30th Annual San Francisco Middle School Science Fair30th Annual San Francisco Middle School Science FairEach February, the Randall Museum plays host to a remarkable gathering of the City's young scientific talent. Last school year brought the 29th annual San Francisco Middle School Science Fair! Special thanks to 2011 Science Fair sponsors Genentech, the United States Geological Survey, ...
Many Particle Systems and Plasma Physics: OverviewIn this lecture I shall present some of the basic problems in the mathematical theory of many-particle systems in classical physics, including in particular plasma physics.Speaker: Cédric Villani, Université of Lyon and Institut Henri PoincaréRoom 105
It can be hard to find a career path in the energy field that satisfies the urge to make a positive difference while not donning an economic hair shirt. Working for for-profit producers, generators and utilities can require you to put the company's business plan and profits before what might ...
In this talk, I will give an introduction of the Google Fiber project, an initiative to offer 1Gb/s sustainable and symmetric access bandwidths to end users. We will cover the operational issues, from the access network infrastructure perspective that challenges operators. We will review the different architectures and technologies in the Fiber ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
William J. Clancey: Voyages of Scientific Discovery with the Mars Exploration RoversFor more than seven years, scientists have been doing fieldwork on Mars, the first overland investigation of another planet. Working through programmed robotic laboratories, called the Mars Exploration Rovers, they have a virtual experience of being on Mars. The Spirit and Opportunity teams have driven over 22 miles, taken thousands ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 standard, $8 members, $7 students
