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Got Metal? Life and Metals, The Unexpected Connection - LivestreamSingle-cell life appears quickly after the formation of our Earth and co-evolve with our planet over the eons. Biologists understand that all life requires trace elements, many of which are metals, to perform crucial chemical reactions. Recent studies show that geological activity, such as plate tectonics, plays a key role ...
Where: Cost: Free
How to increase IoT data platform performance for edge devices? - LivestreamAs the number of sensors and devices in the Internet of Things (IoT) increases by a CAGR of ~25%, i.e. doubles every 3 years, a critical question that arises is how to store, analyze and take quick actions on the massive amounts of time-series data for real-time applications for oil ...
Where: Cost: $10 General, $5 IEEE members, Free IEE CT members
 How do scientists go from OMG to PhD? How do they turn their passion for science into their profession? What advice do they have for future scientists?If you are a 5th-12th grade student, undergraduate, teacher or parent, join us to ask these questions and more in a Q&A session with ...
Where: Cost: Free
Response of the Delta and Estuary to a major change in wastewater nutrient loading - RescheduledIn April of last year, the largest wastewater treatment plant discharging waste into the Northern Sacramento San Joaquin Delta completed a >$2B upgrade to its treatment processes. This resulted in a large reduction of total nitrogen loading to the Delta and a change in the chemical form of that nitrogen ...
Dr. Adrian Munguia-Vega, University of Arizona, will present his research for the first 30 minutes and the last half of the seminar will be a Q&A open to the audience.See weblink for Zoom link
Where: Cost: Free
April LASER Event - LivestreamNicole Yunger Halpern Joint Institute for Quantum Information and Computer Science, University of Maryland) on "Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday's Tomorrow"Betty Sargeant (Media Artist) on "The Art of Collaboration: Decolonising Digital Landscapes"Katia Zolotovsky (RISD) on "Bio-Futures: Engineered Living Materials for Transplanetary Habitats" Register here or here
Women widely perceive aging as a change worthy of fear and resistance. But what if approaching the second half of life is actually more of a celebration?Researcher, clinician and UCSF professor Dr. Louann Brizendine dives deep into the workings of the brain and finds that women can discover their best ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General in person, $5 general online
At the heart of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) lies the Drake Equation, a mathematically simple yet enigmatic formula proposed by American astronomer and SETI founder Frank Drake. The Drake Equation provides a way to estimate the number N of advanced civilizations present in our galaxy. Although N is ...
A text obtained by a deep learning (DL) content generation system (raw text) usually has major issues in terms of randomness and incorrectness. We build a content improvement system specifically oriented towards repairing these errors by finding correct and consistent sentences from various sources and substituting problematic entities, phrases, and ...
Where: Cost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #124: Songs & Psychedelic Assisted Therapy! Get the f*** out of the bike lane! with Noam OsbandNoam is our friendly neighborhood anthropologist-director-producer-singer-of-nerdy-songs. Through his tunes you’ll learn about moth lifecycles and various other topics, including but not limited to urban cycling etiquette and his PhD research on migrant labor. Noam is an anthropologist, musician, and director/producer living in San Francisco.Wake the f*** ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 Advance, $15 at door
