Simulating galaxy imaging surveysNumerical simulations of weak gravitational lensing play an important role in statistical analyses of modern galaxy imaging data.In this talk, I will introduce our recent developments to simulate galaxy imaging data. We developed a method to produce synthetic data by utilizing full-sky lensing simulations for a given galaxy catalog. We ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Welcome to the era of fast radio burst “cosmologyâ€! Fast radio bursts are frequent, bright millisecond bursts of radio emission that have fortunately turned out to not be from microwave ovens or alien light sails, but rather to be some new extragalactic phenomenon likely associated with neutron stars. Radio astronomers are beginning to localize these bursts to specific galaxies, ...
The evaluation of petroleum systems via basin modeling, mapping, geochemical analyses, etc., is now a mature field due to codification of the petroleum system concept coupled with the development of sophisticated basin modeling software. Even so, evaluating petroleum systems with numerical techniques remains primarily a deterministic process resulting in non-unique ...
Microscopic robotsOver fifty years ago, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman claimed that a revolution was underway where information, computers, and machines would be shrunk to incredibly small dimensions. History has proven him mostly right: Moore’s law have given us microelectronics, the internet, and artificial intelligence. But the third leg of ...
The knowledge of the earliest time dynamics in molecular photophysics and photochemistry are critical because their role is to harness the energy from photons, initiating electronic and nuclear motion which is fundamental in many areas of science. Our ultimate goal is to understand the coupled electronic and nuclear dynamics induced ...
California is progressing toward the deployment of 5 million Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2030, a critical measure necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. In addition, California has set targets to serve the state with 100% clean energy and achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. The California ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable FutureCan hip-hop help bridge the divide between communities of color and environmentalism? Are strong regulations making fracking safer and cleaner? Environmentalists probably nod at the first question and bristle at the second. But tackling climate means taking everyone outside their comfort zone.  In the new book A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
February Prof & A Pint: Bioengineering for Social Good Our world and the unexplored worlds around us are bathed in nano-scale systems (living cells) that convert their molecular surroundings into useful energy stores, building blocks, information storage, sensors, and secreted drones that detect, manipulate, control and harvest. As BioEngineers, we work to understand and influence these nano systems to ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
The Wuhan Novel Coronavirus of 2019: Applying the lessons of the past to protect us in the presentDr. Mark Finch, Sr., who received his medical degree from the University of California San Francisco, is an infectious disease specialist with Diablo Infectious Disease Group. Dr. Finch and Diablo Infectious Disease Group provide clinical infectious disease, infection control and antibiotic stewardship advice to several hospitals in Alameda County.
Our solar system teems with asteroids and comets, which range in size from tiny dust particles to gigantic mountains that are worlds in their own right. While most of these objects remain in stable orbits that whirl them around them Sun for billions of years, every now and again something ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
