News

ICSI Board Member to Be First TZS Scientific Advisory Board Chairman

December 7, 2009
ICSI Board of Trustees member Wolfgang Walhlster will be the first chairman of the TZS Scientific Advisory Board. TZS is a new German company using data analysis to address urban management challenges. More >>

Brazilian Visitor Program Call for Applications

November 14, 2009
ICSI's Brazilian visitor program has issued its first annual call for applications, and is set to begin in 2010 as soon as participants have been selected from the pool of applicants. The program offers exciting opportunities to expand the horizons of ICSI scientists' worldwide collaborative research.

ICSI Speech Group Wins ACM Grand Challenge

October 26, 2009
The ICSI team led by Dr. Gerald Friedland of the Speech Group has won the Grand Challenge at the Beijing ACM multimedia meeting. Their project, Joke-o-mat, was a response to the Yahoo! video challenge. Joke-o-mat is designed to parse sitcoms by identifying main characters, the best jokes (signaled by the loudest and longest laughs) and scene changes. It was developed by Friedland, Luke Gottlieb, and Adam Janin. More >>

Charles Fillmore to Speak at TLT8

October 20, 2009
Professor Charles Fillmore of the AI Group has been invited to speak at a Framenet Masterclass and Workshop at the Eighth International Workshop on Treebanks and Linguistic Theories (TLT8) hosted by The Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan Italy. The masterclass takes place on December 3rd, 2009 with the general conference on the 4th and 5th. More information about the class and conference >>

Böhme et al. Win Gordon Prize

October 14, 2009
Rainer Böhme, a visitor with ICSI's Networking Group, was selected as a co-winner (with Tyler Moore of Harvard University) of the first Gordon Prize in Managing Cybersecurity Resources by the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business. The prize is named after Lawrence A. Gordon, a cybersecurity expert at the school. Read more about the prize and the winning essay by Böhme and Moore >>

Liz Shriberg Selected as ISCA Fellow

October 11, 2009
Liz Shriberg of the Speech Group has been selected as one of six fellows for 2009 of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) for her significant contributions to the field of speech communication science and technology. ISCA's Fellows Program began in 2007 to honor the contributions of outstanding members.

Dan Klein Wins Okawa Foundation Grant

September 15, 2009
Professor Dan Klein, an affiliate of the Speech Group and a professor at UC Berkeley, has won an Okawa Foundation research grant award for 2009. This award is given out annually to selected scientists in the US and Asia. The award includes a $10,000 unrestricted grant.

Steve Sinha Receives AAAS Fellowship

August 31, 2009
Steve Sinha, of the AI Group, has received an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship and will be working at the DHS Office of Policy Development. Sinha is among 190 doctoral-level scientists and master's- and doctoral-level engineers who will spend a year working in federal agencies or congressional offices. The Fellows learn about science policy while providing valuable S&T expertise to the government. The fellowship begins September 1 with a two-week orientation in Washington, D.C.

Genomic Identification and Privacy

August 23, 2009
In the last few years, genome association studies have led to breakthrough medical discoveries. However, due to privacy concerns that the identity of individuals could be determined through DNA data, health institutes in the US and abroad removed public access to the genetic data coming from these association studies. Such association studies have been shown to shed light on diseases such as cancer or Alzheimer's disease, and sharing the raw data from these studies with other scientists can aid tremendously with further discoveries

BFOIT Hosts 10th Anniversary Reception

August 14, 2009
The Berkeley Foundation for Opportunities in Information Technology (BFOIT) hosted its 10th Anniversary Reception on Friday, August 14 at the Sibley Auditorium in the Stephen D. Bechtel Building at the University of California, Berkeley from 2:00 - 3:30 p.m.

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