A Survey of Optical Cluster Surveys Galaxy clusters, as the largest peaks in the cosmic density field, play an important role in astrophysics and cosmology. As the most dramatic features of large-scale structure, the abundance of clusters provides a key opportunity to test our understanding of structure formation and cosmic expansion history. In recent years, observational ...
Speaker: Daniel L. Sanchez is a Ph.D. candidate and a researcher in the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory. He is interested in quantitative analysis to inform public policy, focusing on bioenergy and climate policy. Daniel has previously held positions with the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E), Green for All, and the California ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Deciphering the Good-Turing Enigma: Estimating Probabilities of Unlikely and Unseen EventsIn their legendary WW-II effort to decipher the enigma code, I.J. Good and Alan Turing derived an equally enigmatic estimator for the probabilities of unlikely and even unseen events. It estimates the probability of events by considering not just the number of times they appeared in the sample, but also ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Large-Scale Solar: TomKat Center Seed Grant ResearchWith the occurrence of extreme weather events increasing and the effects of climate change impacting our food and water resources, the imperative to transform our energy system is self-evident. The TomKat Center Seed Grants fund research from across Stanford University that has the potential to contribute to a sustainable energy ...
