TRUST Security Seminar: Secure Information Flow in Trust NetworksWho is responsible for the harm and risk of security flaws? The advent of worldwide networks such as the internet made software security (or the lack of software security) became a problem of international proportions. There are no mathematical/statistical risk models available today to assess networked systems with interdependent failures. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Designing Infrastructure Around Evolving Sea Level: A Physical Scientist Looks at ArchitectureSea level rise is among the most tangible and costly global changes facing societies and economies worldwide in the near future. Our response to sea level rise, including adaptation of coastal infrastructure, requires planning guided by good predictions of what sea level may actually do. Much scientific and policy effort ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Energy Efficiency and a Cleaner Energy Perspective for IndiaMr. Farhad Forbes of Forbes Marshall Inc., a global company manufacturing advanced engineering products for process and power industries worldwide, provides a broad overview of the power generation scenario and policies for clean energy in India. He then focuses on the challenges of improving energy efficiency through reduced downtimes in ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
TOWARDS A WHOLE-CELL MODEL OF MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUMThe target of our research is a fundamental milestone in biology: to build a computational model that can simulate a complete life cycle of a single cell, taking into account all genes. We will describe our recent efforts to build a model which can track all biological processes, including for ...
The Bay Area is home to many outstanding examples of sustainable architecture. Local architects and engineers are pushing design boundaries to achieve improvements in the places we live, work, learn, and play. This tour is the second in a series of excursions behind the scenes where sustainability supports and infuses ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 Exploratorium Members, $25 Non-members
A SuperNatural NightLifeKick off your Halloween in-costume at a SuperNatural edition of the Academy's weekly NightLife event. Why? Because your fabulous get-up deserves more than one night of glory! In the spirit of Halloween, step into the world of parapsychology with Professor Paranormal, one of the world's leading experts on ghosts and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, $10 Members
Dams provide water supply, power generation and flood control, but they have finite life spans and can disrupt river and coastal ecosystems. Removal of two large dams on the Elwha River of Washington in 2011 will be the largest dam removal project ever. Will removing the dams aid the recovery ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
The Art of EmbalmingThomas Marsden from The Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland, CA, will take us along on a body's trip from death to burial. He will explain the hows and whys of the embalmer's art, give a bit of historical perspective, and demonstrate (without a real cadaver) some of the high-tech techniques ...
