The Computing Universe: Towards the Third Age of ComputingExplore the origins of computational thinking and the rise of computer science as a discipline in this fascinating lecture by theoretical physicist Tony Hey. As outlined in his new book with Gyuri Pápay, Hey will begin by paying homage to the early pioneering work on computer hardware and programming in ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
It's Tough to be Heard in the City: Adaptations of Bird Song in Ruban EnvironmentsModern, high-density urban environments are an evolutionarily recent habitat in which urban features such as uniform grey cement surroundings, tall buildings with reflective surfaces, and loud low frequency ambient noise pose a variety of novel selection pressures to animals that live in this environment. The ambient noise environment can affect ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Donations encouraged for non-members
Space DebrisLLNL has been working for the last few years on ways to mitigate the space flight safety problems caused by orbital debris in low Earth orbits. Anyone who has seen the recent movie 'Gravity' will have a sense of what is at stake. While the movie does not paint an ...
