The question of whether nuclear power should be adopted as a technology to produce clean energy along with wind and solar has been hotly debated for years.  In fact, during last years’ COP21 meeting in Paris the debate over whether nuclear power should be part of the climate change solution was almost ...
Where: SaratogaCost: Free event, RSVP requested but not required
Dent:SpaceScientists, makers, entrepreneurs, thinkers. Talented people of all backgrounds are pushing us farther, and Dent:Space brings them together. It's time to make our ambitions a reality. Look up, let's go.Speakers include:Mary Roach, Author; "Packing for Mars"Seth Shostak, SETI; Searching for ETSimone Giertz, Queen of Shitty RobotsCamille Eddy, Mechanical Engineering Student; ...
Happy Hollow is not just a place for kids!Introducing our early morning Senior Safari Walkabout. Get some exercise while enjoying the beautiful sights and sounds of Happy Hollow Park & Zoo. Seniors are invited to challenge their minds, get a little (or a lot) of exercise, and gain unique knowledge into the ...
TIME-EFFICIENT INFORMATION COLLECTION IN RFID NETWORKSRadio-frequency Identification (RFID) networks nowadays have been widely used in various cyber-physical systems in the fields such as manufacturing, transportation, energy, and healthcare, for identification, tracking, and information collection due to the simplicity and low cost of RFID tags. For these cyber-physical systems, time-efficient information collection is usually desirable or ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
'Character Day' film screeningjoin hundreds of thousands of people around the globe for the third annual Character Day - a free day and global initiative where universities, school districts, companies, families, congregations, and organizations of all sizes screen films on the science of character development from different perspectives, dive into free printed discussion ...
You know what time is because of your daily experience, but what seems constant and unchanging is not. In 1905, Albert Einstein threw a monkey wrench in our perception of time and space. Join us as we examine a few of these quirks on a conceptual non-mathematical level. Yes, you can age ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
When Machine Learning Takes over Audio Signal ProcessingDuring the last few years, machine learning has started to permeate the world of audio processing and has produced results that drastically improve over the state of the art. In this talk I'll touch on some recent approaches taking advantage of a machine learning perspective for attacking audio problems. I ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: Free
Serendipity -- An Ecologist's Quest to Understand NatureJoin Dr. James Estes, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, for a lecture based on his recently published book, Serendipity: An Ecologist’s Quest to Understand Nature.Serendipity is an exploration of the ideas and beliefs underlying ecology’s most fundamental objective�"to understand the distribution and abundance of species�"based on ...
Where: Pacific GroveCost: $5 General, Free for members
