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Weak Lensing with Galaxy ClustersWeak lensing and galaxy cluster abundances are two of the cosmological probes considered to have the most power for upcoming surveys. They have a natural connection via the use of weak lensing to calibrate the masses of galaxy clusters--a critical measurement in order to reach the promised precision of galaxy ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Painting a more realistic picture of the circumgalactic medium via simulations of isolated galaxiesObservational efforts to understand the complex nature of the circumgalactic medium (CGM), have highlighted the important role this gas plays in regulating galactic star formation. Until recently, the mass and extent of the CGM were poorly constrained, owing to the difficulties associated with observing this diffuse gas. However, it is ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Environmental Aspects of Oil & Gas Production in CaliforniaThis seminar describes current environmental regulatory and public stakeholder challenges facing oil & gas production in California and approaches industry practitioners are using to manage these issues and protect their license to operate. The seminar serves as a preview to the ENE 212 course offered in Spring quarter.Speaker: Jonathan Lilien, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Circuitry and Mathematical Codes for Navigation in the BrainI will review key aspects of the problem of navigation and describe the brain's circuits that participate in navigation. These circuits contain cells with remarkable responses to spatial variables, and include head-direction cells, grid cells, and place cells. I'll illustrate the head-direction circuit and code across species from insects to ...
THE GREAT POTENTIAL OF EXOPLANET SATELLITES FOR HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICSKrista Lynne Smith will discuss how the new generation of satellites like Kepler and TESS designed to search for the minute signals of transiting exoplanets around main sequence stars have many design properties that make them ideal instruments for high-precision timing studies of numerous high energy phenomena. In particular, the ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Detecting and Correcting Quantum ErrorsA scalable quantum computer will require quantum operations with vanishingly small error. Fault-tolerant quantum computation is a method to reach arbitrarily small error rates and is based on quantum error correction. In this talk, I will introduce the basics of quantum error correction and compare it with classical error correction. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Vulnerability of the U.S. Electricity Grid to Cyber Attacks; A Conversation With Ted KoppelLegendary Anchor of ABC News' Nightline; Contributing Columnist, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; Senior Contributor to the CBS Sunday Morning ShowDuring more than 50 years that he has worked as a professional journalist Ted has embodied the term “eye-witness to history.He covered: John F. Kennedy’s funeral in 1963Barry Goldwater’s ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Deep Learning for Medical Image AnalysisThis talk will cover use cases, special challenges and solutions for Deep Learning for Medical Image Analysis using Tensorflow+Keras. You will learn about:- Use cases for Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis- Different DNN architectures used for Medical Image Analysis- Special purpose compute / accelerators for Deep Learning (in the ...
Where: San JoseCost:
Kepler's Literary Foundation Presents Michio KakuMichio Kaku is the cofounder of string field theory, science advisor to CBS This Morning, and the author of several widely acclaimed science books, including The Future of the Mind, Physics of the Future, and more.From our world today plagued by Climate Change and a depletion of finite resources, world-renowned physicist and ...