Over the past decade, NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has captured thousands of high-resolution images of the Moon's surface??"far more than humans can manually review. To tackle this challenge, scientists have developed an automated system that quickly identifies scientifically significant images from the LRO data, making it the first anomaly ...
In principle, we all love to hate political gerrymandering. But how can we learn to deal with it, to manage it, ... to hack it? In the past decade, mathematicians and computer scientists have developed inventive and revealing tools to find all kinds of gerrymanders: from the pretty-but-partisan, to the ...
Where: NovatoCost: Free
Wednesday, 11/27/24
Globalization, Localization, and Energy Storage ChaosComparing the electrification goals with industry readiness and discuss how we can achieve those goals fasterKeynote Speaker: Samo Burja, Bismarck AnalysysPanel: Cameron Dales, Peak Energy; Bob Galyen, Galyen Energy; Deshan Naidoo, Afrivolt; Tal Sholklapper, Voltaig; Sama Aghnlaey, Jon Gates ConsultingLocation revealed after you purchase a ticket
Where: Cost: $20 General
Virtual Skeptics in the Pub: Becoming better consumers of informationThis is a casual night of socializing with fellow skeptics who live in various locations around the oblate spherical planet Earth.Please join us! This is a free event brought to you by Bay Area Skeptics. All are welcome.See weblink to connect.
Where: Cost: Free
Saturday, 11/30/24
Science Saturday: Monarch Madness!Join us for our Free Science Saturday event, where we will explore the fascinating world of monarch butterflies. Learn about their incredible migratory journey, the challenges they face, and the vital role they play in our ecosystem. This engaging day will feature collection displays, informative talks, and activities for the ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: Free
Family Astronomy: Discovering the Whole New Worlds of ExoplanetsCreate a new holiday tradition full of fun and learning - bring the family together with an interactive and engaging astronomy workshop designed for curious minds. Explore the wonders of exoplanets - distant, mysterious worlds beyond our solar system - through hands-on activities perfect for families with children ages 6-12. ...
Where: OaklandCost: $25 Adults, $15 Youth
Starry Nights Star Party - CANCELEDThe San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA), working with the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority (OSA), is glad to co-host a public star party at Rancho Canada del Oro (RCDO) Open Space Preserve. This site, just 30 minutes south of downtown San Jose, features dark skies. It's dark enough to ...
It's there for us year round, lighting our days and providing energy for our lives, so maybe it's time to give it a closer look. Join SJAA for amazing and detailed views of the Sun, and be assured that we'll be using special telescopes that will keep your eyeballs perfectly ...
By our nature, humans need challenge. We get bored easily and stop playing a game if it is too easy. We are happiest when we are living a purpose driven life, that is "just challenging enough". This talk will dive into the importance of Mastering Mindset, and discuss the question ...
Lithium battery technology is critical to the decarbonization of air transport via electric aircraft, and is the enabler behind new concepts in air transportation such as electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi services. The needs of battery technology for electric aviation are greatly different from consumer electronics and ...
For this session, we are honored to be joined by David Dill, the Donald E. Knuth Professor in the School of Engineering, Emeritus. In 2004, Prof. Dill founded the Verified Voting Foundation, whose mission is "to strengthen democracy for all voters by promoting the responsible use of technology in elections.” We ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Getting to YesGood technical and analytical work is the foundation of every successful project, but by itself, it is not enough to ensure that a needed project moves from the drawing table to the ribbon cutting. Ms. Menard will describe key lessons learned during a 40-year career as local government water utility ...
An estimated 133 million - or nearly half - of all Americans suffer from one or more chronic diseases. Chronic diseases consistently account for 5 of the top 10 leading causes of death. Moreover, 90% of annual healthcare expenditures are attributed to chronic diseases. Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD) and Type ...
Dr. Tian is a Scientific Director at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience. The Tian Laboratory for Optical Neurophysiology engineers biosensors and optical probes for monitoring and controlling brain activity in living, behaving research animals. Dr. Tian and her team have created a novel class of genetically encoded indicators ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Building AI PolicyEffectively governing AI stands as a grand challenge for the 21st century as we reckon with this generation-defining technology. In this talk, I will present my theory for change, articulating why academia is vital for creating superior-quality AI policy. My research embodies this, as I describe through three lines of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Chemical methods to monitor and manipulate the proteomeThe development of potent probe molecules and drug leads for proteins that lack deep pockets remains an important and difficult problem. This seminar will focus on methods being developed in the Kodadek Laboratory to address this problem. Topics to be discussed will include the development of “beyond rule of 5” ...
Statistical methods for assessing the factual accuracy of large language models We develop new conformal inference methods for obtaining validity guarantees on the output of large language models (LLMs). Prior work in language modeling (Mohri & Hashimoto, 2024) identifies a subset of the text that satisfies a high-probability guarantee of correctness. These methods work by filtering a claim from the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
An Exploration of the Milky Way: Our Cosmic HomeOur Universe is made up of many billions of galaxies, yet astronomers are still trying to figure out how they form, evolve, and assemble themselves. The question of how and when galaxies - including our own - take shape across cosmic time is among the most fundamental in modern astronomy. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
