It’s there for us year round, lighting our days and providing energy for our lives, so maybe it’s time to give it a closer look. Join SJAA for amazing and detailed views of the Sun, and be assured that we’ll be using special telescopes that will keep your eyeballs perfectly ...
The fundamental understanding and tuning of the interactions that occur between surfaces and chemicals or between surfaces and microorganisms may allow us to design materials or systems with enhanced binding and reactive properties for various industrial, environmental, and clinical applications. However, understanding and optimizing these interactions can also be used ...
Global reliance on cloud services, powered by transformative technologies like generative AI, machine learning, and big-data analytics, is driving exponential growth in demand for hyperscale cloud compute infrastructure. Meanwhile, the breakdown of classical hardware scaling (e.g., Moore’s Law) is hampering growth in compute supply. Building domain-specific hardware can address this ...
On Dec 13, 2022, the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at Lawrence Livermore National Accelerator Laboratory achieved Ignition. 2.05MJoule produced by 192 lasers were converted into 3.15Mjoule of fusion power. The first time on earth, controlled nuclear fusion produced a net positive power reaction. This is a major scientific milestone that ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
A Magic Show of the NeutrinosDr. Kam-Biu Luk will present an exploration of an intriguing phenomenon called neutrino oscillation.Speaker: Kam-Biu Luk, UC Berkeley
Measuring the Effect of Gravity on AntimatterRecent experiments have measured the effect of gravity on antimatter with the first “directâ€, i.e., freefall-style or Galilean Leaning Tower of Pisa-style measurements. In agreement with theory and indirect experiments, these experiments, performed by CERN’s ALPHA collaboration, show that antimatter, specifically antihydrogen atoms, fall downward with an acceleration within about ...
The talk will delve into a comprehensive exploration of the interplay between energy, climate, and development on the African continent. The discussion will acknowledge the critical intersection of these three elements and propose pragmatic approaches as the guiding principle for charting a sustainable course forward. The African continent, rich in ...
The concept of resilience has become part of the lexicon for disaster researchers in universities and government agencies. The concept has evolved significantly over the past 10-20 years. In 2010-11, the engineering community was coming to grips with the two paradigms of resilience: 1) an engineering approach that focused on ...
Humanity’s future in space will depend on autonomous robotic spacecraft, whether in orbit around Earth or exploring the far reaches of our solar system. Spacecraft swarms, or groups of autonomous cooperative spacecraft, have the potential to revolutionize future space exploration and science missions. In 2023, NASA’s Starling project launched a ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $15 General, $12 Members & Seniors
Tuesday, 03/05/24
Atmosphere & Energy Winter Seminar - Florian DahlhausenThe Atmosphere/Energy Seminar is an interdisciplinary seminar with talks by researchers and practitioners in the fields of atmospheric science and renewable energy engineering. Addresses the causes of climate, air pollution, and weather problems and methods of addressing these problems through renewable and efficient energy systems.Speaker: Florian Dahlhausen, Chief of Staff ...
Over the last twenty years, physicists have learned to manipulate individual quantum objects: atoms, ions, molecules, quantum circuits, electronic spins... It is now possible to build "atom by atom" a synthetic quantum matter. By controlling the interactions between atoms, one can study the properties of these elementary many-body systems: quantum ...
Understanding AI: Humanities x Social Sciences x TechnologyUnderstanding and interpreting AI is the new frontier in AI research. While advances in the performance of AI models have seen enormous successes, a profound understanding of how learning happens inside the models remains to be thoroughly explored.Understanding how AI learns has the potential to help us gain novel insights ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Evolving Organisms to Grow new Nanomaterials for Energy, the Environment and Medicine Organisms have been making exquisite inorganic materials for over 500 million years. Although these materials have many desired physical properties such as strength, regularity, and environmentally benign processing, the types of materials that organisms have evolved to work with are limited. However, there are many properties of living systems that ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Generative AI in the Cloud: Inside Microsoft AI InnovationJoin Mark Russinovich, Azure CTO and Technical Fellow, and get an under-the-hood look at Microsoft’s AI architecture, including the large-scale supercomputers that train foundational models and the infrastructure that efficiently serves small and large pretrained and finetuned models. He’ll cover everything from how we design servers, to the AI-aware resource ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
Molecular and cellular bases of coral symbiosis and its breakdowninteraction and is hypothesized to have given rise to much of eukaryotic cellular complexity. The endosymbiosis between corals and dinoflagellate algae is essential to the energetic requirements of coral-reef ecosystems. However, coral reefs are in danger due to elevated ocean temperatures and other stressors that lead to the breakdown of ...
Microorganisms in the environment play an important role in human lives: microbial metabolism can be used to treat our waste and generate useful products (e.g., food, medicine, and energy), while pathogenic microorganisms in our water and food can threaten human health. Developments of innovative materials help us to better harness ...
Ammonia-oxidizing archaea (AOA) are among the most abundant organisms on Earth and play a key role in the nitrogen cycle, oxidizing ammonia to nitrite as the first step in nitrification. These AOA are especially important in mediating nutrient cycling within estuaries and coastal oceans â€" both dynamic, high-flux systems. Many ...
Where: Cost: 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, San AntonioLunar Orbiter Divides the Old Moon from the NewSpeaker: Robert Reeves, astrophotographerSee weblink for YouTube and Facebook links
Where: Cost: Free
What You Need to Know About Generative AIHave we finally discovered the holy grail of artificial intelligence (AI) - machines that match or exceed human intelligence?Advances in generative AI (GAI) have created a new class of computer systems that exhibit astonishing proficiency on a wide variety of tasks with superhuman performance, producing novel text, images, music, and ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $25 General, $15 Members in person, $10/Free web
In his updated Nikolsky Lecture “Rotorcraft flight control technology advancements and future challenges,†Dr. Tischler first summarizes the key flight control design drivers that distinguish rotorcraft from their fixed-wing counterparts. The second part of his presentation review the key advancements in flight control technology over the past 50 years. Dr. ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: Free (see weblink for food/drink options)
UC Berkeley Tech Policy SummitThe inaugural UC Berkeley Tech Policy Summit brings together world-renowned academics, thought leaders, policymakers, industry pioneers and innovators to discuss and debate the most pressing issues at the intersection of technology and policy.UC Berkeley is dedicated to supporting the responsible development and use of emerging technologies - from groundbreaking work ...
 Estimating accurate Earth models for 3-D seismic imaging and full waveform inversion (FWI) remains challenging due to limited low frequencies (i.e., below 2.0 Hz) typically available from active-source air gun arrays. Ambient wavefield energy acquired on large, continuously recording nodal arrays, though, presents a potential alternative energy source for subsurface ...
Join Mark Russinovich, Azure CTO and Technical Fellow, and get an under-the-hood look at Microsoft’s AI architecture, including the large-scale supercomputers that train foundational models and the infrastructure that efficiently serves small and large pretrained and finetuned models. He’ll cover everything from how we design servers, to the AI-aware resource ...
In this talk, I will argue that we should study AI ethics from the perspective of complex systems. In particular, machine learning (ML) systems are not islands. To understand and mitigate the risks and harms associated with ML systems, we need to examine the broader complex systems in which ML ...
Attosecond pulse trains (APT) emerged from high harmonics (Anne L’Huillier et al, 1987) and their spectral phase determination by RABBITT (Pierre-Marie Paul et al, 2001). Although the record of the shortest pulse of 43 as belongs to the technique of isolated attosecond pulse (IAP), APT and RABBITT have been extremely ...
In "Salt of the Earth", Barbara Boissevain takes us on a visual odyssey, exploring the transforming landscapes of the San Francisco Bay. Published by the esteemed Kehrer Verlag, this expansive hardcover book unfolds over 108 pages, featuring 96 color photographs, offering a vivid and intimate exploration of these dystopian landscapes situated ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
NightLife Intersections: DanceFrom Bhangra to Pan Afro-Urban dance and Samba, see how the dance floor becomes a canvas for self-expression. Stay tuned for more info!
Where: San FranciscoCost: Varies
After Dark: Living SystemsWe’re all in this together - just ask the cells in your body. Stop by the Exploratorium on Thursday night to learn about the surprising and awesome ways human cells interact and work together. Observe 20 sculptural portraits made from the same person’s DNA information: how do they meet or ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $19.95 General, Free for members
Join Students for a Sustainable Stanford for the 12th annual Schneider Memorial Lecture for the opportunity to engage in discussions about climate change, environmental justice, and other social issues, challenges, and solutions of our time with other members of the Stanford community. This event is hosted in honor of climate scientist ...
Will CRISPR gene editing change our idea of what defines a species? Is gene editing simply a continuation of our long history of modifying animals through selective breeding? Or is it something radically new? Â Artist-in-Residence Heather Dewey-Hagborg and the Exploratorium present the world premiere of Xeno in Vivo, a multimedia ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 general $10-members
Friday, 03/08/24
Catalytic Depolymerization of Plastic Waste to Produce Value-Added ChemicalsPlastics play a large role in human life, from providing effective and safe packaging for food and medicine to materials for consumer products like clothing and electronics. Unfortunately, many of these plastic materials are only used once before they are discarded, and as a result these single-use plastics are accumulating ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Ancient human footprints at White Sands National ParkArchaeologists and researchers in allied fields have long sought to understand human colonization of North America. Questions remain about when and how people migrated, where they originated, and how their arrival affected the established fauna and landscape. Excavated surfaces in White Sands National Park (New Mexico, United States) revealed multiple ...
Will CRISPR gene editing change our idea of what defines a species? Is gene editing simply a continuation of our long history of modifying animals through selective breeding? Or is it something radically new? Â Artist-in-Residence Heather Dewey-Hagborg and the Exploratorium present the world premiere of Xeno in Vivo, a multimedia ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 general $10-members
In Town Star PartyCome join San Jose Astronomical Association (SJAA) for an evening of stargazing.Event details:Events are held at the parking lot of our headquarters, Houge Park San Jose. The event duration is 2 hours. SJAA volunteers will share night sky views from their telescopes.Please refrain from bringing your own telescopes (Binoculars are ...
The North Bay Science Discovery Day is a one-day public free science festival designed to spark children's wonder and curiosity for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. With over 70 organizations and 100 hands-on interactive exhibits, youth explore rockets and beehives, robots and sharks, catapults and hearts, animation, animals, and art, ...
Where: Santa RosaCost: Free
Family Nature Adventures: BeesLearn about bees, from familiar favorites to lesser known native species, and how to spot them in a hands-on workshop and nature walk.
Where: OaklandCost: $25 Adults w/children, $15 Youth age 3+
International Women's Day at the Lawrence Hall of ScienceCelebrate women and girls in science, technology, engineering, and math on International Women’s Day! Design, build, and test hands-on engineering activities with the UC Berkeley chapter of the Society of Women Engineers. This national non-profit organization celebrates the achievement of non-male individuals as leaders and engineers.Admission is free for UC ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free with museum admission ($20 for guests 3+)
