Women in Data Science at UC BerkeleyThe UC Berkeley School of Information and CITRIS are excited to partner with Stanford University to bring the Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference to Berkeley, California.The Global Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference is an annual technical conference based at Stanford, which brings together data scientists and professionals in ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $40 General, $20 Student
The Deep Synoptic Array: fast radio burst probes of the unseen universeThe origins of fast radio bursts (FRBs) at extragalactic distances remain shrouded in mystery. FRBs nonetheless form exquisite tracers of the contents and physical conditions of baryons along their sightlines. For example, FRBs are dispersed in intervening plasma columns, and these columns are typically dominated by gas around and in ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Whole Earth SeminarSpeaker: Speaker: Sara Tenamoeata Kahanamoku, Ulana ʻIke Center of Excellence Hawaiʻi Sea Grant College Program
Why are some things relatively easy to express in language (e.g., geometric shapes) but others hard (e.g., odors)? Various explanations have been suggested for this differential ineffability (i.e., the impossibility of putting phenomena into words). Perhaps it is due to something fundamental about the cognitive architecture of our minds~brains. The ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Who makes the Earth habitable? From a metaphysics of production to a metaphysics of allianceAmong the founding myths of modern Western cosmology, there is one that would almost go unnoticed, so much has it shaped our ways of thinking and acting. It is the dominant philosophical belief that we humans produce our own sustenance and make the Earth habitable. We have invented a civilization ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Chat-GPT, LLMs and the Future of Finance and Accounting PanelChat-GPT has taken the world by a storm, with an estimated 75 million users already, but this is just the beginning for Large Language Models (LLMs). Much has been written about the applications of this technology for Marketers and Engineering teams, but what does it mean for finance and accounting ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Programming with Rust - LivestreamJoin us in learning more about Rust, one of the fastest-growing programming languages, which continues to be ranked the most-loved language by its users. Its user base, aka “Rustaceans,†has tripled in just two years as more and more software products are being developed in Rust.In this fast-paced overview with ...
"What first appears to be a wish for more time may turn out to be just one part of a simple, yet vast, desire for autonomy, meaning, and purpose." -Jenny OdellArtist and writer Jenny Odell brings her acutely insightful observations to the dominant framework of time, based on industrial and ...
