Many events are being cancelled due to concerns related to COVID-19. While we strive to make sure information here is accurate, please check the host's website for up to date event details.
State-of-the-art Clinical Named Entity Recognition in Spark NLP Workshop - LivestreamDeep neural network models have recently achieved state-of-the-art performance gains in a variety of natural language processing (NLP) tasks. However, these gains rely on the availability of large amounts of annotated examples, without which state-of-the-art performance is rarely achievable. This is especially inconvenient for the many NLP fields where annotated ...
Chad Holliday, Chair of the Board, Royal Dutch Shell plc, will be interviewed by Arun Majumdar and Sally Benson, co-directors of Stanford's Precourt Institute for Energy.Register here to obtain connection information
Where: Cost: Free
LIVE! Merlin Sheldrake and Michael Pollan on Entangled Life - LivestreamThe Bay Area Book Festival's #UNBOUND virtual series will be featuring biologist and visionary Merlin Sheldrake about his new book, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures, in a LIVE conversation with local bestselling writer and journalist Michael Pollan (How to Change Your Mind, The Omnivore's Dilemma), co-hosted by Green Apple Books. Merlin ...
Where: Cost: $20
A Good Direction for Poor Air Quality - LivestreamAt the height of the global pandemic, roughly a third of the world’s population was under some form of lockdown. As a result, daily transportation use plummeted and, with it, air pollution as some of the most polluted cities reported massive decreases in particulate matter. Wuhan, China experienced a dramatic ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members
Wednesday, 07/08/20
Digital Grid Summer Series: Technology Innovation Panel - LivestreamEPRI and Stanford University Bits and Watts Initiative co-hosted a virtual workshop, that brought together utility and information technology companies to discuss the development of a data platform and enabling technologies to achieve the Digital Grid vision. This interactive panel series will provide an opportunity to take this vital conversation ...
Aquaculture is the fastest expanding segment of the global food system and generally relies on wild-caught marine animals as key ingredients in feeds for fishes and shrimps. Farmed seafood production is expected to continue to increase around the world, accompanied by a rising demand for nutrient-dense ingredients harvested from the ...
We now know that not all viruses are bad for us: for example, viruses play a role in the human microbiome. More importantly, viruses are drivers of genetic innovation and therefore of the evolution of life. While we have no definitive evidence of when the first virus emerged, we can ...
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 07/09/20
The Dark Side of Science: Misconduct in Biomedical Research - LivestreamScience builds upon science. Even after peer-review and publication, science papers could still contain images or other data of concern. If not addressed post-publication, papers containing incorrect or even falsified data could lead to wasted time and money spent by other researchers trying to reproduce those results. Several high-profile science ...
Where: Cost: Free
What Would a Green Stimulus for California Look Like? - LivestreamAn unabashed reference to the New Deal set of programs championed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s, the long-gestating idea for a Green New Deal leapt into the public consciousness in 2019 after Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts introduced the ...
Speaker: Bruno Olshausen, UC BerkeleyRegister at weblink to receive connection information
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark Online: COVID Conversations - LivestreamIt’s well-documented that African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans are overrepresented in cases of, and deaths from, COVID-19. Join Exploratorium Senior Scientist Jennifer Frazier in conversation with Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo as they discuss why this disease is having a disproportionate impact on these communities and what steps we can take ...
Where: Cost: Free
NightSchool: How To Design A Coral Reef - LivestreamHow do you create a digital coral reef so large and complex it will fill a 75-ft. planetarium dome screen? Get a behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the Academy’s latest show, Expedition Reef, with production designer Mike Schmitt and animator Ken Ackermann - members of the Academy’s award-winning Visualization ...
Where: Cost: Free
Virtual Movie Night: 'Mercury 13'The SETI Institute will show Mercury 13 for our July 9 movie night. There will also be live interviews with Gena Nora Jessen - one of the original 13 - and David Sington, director of the 2018 film.Mercury 13 tells the remarkable story of astronauts who had the right stuff, ...
Where: Cost: Free
Friday, 07/10/20
Evenings with the Stars - CANCELEDOur 'Evenings with the Stars' programs are held annually as part of our Summer Series. Each year we bring world-renowned astronomers to the summit of Mount Hamilton for a night with the "stars" you won't forget!Speaker: TBA
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $25
Armchair Star Party (Online)Join San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) astronomers in our second Armchair (virtual) Star Party. We will take you on a guided tour of the current night sky and introduce you to the tools of astronomy. SJAA members will share live views (weather permitting) as well as long exposure photos of ...
Lick Observatory has been doing ground-breaking research since its opening in 1888. 30 years after Lick Observatory established itself as a world leader in astronomical research, the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic hit the United States. Pandemics create challenging times for any organization, so how was Lick Observatory affected by the ...
Where: Mt. HamiltonCost: $50 General, $90 Preferred, $199 VIP
Virtual Telescope Viewing - LivestreamJoin our resident astronomers on Facebook Live every Saturday evening live from Chabot’s Observation deck!Each week, our astronomers will guide us through spectacular night sky viewing through Nellie, Chabot‘s most powerful telescope. Weather permitting we will be able to view objects live through the telescopes and our astronomers will be ...
