Workshop on Applying Advanced AI Workflows in Astronomy and MicroscopyThis one-day workshop will focus on the challenges shared between observational astronomy and modern microscopy workflows. Advances in instrumentation, computation and data management for both microscopy and astronomy suggest opportunities for the broader scientific community to learn from the challenges common to both fields. The high-velocity, high-volume data generated by endeavors ...
Lester Gertrude Rowntree (1878-1978) was a pioneering California native plant botanist and horticulturalist who popularized the study, use, and protection of native flora through voluminous writings, lectures, and photographs. As testimonial to Lester's important role she was named life-long honorary president of the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) upon its ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with admission
The Whole Iceberg: Completing the Census of Exoplanets with the WFIRST Microlensing SurveyThe Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) will be NASA's next flagship mission to follow James Webb. Roughly a quarter of WFIRST's primary mission will be spent conducting an exoplanet microlensing survey. The survey will provide a statistical assay of the cold exoplanet population with masses greater than that of ...
Our group is broadly interested in understanding how metazoan cells fold complex proteins. The development of chemical genetic techniques to allow precision engineering of proteostasis network composition and activities will be discussed. Applications of these techniques have enabled a variety of advances related to the folding and quality control of ...
Homegrown Energy for the Golden StateCalifornia has established itself as a global leader in climate action, committed to producing 100 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2045. To prepare for this important deadline, innovative local energy programs, private sector partnerships and new technologies are being tested across the state. Come learn how ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for members
Broadband Intensity Tomography: Spectral Tagging the Cosmic UV Background Most of the photons ever recorded by astronomers are in the form of imagesâ€"or broadband intensity mapping, while the photons’ redshift and frequency information has largely lost. I will introduce a data-driven technique to recover these otherwise collapsed dimensionalities by exhausting information in the spatial fluctuations. As the first application, ...
Saturn’s moon Enceladus harbors a global water ocean, which lies under an ice crust and above a rocky core. Through warm cracks in the crust a cryo-volcanic plume ejects ice grains and vapor into space that contain materials originating from the ocean. Hydrothermal activity is suspected to occur deep inside ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
8th Annual San Francisco Green Film FestivalNumber of Films Forecast: 50 films in 8 daysNumber of Guest Speakers/Filmmakers Forecast: 100+ guest speakers including filmmakers, environmental experts, and global partners.Venues: Venues across San Francisco including Opening & Closing Nights at the Castro Theatre, with additional screenings at Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, YBCA, Koret Auditorium at ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 per screening
Decoding the Weather MachineThe earth’s weather machine - our climate - is changing, becoming hotter and more erratic. Join us as we screen a portion of a new NOVA documentary that cuts through the confusion around climate change. Afterward, stay for a panel discussion about what it will take to bend the trajectory ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for members
In this talk the speaker will discuss the Robot Operating System, better known as ROS.ROS is an open source software platform created to support all layers of robotics systems development.The talk will briefly discuss the origins and growth of ROS from its days at Stanford University and Willow Garage to ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Calaveras Dam Fossils: a Whale of a Tale -- Free Bay Currents talkFossils discovered and "salvaged" from rebuilding Calaveras Dam brought us a wealth of new knowledge about the East Bay's ancient past -- from whales to the tiniest of creatures. Dr. Cristina M. Robins, senior scientist with the UC Museum of Paleontology, tells us about the Bay Area's most significant fossils ...
Program (the order of the speakers might change):7:00-7:25: John Bischoff(Composer & Mills College) on "Free Association: Snapshots of an Electroacoustic Musical History"From electro-acoustic music to computer network music...Read more7:25-7:50: Clair Brown(UC Berkeley) on "Buddhist Economics"Buddhist economics guides us in creating a compassionate economy in a sustainable world...Read more7:50-8:10: ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
SF Green Film Festival screening of POINT OF NO RETURN Point of No Return follows the journey of two Swiss pilots as they make an historic attempt to circumnavigate the globe in an airplane fueled only by sunlight. Their mission: to prove the potential of clean technology and inspire hearts and minds. Along the way, technical failures, unplanned landings, and stormy weather put ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 general, free for under 18
