COVID-19 and Climate: Implications for Public Health - LivestreamWhat can the spread of the coronavirus teach us about the spread of climate change? Both crises have global reach, invisible perpetrators, and require aggressive, early action for containment. But while an infectious disease is acute and deeply personal, the impacts of a changing climate are systemic and vague.Scientists point ...
COVID-19 and the LGBTQI Community - LivestreamThe vulnerability of certain populations to the coronavirus COVID-19 has been well publicized - everyone knows seniors and people with asthma, diabetes and certain other conditions are in the most danger from the virus. But less well-known is the virus' impact on LGBTQI communities.Join us for a discussion with experts ...
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COVID-19: Emerging Tests, Vaccines and Cures - LivestreamAs the coronavirus spreads rapidly through the population, the United States is racing to provide test kits, develop a vaccine and find treatments. Meanwhile, we’re running dangerously low on supplies, ranging from ventilators and test reagents to gowns and N95 masks. When will we have the test kits we need? ...
As a world leader in the environmental and ecological sciences, Professor Steven Lindow has been a dominant force in revealing complex interactions between microbes, plants, and the environment. Using genetic and molecular research techniques, his current work focuses on developing biological strategies for addressing plant disease and frost control that ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Cancelled: CuriOdyssey’s First Friday Family Night Due to health precautions, CuriOdyssey's April 3 First Friday Family Night has been cancelled. Please check back here for updates.Celebrate the spirit of Earth Day early with a live band and cash bar at CuriOdyssey. Learn about the Seafood Watch program and how to make sustainable seafood choices. Meet CuriOdyssey’s native California wildlife, ...
Where: San MateoCost: 12.95-15.95, Free for members
First Friday: Home Run - CANCELEDJoin nine-time World Series Champions, the Oakland A’s, to learn all about the science behind America’s favorite pastime. Featuring all your favorite science of baseball hits and a special appearance from A’s mascot and elephant-about-town, Stomper!
Where: OaklandCost: $5
Saturday, 04/04/20
Insect ExplorationInsects have been on this Earth for hundreds of millions of years. Come learn about the many different insects that call the San Francisco Bay Area home. We will examine insects and learn how they have adapted to survive. Join us as we dig in the dirt and crawl through ...
Where: AlvisoCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger or docent on a guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 - 2000.
Where: SausalitoCost: Free
Jazz under the Stars - CANCELEDJazz Under the Stars is a FREE monthly public stargazing event! Occurring on the Saturday after the 1st quarter moon (check our Events Page), join us on the 4th floor planetarium for a night of smooth jazz, bright stars, and a lot of fun! We play our jazz from CSM's own ...
Where: San MateoCost: Free
Sunday, 04/05/20
A New Approach to Measuring San Francisco’s Biodiversity - CANCELEDIn 2018 and 2019, nine municipalities across the United States participated in a project to develop tools and processes for collecting urban biodiversity data, The Urban Biodiversity Inventory Framework (UBIF) was developed to provide standardized methods for collecting and using urban biodiversity data for conservation and management. The overall project ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
City Star Party - Presidio - CANCELEDCome join us for our monthly San Francisco City Star Party. SFAA members provide telescopes for your viewing pleasure. Be sure to check the SFAA website for the latest updates…bad weather or overcast skies will cancel!
What would the world be like if we could expand our senses beyond the capacities that we come to the table with? By feeding information to the brain via unusual pathways (a process called sensory substitution), we can feed streams of data to the brain and expand the human sensory ...
The gradient of a log probability density function (aka, score function) is a very useful quantity in generative modeling. One existing method for estimating the score function from data is score matching, yet it is computationally prohibitive for complex, high-dimensional datasets. To alleviate this difficulty, we propose sliced score matching, ...
In the 21st century the world faces the new challenge of drastically reducing emissions of greenhouse gases while simultaneously expanding access to energy and economic opportunity for billions of people. In a recent MIT study we have examined this challenge in the electricity sector, which has been widely identified as ...
Join us virtually for a Monday Night Philosophy conversation with Kitty Ferguson about the life and scientific theories of Stephen Hawking, whom she first met in 1988. That encounter began her mid-life transition from being a professional singer, music teacher and Juilliard graduate to an explainer of difficult scientific concepts ...
The most common stars in the Universe are red dwarfs. These are small, faint, cool stars that range from one-tenth to one-half the diameter of the Sun and which have extraordinarily-long lifetimes. Recent surveys have discovered Earth-size planets around several red dwarf stars, including Proxima Centauri (the nearest star to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Tuesday, 04/07/20
Creating Informed Responses: Berkeley’s Computing and Data Science In Action - LivestreamNobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter, Director of the Berkeley Institute for Data Science, and Michael Lu, Dean of the Berkeley School of Public Health, will host and moderate a roundtable discussion with Berkeley researchers who are mobilizing computing and data science for COVID-19 response and recovery, from helping local public health ...
The Science of Happiness During COVID-19 - LivestreamThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every facet of human life. Schools, businesses and entire industries have effectively shut down overnight, citizens have been asked to stay at home and limit social interaction as long as they can, and essential workers are risking their health every day on the frontlines ...
Hospitals, Doctors and Insurers Face COVID-19: Reports from the Field - LivestreamCOVID-19 is challenging the U.S. health-care system in unprecedented ways. Hospitals are staggering under the burden of treating infected patients, doctors struggle to protect themselves while working overtime, and insurers weigh eliminating co-pays for testing and treatment as their expenses skyrocket.Hear top executives from among the country’s largest hospital systems, ...
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Manipulation-Proof Machine Learning: An Experiment with Consumer Credit in Kenya - CANCELEDIn settings ranging from consumer credit to poverty targeting, an increasing number of decisions are being guided by machine learning algorithms. In Kenya, over one quarter of the adult population has taken out 'digital credit' loans over mobile money, where machine learning algorithms are used to assess the likelihood of ...
Emerging Evidence for COVID-19 Spread and Treatment - LivestreamThe third COVID-19 Conversations webinar will discuss: emerging evidence on SARS-CoV-2 surface and aerosol transmission and stability; emerging and promising treatment modalities for COVID-19, including convalescent plasma and hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine; and the ethical implications and considerations for treating those who are ill with therapeutics approved via an emergency use ...
Where: Cost: Free
Imaging extrasolar planets: GPI, GPI2, and miniature starshade - LivestreamIn the landscape of exoplanet detection and characterization, direct imaging - spatially separating the planet from its parent star - remains the most challenging technique: all but the most massive and young planets are extremely faint, and the outer parts of planetary systems that imaging can access appear to be ...
Where: Cost: Free
Astronomy on Tap on the Couch - LivestreamTo mark the seventh orbit-versary of the very first Astronomy on Tap event in NYC, satellite locations around the world are merging to ignite a 7 hours for 7 orbits astro-vaganza of content from across the globe. Tune in to the Astro on Tap HQ youtube channel to enjoy a ...
Where: Cost: Free
After Dark: Green Spaces - CANCELEDThis spring, get out and get green - celebrate the 150th anniversary of Golden Gate Park and the 50th Earth Day. Come learn more about the history of parks and modern green-space efforts, and honor the amazing place we call home: Planet Earth. Plus, don’t miss an exploration of all ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, $14.95 Daytime Members
Under the Sea Prom NightLife - CANCELEDYou’re invited to have the time of your life at NightLife’s annual prom! This year’s theme is “Under the Sea,†so come dressed up and ready to raise a glass to the beauty and wonder of coral reefs.
7:00-7:25: Walter Scheidel(Stanford/ Classics) on "TBA"Abstract forthcoming...Read more7:25-7:50: Craig Hobbs(SJSU CADRE) on "TBA"Abstract forthcoming...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of art and science will have 30 seconds to share their work. Please present your work as a ...
The rise of Deepfakes has prompted intense coverage in the press, concern from government officials, and fear among the public. Deepfakes, along with GANs (generative adversarial networks), are a class of “generative†neural networks capable of creating highly realistic synthetic images. The widespread availability of open-source Deepfake tools means anyone ...
