Professor Ananya Roy "Global Poverty: Challenges and Hopes in the New Millennium" LESS

President Michelle Bachelet will discuss the current challenges Chile faces and what the new Chile-California agreement means for her country.

Moderated by Professor Harley Shaiken

Introduction by Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau LESS

Technical Session 3   The Sloan Digital Sky Survey and Beyond - Alexander G. Szalay
  Building the World Wide Telescope - Curtis Wong
  Search Survey for S/V Tenacious - Ed Saade
  Exploring Ocean Data - James G. Bellingham and Michael Godin
  Closing - Donna Carnes
Technical Session Program Three organizations dedicated to the advancement of computing science, IEEE Computer Society, Association for Computing Machinery, and EECS, UC Berkeley will join the family and colleagues of Jim Gray in hosting a tribute to the legendary computer science pioneer, missing at sea since Jan. 28, 2007. Gray is known for his groundbreaking work as a programmer, database expert and Microsoft engineer. Gray's work helped make possible such technologies as the cash machine, ecommerce, online ticketing, and deep databases like Google. In 1998, he received the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the most prestigious honor in computer science. He was appointed an IEEE Fellow in 1982, and also received IEEE Charles Babbage Award. Link to Technical Session 1 webcast. Link to Technical Session 2 webcast. Link to General Session webcast. LESS

Technical Session 2   Not Just Correct, but Correct and Fast - David J. DeWitt and Charles Levine
  Scalability and Immortality - C. Gordon Bell
  Is There Life Outside Transactions? Writing the Transaction Processing Book - Andreas Reuter
  TerraServer and the Russia Adventure - Tom Barclay
Technical Session Program Three organizations dedicated to the advancement of computing science, IEEE Computer Society, Association for Computing Machinery, and EECS, UC Berkeley will join the family and colleagues of Jim Gray in hosting a tribute to the legendary computer science pioneer, missing at sea since Jan. 28, 2007. Gray is known for his groundbreaking work as a programmer, database expert and Microsoft engineer. Gray's work helped make possible such technologies as the cash machine, ecommerce, online ticketing, and deep databases like Google. In 1998, he received the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the most prestigious honor in computer science. He was appointed an IEEE Fellow in 1982, and also received IEEE Charles Babbage Award. Link to Technical Session 1 webcast. Link to Technical Session 3 webcast. Link to General Session webcast. LESS

Technical Session 1   Opening - Michael Stonebraker
  Jim Gray at IBM - Bruce G. Lindsay
  Jim Gray's Tandem Contributions - Wendy Bartlett, Jerry Held and John Nauman
Technical Session Program Three organizations dedicated to the advancement of computing science, IEEE Computer Society, Association for Computing Machinery, and EECS, UC Berkeley will join the family and colleagues of Jim Gray in hosting a tribute to the legendary computer science pioneer, missing at sea since Jan. 28, 2007. Gray is known for his groundbreaking work as a programmer, database expert and Microsoft engineer. Gray's work helped make possible such technologies as the cash machine, ecommerce, online ticketing, and deep databases like Google. In 1998, he received the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the most prestigious honor in computer science. He was appointed an IEEE Fellow in 1982, and also received IEEE Charles Babbage Award. Link to Technical Session 2 webcast. Link to Technical Session 3 webcast. Link to General Session webcast. LESS

General Session Welcome - Shankar Sastry
Opening Remarks - Joseph Hellerstein
A Tribute, Not a Memorial: Understanding Ambiguous Loss - Pauline Boss
The Amateur Search - Michael Olson
Jim Gray at Berkeley - Michael Harrison
Knowledge and Wisdom - Pat Helland
Why Did Jim Gray Win the Turing Award? - Michael Stonebraker
Jim Gray Chair - Stuart Russell
500 Special Relationships: Jim as a Mentor to Faculty and Students - Ed Lazowska
Jim Gray: His Contributions to Industry - David Vaskevitch
A "Gap Bridger" - Richard Rashid
Thanks to the U.S. Coast Guard - Paula Hawthorn
General Session Program Three organizations dedicated to the advancement of computing science, IEEE Computer Society, Association for Computing Machinery, and EECS, UC Berkeley will join the family and colleagues of Jim Gray in hosting a tribute to the legendary computer science pioneer, missing at sea since Jan. 28, 2007. Gray is known for his groundbreaking work as a programmer, database expert and Microsoft engineer. Gray's work helped make possible such technologies as the cash machine, ecommerce, online ticketing, and deep databases like Google. In 1998, he received the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the most prestigious honor in computer science. He was appointed an IEEE Fellow in 1982, and also received IEEE Charles Babbage Award. Link to Technical Session 1 webcast. Link to Technical Session 2 webcast. Link to Technical Session 3 webcast. LESS

Commencement Speaker: Ann Veneman, Executive Director of the United Nation's Childrens Fund (UNICEF) A native of Modesto, California, Ann received her Bachelor's degree from UC Davis and her Master of Public Policy degree from GSPP. She also holds a juris doctorate degree from UC Hastings College of Law. Prior to joining UNICEF, she was US Secretary of Agriculture from 2001-2005, the only GSPP graduate to date to hold a Cabinet position. From 1995 to 1999 she was Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. LESS

International and Area Studies 2008 Commencement Ceremony

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Keynote speaker: Craig Newmark, Customer Service Representative and Founder, craigslist LESS

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. 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. LESS