the NAE Lillian M. Gilbreth Lectureship (2006). Her research activities are presently in nanoscale semiconductor devices and technology, and thin-film materials and devices for integrated microsystems and large-area electronics. She has authored or co-authored over 300 publications and over 60 U.S. patents, and is an IEEE Fellow.

Addressing Global Hunger & Poverty through Agricultural Development

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:00 PDT

Food prices are soaring around the globe, and the World Bank recently issued a report calling for a renewed focus on agricultural development to reduce global poverty and hunger. Join the College of Natural Resources and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a broad discussion of the role of agricultural policy, commerce, technology, and philanthropy in addressing hunger and extreme poverty in the developing world.

Dissertation talk: Evaluating the Security of Machine Learning Algorithms

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:00 PDT

Two far-reaching trends in computing have grown in significance in recent years. First, statistical machine learning has entered the mainstream as a broadly useful set of tools for building applications. Second, the need to protect systems against malicious adversaries continues to increase across computing applications. When a learning algorithm succeeds in adversarial conditions, it is an algorithm for secure learning. The crucial task is to evaluate the resilience of learning systems and determine whether they satisfy requirements for secure learning. In this thesis, we show that the space of attacks against machine learning has a structure that we can use to build secure learning systems. This thesis makes three high-level contributions. First and most prominently, we develop a framework for analyzing attacks against machine learning systems. We present a taxonomy that describes the space of attacks against learning systems, and we model such attacks as a cost-sensitive game between the attacker and the defender. We survey attacks in the literature and describe them in terms of our taxonomy. Second, we develop two concrete attacks against a popular machine learning spam filter and present experimental results confirming their effectiveness. These attacks demonstrate that real systems using machine learning are vulnerable to compromise. Third, we construct a multi-level defense against attacks in a second application domain, virus detection. Using both global and local information, our defensive technique successfully captures many viruses designed to evade detection. Our framework, exploration of attacks, and discussion of defenses provides the foundation for constructing secure learning systems.

Cryptanalysis of a McEliece cryptosystem

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:00 PDT

The McEliece public key cryptosystem is a cryptosystem based on binary Goppa codes introduced in 1978. It is possible to substitute the Goppa codes by other error correcting codes for which an efficient decoder is available; and several such constructions have been proposed. For a number of reasons, algebraic geometry codes are particularly appealing for this application, and their use in McEliece type systems were proposed by Janwa and Moreno in 1996. In this talk we will discuss the proposal, and show that some algebraic geometry codes, such as the ones based on hyperelliptic curves of genus 2 or less can be broken in heuristic polynomial time.

Spring 2008 BLC Fellows

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:00 PDT

Learning to Learn: Neurobiology and Cognitive Science as a Basis of Autonomous Learning. Principles and Applications Amelia Barili, Lecturer, Spanish and Portuguese Reconciling with the Unavoidable: Assessing the Impact of Advertising on the Russian Language Julia McAnallen, GSR, Slavic Languages and Literatures Innovating Tradition: Folklore, Literature, and Translingual and Transcultural Competence Jennifer Gipson, GSR, French

Chemical Design Strategies for the Synthesis of Complex Inorganic Nanocrystals

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Dynamic Traffic Assignment and the Route-Link Consistency Issue

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

In this seminar I will use examples to show the route-link consistency issue in dynamic traffic models, as well as a possible solution for this problem. I will then present an implementation of the solution in a dynamic network loading model that integrates the popular LWR approach with route trajectories. Time permitting, new results on dynamic route choice will conclude the presentation.

Dynamic Traffic Assignment and the Route-Link Consistency Issue

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:00:00 PDT

Abstract: Macroscopic (continuous-flow) dynamic traffic assignment model can be divided into two major families. The first family, including the LWR (kinematic waves) and cell-transmission models for example, emphasizes local driver behavior and focuses on the resulting link performance. The second family emphasizes the propagation of flows along route trajectories. The potential issue of inconsistency between the two considerations is often overlooked. In this seminar I will use examples to show the route-link consistency issue in dynamic traffic models, as well as a possible solution for this problem. I will then present an implementation of the solution in a dynamic network loading model that integrates the popular LWR approach with route trajectories. Time permitting, new results on dynamic route choice will conclude the presentation. Bio: Dr. Hillel Bar-Gera is a tenured Senior Lecturer of Industrial Engineering and Management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel. His Ph.D. thesis on the origin-based assignment algorithm won the 2000 dissertation award for best Ph.D. thesis in transportation from the Transportation Science Section of INFORMS. Hillel Bar-Gera has been a faculty member at Ben-Gurion University since 2001. He received his B.Sc. in Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science as well as his M.Sc. in Mathematics from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. He received his Ph.D. in Civil and Materials Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Bar-Gera serves as a member of the Intelligent Transportation Systems committee of the Transportation Research Board, and as an associate editor of the journal of Networks and Spatial Economics.

Eyes on Activism: Celebrating Social Change in Israel through the Visual Arts

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Engage with activism in Israel through original photographs of activists working for social change on a wide range of issues. Experience original art produced by students on campus and inspired by social change movements in Israel. Enjoy a presentation by Nili Yosha, an Israeli-American photographer, artist, and activist. This event is co-sponsored by Free Speech Movement Cafe Educational Programs and Kesher Enoshi and is supported by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Hillel, the New Israel Fund, and Young Judaea.

Eyes on Activism

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Join Kesher Enoshi: Progressives for Activism in Israel for a chance to engage with activism in the country through a photography and art exhibition representing activists working for social change. Many different movements will be represented, including LGTBQ rights activism in Jerusalem, environmental justice in Tel Aviv and many more. The gallery will also include original art inspired by social change movements in Israel and produced by the student activists of Kesher Enoshi. This gallery portion will be followed by a presentation by Israeli-American photographer, artist and activist Nili Yosha, who will present her photo-project called "My Tel Aviv," an activist's reflection on the human side of Tel Aviv unseen by the eye of the tourist. "Eyes on Activism" will take place on Friday, May 9th, from 5-7pm at the Free Speech Movement Cafe on the UC Berkeley Campus. FREE FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED. Sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the New Israel Fund, Hillel, YJ Impact Fellowship Program, and the Free Speech Movement Cafe Educational Program Series.

Global Groove Gala

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:00:00 PDT

With the San Francisco Bay as a backdrop, friends and supporters of UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS) will kick off its 40th year with a Global Groove Gala. The celebration draws on the imaginative tradition of LHS with a blend of science, art and fun – including the debut of its newest exhibit Science on a Sphere. The naturally dramatic setting of LHS will be enhanced with light displays, performance artists, the world music of Zebbler Encanti Experience, and fine wine and cuisine from around the world. Dinner will take place on the spacious LHS plaza.

UC Men's and Women's Chorales Show

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:00:00 PDT

20 Cesar Chavez, basement level (Choral Rehearsal Hall) $5 Students, $8 General

Lavendar Graduation

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:30:00 PDT

Everyone, graduates and guests, must RSVP at: http://students.berkeley.edu/osl/geneq.asp?id=2579#1 Join us as we celebrate the end of another year at Cal and bid farewell to our LGBTIQ graduating seniors, graduate students, and allies. Each year we invite a Cal Alumnus to be the keynote speaker for Lavender Graduation. 2008 Keynote Christopher Daley, JD, Class of 2001 Founding Executive Director, Transgender Law Center More Lavender Graduation Information: http://geneq.berkeley.edu Everyone Welcome! Dress: Informal, fabulous, drag, no academic regalia Questions: Contact Billy Curtis, billyc@berkeley.edu

Book Reception with Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:30:00 PDT

Join long-time labor and social justice activist Bill Fletcher, Jr. for a reception and discussion of his new book, Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice. Co-authored with Fernando Gapasin, Solidarity Divided is a critical examination of the global battlefield labor finds itself struggling on today. Fletcher and Gapasin chart changes in U.S. manufacturing, examine the onslaught of globalization, consider the influence of the environment on labor, and provide the first broad analysis of the fallout from the 2000 and 2004 elections on the U.S. labor movement. Their experiences as activists of color grant them a unique vantage on the problems now facing U.S. labor and enable them to envision a plan for a bold new way forward into the twenty-first century. Bill Fletcher, Jr., co-founder of the Center for Labor Renewal, is a columnist and long-time activist. He served as President of TransAfrica Forum and was formerly the Education Director and later Assistant to the President of the AFL-CIO. Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education and the Center for Political Education.

Cal Performances & San Francisco Opera, Rachel Portman's The Little Prince

Fri, 09 May 2008 19:30:00 PDT

Cal Performances and the San Francisco Opera team up to bring you the West Coast premiere of this warm, wondrous opera for the whole family. A beloved classic of children's literature, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's fable about a pilot who crash lands in the desert and meets an open-hearted boy from another planet is a gentle reminder to hold on to what is truly important in life. It has been set to music by Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman, whose score has been praised by critics as "graceful and tuneful" and "colorful and charming." Francesca Zambello's production, with witty sets and costumes by Maria Bjørnson, adds richness and depth to the book's charming illustrations. Sung in English with English supertitles.

University Symphony Orchestra

Fri, 09 May 2008 20:00:00 PDT

University Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David Milnes Ravel, Tzigane (violin soloist Jessica Ling) Richard Strauss, Alpine Symphony Johann Strauss, Jr, The Blue Danube Waltz Jean Ahn, Salt (2007)

UC Jazz Spring Concert at International House

Fri, 09 May 2008 20:00:00 PDT

Featuring the UC Jazz Big Band and Advanced combos. tickets available at the door or online at tickets.berkeley.edu