'How Galaxies Form Stars'Observed star-forming galaxies convert their gas into stars inefficiently. The typical time on which available gas in galaxies is depleted is ~5-10 Gyr which is orders of magnitude longer than any physical timescale relevant for star formation. The origin of long depletion times is a long-standing puzzle. Many galaxy simulations ...
The particle that makes up the dark matter of the universe could be an axion or some other light boson. A collection of axions can condense into a gravitationally bound Bose Einstein condensate called an axion star. It is possible that a significant fraction of the axion dark matter is ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Hunting for topological phases amidst Hofstadter butterflies and disordered landscapes In this talk, rich topological behavior in two related models will be  discussed - the Majorana wire and a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger ladder- in the presence of potential energy landscapes. An introduction of the two models and of techniques that directly provide information on edge-state properties will form the starting point for ...
IEEE Workshops on Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks and TensorflowAs data sources proliferate along with the computing power to process them, going straight to the data is one of the most straightforward ways to quickly gain insights and make predictions. Machine learning brings together computer science and statistics to harness that predictive power. It’s a must-have skill for all ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $175
STORING ENERGY AND INFORMATION USING ELECTROCHEMICAL ION INSERTIONDr. Yiyang Li of Sandia National Laboratories will describe how electrochemical ion insertion is used to store energy in lithium-ion batteries and store information for low-power neuromorphic computation, meeting our society’s goals in energy storage and low-power computing.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
The Challenges of Self-Driving TrucksIn this talk, Jur will share his passion for the specific application of autonomous vehicle technology to moving freight on highways, as it meaningfully downscopes the technical challenges of autonomous mobility in multiple ways, while at the same time allowing for a compelling business case. He will explain in detail ...
Efforts to make swift and deep reductions in the electricity sector will require an unprecedented amount of policy change, market reform, and technological innovation. UCS’s Laura Wisland will discuss what she believes it will take to dramatically scale up the use of clean electricity in a cost-effective and socially equitable ...
Nerd Nite East BayLearn how machines are teaching themselves about atoms, hear why termites are overturning theories of personality and speciation, and hear a bit on the history of the banjo in America and follow its recent worldwide invasion.The Banjo in America, The European Invasion, and How to Play (A Little)Like a strange ...
Where: OaklandCost: $8 Advance, $10 at door
Relying on Discourse Analysis to Manage Dialogues for a ChatbotChatbots are becoming fairly popular, however, open-source chatbot systems are lagging behind. We introduce a platform for transactional and question-answering chatbot based on machine learning and linguistic analysis of OpenNLP for search engineers and generalists. We will learn how to design a dialogue manager for a given domain as well ...
For 150 million years, all over planet Earth, mammals were successful ... but tiny. The death of the dinosaurs signaled a major change as mammals shot up to the size of dogs ... and elephants ... and beyond. How did we get so big? And how did such changes usher ...
