DARK MATTER SUBSTRUCTURE IN THE MILKY WAYDr. Michael Kuhlen of the University of California, Berkeley will discuss how the amount and spatial distribution of dark matter substructure in the Milky Way halo provide unique information and clues on the galaxy assembly process and the nature of the dark matter.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
What is Quantum Chaos?The study of quantum chaos is the search for manifestations of classical chaotic behaviour on the quantum level. I will explain how this can be seen in connecting the structure of fractal repellers with the decay of waves. No PDE, dynamical systems, or quantum mechanics background is necessary to grasp ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Home energy management: Smart Grid Meets the InternetIn the Fall of 2009, Stanford won a $7m grant from ARPA-Energy to develop and test new methods for getting residential energy consumers more engaged in conservation. Stanford is bringing together new insights in technology; pricing and behavioral economics; user interfaces and social networking to trigger and sustain long-term energy ...
Mark Hurd, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, said in June 2009 that more data will be generated in the next four years than in the entire history of the planet. He wasn't kidding! In the summer of 2010, 24 hours of video was being uploaded to YouTube every minute, 50 ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Portioning California's Water for Farms, Fish & FamiliesWhat food professionals, chefs, restauranteurs and consumers should know about urgent water issues in California. A panel of experts will discuss: How has CA reached the brink of a water crisis? What are the most crucial water issues? What are the best solutions? How are decisions about water use made, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 General, $10 Students
Benjamin Dean Lecture - Making Sense of the Dynamic Universe in the Synoptic Survey EraViewing the night sky with sufficient sensitivity, everything in the Universe appears to change in brightness and position. To understand this rich diversity of time-variable sources, astronomers must tame a data deluge, soon to be explored by projects such as the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST). Scientists will need to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Oysters in the BayMarine biologist Andrew Cohen offers a surprising new story about oysters in the San Francisco Bay. The series is a part of the Close To Home, Seeing Connections in Nature.
