Entanglement in Quantum Solids and the Second Quantum RevolutionQuantum entanglement is the origin of both the weirdness associated with  quantum systems and the power of many proposed quantum technologies. While largely studied in the the context of a few particles, recent work has emphasized its importance in macroscopic systems, such as electronic solids with many interacting particles. I ...
Dr. Prasant Mohapatra is serving as the Vice Chancellor for Research at University of California, Davis. He is also a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and served as the Dean and Vice-Provost of Graduate Studies at University of California, Davis during 2016-18. He served as an Associate Chancellor ...
Although economic costs of environmental regulations are widely debated, there is limited empirical evidence on the magnitude of these economic costs and the extent to which these costs persist over time. This paper quantifies the short-run and long-run efficiency costs of air quality regulations on the U.S. electricity production sector. ...
Reconstructing past global temperatures is complicated by changes in instrumentation, measurement practices, spatial coverage, and other factors. This has led to a number of divergent estimates of the warming over the 20th and early 21st century, with particularly large differences around the WW2 era and over the past decade. This ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Deep knockoffs machines for replicable selectionsModel-X knockoffs is a new statistical tool that reliably selects which of the many potentially explanatory variables of interest (e.g. the absence or not of a mutation) are indeed truly associated with the response under study (e.g. the risk of getting a specific form of cancer). This framework can deal ...
Starting in the 1970s, decades of effort went into building human-designed rules for providing automatic maneuver guidance to pilots to avoid mid-air collisions. The resulting system was later mandated worldwide on all large aircraft and significantly improved the safety of the airspace. Recent work has investigated the feasibility of using ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost: $15 - $35
Mama’s Last Hug: What Animal Emotions Reveal About HumansNew York Times best-selling author and primatologist Frans de Waal explores the fascinating world of animal and human emotions. His new book, Mama’s Last Hug, opens with the dramatic farewell between Mama, a dying fifty-nine-year-old chimpanzee matriarch, and biologist Jan van Hooff. This heartfelt final meeting of two longtime friends, ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $50 Premium
Part II - From Sorcerer's Apprentice to Mad ScientistCurrent computing and communications networks are complex entities that have evolved piecemeal, layer upon layer, running multiple standards, and proprietary products. As a result, they often are brittle, inflexible, expensive to operate, and insecure. This talk will describe a patented and patent pending software overlay that makes them robust, flexible, ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Sea Change - Plastic Straws to Local LawsJoin an engaging panel on solutions to plastic pollution and learn about Berkeley's groundbreaking Single Use Foodware and Litter Reduction Ordinance.Plastic Pollution Coalition presents the film, STRAWS, plus additional short videos, followed by a panel discussion about solutions to plastic pollution and Berkeley’s groundbreaking Single Use Foodware and Litter Reduction ...
Dr. Marchis presents Another Pale Blue Dot: Inside the SETI Institute’s Search for Exoplanets, a talk on the search for planets beyond our solar system - referred to as exoplanets. In only two decades, scientists have gone from the mere speculation about exoplanets to being able to observe them through a variety ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Mushroom Hunter’s Kitchen with Chad HyattThe standard lore surrounding mushroom cookery is full of poor advice. Even widely held notions about which wild mushrooms are good or bad to eat need updating. Chef Chad Hyatt will challenge some of the myths that have become accepted teachings about how to handle and cook mushrooms, with samples to taste. ...
Where: Mill ValleyCost: Free
Nerd Nite SF #106: Daring Debutantes, Giant Insects, & Gaming Mice!“Heiress adventurers, battling giant insects, and video games†might sound like the pitch for a new Tomb Raider game, but it’s actually what awaits you beyond the Rickshaw Stop’s doors. A local history sleuth weaves the tale of the Bay Area’s own Lara Croft, an evolutionary ecologist will send us ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10
Quantization NoiseFor years, rumors have been circulating about quantization noise: (a) The noise is additive and white and uncorrelated with the signal being quantized, and (b) The noise is uniformly distributed between plus and minus half a quanta, having zero mean and a mean square of one twelveth the square of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Fungal Fun in New ZealandBAMS Co-Founder Debbie Viess brings you along as she travels across North Island, New Zealand, seeking funga, flora and fauna native to that island continent, and discovers some surprising parallels with CA, as well as wholly unique New Zealand organisms and habitats.
