River Otter Snow Days at Aquarium of the BayThere’s snow in the forecast at Aquarium of the Bay! Join the Aquarium each Wednesday throughout December as biologists add over 1,000 pounds of snow to the river otter habitat, and experience the merriment first-hand as Shasta, Baxter, and Ryer romp and roll in this fun and festive addition of ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
3D reconstruction and video analytics for subsea explorationHumans are inherently visual creatures. Despite the limitations of underwater vision, video remains a critical modality for observing and interacting with the deep ocean. This talk will cover two major research themes: The first theme will present progress towards robust reconstruction of 3D environments from monocular and stereo cameras. I ...
Where: Moss LandingCost: Free
What Happens When the Things We Design Wake Up?Mickey McManus is a research fellow at Autodesk in the Office of the CTO, and Principal & Chairman of the board at MAYA Design, a design consultancy and innovation lab. He's a pioneer in the fields of pervasive computing, collaborative innovation, human-centered design and education. In Mickey’s current research ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
A Bayesian Framework for Quantifying Fault Network Uncertainty Using a Marked Point Process ModelIncomplete observations of subsurface fault networks lead to uncertainty pertaining to location, geometry and existence of faults. In practice, gaps in incomplete fault network observations are filled based on tectonic knowledge and structural interpreter’s intuition pertaining to fault relationships. In this dissertation, a rigorous approach to quantifying fault network uncertainty ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Discover Marine Life at Lake Merritt!Did you know that organisms from all over the world make their home in Lake Merritt?Naturalists from the Rotary Nature Center will guide you through a hands-on experience with marine invertebrates that live on the boat docks. Come learn about sea squirts, sponges, flatworms, bubble snails, and more! We'll talk ...
San Francisco Green Film Festival Encore Series: Not Without UsJoin Green Film Fest to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the COP21 Paris Agreement with a free, encore screening of "Not Without Us".The film's director, Mark Decena, will be on stage to introduce the film.Free event, no ticket required. This event is sponsored by the Green Stacks program of SF ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Origins of Silicon Valley: How It Happened & Predictions for the Upcoming YearsWhy did Silicon Valley come into being, why is it successful, and where is it going? The story goes back to local Hams (amateur radio operators) trying to break RCA's tube patents, early Stanford engineers, the sinking of the Titanic, early "angel" investments, Fred Terman and Stanford, local invention of ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
2016: From Paris to TrumpTop energy stories this year range from speedy ratification of the Paris climate deal to the large number of reservations for Tesla’s mid-priced sedan. Recent headlines also include PG&E’s surprise announcement that it will close the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant and the surprise bankruptcy of SunEdison, once a darling ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $7 Students
What (the order of the speakers might change):7:00-7:25: Philip Sabes(UCSF/ Neuroscience) on "Brain-Machine Interfaces"Brain-Machine Interfaces offer the promise of helping disabled patients...Read more7:25-7:50: Fyodor Urnov(UC Berkeley/ Genomics) on "Genetics and Society"Abstract forthcoming...Read moreBREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience currently working within the intersections of ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
East Bay Science Cafe: This is your brain on stressStress is an inevitable part of our life, and understanding the biology of the stress response is relevant to each of us. In this month’s Cafe, Daniela will talk about the biology of the stress response, and discuss when is the stress response beneficial, when is it detrimental and what ...
