Weak Lensing with Galaxy ClustersWeak lensing and galaxy cluster abundances are two of the cosmological probes considered to have the most power for upcoming surveys. They have a natural connection via the use of weak lensing to calibrate the masses of galaxy clusters--a critical measurement in order to reach the promised precision of galaxy ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Painting a more realistic picture of the circumgalactic medium via simulations of isolated galaxiesObservational efforts to understand the complex nature of the circumgalactic medium (CGM), have highlighted the important role this gas plays in regulating galactic star formation. Until recently, the mass and extent of the CGM were poorly constrained, owing to the difficulties associated with observing this diffuse gas. However, it is ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Environmental Aspects of Oil & Gas Production in CaliforniaThis seminar describes current environmental regulatory and public stakeholder challenges facing oil & gas production in California and approaches industry practitioners are using to manage these issues and protect their license to operate. The seminar serves as a preview to the ENE 212 course offered in Spring quarter.Speaker: Jonathan Lilien, ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Circuitry and Mathematical Codes for Navigation in the BrainI will review key aspects of the problem of navigation and describe the brain's circuits that participate in navigation. These circuits contain cells with remarkable responses to spatial variables, and include head-direction cells, grid cells, and place cells. I'll illustrate the head-direction circuit and code across species from insects to ...
THE GREAT POTENTIAL OF EXOPLANET SATELLITES FOR HIGH ENERGY ASTROPHYSICSKrista Lynne Smith will discuss how the new generation of satellites like Kepler and TESS designed to search for the minute signals of transiting exoplanets around main sequence stars have many design properties that make them ideal instruments for high-precision timing studies of numerous high energy phenomena. In particular, the ...
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Detecting and Correcting Quantum ErrorsA scalable quantum computer will require quantum operations with vanishingly small error. Fault-tolerant quantum computation is a method to reach arbitrarily small error rates and is based on quantum error correction. In this talk, I will introduce the basics of quantum error correction and compare it with classical error correction. ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Vulnerability of the U.S. Electricity Grid to Cyber Attacks; A Conversation With Ted KoppelLegendary Anchor of ABC News' Nightline; Contributing Columnist, The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal; Senior Contributor to the CBS Sunday Morning ShowDuring more than 50 years that he has worked as a professional journalist Ted has embodied the term “eye-witness to history.He covered:     John F. Kennedy’s funeral in 1963Barry Goldwater’s ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Deep Learning for Medical Image AnalysisThis talk will cover use cases, special challenges and solutions for Deep Learning for Medical Image Analysis using Tensorflow+Keras. You will learn about:- Use cases for Deep Learning in Medical Image Analysis- Different DNN architectures used for Medical Image Analysis- Special purpose compute / accelerators for Deep Learning (in the ...
Where: San JoseCost:
Kepler's Literary Foundation Presents Michio KakuMichio Kaku is the cofounder of string field theory, science advisor to CBS This Morning, and the author of several widely acclaimed science books, including The Future of the Mind, Physics of the Future, and more.From our world today plagued by Climate Change and a depletion of finite resources, world-renowned physicist and ...
Where: San MateoCost: $15, $25, $50
Tuesday, 03/06/18
Two Astrophysics LecturesPulsar magnetospheres and some other numerical experiments in radiative plasma astrophysicsSpeaker: Sasha Philippov, UC BerkeleyUnveiling cosmic voids in large-scale structure surveys: the impact of tracer bias on voidsSpeaker: Giorgia Pollina (Ludwig Maximilian University)
Where: StanfordCost: Free
A precision observable for precision cosmologyUpcoming stage-IV cosmological surveys will allow humankind to study the Universe in unprecedented detail. The leap in both quantity and quality of data compared to stage-III surveys will firmly place the community in the era of "precision cosmology".One intriguing aspect of new surveys is the plethora of new probes that ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Using the post-Newtonian formalism to understand theories of gravity in cosmology I am going to split up my talk into two parts. In the first part I am going to show how we can use an extended version of the parameterized post-Newtonian formalism to parameterize theories of gravity in the cosmological background, as well as in the perturbations on non-linear and ...
Air Around Us: Science, Technology, and Health: CEE Spring Distinguished LectureThis lecture features three vignettes that illustrate recent advances in knowledge about the air we breathe. First, airplanes fly through areas where high ozone levels occur naturally; exposures in the cabin raise health concerns in part owing to the volatile byproducts of ozone’s reactions with skin oils. Second, in the ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Is Silicon Valley As Green As It Claims?Tech companies are cleaning up their data centers and building shiny new buildings that sip water and energy. But are these companies really as green as they claim to be? How do we know they aren’t just greenwashing? Many tech and industrial companies have issued statements in support of the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members, $7 Students
7:00-7:25: Robert Buelteman (Camera-less photographer) on "Photography after the Digital Revolution: Now What?"Are today's technical marvels providing humanity any greater access in interpreting the world?...Read more7:25-7:50: Qifeng Chen(Intel Labs) on "Photographic Image Synthesis with Cascaded Refinement Networks".An A.I. approach to synthesizing photographic images...Read more7:50-8:10: BREAK. Before or ...
From microplastics contamination through jellyfish metabolism to ocean carbon fluxEOMAR research focuses on plankton metabolism. We measure physiological and enzymatic respiration and ammonia excretion in mysids, protozoans, bacteria, macro-algae, and seawater from different oceanic areas. In addition, we study the effects of microplastic contamination on marine biota in the waters around the Canary Islands. Recently, we have begun looking at the ...
CITRIS Research ExchangeSpeaker: Vint Cerf, Google
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Advancing Coastal Risk Reduction with Ecosystems and EquityGlobally, extreme weather, sea-level rise, and ecosystem degradation are placing people and infrastructure at greater risk of damages from coastal hazards. Flooding and erosion may be reduced by intact reefs and vegetation when these habitats fringe vulnerable communities. Yet the magnitude and nature of these effects are highly context dependent, ...
BECCS is relied upon heavily in integrated assessment models that chart pathways to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius, yet deploying this technology at scale will require overcoming a suite of ecological and economic challenges, including land use competition, hydrology, nutrient application, and large incremental costs. This talk will ...
LUX & XeBrA: dark matter searches and electric field breakdown studies in noble liquidsThe Large Underground Xenon (LUX) experiment recently concluded 3 years of rare event searches 4,850 feet below ground in the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. Since LUX was a two-phase time projection chamber, a precise understanding of electric field inside the detector was necessary for appropriate data ...
Climate change may be the most far reaching manifestation of white privilege and class privilege yet to face humankind. Caused overwhelmingly by high-consuming people, climate change is wreaking death and destruction foremost on impoverished people who also are disproportionately people of color. This presentation will first posit climate change as ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
The Science (and Art) of Active Transportation Planning in BerkeleyBerkeley is a leading city in promoting walking and biking for transportation. The City recently adopted a new Berkeley Bicycle Plan (2017), laying out a “Low-Stress†Vision Network to promote bicycling. Hear how a process of data collection, public engagement, and analysis led to this vision, as well as the ...
Speaker: Charlie Gay, Director, Solar Energy Technologies Office and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Surveillance and Policing in the Era of Big DataCatherine Crump, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, and Andrew Ferguson, from the UDC David A. Clarke School of Law, will discuss issues related to surveillance and policing in the era of “big data.†In his talk, “The Rise of Big ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Nursery Series: Planning for a Year in the NurseriesThis class will introduce participants to planning for collection and growing of native plants. Covered subjects will include: communicating with restoration managers about their plant requests; calculating amounts of seed to collect; scheduling of collection, pre-germination treatments, propagation, facility maintenance; after care issues, monitoring, managers responsibilities for safety, resources available ...
Where: SausalitoCost: Donations encouraged
The Nature of Star Formation Scaling Relations in the Milky Way and Galaxies Near and FarStar formation drives galaxy evolution. Yet, our relatively poor understanding of the process of star formation in the extragalactic realm has been a major impediment toward obtaining a complete understanding of galaxy formation and evolution. Intriguing clues have been provided by empirical scaling relations between the star formation rates and ...
A leading climate fighter dissects what works -- and what doesn’t -- in the push to protect the planet.What works, really, in the fight against climate change? What does it take on personal, national, and global levels to win? The founder of multiple philanthropies and consultancies working to curb carbon ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief, 'The Lancet'Join Stanford Medicine's Office of the Dean and Rambam Health Care Campus in welcoming Richard Horton.Richard Horton is Editor-in-Chief of The Lancet, having previously served as North American Editor. He was the first President of the World Association of Medical Editors and he is a Past-President of the U.S. Council of ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
After Dark: RiceRice is eaten by more people around the world than any other food. You'll find it in grain bowls and noodles, cakes and soups, puddings and chips and beverages; it can be steamed or boiled or fried or pulverized to be creamy or crispy or fluffy or jiggly. Find out ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $17.95 advance, $19.95 at the door
Show your love for the tentacled, the slimy, and the lumpy at this NightLife dedicated to all the curious creatures sometimes overlooked for the fuzzy and cuddly.-----> Visit the West Garden to meet animal guests from Classroom Safari’s menagerie - including snakes, spiders, and a rather cuddly - but still very ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members
Running Sparse and Low-Precision Neural Networks: An Interactive Play between Software and HardwareFollowing technology advances in high performance computation systems and fast growth of data acquisition, machine learning, especially deep learning, made remarkable success in many research areas and applications. Such a success, to a great extent, is enabled by developing large-scale deep neural networks (DNN) that learn from a huge volume ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 Pre-registration, $15 at door General
Multiple Sclerosis - The State of the ArtMultiple Sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable and often disabling disease of the central nervous system. This talk will focus on the current and emerging diagnostic and treatment protocols for Multiple Sclerosis.Speaker: Lucas Kipp, MD
It’s fashionable for the names of products and services to include the word "quantum", but does that have any validity in the realm of quantum physics? Is it just a nonsense buzzword? From "quantum computing" to "quantum biology" to "quantum jumping", this colloquium will put you in a super-position to ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
At Last: A Case for Cautious OptimismThe number of people on this planet quadrupled in the 20th century. Currently at 7.6 billion people, world population continues to grow by millions every year. If it continues at the rapid rate it’s going, the impacts upon our planet and way of life may be enormous. But what ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with After Dark Admission
Unveiling cosmic voids in large-scale structure surveys: the impact of tracer bias The large-scale structure of the Universe can only be observed directly via luminous tracers of the underlying matter density field. However, luminous tracers, such as galaxies, do not precisely mirror the clustering statistic of the bulk of the cold dark matter distribution: their correlation function (or power spectrum) is biased ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
A Drive for Better Air Service: How air service imbalances across megaregions integrate air and highway demandsBetween 2000 and 2010, newly merged U.S. airlines decreased service to airports in small and mid-sized metropolitan regions, opting to consolidate their operations at high-value airport hubs (passenger transfer points). At this point travelers living in small and mid-sized regions likely began leaking, or abandoning their local airport to take ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Green Friday: Understanding Tsunami Hazards in and around the Bay AreaGreen Friday meets on the second Friday of the month in the Sierra Club's Bay Chapter Office, 2530 San Pablo Ave. Berkeley. Doors open at 7:00 p.m.; the program runs from 7:30 to 9:00 including questions and discussion. Refreshments are served. A $3 donation is requested. Our programs present speakers ...
Where: BerkeleyCost:
Astrophotography with HyperstarI'd like to offer an introduction to astrophotography with a special emphasis on Hyperstar, a technique to produce stunning images of celestial objects in seconds instead of minutes. I'll cover my progression from basic DSLR night photography to deep sky imaging with Hyperstar and the many lessons learned along the ...
Wildcat Marsh and Landfill Loop BioBlitzJoin our friends at WhollyH20 for a fun half day citizen science BioBlitz on the Wildcat Marsh Loop Trail in Richmond, CA. Get ready to enjoy being a citizen scientist through simple observation and photo documentation.Bring your camera, sunblock, water to stay hydrated, snacks, your kids, and water shoes for ...
Where: RichmondCost: Free
Lawn to Garden PartyWe hope you will join StopWaste and the Lawrence Hall of Science for the Lawn to Garden Party as we get started in converting some of the Hall’s lawn space to save water and to improve the uses of the outdoor space on the Hall’s C-level. StopWaste will demonstrate how easy it ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Trekking the ModelJoin a Ranger or docent on a guided tour of the Bay Model, a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. Discover the stories of the two major operations that took place at this location between 1942 - 2000. Â
Join volunteer docent Steffen Bartschat on a hike in Tennessee Valley to search for and learn about the owls in the area. Bring water, layered clothing, a flashlight, binoculars, and a snack.Reservations required.
Join Docent Ann Jensen on a walk around Rodeo Lagoon while learning about wildlife and the history of the Marin Headlands. Dress in Layers. Limited to 25 people. Reservations required - call 415-331-1540. Meet at Marin Headlands Visitor Center parking lot. For ages 7 and older. No dogs. Not handicap ...
The theme this month is Celebrating Our Oceans: The Big, The Small, and The Weird. Come learn about the amazing diversity of life that lives out in the Ocean, from the big to the small and everything in between.  Docent-led tours will take you around the hospital showcasing some of the patients we ...
Speaker: Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). He is also the Niels Bohr Professor at the University of Copenhagen. After studying at the University of Cambridge, he was the John Bahcall Fellow at the ...
