Recent years have seen ever increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods to enhance the understanding of data coming from a variety of disciplines, including the natural sciences. Machines are now able to predict what we will buy, who we associate with, and decisively recognize our face. This power can ...
Free and open to the public, the CITRIS Research Exchange Seminar Series is a weekly dialogue highlighting leading voices on societal-scale technology challenges. Each one-hour seminar takes place on Wednesdays from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Pacific time, and is hosted live on the UC Berkeley campus.
Environmental justice advocacy and research has drawn critical attention to how unequal physical and social environments have lead to health disparities. Less attention has been brought to bear on why the symbolic, social, and cultural meanings of unequal environments make a difference for health. Drawing on concepts from medical anthropology, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Beyond the wilting point: Californian oak woodland responses to droughtCalifornia is likely to experience increased frequency of drought events as a consequence of global climate change. A tremendous challenge for plant ecologists is to understand how plant communities, such as the ecologically and culturally important Californian oak woodlands, are likely to respond to drought. Part of the solution to ...
7:00-7:25: Gary Boodhoo(Videogame designer) on "Human Encounters With a Gregarious Learning Machine"Using stagecraft, creative coding, and game design to make pictures of Minds...Read more7:25-7:50: Rosanna Guadagno(University of Texas at Dallas) on "Men, Women, and Technology: Insights from Social Psychology"Abstract forthcoming...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone ...
Is Oakland Ready for the Big One?Throughout the Bay Area, some homes are more prepared to withstand a major earthquake than others. This is certainly the case in Oakland, where older homes account for much of the housing stock. Come hear from the city’s experts about what is being done to mitigate seismic hazards in residential ...
After Dark: Dangerous Ideas and Collisions“Can we plan for the unintended consequences of our actions?†World Economic Forum, Annual Meeting of the New Champions 2016What happens when ideas evolve into tools we use to navigate the world? Whether fixed into ideologies or found roaming the outskirts of social order, ideas rarely seem to end where ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $10 Members
Cafe InquiryMeet up with rationalists, skeptics, and freethinkers south of San Francisco
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Climate Garden 2085Climate Garden 2085 is a public science experiment that invites visitors to experience future climate scenarios firsthand. It’s an opportunity to imagine the impact of climate change in San Francisco at a human level.For the opening of the Climate Garden 2085 exhibition at swissnex San Francisco, we present talks from artist and science communicator Juanita ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Sharktoberfest NightLifeIt’s that time of year agai - when toothy sharks and thirsty humans unite for a salute to brews with an aquatic twist.Shark Talks (African Hall)7:30pm - Learn what it takes to discover a new shark species with Vicky Vásquez, graduate student at the Pacific Shark Research Center, who named the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
7:00-7:25: Carrie Hott(Media Artist) on "Nets for the Unweighable: a Brief History of Nets"From the earliest known nets to the development of the electric grid...Read more7:25-7:50: Maya Ackerman(Santa Clara Univ/ Computational Creativity) on "An Introduction to Computational Creativity"Can computers be creative? ...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
An Evening with National Geographic Photographer Randy OlsonWe are proud to invite you to an evening lecture and screening of photographs by Randy Olson, one of the most celebrated documentary photographers working today. This is the second in our series of appearances at Stanford by internationally award-winning photographers; last Fall we hosted David Burnett, and in Winter ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Friday, 10/06/17
Birds & BotanyHike the forests, meadows and hills around Pine Flat and up Redhill with ACR Volunteer Patrick Woodworth & ACR Resource Ecologist Dave Self. We’ll be watching (and listening) for birds on the hike out. After lunch, we'll botanize as we consider the seasonal interplay between bird foods, habitat history and current activity ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: Free
First Friday Family Night at CuriOdysseyFamilies with small children can swing into the weekend with music, science, food and fun! On the first Friday of every month, from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m., parents and kids celebrate together at CuriOdyssey. Dance to live music including soul, funk and jazz of the 60’s and 70’s. Purchase ...
Where: San MateoCost: $12.50-9.50 / Free with Admission / Members Free
Finding Meteorites in AntarcticaMeteorites fall on the Earth at a rate of 30,000 Kg per year. Antarctic meteorite searches are one of the most important sources of extraterrestrial material and information for planetary research. Antarctica is an ideal hunting-ground for these precious samples of other worlds, so each year, the National Science Foundation ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Night Sky PartyMeet the stars of fall and view the full harvest moon! Join our amateur astronomers to learn about constellations. Make a star chart and then venture outside to view the night sky through a telescope. Afterwards, warm up with some hot chocolate. Bring your own binoculars or spotting scopes if ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Saturday, 10/07/17
Bay Day: How to HikeInterested in hiking and enjoying nature but haven’t made the effort yet to get outside? Come join us at the refuge for a fun introduction to hiking! Learn about the benefits of hiking, what you need, safety, and how to plan your next hiking adventure. Then head out on the trails with the option ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
BaySplash Join us for a fun and FREE day of science, arts, music, food, and celebrating the Bay.BaySplash is a STEAM-based (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) event that revolves around three pillars: community revitalization, environmental justice, and urban sustainability; encompassing the past, present, and future of the community in which ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: FREE
Bay DayDid you know that San Francisco’s shoreline once extended as far inland as Montgomery Street? Delve into the city’s rich maritime history at the Fisher Bay Observatory Gallery. In celebration of Bay Day and California Archaeology Month, the Exploratorium will debut recently discovered artifacts from the city’s early waterfront. Meet archaeologists who unearth ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Fixit Clinic CCXXX (230)Fixit Coaches will be training in residence at the Newark Library and available for consultation on your broken items.Celebrating repair by conveying basic troubleshooting skills, Fixit Clinics are do-it-together hands-on STEM-oriented fix-n-learn community-based exploration and discovery workshops staffed by volunteer Fixit Coaches who generously share their time, tools and expertise ...
Where: NewarkCost: Free
On Becoming a Spacefaring SocietyIf we ever hope to become a true spacefaring society, we must wean ourselves away from chemical rockets. This premise will be proven through an examination of Tsiolkovsky’s Rocket Equation, where it will become apparent that adding fuel achieves diminishing returns, but increasing exhaust gas velocity offers rapid transits to Mars, the outer planets, ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sunday, 10/08/17
NACAC 2017 Silicon Valley STEM College and Career FairFree and open to the public, STEM College and Career Fairs provide a forum for colleges and universities to share STEM-related educational opportunities with prospective students and their parents; and, allows representatives from industry, professional associations/societies and non-profit organizations to educate students and parents on STEM-related career opportunities.
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Taste of Science: Marie Curie and ArachnidsHumanity Needs Dreamers - Marie CurieIn honor of Curie's 150th birthday, experience a preview screening of the new immersive science film Humanity Needs Dreamers: A Visit With Marie Curie with filmmaker Jen Myronuk and scholar & playwright Susan Marie Frontczak.Find out why a passion for math led a software engineer ...
Ilenia Battiato, Assistant Professor, Dept of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University.Empirical or theoretical extensions of Darcy’s law for immiscible two-phase flow have shown significant limitations in properly modelling the flow at the continuum-scale. We tackle this problem by proposing a set of upscaled equations based on pore-scale flow regimes, i.e., the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
MAKING AT SSUJeremy Qualls will describe rapid advances in digital fabrication and social media that have given rise to new opportunities blending science, technology, art, and entrepreneurship. Sonoma State University has embraced the do it yourself maker mindset with many new innovative programs including a campus community maker-space and a sophomore year ...
In a new article and white paper published in Public Utilities Fortnightly, E3’s managing partner, Dr. Ren Orans, and his co-authors argue that debates over utility business and regulatory models have sidestepped a more fundamental question: What do state legislators and regulators want the electricity utility of the future to ...
The Grays Reef time-series mooring is a multi-organization effort that has successfully collected high-resolution water quality data since 2006. The mooring is located in the South Atlantic Bight offshore Georgia within Gray’s Reef National Marine Sanctuary (GRNMS). Based on the surface data collected, temperature driven seasonal partial pressure of carbon dioxide ...
Bringing you 'Bay Nature'David Loeb co-founded Bay Nature magazine and served for 17 years as editor and later publisher. Recently retired, he reflects on the joys and challenges of publishing a local nature magazine and the importance of understand-ing the natural world where we live.
