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Is our Solar System Unique? A Holistic View of Exoplanet DemographicsThe Kepler and K2 missions blessed the community with a plethora of planet transit detections which enabled studies of exoplanet size demographics. Much of the recent progress in this field is driven by improved characterization of the stellar hosts. Our group recently used precise radius measurements from the California-Kepler Survey ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Sylvia ...
5G Mobile Wireless: A 5G Overview and Market UpdateThe fifth generation of mobile wireless is now a commercial concept with many operators around the world selling 5G services and many more preparing to launch in the next 18 months. This talk will review the overall concept of 5G, the commercial, technical, and policy drivers, and many of the ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Instrument and science for the SPT-3G cosmic microwave background receiverSPT-3G is a third-generation camera for the 10-meter diameter South Pole Telescope (SPT), which is designed to measure the cosmic microwave background (CMB). To achieve a high mapping speed, we have developed a new multichroic receiver with a total of 16,000 polarization-sensitive detectors. SPT-3G began a 6-year 1500 square degree ...
Leave your common sense at the door and indulge in a night of nonsense. In celebration of the opening of our exhibition Curious Contraptions, join us for a gathering of artists and makers who specialize in the whimsical, the foolish, and the absurd - including two performances by Maywa Denki, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95, 14.95 explO members, AD members free
BiteLifeLive Talks: Future of Food & Turkey Carving African HallAt 7:30 PM, Join Anthony Myint (Mission Chinese Food, The Perennial) for an optimistic talk about how the State of California and Zero Foodprint are teaming up to help restaurants, chefs, and diners fund a transition from extractive farming to a ...
Golden Eagles are a well-studied, widely distributed raptor species. Long-term monitoring of Golden Eagle populations have revealed several current and emerging threats, including landscape-mediated diet shifts that may increase the potential for disease infection, and warming temperatures that may increase the distribution and abundance of eagle ectoparasites. This presentation will ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $5 donation General, Free for Members
NPR has called Susannah Cahalan “one of America’s most courageous young journalists.” Known for her memoir Brain on Fire, which details her experience with a rare autoimmune disease, Cahalan’s work has since been made into a feature film on Netflix.In her newest book, The Great Pretender: The Undercover Mission That Changed Our ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 member, $10 Student
What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business CultureCulture is how a company makes decisions. If culture is not purposeful, it could result in accidents or mistakes. As a leader, how do you create and sustain the culture you want? It’s a question crucial to every organization and Ben Horowitz, veteran entrepreneur and cofounder of the venture capital ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
Sea-Level Rise, Extreme Water Levels, and Coastal Erosion ... How bad could it possibly be?Sea-level rise represents an unprecedented civil engineering challenge.Small amounts of sea-level rise can disproportionately increase the frequency of coastal flooding. One-third to two-thirds of the beaches in Southern California may disappear by 2100 under sea-level rise of 1-2 meters.A combination of satellite observations and modeling will help to understand and predict coastal ...
Science Trivia NightMAKE SCIENCE GREAT AGAIN!Science Trivia NightA fundraiser for City College of San Francisco scholarshipsBring your smarts and your smartypants friends to Laughing Monk Brewery for a night of nerdy competition. Game begins at 7:30. Come early, grab a beer and a table. Bring a team or we'll help you join one. Maximum ...
