No, Seriously, What is a Monad?Functional programming has experienced a surge in mainstream software development in recent years. I will cover the basics of functional programming, emergence of the new mixed functional/imperative paradigm and answer the burning question, just what the heck is a monad anyway?Speaker: Jason Shankel, FableLabs
Teacher Workshop: EarthquakesLooking on how earth science can be integrated within the NGSS integrated approach to middle school science. This session will look at Earthquakes in California and impact on population. We will learn about Plate Tectonics and how our area evolved. We will take a walk the trace of the Hayward ...
Where: FremontCost: Free
Human-Centered Designed Robots are All Around Us Robots are no longer only in outer space, in factory cages, or in our imaginations. We interact with robotic agents when withdrawing cash from ATMs, driving cars with anti-lock brakes, and tuning our thermostats. In the moment of those interactions with robotic agents, we behave in ways that do not ...
Where: Palo AltoCost: Free
Sharktoberfest NightlifeIt’s that time of year againâ€"when toothy sharks and thirsty humans unite for a salute to brews with an aquatic twist.In the East Garden, sip your way through a pop-up beer garden with libations on tap from dozens of local breweries, including Ale Industries, Almanac Beer Co., Anchor Steam, Black ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Deep Learning, image and object recognition are core elements to intelligent video visual analysis. Understanding context within and classification creates a strong use case for video deep learning. Digital video is exploding, however there are few leveraging the wealth of data and how to harness visual analysis. A true reinforced ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free
Geektoberfest at The TechThe Tech Museum of Innovation proudly presents Geektoberfest 2016! At Geektoberfest, in partnership with BioCurious, we’ll dive into the biology of beer, with tastings from local and regional craft breweries in a commemorative glass beaker you get to keep. We’ll also have demos and talks from expert brewers. And don’t ...
For nearly all of human existence on the sea, our understanding of whales has been limited to what we can observe at the surface. For fully aquatic animals such as these, however, time spent on the surface is really a tiny fraction of the life cycle of these largest predators ...
 Join us for a special showing of the NOVA film "In the Path of a Killer Volcano".This 60 min. film follows USGS scientists as they work with local agencies to monitor the restless volcano and forecast its eruption.USGS Geologist John Ewert, featured in the film, will introduce it and be ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Friday, 09/30/16
Birds and BotanyHike the forests, meadows and hills around Pine Flat and up Redhill with ACR Volunteer Patrick Woodworth & ACR Resource Ecologist Dave Self. We’ll be watching (and listening) for birds on the hike out. After lunch, we'll botanize as we consider the seasonal interplay between bird foods, habitat history and current activity ...
Where: GeyservilleCost: Free
Ecology in a Changing World: Differentiating the Effects of Natural Disturbance from Anthropogenic Changes Disturbances, such as wildfire, hurricanes, and floods have a fundamental role in structuring ecological communities, and the study of these processes and extension to novel ecological disruptions is of increasing importance due to global change. A better understanding of ecological perturbations and quantitative comparisons of their effects over multiple scales ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Rethinking the Value of Forests: From Timber to Water, Education and HealthAs complex problems like climate change, water scarcity and inequality blur the lines of traditional sectors, we have the chance to change the way we think about and manage forests. Some cities are already embracing forests as part of their water infrastructure, making investments that diversify forest revenues and improve ...
In the MediaMichael Stoll, Executive Director, San Francisco Public PressThe mainstream media, and human brain, are not well-suited to handling slow-moving threats that will appear in the distant future. Yet flooding of Bay Area roads this year can be partly attributed to rising tides and severe weather. How is the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Members, $7 Students
Saturday, 10/01/16
Science in the ParkScience in the Park is a FREE family event that makes STEM and health compelling and accessible to children, famlies, and the general public.This event includes interactive/hands on activities that promotes STEM, live animal demonstrations, health screenings, friendly competitions, and much more.
Where: HaywardCost: Free
Guided Nature WalkExperience the beauty and rich natural history of this 535-acre preserve. Our half-day guided nature walks are on Saturdays throughout fall and spring. Participants are divided into small groups and paired with a trained Bouverie volunteer to explore the mixed evergreen forest, flower-carpeted oak woodland and rugged chaparral. Guided Nature Walks ...
Have you ever wondered what kinds of creatures are living in San Francisco Bay? Join us for demonstrations and conversations with researchers, exhibit developers, and others who are exploring San Francisco Bay ecosystems. We’ll learn about the science, art, and politics of preserving the marine species both native and invasive ...
The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Midway through, a banding volunteer brings up a newly banded hawk, talks about the banding program, shows everyone the hawk, and lets it go in front ...
Where: MarinCost: Free
Ways of Knowing: Nina Katchadourian in Conversation with Marina McDougallExploratorium Artist-in-Residence Nina Katchadourian works across various media including photography, sculpture, video, and sound incorporating playful juxtapositions and conceptual twists to provoke us to re-see everyday natural and cultural phenomena. As part of our ongoing series exploring the creative process, join us for a conversation between Katchadourian and Marina McDougall, Director of the Exploratorium Center ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Sunday, 10/02/16
Oakland Nature Festival @ Lake MerrittA celebration of nature at Lake Merritt, the nation's first wildlife refuge!This free festival is a celebration of the nation’s first wildlife refuge & the biodiversity in the heart of the Oakland. Come meet & enjoy dozens of environmental organizations, wildlife rescue groups, live animals, local merchants, and nature artists for ...
YSI is proud to present its 31st Annual Wildlife Festival. Meet and touch live animals, make crafts, play games, watch animal presentations on stage, and discover other local organizations that relate to the natural world around us. This event is appropriate for people of all ages.
The Hawk Talk begins at noon, when a GGRO volunteer speaks about hawk migration and identification, and what we do here at the GGRO. Midway through, a banding volunteer brings up a newly banded hawk, talks about the banding program, shows everyone the hawk, and lets it go in front ...
Where: MarinCost: Free
TALONS A Festival Celebrating Birds of PreyThe Hungry Owl Project is proud to present this unique and exciting festival. It will be a fun and educational outdoor event for adults and all the family. See several different species of Owls and Hawks, have a glass of wine or beer, see local wildlife artists, hear inspiring presentations ...
Taking a scientific approach to science educationDr. Carl Wieman of Stanford (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2001) will join us via video conference to present how research on how people learn in combination with advances in information technology is setting the stage for a new approach to teaching and learning that can provide relevant and effective science ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Commercializing Energy Innovations â€' a panel discussion with three Stanford foundersThere are a number of pathways available for Stanford researchers to externalize aspects of their energy innovations: publications, conference presentations, industrial affiliates programs, the Office of Technology Licensing, and various entrepreneurship programs. The TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy provides one such pathway through its Innovation Transfer Program that provides seed ...
The recent observation of gravitational waves from the merger of binary black holes opens a new way to learn about the universe as well as to test General Relativity in the limit of strong gravitational interactions – the dynamics of massive bodies traveling at relativistic speeds in a highly curved ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Autonomous Vehicles and the Future of TransportFor decades, drivers everywhere have dreamed of having a car that drives itself. Now that Autonomous Vehicles are here, what are the implications in the Bay Area and beyond? From Tesla to Uber and Google, Autonomous Vehicles seem to be everywhere in 2016. Will we all be passengers in our ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, Free members, $7 Students
Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the UniverseWhat can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Â In his new book, acclaimed physicist and bestselling author Dr. Roger Penrose argues that researchers working at the extreme frontiers of physics are just as susceptible to these forces. ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free, ticket required
Tuesday, 10/04/16
A Novel Approach to OSETIThe Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence is a blind search across many dimensionsâ€"space and time being the most obvious. Every good SETI researcher does their very best to make the minimal reasonable assumptions, but time and resources are always limited, so various strategic optimizations have been adopted. A potentially more efficacious ...
Please join SF Bay ACS Chapter for this exciting Wildlife Conservation Expo!The Wildlife Conservation Expo brings together many of the world’s leading wildlife conservationists in one place.Attendees can meet conservationists, hear their talks and be part of a community dedicated to saving endangered animals.The Wildlife Conservation Expo gives us the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $100 Adults, $50 Students
Biochemical Ecology of Tropical Forests Under Climate WarmingTropical forests are estimated to be the largest global terrestrial carbon sink, but this sink is highly sensitive to climate change variables including warming and altered precipitation patterns. Regional-scale tropical forest mortality events associated with high temperature and drought are increasing in the tropics, but the mechanisms by which tropical ...
Come on a fantastic journey visiting marine protected areas around the world through a stunning visual production. Led by Liz Taylor of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, we will learn about new “hope spots†that require our protection and we’ll explore the technology we use to view them, from SCUBA, ...
Eureka! is an interactive science comedy show that demystifies science in a way that is relatable, educational, and hilarious. While our guest speakers lecture, comedians riff and banter with them on stage. The audience can also win fun, silly prizes by correctly answering the guest scientist's questions.On October 4th get ...
Physical processes influence organisms and their ecology in innumerable and intriguing ways. I will discuss three examples from the marine realm where environmental physics play a potentially important role in the performance and success of shoreline species. Ocean acidification, a global-scale perturbation to the chemistry of seawater, alters predator-prey interactions ...
Gender diversity among leadership teams and the broader workforce offers demonstrated advantages for innovative thinking, job satisfaction, and corporate bottom lines. Yet the percentage of women in computing jobs has actually declined over the last 25 years, and now stands at roughly 25% in both industry and academia.Causes for this ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: $25 - $100
Predator-Prey Dynamics Reveal Hidden Structure in the SeaThe average concentrations of biota in the ocean are generally low, a critical problem for ocean consumers. When we examine the biology with new tools guided by the predators themselves, we find that instead of being relatively devoid of life, the ocean is peppered with narrow hot-spots of activity. From ...
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Transparency, Governance and the Next-Generation of AccountabilityCan corporations be made responsible to citizens and stakeholders within the complex contexts of inequality and power? This lecture investigates how an innovative public policy platform promoted corporate accountability.Speaker: Kweku Opoku-Agyemang, UC Berkeley
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
California Power PoliticsClimate disruption and the California drought have been mocked or marginalized in the national political debate. Are Republicans and Democrats in California similarly divided? Where can they agree on water, energy, agriculture and other issues related to the changing climate? Climate impacts such as massive forest fires, rising tides, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, $12 Member, $7 Student
Interplanetary space is not empty; a thousand satellites orbit the Earth and a constant stream of particles emanate from the Sun in a sweeping interplanetary wind. Giant explosions occur on the Sun which can release the energy of ~1 trillion atomic bombs within 100s of seconds. These magnificent explosions can ...
Chris Field and Katharine Mach will highlight ways science and climate responses have changed since the 2015 Paris Agreement, as well as next steps for driving up ambition globally. Chris Field is the founding director of Carnegie Science's Department of Global Ecology and Melvin and Joan Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary ...
Where: SunnyvaleCost: $10 General, Free for members
If you've never heard of Atlas Obscura or the Obscura Society, mega-fans Neil Gaiman, Mary Roach, Lena Dunham, and Guillermo Del Toro will be happy to tell you what you're missing. Â And you don't have to stay out of the loop for long. Join us for an evening of exploration ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: $20 - $40 General, $10 Student
