Dr. Ferdinand Rivera's research focuses on understanding the emergence of structures among children and adults in mathematical activities that involve patterns. His findings are synthesized in his most recent book, Teaching and Learning Patterns in School Mathematics: Psychological and Pedagogical Perspectives. Rivera is a full professor in the Department of ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Wireless Sensor Networks for Flash Flood and Traffic Monitoring in Urban EnvironmentsThis talk describes a new architecture for distributed flash flood and traffic monitoring in cities using combined Eulerian and Lagrangian sensing. Unlike current traffic sensor networks, the architecture maintains user privacy by using a distributed computing approach. In this system, probe vehicles broadcast speed data to local nodes, which estimate ...
Axial Seamount is the most active submarine volcano in the NE Pacific and is the site of the first volcano observatory on the deep seafloor. High-resolution pressure sensors that were developed for tsunami detection in the open ocean have been used at Axial Seamount to measure vertical movements of the ...
Speaker: David Anthoff is an environmental economist who studies climate change and environmental policy. He co-develops the integrated assessment model FUND that is used widely in academic research and in policy analysis. His research has appeared in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Environmental and Resource Economics, the Oxford Review ...
Faults, scaling and Erlang concurrencyThis talk shows the intimate relationship between faults and scaling.We argue that systems that are designed for fault-tolerance will be easy to scale. Achieving fault-tolerance requires things like non-shared memory, which as a side effect makes them easy to scale.We discuss the history of fault-tolerant systems and define six underlying ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Go Wild! Nature Program for KidsEver wonder about the San Francisco Bay wetlands and the wildlife in your very own backyard? Join us for an adventure here at your local library. You'll get up close and personal with real feet and beaks of birds while you play bird games and create your very own wild ...
The riveting history of tuberculosis, the world's most lethal disease, the two men whose lives it tragically intertwined, and the birth of medical science. In 1875, tuberculosis was the deadliest disease in the world, accountable for a third of all deaths. A diagnosis of TB-often called consumption-was a death sentence. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, Free for members
Science and Reason with Skeptics in the Pub, West BayIf 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 meeting for discussion of topics of science, ...
Where: MillbraeCost: Free
The Physics of BaseballSpring is no longer in the air, and the grass is worn down. But excitement is building as the boys of summer become the play-off boys of October with the end of the Major League Baseball season. Please join two veteran physics teachers as they explain - and demonstrate - ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
CSI MarinSpeaker: Detective Rebecca Leonard, Marin County Sheriff's Office
Where: San RafaelCost: Free
History of the Cosmos (and our understanding of it)I will discuss our current picture of cosmic history from the Big Bang to today, including the composition of the universe. Taking an observer's point of view, I will review the major observations over the past century that have led us to our current picture including why we think dark ...
