Considerate Audio MEdiating Oracle (CAMEO): Improving teleconference callsThis talk will show that variance in conversational dominance can significantly be reduced with proactive aural feedback. Our experiments further reveal that such feedback can also reduce the impact of extraneous noise on conversations. The talk will start by framing the considerate system stance of social feedback to a user. ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Why Earthquakes are so GentleImplications of Strong-Rate-Weakening Friction for the Length-Scale Dependence of the Strength of the Crust.Speaker: Thomas Heaton, CaltechRoom 350/372
Science and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub, West BaySkeptics in the Pub, West BayFiddlers Green, MillbraeIf ye value critical thinking, and if ye scorn the film-flam man, and if ye drink, drink with us, your friends. If ye shun the brewer's art, at least help us lay waste to bangers & mash!Skeptics in the Pub is a monthly ...