Characterizing Exoplanets with Transit Timingundreds of exoplanets have now been discovered via Doppler shifts and transits of their host stars. The Doppler shift is sensitive to planet mass and eccentricity, while the transit to planet size. However, we would like to measure size, mass and eccentricities to get at the bulk density, escape velocity, ...
Since Fall 2002, the Charles W. Davidson College of Engineering has hosted the Silicon Valley Leaders Symposium (SVLS). The Symposium hosts industry and technology leaders to talk about business and technology trends. It also features prominent leaders who discuss broader societal and political issues that shape our life and society.Speaker: Thomas ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
From the Eocene to the Anthropocene: An Engineer's View of Climate ChangeDr. G. Wayne Clough (CEE PhD '69), Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, will be the honored speaker for the 2014 Fall CEE Distinguished Lecture. Dr. Clough's talk, "From the Eocene to the Anthropocene: An Engineer's View of Climate Change" will focus on Smithsonian science in multiple disciplines that is adding ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
HAPPY HOLLOW EDZOOCATION presents Go Wild!Happy Hollow Park and Zoo comes to your library! Join us with yourwhole family for a fun filled program with live crittersand learn about adaptations, habitat, diet,and more
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Near-Field Cosmology, Data Processing and the Cambridge Astronomical Survey UnitThe Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit (CASU) is part of the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University. This group is responsible for processing data for all the imaging surveys carried out on the ESO VISTA and VST telescopes and for all data taken on WFCAM at UKIRT, together with imaging and spectroscopic ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Kevin Roe: The Ultimate Robot Challenge at FukushimaThe triple meltdowns at Fukushima could be the greatest industrial disaster in history. But the disaster is not over, it has only just begun. Without repair at the reactors, endless radionuclide contamination from Fukushima will poison the Pacific Ocean. Kevin is a patent attorney in Silicon Valley and was formerly an ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Cost: $20 non-members, $8 members, $7 students
An Evening of Genius with Dr. Carl HaberPlease join us for a stimulating evening with Dr. Carl Haber, Audio Preservationist, Physicist, and 2013 MacArthur Fellow. An experimental physicist with the Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Dr. Haber is part of the ATLAS Group that discovered the Higgs boson particle. He is the founder of the Berkeley project ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Current Topics in CybersecurityThe 21st century is characterized by the use of the Internet for our personal and professional daily lives. National security depends on a stable, safe and resilient cyberspace. We rely on this vast array of networks to communicate, socialize, network, travel, automate our homes, run the world economy, and provide ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Big Soda and the EnvironmentSugary drinks harm our bodies, but what about our ecosystems? Earth Island Journal editor Jason Mark and guests explore the environmental impacts of Big Soda, from litter and recycling woes, to greenwashing, water wars, and GMO corn in the Midwest.Speakers:Jason Mark, Editor, Earth Island Journal (moderator)Susan Collins, Director, Container Recycling ...
What:7:00-7:25: Andrea Stevenson Won(Stanford's Communication Dept) on "The Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab"Understanding the dynamics and implications of interactions among people in immersive virtual reality simulations...Read more7:25-7:50: Margot Knight(Djerassi Resident Artists Program) on "Scientific Delirium Madness"A retreat that linked artists and scientists for 30 days of collegial interaction...Read ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Tinkering Social Club: Lock Picking with TOOOLUnlock the mysteries of lock picking at this month's Tinkering Social Club with The Open Organisation of Lockpickers (TOOOL). Tinker with locks and tools typically only seen in movies starring criminals and secret agents! TOOOL is dedicated to advancing the public's knowledge of locks and lock picking. You'll learn how ...
Robert A. Burton, MD PhD, former Chief of the Neurology Division at UCSF Mt. Zion, will present his ever-evolving view of the nature of what a mind might and might not be.Dr Burton is author of "On Being Certain: Believing That You Are Right Even When You're Not," and of ...
