Boston Science and Engineering Lectures Archive



Wednesday, August 1

1p.  "Learn to Code with Robots!"   Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave., Allston.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

2p.  "Rewinding the Zika Epidemic in the Americas."   Kaiyuan Sun.   Northeastern:  Network Science Institute, 177 Huntington Avenue, 11th flr.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Garden Pests and Diseases."   Jim Stark, biologist, University of Massachusetts.   Wocester Community Garden, 116 Worcester St.   Details.

6-9p.  "Humans & Virtual Reality."   A workshop.   Jason Jerald.   Metro Meeting Centers - BOSTON, 101 Federal Street.   Details, Abstract, Registration.   This event will be repeated on Thursday, August 2, at 1-4p

6-8:30p.  "Editing our Evolution - A Building with Biology forum."   A conversation.   Warehouse XI, 11 Sanborn Court, Somerville.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

6:30p.  "Curing Cancer: Where are we and what will it take to succeed?"   Jesse Boehm.   Broad Institute:  415 Main St., Cambridge.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Thursday, August 2

10:30p.  "Early Explorers."   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

1p.  "Trail Detectives' Club."   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill Street., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Noon.  "Harnessing in Situ Transcriptomics to Reveal Complex Tissue Architecture at Single-Cell Resolution."   Omer Bayraktar and Xiao-Jun Ma.   A webinar.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

2p.  "The Search for Unmodeled Gravitational-Wave Transients in the Advanced LIGO-Virgo era."   Ryan Christopher Lynch.   MIT:  37-252.   Details.

Friday, August 3

Noon.   "Migratory Memory-Side Processing: Breakthrough Architecture for Memory-Centric Computing."   Peter Kogge.   MIT:  36-462.   Details, More Details.

1-4p.  "Intro to GIS & Mapping."   Daniel Sheehan and Anne Graham.   MIT:  14N-132.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

1:30p.  "Hormonal Regulation of Neural Diversity."   Mubarek Syed.   Brandeis:  Shapiro 2-09.   Details.


August 5-7.  "Innovation, Economic Complexity and Economic Geography Workshop."   MIT:  Media Lab E14-633.   Details.

Sunday, August 5

1p.  "Amazing Oobleck!"   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

7p.  "Go Bats!"   Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Monday, August 6

9:30-Noon.  "Ocean Week."   Harvard Museum of Natural History.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

10a.  "Is That Me or My Twin? Lack of Self-Face Recognition Advantage in Identical Twins."   Marc Abrahams and Gus Rancatore.   Toscanini’s Ice Cream, 159 First St., Cambridge.   Details.

11a.  "Inside Nature Physics."   Federico Levi.   Northeastern:  Network Science Institute, 177 Huntington Ave, 11th floor.  Details.

Noon.  "Leveraging Universities for Advancing State & Local Energy Policy."   Richard Reibstein.   A webinar.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

2p.  "Creative Software Drop-Ins."   Boston Public Library, Copley Square.   Details.

6:30p.  "Tumor Metabolism: How cancer cells fuel their growth."   Elma Zaganjor and Jessica Spinelli.   The Burren:  247 Elm St., The Burren, Somerville.   Details.

Tuesday, August 7

10a.  "Introduction to Satellite Remote Sensing."   MIT:  7-238.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

11a.  "New Ideas for Giant Telescopes for Mapping Exoplanets."   Jeff Kuhn and Svetlana Berdyugina.   Center for Astrophysics:  ITC Lounge.   Details.

12:30p.  "Oumuamua."   Darryl Seligman.   Center for Astrophysics:  Phillips Auditorium.   Details.

1p.  "From Seed to Tree: Greenhouse Tour"   Arnold Arboretum:  Bonsai and Penjing Collection.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

3p.  "Reliable Validation: New Perspectives on Adaptive Data Analysis and Cross-Validation."   Sam Elder.   MIT:  4-149.   Details, Abstract.

Wednesday, August 8

10:30p.  "Early Explorers."   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

10a.  "Novel Materials for Silicon Based Photonics."   Qingyang Du.   MIT:  6-104.   Details.

11a.  "Infrared Imaging."   Markus Tarin, President and CEO, MoviTHERM.   A webinar.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Noon.  "The New Era of Postbiotics: Gut microbiome–derived lipid metabolites for health and wellness."   A webinar.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

6:30p.  "How Do Genes Control our Size and Shape??"   Joel Hirschhorn.   Broad Institute:  415 Main St., Cambridge.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

7p.  "Harvard iGEM 2018 - Keratin Kombat."   BosLab, 339 Summer St., Somerville.   Details, Abstract.

7p.  "Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World."   Maryanne Wolf.   Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave.   Details.

Thursday, August 9

10:30p.  "Early Explorers."   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

1p.  "Trail Detectives' Club."   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill Street., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

2p.  "Mysteries of Motivation."   Xingjie Stephen Zhang.   HMS:  Goldenson 122.   Details.*

2p.  "On the Origins of Cancer."   David Waterman.   Brandeis:  Gerstenzang 124.   Details.

3p.  "Distributed Controllers for Multi-Agent Swarms: from collaborative manipulation to articulated locomotion."   Guillaume Sartoretti.   Tufts:  Halligan 102.   Details, Abstract.

Friday, August 10

10a.  "The Molecular Basis of Insect Hygrosensation or: How I learned to stop sweating and love the humidity."   Zachary Knecht.   Brandeis:  Gerstenzang 124.   Details.

6:30-9:30p.  "National Day of Civic Hacking."   CIC Cambridge, 1 Broadway, 5th Floor.   Details, Abstract, Registration.


August 11-12.  "Butterfly and Caterpillar Weekend."   Museum of Science.   Details, Abstract.

Saturday, August 11

9-4p.  "World Robot Olympiad MA & CT Competition and STEM Event."   Boys & Girls Club of Woburn, 1 Charles Gardner Lane, Woburn.   Details, Abstract.

10a.  "Boston Area Beekeepers Association Open Hives."   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

10a.  "Native Plants for Pollinators."   Dan Jaffe.   Windermere Community Garden, 9A Windermere Road, Dorchester.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Sunday, August 12

1p.  "Nature Walk."   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.


August 13-17.   "Super Scientists."   Harvard Museum of Natural History.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Monday, August 13

10a.  "Fetal Facial Expression in Response to Intravaginal Music Emission."   Marc Abrahams and Gus Rancatore.   Toscanini’s Ice Cream, 159 First St., Cambridge.   Details.

Noon.  "Numerical Methods for Modeling, Simulation and Control for Deformable Robots."   Christian Duriez.   Wyss Institute, 60 Oxford St.   Details, Abstract.

Tuesday, August 14

1p.  "MIT D-Lab Tour."   MIT:  N-51-301.   Details, Abstract.

2p.  "The RBR50: Viewing the Robotics Landscape in 2018."   A webcast.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

6-9p.  "Play Labs Demo Day."   MIT:  E51-115.   Details, Abstract.

6:30p.  "Cerebral Cinema."   Inception with Steve Ramirez.   MIT Museum.   Details.

Wednesday, August 15

1p.  "Probabilistic Latent Variable Modeling for Predicting Future Well-Being and Assessing Behavioral Influences on Mood, Stress and Health."   Ehimwenma Nosakhare.   Affective Computing Group.   MIT:  E14-244.   Details, Abstract.

6:30p.  "IPFS: The Interplanetary File System."   Brian DeLacey.   MIT:  E51-335.   Details, Abstract.

Thursday, August 16

10:30p.  "Early Explorers."   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

1p.  "Trail Detectives' Club."   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill Street., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Saturday, August 18

8a.  "Coastal Bird Walks at Belle Isle Marsh."   Belle Isle Marsh, 1399 Bennington St., East Boston.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

9a.  "From Algebraic Geometry to Vision and AI: A Symposium Celebrating the Mathematical Work of David Mumford."   A day of talks on Vision, AI and brain sciences.   Harvard:  Science Center B.   Details, Registration.

10a.  "Boston Area Beekeepers Association Open Hives."   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.


August 19-23.  "Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, & Beyond."   An ACS National Meeting and & Expo.   Boston Convention & Exhibition Center.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Sunday, August 19

1-3p.  "Nex-Gen Sequencing workshop."   Eric Harness.   BosLab:  339R Summer St.   Details.

August 20-24.   "Native American Technologies."   Peabody Museum, 11 Divinity Ave.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Monday, August 20

9a.  "From Algebraic Geometry to Vision and AI: A Symposium Celebrating the Mathematical Work of David Mumford."   A day of talks on math.   Harvard:  Science Center B.   Details, Registration.

10a.  "Did the Emperor of Morocco Really Father 888 Children?"   Marc Abrahams and Gus Rancatore.   Toscanini’s Ice Cream, 159 First St., Cambridge.   Details.

1p.  "Visualizing the Brain at 7 Tesla: Technical Developments and Clinical Applications."   Priti Balchandani.   Martinos Center:  149 13th St., Room 2204, Charlestown.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Make Your Own Computer!"   Artisan's Asylum:  10 Tyler St., Somerville.   Details.   This is a three session class taking place on Monday evenings 6-8p.

Tuesday, August 21

9-3p.  "Northeast Region Perennial Plant Symposium."   Massachusetts Horticultural Society, The Gardens at Elm Bank, Wellesley. Details.

10a.  "Building Generative Models over Discrete Structures: From Graphical Models to Deep Learning."   Andreea Gane.   MIT:  32-D449.   Details, Abstract.

12:30p.  "What Do Machines See When They Look at Art?"   Jeff Stewart.   Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

6:30p.  "When Industry Hides the Facts about Toxins."   Phillippe Grandjean.   Belmont Media Center, 9 Lexington St., Belmont.   Details, Abstract.

7p.  "Energy, Education and Empowerment for Off-Grid Communities."   Robin Podmore.   National Grid (Rooms: Valley A&B), 40 Sylvan Rd., Waltham.   Details, Abstract, RSVP.

Wednesday, August 22

10:30p.  "Early Explorers."   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

11a.  "Industrial Internet of Things: A look at the role of machine vision technologies in the IIoT."   Tom Brennan.   A webcast.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

11a.  "Wearable Electrochemical Sensors: Toward Labs on the Skin or in the Mouth."   Joseph Wang.   Harvard:  Pierce 209.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Getting Under the Skin of Dermatological Disease Using Protein Biomarkers."   Emma Guttman.   James G. Krueger.   A webinar.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Thursday, August 23

10:30p.  "Early Explorers."   Boston Nature Center:  500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

9-2p.  "Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG) Outreach Meeting."   HMS:  Warren Alpert 563.   Details, RSVP.*

6:30p.  "How Genetics Can Teach Us What Makes People Get Sick."   Ben Neale.   Aeronaut, 14 Tyler St, Somerville.   Details.

7:30p.  "Exploring the Future: technologies that will change our lives by 2030."   Panel discussion.   A Webinar.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Friday, August 24

Noon.  "A Brief Probe into Digital Humanities in University Libraries."   Xiaoyang Wang.   Harvard-Yenching Library Common Room, 2 Divinity Ave.   Details.   This event will be delivered in Chinese.

Saturday, August 25

1p.  "Tremendous Trees."   Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Sunday, August 26

6p.  "A Systems Approach to Audio."   Robert Bean.   BU:  Life Science & Engineering Bldg, 24 Cummington Mall, Room 103.   Details, Abstract.

Monday, August 27

10a.  "On the Reception and Detection of Pseudo-Profound Bullshit."   Marc Abrahams and Gus Rancatore.   Toscanini’s Ice Cream, 159 First St., Cambridge.   Details.

Tuesday, August 28

10-2:30p.  "Native Woody Plant Materials."   Dan Jaffe.   Garden in the Woods, Framingham.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

2p.  "The Beautiful Brain Spotlight Tour."   Satrajit Ghosh.   MIT Museum.   Details, Abstract.

5:30p.  "The Antibiotic Era: Reform, Resistance, and the Pursuit of a Rational Therapeutics."   Scott Podolsky.   Countway Library, Floor 5, Lahey Room.   Details, RSVP.

8p.  "The Future of Medical Cannabis Research."   WeWork, One Beacon St., Boston.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Thursday, August 30

Noon.  "The Gravity Fields of Gas Giants and their Icy Moons from Juno and Cassini."   Marzia Parisi.   Harvard:  Geological Museum 204.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Dark Universe Group."   A symposium.   Brandeis:  Abelson 307.   Details.



*Admission to Harvard's medical area buildings often requires ID issued by a "Harvard Medical School Affiliate".  A list of these institutions can be consulted here.   Persons interested in events in the medical area that are not explicitly public, that have sponsors with whom they have no experience, and who are unsure if their ID will guarantee access, might want to email the contact person cited in the details page and ask.  Inquiries directed at the HMS Dept of Genetics should be emailed to esexton@genetics.med.harvard.edu (or 617-432-7666) at least one day before the event.  Events in the medical area that do not carry an asterisk are those that I think are prepared to receive the unaffiliated.

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