Prototype 3D scanner of historical cylinder recordings

Lab Audio Preservation
Technology Gets Grant

The U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) yesterday announced the funding of a 3D optical scanner, under development at Berkeley Lab, which is designed to digitally preserve old audio recordings. The $507,233 interagency agreement between IMLS and the Department of Energy was announced by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and IMLS Director Anne-Imelda Radice. The scanner is being developed by Lab physicists and engineers Earl Cornell, Carl Haber, Jian Jin, and Robert Nordmeyer. IMLS hopes the technology will be used to save historically important recordings, such as Native American speeches and songs of the early 1900s that are housed in UC Berkeley’s Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology. Go here for more information.

HP Labs to Narrow
Its Research Focus
By Therese Poletti

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Prith Banerjee, a 46-year-old former academic, is on a mission to shake up Hewlett-Packard's famous research labs. Taking his cue from legendary HP co-founders Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard, the new director of HP Labs has been meeting individually with as many of HP's 600 researchers as he can.  "We exchanged e-mail," said Berkeley Lab computer scientist David Patterson. "My impression is that he is asking the question, 'If we have these world class universities nearby, isn't there some way that we can leverage those local resources in a way that could make HP even more effective?' " Full story.

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Proposed Computational Research and Theory Facility

Chu to Discuss Helios, CRT Buildings at Brown Bag

Lab employees interested in getting an update on two proposed Berkeley Lab projects, the Helios Energy Research Facility and the Computational Research and Theory (CRT) Facility, are invited to attend a brown bag lunch this Monday at noon in the Building 50 auditorium. Director Steve Chu will discuss the importance of the two facilities to the Lab’s research goals, and take questions from the audience. Light refreshments will be served. Go here to learn more about the two proposed facilities.

Benefits Office
Closed Monday

The Lab’s Benefits Office will be closed on Monday so its staff can attend training in preparation for this year’s Open Enrollment session (Nov. 1-17). Normal business hours will resume on Tuesday. Visit the Benefits website for assistance during the closure.

Training for Monitoring
And Analysis of Data

Training sessions on “Application of Data Monitoring and Analysis” will be held Wednesday and Thursday, at 9:30 a.m. or 1 p.m. The course (BLI 2002) will help employees develop metrics to monitor deficiencies within their functional area and to analyze this data to determine trends. Go here to register.