Soil Water: A Microbes PerspectiveThe ESD Distinguished Scientist Seminar Series is a monthly seminar featuring eminent individuals from various disciplines in the scientific community whose research is outstanding, interdisciplinary, and of broad interest to strategic interest initiatives in the earth sciences.Speaker: Prof. Mary Firestone, ESPM, UC BerkeleyRoom: B50 Auditorium
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
History of the Bay ModelWhat was it that brought about the need for the Bay Model? How did the Bay Model help save San Francisco Bay from being developed into a mere puddle of water surrounded by giant freshwater dams?
Energy Research and Commercialization at SRISRI International has been described as the birthplace of some of Silicon Valley's most important innovations. With a corporate commitment to solving important problems, this talk will cover why SRI believes ensuring affordable, clean, and dependable energy supplies is one of the world's important problems, highlight current energy projects, and ...
Semiconductor Nanowires for Solar Energy Conversion: Nano Seminar SeriesDirect solar energy conversion to storable fuels offers a promising route toward less reliance on fossil fuels.Photoelectrolysis of water to generate H2 on a semiconductor/electrolyte interface has the attractive advantages of clean processing and energy savings over steam reforming of natural gas. One of the most critical issues in solar ...
Modular Reinforcement Learning as a Model of Embodied CognitionThe severe speed limitations of the brain's neural circuitry mean that vast amounts of indexing must be performed during development so that appropriate behavioral responses can be rapidly accessed. One way this could happen would be if the brain used some kind of decomposition whereby behavioral primitives could be quickly ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Marine MasqueradeKids, bring your parents and join us at the Seymour Center for a night of scavenger hunts, creature crafts, flashlight tours to our whale skeleton, scary stories, and more! Members $4 adults, kids $3; regular admission applies to the public.
Where: Santa CruzCost: See description
10000: Things that Go Bump in the NightOn this dark, foggy, and dreary night - Chabot will be hosting it's after dark party. Featuring music, costume contest, spooky beverages, and views of the cosmos*. 10000 Admission includes event activities, access to interactive exhibits, one planetarium show and one megadome show. *weather permitting10000 is a very popular event ...
Where: OaklandCost: $20 Adults, $15 Students, $8 Members
