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How to Make an EarthquakeStarting in 2009, 8% of Oklahoma's land area had about half of the earthquakes east of the Rocky Mountains. I'll talk about these earthquakes and their relationship to injection operations, differentiating between water disposal and hydraulic fracturing. I'll show an assessment of the known faults in Oklahoma and how we ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Deep Dive into Ocean AcidificationTake a “deep dive into ocean acidification” in the first workshop of the BayCLIC Local Climate Science & Education Series on September 21 at the General’s Residence in San Francisco. The series brings the Bay Area’s science and education communities together to explore local climate research, program-specific applications, and place-based ...
Challenges in Data ScienceJoin us for Hadley Wickham's vision of Data Science as a field, focusing on the corner that he's most familiar: designing tools for Data Scientist-Programmers.In this talk, Hadley will outline his vision of data science as a field, focussing on the corner in which he's most familiar: designing tools for ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Vision and the Deep Learning ExplosionEveryone sees the excitement about artificial intelligence, but what's real? Everyone gets pumped up about smart drones and self-driving cars, but what does it take to really harness the potential of deep learning for real products? The academic benchmarks are impressive, but how does research translate into break-out businesses? Why ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $5 General, Free for IEEE members
Join the San Francisco Microscopical Society on the September 21st for a fine Evening of Microbial Appreciation, also known as "Pond Scum Night". (Evening wear not required.) Come view a managerie of odd and interesting creatures that live all around you that you don't normally see.We'll be providing samples of ...
Where: OaklandCost: Free
Unlikely Urban EnvironmentsOver the past 30 years, the East Bay has pioneered a growing movement to restore very degraded riparian corridors, including digging up streams buried underground in culverts. These neighborhood-scale projects have produced unlikely wild areas with remarkable bird and wildlife use in the midst of densely populated cities.Speaker: Ann Riley, ...