Two KIPAC Tea TalksNumerical and Perturbative Computations of the Fuzzy Dark Matter Model Speaker: Xinyu Li, Columbia UniversityKiDS weak lensing mass calibration of ACTPol SZ clustersSpeaker: Naomi Robertson, Oxford/Princeto
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Blind to Bias: The Benefits of Gender-Blindness for STEM Stereotyping Women continue to be underrepresented in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields. As such, there has been an increased interest in interventions to reduce bias against, and increase inclusion of, women in STEM. In this paper, we compare and contrast two commonly used strategies: awareness and blindness. We demonstrate that ...
With its 13-year mission at Saturn now complete, Cassini takes its place as the most spectacularly successful interplanetary mission in the history of NASA. In its final 10 months (from December 2016 to September 2017), Cassini has transformed itself into a whole new mission with its Grand Finale, including 20 ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: $15
Survey synergy: combining CMB and galaxy surveys Large scale structure (LSS) alters the appearance of both background galaxies and the cosmic microwave background (CMB) through the effect of gravitational lensing. Auto and cross-correlations of these observables provide us independent information, and the various probes can be combined to constrain cosmology. In this talk, I will present the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Environmental Justice: how climate change impacts low-income communities and what we can do about itVan Jones is President & Co-founder of the nonprofit, Dream Corps. With the overarching goal to create innovative solutions that "close prison doors and open doors of opportunity,†the Dream Corps houses the following initiatives: #cut50, #YesWeCode, #GreenForAll, and #LoveArmy. Van has led a number of other justice enterprises, including ...
Surface analysts have benefited from the significant and numerous advances that have occurred in the past 40 years in terms of improved instrumentation, introduction of new techniques and development of sophisticated data analysis methods, which has allowed us to perform detailed analysis of increasing complex samples. For example, comprehensive analysis ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Integrating eco-evolutionary data from islands to infer biodiversity dynamicsA central challenge in understanding the origins of biodiversity is that, while we can observe and test local ecological phenomena, we must usually infer the longer-term outcomes of these ecological forces indirectly. My colleagues and I have been developing inferential models at the interface between macroecology and population-level processes, and ...
Jaws: The Story of a Hidden EpidemicThere is a serious hidden epidemic just now being discovered by the public health community. It’s most obvious symptom is the growing frequency of children with crooked teeth wearing braces, but it includes children snoring, keeping their jaws hanging open, frequently afflicted with stuffy noses, children and adults with disturbed ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $10 Members, $8 Students
Disruptive Solutions: Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Prosperity When Clayton Christensen’s book The Innovator’s Dilemma came out in 1997, it disrupted the business world and became an instant classic, named by the Economist as one of the six most important books about business ever written. In it, the Harvard professor explained how and why new competitors could come ...
Stabilizing the climate will require going for big zeroes - a zero-carbon grid, zero-emission vehicles, zero net energy buildings and zero-waste manufacturing. Achieving these audacious goals will require dramatically remaking the way we get around, operate buildings and make products. Will these net-zero visions require massive technological breakthroughs or deployment ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
A Tribute to Kepler: Past, Present and Future of the Search for ExoplanetsA few days ago, NASA announced the end of Kepler’s data collection. This is not the end of the NASA Kepler mission since there is still a significant amount of data to be analyzed, but an exciting phase of the mission, the beginning of a new era for the new ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Diabloc Digital Multifilter for Transmitted Light MicroscopeDr. Douglas Clark will discuss and demonstrate how to use a Diabloc Digital Multifilter on a transmitted light microscope to provide brightfield plus five well-known contrast-increasing illumination methods for light microscopy; Darkfield, Rheinberg Illumination, Brightfield, Oblique Illumination: Slit and Crescent, and Anaglyph 3D Illumination. Each variation provides views of the subject or ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Mini-Med School: Skin Lesions and Cancers: When is a Spot More than a Spot?We all have concerns about our health, but when should we ignore them and keep fingers crossed, and when should we see the doctor? With the internet a part of our daily life, does ready access to information ameliorate or amplify these concerns? We have assembled a group of leaders ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15, students free with ID
7:00-7:25: Ellen Peel(SFSU/ Literature) on "Imagining the Constructed Body: From Statues to Cyborgs"From electro-acoustic music to computer network music...Read more7:25-7:50: Alex Reben(Inventor & Artist) on "Human-Computer Collaboration"An artificially collaborative future of humans and machines though artwork...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or after the break, anyone in the audience ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Taylor Lockwood's Greatest Hits and Latest ClipsHe will do a short recap of his 34 years (so far) of mushroom photography and world travel. And, as it's been four years since the last tour, He has lots of new things to show and tell. Most will be animated in some form or another. The show will ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
The Lunar Orbital Platform Gateway: an Outpost to Live and Work in Deep Space? - POSTPONEDNASA recently shifted its focus for human space exploration, as confirmed by John Guidi, deputy director of the Advanced Exploration Systems division of NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate: "Mars is still important. It's still the long-term goal, but the near-term focus is more about our neighbor in cislunar ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Wildlife Corridors - Pathways for SurvivalWith vivid tales and photos from his Bay Area explorations, wildlife biologist and naturalist Dr. James “Doc†Hale brings to life the need to identify, preserve, and manage corridors that let wildlife move and mingle. Doc’s research, part of statewide efforts, ranges from endangered frogs and salamanders to badgers and ...
Where: AlbanyCost: Free
Why Are More Than 100 People Dying Every Day? A History of Opiates in AmericaIn 2017, one American died every thirteen minutes from an opiate-related overdose. The epidemic has been described as “America’s worst drug crisis ever†and “a disaster with no end in sight.†A frequent explanation for today’s emergency focuses on the 1990s, when Purdue Pharmaceuticals introduced OxyContin and marketed it aggressively. ...
