Gravitational lensing of line intensity mapsGravitational lensing of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) has emerged as a powerful cosmological probe, made possible by the development and characterization of nearly-optimal estimators for extracting the lensing signal from temperature and polarization maps. One can ask whether similar tools can be applied to upcoming "intensity maps" of emission ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Opportunities and challenges of fiber-optic seismology for permanent monitoring of subsurface processesContinuous seismic monitoring can be a crucial tool to provide early warning of potentially hazardous conditions developing in the subsurface, as well as monitoring the flow of natural resources such as water and hydrocarbons. However, the cost of continuous monitoring is a significant obstacle to its widespread application. Distributed Acoustic ...
Where: Santa CruzCost: Free
Using Topology to Engineer the Electronic Structure of Bottom-Up Synthesized Graphene NanoribbonsThe idea of classifying materials by their topological properties is useful for predicting their behavior, especially at interfaces between insulators. When a topologically nontrivial insulator (often referred to as a topological insulator) is fused to a topologically trivial insulator then metallic states arise at the interface between them. This concept ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Digital Liberation: Human Rights in the Age of AIArtificial intelligence is shifting our understanding of human rights like no other technology. Simultaneously regarded as the 21st century’s biggest hope and most dire threat coming from the tech world, AI has sparked considerable debates on ethics and policy within companies, governments, and international organizations.To celebrate the 70th anniversary of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 advance, $15 at door
