Who Owns the Data? An International Conference on Digital Assets, Data Philanthropy, and Public BenefitAs countless social, commercial and civic transactions are rapidly moving to online platforms, and sensors in our houses, cars, and mobile devices send endless streams of data to servers around the world, discussions of "Big Data" have become commonplace. But what happens to the information once it leaves our fingertips ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $20 General, Free for students
Star formation on GMC and galactic scales The rate of star formation in star-forming disks is slow compared to the dynamical time, at least on kiloparsec scales, a result known as the Kennicutt-Schmidt relation. Candidates for opposing the force of self-gravity and thereby reducing the rate of star formation include magnetic fields, large scale turbulence, and feedback ...
Speaker: Saeed Amidi, Plug and Play Tech CenterThis event was originally scheduled for April 9 and has now been canceled.
Where: San JoseCost:
Magic: Any Sufficiently Advanced Technology is Indistinguishable From MagicArthur Clarke's Three Laws are "laws" of future predictions:1) When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.2) The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Nightlife LIVENightLife's summer music series returns! Inspired by science and powered by sound, the Academy will transform into an oasis of music and art on one special night per month.On the outdoor West Garden stage, catch a live performance by "electronic Renaissance man" Machinedrum, known for his rich exploration of multimedia ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
The Fog of ConcussionA concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to the head or body, a fall, or another injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull. This talk will discuss the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and biology of concussion.Speaker: Jamshid Ghajar, MD, PhD, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Unwrapping the Visual Discovery of Spiral Nebula Steve Gottlieb, a contributing editor for Sky & Telescope, will be our featured speaker on "Unwrapping the Visual Discovery of Spiral Nebula". This is the story of William Parsons' (Third Earl of Rosse) first visual observations of M51 with his massive 72-inch speculum reflector in the spring of 1845 ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
CANCELLED! Trisect an angle? It seemed so easy!CANCELLED! Watch for it to be rescheduled in the fall. Angle Trisection: A problem many tried to solve.Throughout history many people have tried to find some seemingly simple solutions to problems that were not understood because of the limits of knowledge about how things really work. Alchemy, tried to do more ...
