Dark Matter: The Other UniverseA startling discovery in science in the past few decades is most mass in the universe is in "dark matter" -- some very clever form of matter capable of speeding up the motion of stars and galaxies while eluding direct detection at the same time. Dr. Ma will summarize the ...
Leveraging Machine-learning and Crowdsourcing to Process Text Messages in the world's Less-resourced LanguagesText-messaging has quickly become the dominant form of remote communication in much of the world, surpassing email, phone calls and even grid electricity. This has social development and crisis response organizations to leverage mobile technologies to support health, banking, access to market information, literacy and emergency response. The need to ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Upgrading the Energy Efficiency of California's Residential SectorMillions of stimulus dollars have flowed to the California Energy Commission for residential energy efficiency upgrades. How can this money have the greatest effect for the greatest amount of residents? Is policy and politics helping or hurting? Find out what the state is doing with its money and learn about ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Urban Rain Gardens Along San Pablo Avenue – A Case StudyJerry Bradshaw is Public Works Director / City Engineer for the City of El Cerrito and will talk about the new urban rain gardens along San Pablo Avenue with an emphasis on the entire project process.Speaker: Jerry Bradshaw, Public Works Director / City Engineer, City of El CerritoRoom 315 A
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Music and the BrainSpeakers: Chloe Veltman, Journalist/Broadcaster/Musician; David Wessel, Professor of Music, UC BerkeleyOsher Lifelong Learning InstituteRoom 150
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10
Development as DesignMy research is concerned with the design of appropriate and accessible information systems serving the needs of poor, indigenous, remote and otherwise marginalized communities in the developing and developed world. One major thread of this work is concerned with the design of accessible and trust-worthy applications for users with limited ...
According to the article on Hypermedia in Wikipedia, Ted Nelson coined the term in 1963 and published it in 1965. The definition in the article states that "hypermedia is used as a logical extension of the term hypertext in which graphics, audio, video, plain text and hyperlinks intertwine to create ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Compressive Sensing Compressive sensing is a new sampling/data acquisition theory based on the discovery that one can exploit sparsity or compressibility when acquiring signals of general interest, and that one can design nonadaptive sampling techniques that condense the information in a compressible signal into a small amount of data. Interestingly, this may ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Dark Energy: Finding Your Way in the DarkWhile we can't tell you if it's the stuff that gave Darth Vader all that power, we can help you understand what dark energy is, why it's important, and how we might be able to prove that it is there.Dr. Alexie Leauthaud of Lawrence Berkeley National lab will speak on ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $10 General, $8 LHS Members & Students
The Ultimate Fate of the Solar System and the Music of the SpheresThe long-term fate of the planets in our Solar System has intrigued astronomers and mathematicians for over 300 years. Although the planetary orbits are often held up as a model of clockwork regularity, the Solar System is in truth an extremely complex and chaotic system. Dr. Laughlin will explain how ...
Where: Los Altos HillsCost: Free ($2 Parking)
Chemistry: Colorful and Fun with Professor Marvin Lang and Dr. ShowalterIn October, the California and Santa Clara Sections of the American Chemical Society (www.scvacs.org) together are sponsoring an unusual and a not-to-be-forgotten special program, Chemistry – Colorful and Fun in 2010, at several venues in Northern California as part of celebrating National Chemistry Week. This will be presented by Dr. ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Free Wednesday at Cal AcademyFree admission is available to visitors on the third Wednesday of every month, through the generosity of The Bernard Osher Foundation. Admission is on a first come, first served basis, and early arrival is recommended due to the likelihood of high demand. Also, please note that final entry to the ...
