Peter Norvig is a Director of Research at Google Inc. Previously he was head of Google's core search algorithms group, and of NASA Ames's Computational Sciences Division, making him NASA's senior computer scientist. He received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Award in 2001. He has taught at the University of Southern ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Future of Sensory PerceptionScientists and other sensory explorers are developing powerful new technologies that can change, enhance and perhaps expand the limits of what we can perceive. They are building retinal implants to restore vision to the blind, creating robotic limbs to touch at a distance, testing whether Tylenol can soothe the hurt ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10 General, free for UC Berkeley students/staff
Introduction to Mushrooms at Lake MerrittDuring this short walk, we'll discuss how to find and identify mushrooms, their basic life cycle, and the important role they play in the ecosystem.Please note: Mushrooms may not be collected during this walk.
In December 2015 over 190 countries met in Paris for the 21st meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change where they succeeded in creating a new international climate agreement. Many have heralded the outcome as a groundbreaking achievement for international diplomacy and global climate action. Others have ...
Program (the order of the speakers might change):7:00-7:25: Carlo Sequin(UC Berkeley) on "Klein bottles and Super-Bottles"Super-Bottles are topological models that can yield artistic creations...Read more7:25-7:50: Andra Keay(Silicon Valley Robotics) on "Designing Good Robots"In science fiction the robots are either very good, or very bad. But in reality what ...
Doing science and making culture are increasingly intertwined as more and more amateur naturalists crowdsource the multi-layered experience of life on this planet. Authors of two new books Mary Ellen Hannibal (Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction) and Ursula Heise (Imagining Extinction: The Cultural ...
The Search for a Cousin of Earth: Science or Fiction?Dr. Franck Marchis, Senior planetary astronomer at the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute will discuss the search for an Earth-Like exoplanet conducted at SETI Institute in collaboration with institutions around the world. Over the past 15 years, this group led the development of the Gemini Planet Imager which ...
