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Dynamics of Topological Defects in Active Nematics - LivestreamTopological defects-singular tears of the order parameter field that cannot be removed by smooth deformations-are often formed in quenches from the disordered state or when order is frustrated by curvature, external fields or boundary conditions. In equilibrium two-dimensional systems, such as thin films of superfluids, crystals, liquid crystals and magnets, ...
Join us for a conversation with Roddy Lindsay, a 2007 graduate of the Symbolic Systems Program. Roddy was a software engineer at Facebook from 2007 to 2013, and more recently has co-founded Hustle (where he currently serves as Chief Evangelist) and Envelop (for which he currently serves on the Board). ...
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Pursuing Blue Skies for the Golden State - LivestreamThe California Air Resources Board (CARB) is the state agency primarily responsible for protecting the public health of all Californians against harmful air quality that results from both climate change and human-caused air pollution. As a result of innovative leadership and the policies and strategies that it has implemented since ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, Free for Members.
Destination Health: The Private Sector’s Role in Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic - LivestreamAs the devastating effects and tragic loss of life from COVID-19 persist 18 months after the global pandemic began, the world is desperate to end this public health crisis.As businesses across industries are rolling out varying degrees of vaccine, testing, and masking mandates, President Biden announced the requirement for federal ...
As California continues to experience the impacts of climate change, utilities are taking action to build a more climate-resilient energy network. Utilities in California face an increasing amount of risk due to extreme weather events driven by climate change including heat waves, more frequent and extreme storms and wildfires, drought, ...
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Challenges in phylodynamics of SARS-CoV-2 - LivestreamSpeaker: Dr. Julia Palacios is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Statistics and of Biomedical Data Sciences at Stanford University. Professor Palacios completed her PhD in Statistics at the University of Washington followed by a joint postdoc at Harvard University and Brown University before joining Stanford. In her research, Professor ...
Can a solid-state quantum simulator help us understand materials? - LivestreamWhen Feynman suggested quantum-based computers in the '80s, he wasn't primarily thinking of the general-purpose quantum computers intensely pursued today at Berkeley and worldwide. Rather he imagined using quantum mechanical objects to simulate aspects of our quantum world. Effective model Hamiltonians are central to condensed matter physics, as they can capture ...
