Girls in STEMAt this year's Topcoder Open, we will be holding a "Girls in STEM" event, sponsored by Google which will include a panel showcasing the diversity of jobs in the tech industry. Immediately following the panel, we will host "Birds of a Feather" roundtables where students will have a chance to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free (registration required)
China's power sector accounts for 25% of the world coal consumption–fully about 13% of total global carbon emissions from fossil fuel. Decarbonizing China's power sector will shape how the country and–to a large extent–the world uses energy and addresses pollution and climate change. I will first introduce my work on provincial level ...
The frequency of credit card leaks attests to the difficulty of protecting even declared user attributes. If we also consider sensitive information that can be inferred about a user, protection becomes even harder, yet many well-publicized privacy breaches involve inference. In this talk, I'll begin two steps before protection ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Human Impacts Bay Area: Innovation for the Climate BreakthroughThe Human Impacts Institute is headed to the Bay Area for a night of art and conversation around innovative ways to tackle climate change. From decision-making apps to video games to algae fuel, see what innovations are going to change the world. This Human Impacts Salon will be our eighth ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Share Gut Feelings: A Discussion about the Microbes You Can't Live WithoutWhether you like it or not, there are ten times more bacterial cells in your body than human cells. Come learn about the unseen yet indispensable world of microorganisms that live in your gut, the soil, and fermented foods. What role do these tiny creatures play in your health, and ...
Raptors, Rats, and Riparian AreasLisa Owens Viani, Co-founder and Director of Raptors Are The Solution (RATS), will talk about urban raptors and the threats they face, particularly from rat poison, and also discuss less toxic ways of controlling rodents. She will describe a nine-year study of Cooper's hawks in Berkeley and their connection to riparian habitat, as well as how the study led to the formation of RATS.
Have you noticed how some people seem to have a gift for storytelling while others struggle with it? Learn some simple techniques to enable you to tell a story with greater impact on your listeners and less stress on yourself. Whether in professional, civic, or personal settings, learn to share ...
"It was a California Serengeti," Parkman said, "only our animals were even more diverse than the Serengeti's." In 1972, the tusk, lower jaw and tooth of a Columbian mammoth was discovered at nearby Bodega Head. Mammoth and mastodon teeth had been found previously in the area. Parkman will unearth Sonoma ...
Supernova 1987A in the Large Magellanic Cloud is one of the brightest supernova to be observed. Observations taken with almost every type of telescope, on the ground and in space, have yielded a rich story of the evolution of the explosion debris and its interaction with its circumstellar environment. In ...
Nerd Nite SF #54: Cancer's Metabolism, Whale Disentaglement, and more!The UNKNOWN. We haz it. No, not the fear of the UNKNOWN – we are not afraid of it. We embrace it. We make the UNKNOWN, or at least the unfamiliar, known. (Wait, doesn't that word look really weird now?) For now, our third talk is, yes, UNKNOWN. But we ...
