William Nazaroff is a Daniel Tellep Distinguished Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. His research centers on air quality engineering, emphasizing two themes: pollutant dynamics in indoor air and exposure science.Speaker: William Nazaroff, UC Berkeley
Intel Software Guard Extensions Innovative Instructions for Next Generation Isolated ExecutionThis talk describes Intel's Software Guard Extensions (SGX) technology. SGX provides new tools and hardware facilities to software developers to protect an application's secrets. In today's computing environment the ability to keep a secret requires the integrity of millions of line of software in the OS, VMM, and application. SGX ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Digital Doctor: Hope, Hype and Harm at the Dawn of Medicine's Computer AgeEveryone had high hopes that computers would be the magic bullet to improving healthcare's safety, quality and efficiency. In the past five years – due to a $30 billion federal incentive program – medicine has finally, reluctantly, gone digital. Using a dramatic case in which a child received a 39-fold ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $8 Members, $7 Students
Handheld mobile computing devices are now ubiquitous. These devices are powerful, connected and equipped with a variety of sensors. Their pervasiveness has created an opportunity to realize parametrically controlled, physically modeled, virtual musical instruments. moForte inc was founded to develop a line of sonic and musical applications for handheld devices. ...
Net Zero Homes and OfficesZero is the new hundred. Designing and operating a home that generates as much energy as it uses used to be a theoretical concept. Now it's becoming a reality. Some homes are also catching as much water as they use. Pricey? Sure. But not as pricey as you might think. ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
The Life of CheetahsThe cheetah is the world's fastest land mammal, an iconic creature with the amazing ability to accelerate from zero to 60 miles per hour in only three seconds. It takes an enormous amount of energy to produce this kind of speed and it can only be maintained for a very ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 General, Free for Members, $10 Seniors
The Sciences in Ancient Greece and Rome: How Far Did They Get?Dr. Richard Carrier - world-renowned author and speaker - is an expert in ancient science. Since earning his PhD at Columbia University, he has written numerous books on modern philosophy and ancient history. In this lively, illustrated talk, Dr. Carrier will compare modern science (from the Scientific Revolution to today) with ...
Where: OaklandCost: $15 Presentation, $25 including museum admission
Wade Crowfoot, deputy cabinet secretary and senior advisor to Governor Brown, will share the latest on the state's efforts to address climate change. How will California achieve the governor's goal of getting half of the state's electricity coming from renewable sources? What actions will be needed to double the energy ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #59: Dino Art, Social Fishes, and Bees!First we took away Brontosaurus (and no, dear readers, it is not back. Yet.), and now we're going to tell you that dinosaurs probably don't even look the way you think they do. That will go over well, we're sure. Then we'll school you on schooling (fishes) and finally give ...
