Academic
Tuesday, May 29, 2018
The Sparse Tensor Algebra Compiler
Seminar | May 29 | 1-2 p.m. | Soda Hall, Visual Computing Lab (510)
Fredrik Kjolstad, PhD candidate, MIT CSAIL
Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS)
The Tensor Algebra Compiler (TACO) automatically generates kernels for tensor algebra operations on sparse and dense tensors. Its performance is competitive with best-in-class hand-optimized sparse kernels in popular libraries, while supporting far more tensor operations.
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
EH&S 403 Training Session
Course | May 30 | 10:30-11:30 a.m. | 370 University Hall | Note change in date
Jason Smith, UC Berkeley Office of Environment, Health, & Safety
Office of Environment, Health & Safety
This session briefly covers the UC Berkeley specific radiation safety information you will need to start work. In addition, dosimeter will be issued, if required.
International English Spelling Congress: live webinar from London
Conference/Symposium | May 30 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | 2515 Tolman Hall
International English Spelling Congress, May 30
The English Spelling Society in the UK and the American Literacy Council present a live broadcast from London of an International Congress with the aim of choosing a new English spelling scheme. People from across the English speaking world will be able to participate in this international debate on the difficulties and problems of the current... More >
Inference and Efficient Coding in Natural Auditory Scenes
Seminar | May 30 | 12-1:30 p.m. | 560 Evans Hall
Wiktor Mlynarski, MIT
Neuroscience Institute, Helen Wills
Processing of natural stimuli in sensory systems has been traditionally studied within two theoretical frameworks: probabilistic inference and efficient coding. Probabilistic inference specifies optimal strategies for learning about relevant properties of the environment from local and ambiguous sensory signals. Efficient coding provides a normative approach to study encoding of natural stimuli... More >
EHS 201 Biosafety in Laboratories
Course | May 30 | 1:30-3:30 p.m. | 177 Stanley Hall
Office of Environment, Health & Safety
This training is required for anyone who is listed on a Biological Use Authorization (BUA) application form that is reviewed by the Committee for Laboratory and Environmental Biosafety (CLEB). A BUA is required for anyone working with recombinant DNA molecules, human clinical specimens or agents that may infect humans, plants or animals. This safety training will discuss the biosafety risk... More >
Thursday, May 31, 2018
Migration and Diaspora: Summer Institute for Community College Educators
Workshop | May 31 – June 2, 2018 every day | 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | UC Berkeley Extension (Golden Bear Center), Suite 510 Conference Room
Shane Carter
ORIAS (Office of Resources for International and Area Studies)
The 2018 Summer Institute for Community College instructors will consider migration and diaspora from the standpoints of wide-ranging disciplines, including history, literature, anthropology, visual arts, genetics, journalism, and international law. Join your teaching colleagues in this exploration of human migrations of the distant past, causes of migration, the subjective experiences of both... More >
This event is for community college teachers and AP-level high school teachers.
free
Registration opens January 9. Register online or or by emailing Shane carter at orias@berkeley.edu by May 11.
Friday, June 1, 2018
Migration and Diaspora: Summer Institute for Community College Educators
Workshop | May 31 – June 2, 2018 every day | 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | UC Berkeley Extension (Golden Bear Center), Suite 510 Conference Room
Shane Carter
ORIAS (Office of Resources for International and Area Studies)
The 2018 Summer Institute for Community College instructors will consider migration and diaspora from the standpoints of wide-ranging disciplines, including history, literature, anthropology, visual arts, genetics, journalism, and international law. Join your teaching colleagues in this exploration of human migrations of the distant past, causes of migration, the subjective experiences of both... More >
This event is for community college teachers and AP-level high school teachers.
free
Registration opens January 9. Register online or or by emailing Shane carter at orias@berkeley.edu by May 11.
Saturday, June 2, 2018
Migration and Diaspora: Summer Institute for Community College Educators
Workshop | May 31 – June 2, 2018 every day | 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | UC Berkeley Extension (Golden Bear Center), Suite 510 Conference Room
Shane Carter
ORIAS (Office of Resources for International and Area Studies)
The 2018 Summer Institute for Community College instructors will consider migration and diaspora from the standpoints of wide-ranging disciplines, including history, literature, anthropology, visual arts, genetics, journalism, and international law. Join your teaching colleagues in this exploration of human migrations of the distant past, causes of migration, the subjective experiences of both... More >
This event is for community college teachers and AP-level high school teachers.
free
Registration opens January 9. Register online or or by emailing Shane carter at orias@berkeley.edu by May 11.
Personal Flag Generator Workshop
Workshop | June 2 | 1 p.m. | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
BAMPFA
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Join artists Chris Hamamoto and Jon Sueda and make symbols to contribute to a Bay Area flag symbol archive, then print your own personal flag.
Shadow Puppet Faces!: A Family Shadow Puppetry Workshop
Workshop | June 2 | 1-2 p.m. | Hearst Museum of Anthropology, 102 Kroeber Hall
Daniel Barash
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Discover the magical world of shadow puppetry with Daniel Barash of THE SHADOW PUPPET WORKSHOP. In conjunction with current exhibition Face to Face: Looking at Objects that Look at You, Daniel will first introduce workshop participants to the art of shadow puppetry, including numerous puppets from Southeast Asia. Then participants will have the opportunity to make unique shadow puppets that bring... More >
