BIS’2017

CITRIS and the Banatao Institute

The 7th annual Inria@SiliconValley workshop with California partners: Berkeley June 8-9, 2017

The annual BIS workshop is part of the joint research program Inria@SiliconValley. It is co-organized by Inria and its partners in California.  The objectives of the workshop are to present the current status of ongoing scientific collaborations and to work on proposals for future ambitious joint projects.

BIS’2017 is organized in partnership with CITRIS and the Banatao Institute, The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society, and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see the page of The Science Office @ the French Consulate in San Francisco) and will be hosted by the CITRIS and the Banatao Institute on June 8th-9th, 2017 on the University of California Berkeley Campus (see visitor information).

7th annual Inria@SiliconValley workshop (BIS’2017)  Agenda

• June 8 features a one-day International conference on “Blockchain Technology for Cybersecurity and Social Impact“
• June 9 hosts 3 parallel full-day working sessions on the following themes (click on each session below for detailed program) :
  • Level-set methods, parallel computing and uncertainty quantification: Techniques and application
  • Computational methods for the better understanding of human cognition and health
  • Scaling up for the IoT

Registration

• Registration is now closed. For more information please contact tania.castro@inria.fr.

Practical details

• Location: UC Berkeley – CITRIS Headquarters and the Banatao Institute @ CITRIS Berkeley, 330 Sutardja Dai Hall, MC 1764, Berkeley, CA 94720-1764.

See  CITRIS Visitor Information.

• SDH building – Sutardja Dai Hall: UC Berkeley General Map and SDH Building Map (including parking possibilities)
• Parking: The “lower hearst lot” is the closest lot to SDH building that offers “Public” paying parking. The entrance to this lot is Scenic Avenue, level 2 as shown on the  map.
• Useful links on accommodation in the Berkeley area: LBL preferred hotels directory 
• Useful apps to get around using public transportation: 511 Transit, Transit, Nokia Here, Google Maps, …
• San Francisco airport site: http://www.flysfo.com/web/page/index.jsp
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• Bay Cities Taxi Cab : (650) 591-5400 http://www.baycitiestaxi.com/
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• Information about San Francisco:
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