Disaster-Resilient Building and Economic Development in Emerging NationsBuild Change is an award-winning non-profit social enterprise that saves lives in earthquakes and windstorms by working with people in emerging nations to build houses and schools that don't collapse in them. Dr. Elizabeth Hausler Strand, Build Change's Founder and CEO, will describe the organization's work with governments in Asia ...
Arecaceae is one of the most striking plant family due to its extraordinary and unique biology as well as its extreme usefulness to humankind. This presentation will be an overview of the different aspects of palm biology and architecture, as well as an occasion to focus on some of the ...
Though women have been leaders in science for centuries, they are not always recognized in through our historical records and schoolbooks, or in our popular culture.Seeking to change that awareness, journalist Rachel Swaby recently published a new book, Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science - and the World.Rachel Swaby will tell the story of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Quantum Annealing And It's ApplicationsWith the ever-increasing demand for computing horsepower challenging the ability of conventional High Performance Computing to keep pace, Lockheed Martin has made significant investments in quantum computing as a potentially revolutionary and complementary computational paradigm. LM's acquisition in 2011 of a D-Wave quantum annealing machine, jointly operated by LM and ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Everything you wanted to know about DSO imagingImaging DSO (Deep Sky Objects) involves more than just pointing a camera and clicking the shutter. Al will give the beginner an idea of what governs the length of an exposure, why we stack a series of exposure, and what governs the optimum image. All this is important for selecting ...
