Cheetahs - Conservation and ArtMonday, December 4th is International Cheetah Day and a time to celebrate these magnificent animals and their uniqueness. As the fastest land mammal, with the ability to go from 0 to 60mph in 3 seconds, cheetahs are the most unique of the big cats. Their speed, beauty, and grace have ...
More than eighty years after the muon was discovered it is still a source of mystery. I ndeed, experiments are underway that use muons as a window to search for new particles or forces. Â The muon's anomalous magnetic moment is a particular focus of these efforts because of a longstanding ...
Britt Koskella is an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. Her work explores the importance of the bacteria and viruses making up the microbiome in shaping plant health, ecology, and evolution. She received her BA from the University of Virginia in 2001 ...
The California Energy Commission (CEC) invests in a broad set of energy technology innovation and research activities, supporting the development of new products and services that drive progress towards California’s clean energy and climate goals. This includes investments aimed at expanding renewable energy; enhancing the reliability of the electricity grid ...
Where did AI come from? Who created it, why, and where can it lead?Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly developing into a world-changer, affecting every industry and being used by hundreds of millions of people - even when they're unaware they're interacting with an artificial intelligence. And we're only at the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members in person, $10/Free web
The explosion of a massive star can produce ripples through spacetime and drive the creation of the elements needed for life. Their deaths can also give birth to a neutron star or black hole, providing clues into the evolution of galaxies. However, the chaotic nature of massive stars presents a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Tuesday, 12/05/23
Translating Responder Expertise: Enhancing university wildfire management and communications - LivestreamThe scale and impact of wildfires in California generates resource needs that can strain the state’s mutual aid system and has fundamentally changed the way responders and agency officials communicate with the public.Lessons learned from communicating during some of the state’s most complex incidents is a valuable model for informing ...
Where: Cost: Free
Human-Compatible Artificial Intelligence - LivestreamProfessor Stuart Russell (UC Berkeley): “I will briefly survey recent and expected developments in AI and their implications. Some are enormously positive, while others, such as the development of autonomous weapons and the replacement of humans in economic roles, may be negative. Beyond these, one must expect that AI capabilities ...
There is a body of techniques and practices, a language and culture, that is usually implicitly taught by apprenticeship and osmosis to graduate students and postdocs in the sciences. This is the underpinning of an approach to building a credible sense of the “real world†that is shared by scientists, ...
Shixiang Shane Gu is a researcher and manager at Google DeepMind. His research spans deep learning, reinforcement learning, natural language processing, probabilistic machine learning, and robotics. Shane was an ex-Research Scientist at Google Brain and OpenAI, and a Visiting Associate Professor (Adjunct Professor) at the University of Tokyo. Shane holds ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Hotstate Machine - A runtime loadable microcoded algorithmic state machine - LivestreamThis talk will be about the heart of a NoISA processor, the Hotstate machine. The Hotstate machine is an advanced runtime loadable microcoded algorithmic finite state machine. Unlike other FSMs the Hotstate machine includes many CPU-like features. It supports subroutines and single cycle interrupts. The Hotstate machine is programmed in ...
Where: Cost: Free
Wednesday, 12/06/23
Cybersecurity Futures 2030: New Foundations - LivestreamJoin the UC Berkeley Center for Long-Term Cybersecurity (CLTC), CNA’s Institute for Public Research (CNA), and the World Economic Forum Centre for Cybersecurity (C4C) for the public launch of Cybersecurity Futures 2030.The global cybersecurity landscape is constantly and rapidly changing - and by 2030, it will once again be radically transformed. ...
Where: Cost: Free
Deploying ROVs to assess deepwater fisheries, corals and MPAsSpeaker: Dirk Rosen, Marine Applied Research & ExplorationVera Trainer, University of Washington, was originally scheduled to speak today on Harmful Algal Blooms. This lecture replaces hers.
Where: TiburonCost: Free
Astronomy on Tap San Antonio: Two Talks - LivestreamA Flight Over the Mysterious Hydrocarbon Lakes on Saturn’s Moon TitanSpeaker: Xinting Yu, University of Texas at San AntonioSherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Phase Changing and Stretching PhenomenonSpeaker: Adolfo Santa Fe Dueñas, University of Texas at San AntonioWatch on Youtube or Facebook. See weblink
Where: Cost: Free
Thursday, 12/07/23
Recent Trends in AIAt the occasion of the visit of the Minister-President of Flanders (Belgium) to the Berkeley campus, a roundtable conversation on recent trends in AI will be organized by the Institute of European Studies. Speakers will include Prof. Pieter Abbeel (Co-Founder Covariant, Prof. UC Berkeley, Podcaster The Robot Brains, Investment Partner ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Coastal Walk at Pillar Point BluffJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful walk at Pillar Point Bluff just north of Half Moon Bay! You will be guided by POST ambassadors who will share details about the area’s interesting natural history, from the coastal scrub habitat to the Fitzgerald Marine Preserve which hosts tide pools ...
To be a modern local police force means embracing new surveillance technologies that promise to amass the ever-enlarging universe of data around us and to produce actionable inferences about it. Whether described as using algorithms, artificial intelligence, or automated decision-making, all of these surveillance technologies involve some degree of computational ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Geophysics Seminar: Gen ZSpeaker: Roberta Katz, Stanford UniversityAttend in person or on like (see weblink)Room 350/372
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Mechanics of Animal Survival in an Ever-Changing WorldMotions of animals are most often unsteady. Indeed, unpredictability arising from unsteady motion is likely an important aspect of predator avoidance for many organisms. However, our experimental and computational approaches have historically been inadequate to capture the behavioral nuances of such motions. As a result, the literature is replete with ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Grid Enhancing Technologies - Applications for Transmission Asset Optimization and Policy ObstaclesThere isn’t enough transmission capacity today to deliver all the renewable energy on the grid, much less plug in the terawatts of resources in interconnection queues. Utilities and system operators are turning to Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) to unlock additional capacity on existing infrastructure. GETs are hardware and software that ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Smart Grid Seminar: Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs)The Smart Grid Seminar invites speakers from industry and academia to discuss energy and smart grid topics, including energy decarbonization, grid management, and energy sustainability. Students are welcome to attend in person. Nonstudents are welcome to join via Zoom webinar.Julia Selker is Executive Director at WATT Coalition. The Working for Advanced Transmission ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
The Navigational Circuitry of the FlyNavigation requires orienting oneself relative to landmarks in the environment, evaluating relevant sensory data, remembering goals, and convert all this information into motor commands that direct locomotion. I will present models, highly constrained by connectomic, physiological and behavioral data, for how these functions are accomplished in the fly brain.Speaker: Larry ...
Santa Claude is comin’ to town! Shop your heart away at our merry marketplace of gift-worthy treasures.
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
After Dark: Go with the GlowForget about happy lamps - beat the winter blues with Glow, our seasonal exhibition at the Exploratorium After Dark! Spontaneously create music with giant light cubes. Feel human again as you look at yourself in mechanical mirrors, and practice mindfulness by playing LED dungeon crawlers. For an even more delightful ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Friday, 12/08/23
Legacy of Hope: Species Preservation in ActionThis event features Brenda Melton, Director of Animal Care and Wellbeing for Steinhart Aquarium, and Allen Fish, Director of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory. Through programs such as the Academy’s African Penguin Breeding Program and the GGNPC’s Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, we will hear how both organizations are working to preserve ...
These tours are led by our wonderful crew of ocean-loving docents, and visitors will learn about ongoing marine and coastal science research at Bodega Marine Laboratory and its history on the Sonoma Coast. Plus, you'll get to meet a variety of colorful and diverse ocean creatures.The front gates will be ...
Where: Bodega BayCost: Donations suggested
Saturday, 12/09/23
NOAA Ship Okeanos ExplorerThe deep sea is pitch black, freezing cold, and with crushing pressures - so how does an exploration vessel go there safely? Join us for an exciting weekend at the Exploratorium, where the Okeanos Explorer - the only federal vessel dedicated to ocean exploration - will be docked from December ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Family Nature Adventures: Fantastic Fungi FunJoin us on an exciting journey into the enchanting world of fungi! Our hands-on workshop is specially designed for young children who are curious about the magical organisms that can be found all around us. Through interactive activities and captivating stories, children will discover the fascinating wonders of fungi and ...
Bioplastic Holiday Ornament WorkshopGet into the holiday spirit with a festive activity in our Hands-on Biotech exhibit! Merry makers will craft eco-friendly holiday ornaments using bioplastic - a cutting-edge material that’s as sustainable as it is fun. Let your creativity shine as you decorate your ornaments with festive flair, and when you’re done, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with general museum admission
Come join AIAA-SF for food and fun at our 2023 Annual Banquet. Help us celebrate with this year’s Section Awards winners. Your ticket includes lunch, admission to the Oakland Aviation Museum and its exhibits, and a presentation from our special guest Shannah Withrow-Maser about the Mars Helicopter.Ingenuity has shown that ...
Where: OaklandCost: $39 General, $29 Members,$19 Students
Saturday Cinema: The Art + Science of Luminous AnimationsCelebrate the Exploratorium’s winter exhibition Glow: Discover the Art of Light with radiant animations, both meditative and kinetic. Five short films capture the holiday spirit, the translucent elements of nature, the radiance of winter’s starry skies and ancestral stories, and the science of salt crystals shaped like jeweled snowflakes.These films ...
"Down the Rabbit Hole"is a fun and educational presentation covering an assortment of mycological topics and ideas based on Tradd's previous and future work. Come listen to the latest research and what may be on the horizon involving fungi and civilization. Open your mind and heart to the Kingdom Fungi!From ...
Where: SebastopolCost: $20
Starry Nights Star PartyThe San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA), working with the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority (OSA), is glad to co-host a public star party at Rancho Canada del Oro (RCDO) Open Space Preserve. This site, just 30 minutes south of downtown San Jose, features dark skies. It's dark enough to ...
Where: Morgan HillCost: Free
Sunday, 12/10/23
NOAA Ship Okeanos ExplorerThe deep sea is pitch black, freezing cold, and with crushing pressures - so how does an exploration vessel go there safely? Join us for an exciting weekend at the Exploratorium, where the Okeanos Explorer - the only federal vessel dedicated to ocean exploration - will be docked from December ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free with admission
Bioplastic Holiday Ornament WorkshopGet into the holiday spirit with a festive activity in our Hands-on Biotech exhibit! Merry makers will craft eco-friendly holiday ornaments using bioplastic - a cutting-edge material that’s as sustainable as it is fun. Let your creativity shine as you decorate your ornaments with festive flair, and when you’re done, ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with general museum admission
Afternoon Hike at Mindego HillJoin Peninsula Open Space Trust for a beautiful 5-mile hike from the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve to the top of the POST-protected Mindego Hill. You will be guided by POST ambassadors who will share details about how we protected this beautiful property featuring panoramic views of redwood ridges and ...
