Boston Science and Engineering Lectures Archive



Monday, October 1

9-5.  "The Shirley-Eustis House."   An archeological dig.   33 Shirley Street, Roxbury.   Details, Abstract, Registration.   Location.   This activity will last from Oct. 1-12, weekdays, 9-4, subject to change.

10a.  "Introduction to Python."   A workshop.   MIT:  3-133.   Details, Abstract, Registration.   (This workshop will also be offered on October 22th.   Register for only one.)

11a.  "Deep Learning to Solve Challenging Problems."   Jeff Dean.   MIT:  32-123.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Investigating Mount St. Helen Seismicity and Magma Plumbing with Hybrid Passive and Active Seismic Arrays."   Brandon Schmandt.   Harvard:  Haller 102.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Mars as a Case Study of an Intermittently Habitable Planet."   Robin Wordsworth.   MIT:  54-923.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Mineralogy Inspires Physics."   Michael Norman.   MIT:  4-331.   Details.

Noon.  "The Role of Stellar Feedback in Star Cluster Formation."   Mike Grudic.   MIT:  37-252.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "The Space Between Us."   Ryan Enos.   Northeastern University:  177 Huntington Ave, 11th flr.   Details, Abstract, RSVP.   Guests from outside the Northeastern community who wish to attend NULab-hosted events should RSVP to Sarah Connell: sa.connell@northeastern.edu.

Noon.  "Using Big Data to Quantify the Economic Impacts of Climate Change."   Trevor Houser.   HKS:  Belfer Bldg, Bell Hall.   Details, Abstract.

12:15p.  "Animals as Patients, Models and Infrastructure in Precision Bioscience."   Declan Kuch.   Harvard:  CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street.   Details, RSVP.

12:15p.  "Generating Synapse Diversity through Selective Cell Adhesion."   Megan Williams.   BCH:  Folkman Auditorium, Enders Building, 300 Longwood Avenue.   Details.

1p.  "Materials Innovation for Better Living."   Jiaxing Huang.   MIT:  E15, Bartos Theater.   Details, Abstract.

2p.  "Privacy-preserving Smart Contracts at Scale."   Dawn Song.   MIT:  32-G449.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Surviving the Century."   Martin Rees.   Harvard Science Center D.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations."   Thomas L. Friedman.   MIT:  Kresge Auditorium.   Details.

4:15p.  "Race and Caste: From Hierarchies of Value to Analytics of Power."   Nathaniel Roberts.   Harvard:  Tozzer 203.   Details.

6p.  "Amazon Robotics - Company Presentation."   MIT:  3-270.   Details.

6p.  "Open Access Research."   MIT Science Policy Iniative.   MIT:  56-162.   Details.  

7p.  "Gluten vs Fiber: Innovative Approaches to Baking More Flavorful Bread."   Ayr Muir.   Harvard Science Center C.   Details.

7p.  "Killing Cancer with Cannabis."   David (Dedi) Meiri.   Museum of Science:  Cahners Theater.   Details.

7p.  "The Knife Edge of Value Alignment in AI: Utopia or Extinction."   Richard Mallah and Lucas Perry.   Cafe ArtScience, 650 E Kendall Street, Cambridge.   Details, Abstract, Tickets.


October 2-3.  "Einstein Fellows Symposium."   Center for Astrophysics:  Phillips Auditorium.   Details.   This event will be streamed.

Tuesday, October 2

9:30a.  "Metabolic Effects of Ozone."   Stephanie A. Shore.   HSPH:  I-1302.   Details.*

Noon.  "Communities of Practice and Learning Systems in Healthcare."   Yuri Quintana.   HMS:  Countway 424.   Details.

Noon.  "Learning Concepts through Neural Logical Induction."   Andres Campero.   MIT:  46-3189.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Neural Circuits of Dexterity."   Adam Hantman.   Hantman Lab.   Harvard:  BioLabs 1080.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Widespread Transfers of Informational Molecules between Parasitic Plants and their Hosts: functional and evolutionary implications."   Claude dePamphilis.   Harvard Herbarium 125, 22 Divinity Ave.  Details, Abstract.

12:30p.  "Impact Chemistry and the Origin of Life."   H. J. Melosh.   MIT:  54-517.   Details, Abstract.

1p.  "From Seed to Tree."   Arnold Arboretum, Bonsai & Penjing Collection.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

2p.  "DISNET: Drug repositioning and disease understanding through complex networks creation and analysis."   Alejandro Rodriguez-Gonzalez.   Northeastern:  Network Science Institute, 177 Huntington Ave.   Details, Abstract.

2:30p.  "Life in Complex Fluids."   Paulo E. Arratia.   Complex Fluids Lab.   MIT:  2-136.   Details, Abstract.

3:30p.  "The Energy Revolution."   Mara Prentiss.   BU:  SCI 109.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "DUNE – an International Neutrino Observatory."   Stefan Söldner-Rembold.   Brandeis:  Abelson 131.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "In Search of Molecular Oxygen in Earth Analogs."   Mercedes Lopez-Morales.   MIT:  37-252.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Life and Near Death Experiences at the Cellular Level."   Denise Montell.   MIT:  32-123.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Physiological Processes that Affect Breast Cancer Progression and Therapeutic Response."   Sandra McAllister.   Jimmy Fund Auditorium, 35 Binney St., Boston.   Details.

4p.  "Towards a Theory (or Theories) of Fairness in Automated Decision-Making."   Suresh Ve?nkata?subra?manian.   MIT:  32-G449.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Untangling Neurodegenerative Diseases using Patient-Based Structural Biology."   Anthony W.P. Fitzpatrick.   MIT:  6-120.  Details.

5p.  "Tara Oceans: Cells, Embryos, and the Origins of Complexity in Life."   Eric Karsenti.   Harvard:  Knafel Center, 10 Garden St.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

6p.  "Animal-Shaped Vessels from the Ancient World: Contexts and Meanings."   Robert Koehl and Kimberley Patton.   Harvard:  Art Museums, 32 Quincy St.   Details, Abstracts.

6p.  "Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most."   Steven Johnson.   Harvard Book Store:  1256 Massachusetts Ave.   Details, Abstract.

7p.  "Beyond the Telescope: Galaxies Across Cosmic Time."   Anna Sajina.   Museum of Science:  Charles Hayden Planetarium.   Details, Abstract.

7p.  "Do‘s and Don’ts of OCD Medications."   Paul Cannistraro.   McLean Hospital:  de Marneffe 132.   Details.

Wednesday, October 3

9-12:30p.  "Microbiome in Human Disease."   A symposium.   Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

9:30a.  "Framing the Behavioral and Neural Constituents of Spatial Navigation."   Derek Hamilton.   McLean Hospital:  Imaging Center, 2nd floor conference room.   Details.

10a.  "Technology and the Assault on Empathy in Adolescents and Young Adults."   Sherry Turkle.   Judge Baker Children's Center, 53 Parker Hill Ave.   Details.   This event will be streamed.

Noon.  "Agricultural Residue for Community Cooking in Rural India."   Sanjay Mahajani.   MIT:  1-242.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Development of Excitatory and Inhibitory Cortical Network Disruption in Autism."   Basilis Zikopoulos.   Boston University:  Sargent College, Room 220, 635 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.  Details.

Noon.  "Driving Precision Medicine through Biostatistics: Translating multiomics biomarker data into breakthrough knowledge."   Eric Fauman and Jasper Tromp.   A webinar.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Noon.  "Transforming Mental Health Globally."   Vikram Patel.   HSPH:  Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, 641 Huntington Avenue, Boston.   Details.   This event will be streamed.

12:15p.  "Impact of Sodium & Potassium on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality."   Salim Yusuf.   Tufts:  Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, 150 Harrison Ave.   Details.   This event will be streamed.

1p.  "Breast Cancer Risk Prediction for Stratified Prevention and Screening."   Montserrat Garcia-Closas.   HSPH:  Kresge 502.   Details.

1p.  "Turning Ghosts into Ancestors: Ritual, Gender, and the Afterlife in Contemporary Urban China."   Anna Sun.   HDS:  Andover Hall, Braun Room.   Details.

1:30.  "2018 Lefler Symposium."   Presentations include "Using Social Experience to Uncover Top-Down Control of the Bladder," Minsuk Hyun;  "Identifying Molecular Regulators of the Blood-Brain Barrier,"  Shachar Dagan; and "Breaking the Silence: Molecular insights into the development and degeneration of auditory neurons," Lisa Goodrich.   HMS:  Goldenson 122, 220 Longwood Avenue, Boston.   Details.*

3:30p.  "Synaptic Cell Adhesion Molecules Shaping Synapse Formation and Specification."   Thomas C. Südhof.   Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur.   Details.*

4p.  "Certified Defenses against Adversarial Examples."   Aditi Raghunathan.   MIT:  32-G575.   Details, Abstracts.

4p.  "Finding Fairness in Computer Science."   Cynthia Dwork.   Harvard:  Knafel Center, 10 Garden St.   Details.

4p.  "Is the Classroom Lecture Becoming Extinct or Simply Evolving?"   Cathy Drennan.   Harvard:  Mallinckrodt Lab, Pfizer B23.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Mesosopic Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen States of Massive Systems."   Margaret Reid.   Harvard:  Jefferson 250.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Neuroimaging the Etiology of Dissociative Identity Disorder."   A.A.T. Simone Reinders.   McLean Hospital:  Service Building, Pierce Hall.   Details.

4p.  "Past and Upcoming Solar Eclipses in the Continental U.S.: Reviewing circumstances, studies on its environmental effects and future perspectives."   Marcos Peńaloza-Murillo.   MIT:  54-915/923.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Physiological Processes that Affect Breast Cancer Progression and Therapeutic Response."   Sandra McAllister.   Jimmy Fund Auditorium, 35 Binney St.   Details.

4p.  "Social Order in the Age of Big Data: Exploring the Knowledge Problem and the Freedom Problem."   Nick Couldry.   One Memorial Drive, Cambridge.   Details.

4:30p.  "Soft Carbon Sheets: Some New Insights into an Old Material."   Jiaxing Huang.   Harvard:  Pierce 209.   Details, Abstract.

5:15p.  "Molecular Approaches to Solar Energy Conversion."   Michael R. Wasielewski.   Wasielewski Group.   MIT:  66-110.   Details, Abstract.

7p.  "How Birds Migrate."   Lorna Gibson.   Arnold Arboretum:  Hunnewell Bldg.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

7p.  "The Past and Future of Viral Outbreaks."   HMS:  Armenise Auditorium, 200 Longwood Ave.   Details.   This event will be streamed.

Thursday, October 4

8:30-7p.  "LAUNCH.nano: At the Dawn of the Nano age. "   MIT:  Kresge Auditorium.   Details, RSVP.

9a.  "Yellowstone: Interesting Open Questions."   Harvard:  Northwest 425.   Details.

Noon.  "20th Century Century Plague: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World."   Laura Spinney.   Harvard Science Center, Cabot Library.   Details, Abstract, RSVP.

Noon.  "An Uncertainty Management Perspective on Preference and Choice: Cross-cultural and developmental evidence."   Dorsa Amir.   Harvard:  105 WJH.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Bacterial Pathogens Hijack Host Machinery to Promote Cell-to-Cell Spread."   Becky Lamason.   Brandeis:  Gerstenzang 121.   Details.

Noon.  "Harvard Medical School in 2028."   George Q. Daley.   McLean Hospital:  Service Building, Pierce Hall.   Details.

12:30p.  "Modeling Human Leukemia with Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells."   Eirini Papapetrou.   BCH:  Enders Research Bldg, Byers A Conference Room, 320 Longwood Ave.   Details.

1:30-5:30p.  "Cystic Fibrosis: From Gene Discovery to Basic Biology to Precision Medicines."   A conference.   Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, New Research Bldg.   Details, RSVP.*

2p.  "Experiential Storytelling with Walt Disney Imagineering."   MIT:  E14-Third Floor Atrium.   Details, Abstract.   This event will be streamed.

2-5p.  "Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry."   A conference.   Novartis:  250 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

3p.  "New Idea of Bronze Age on the Eastern Rim of the Tibetan Plateau."   Kazuo Miyamoto.   Harvard:  Tozzer 203, 21 Divinity Ave.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Women in ML&AI@Cambridge."   A Meetup.   IBM Research auditorium, 75 Binney, Cambridge.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

3:30p.  "A Fossil-Fuel-Free Economy is Entirely Possible."   Prem Shankar Jha.   Harvard:  Pierce 100F.   Details.

3:30p.  "What Glows Below: New Insights on Biodiversity and Biooptics of Deep-Sea Plankton."   Steven Haddock.   Harvard:  BioLabs 1080.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Brain Dynamics and Codes for Navigation."   Ila Fiete.   MIT:  10-250.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Cubesats-NASA/SMD policy."   Larry Kepko.   BU:  725 Commonwealth Ave., Room 502.   Details.

4p.  "Deadly Parasites, Whirligig Toys and Droplet Computers: do the math!"   Georgios Katsikis.   Brandeis:  Abelson 229.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Following Nature’s Lead – Designing Biomaterials for Nerve Injury."   Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert.   MIT:  32-141.   Details.

4p.   "Gaia - the stereoscopic survey of the Galaxy."   Gerry Gilmore.   Center for Astrophysics:  Phillips Auditorium.   Details.

4p.  "Ticklishness, Ambivalence, and Play."   Michael Brect.   Research Group.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details, Abstract.

4:30p.  "The Long and Winding Road to the Bionic Pancreas."   Edward Damiano.   Harvard:  Room 330, 60 Oxford St.   Details.

6p.  "Conserving Biodiversity: A Global Priority."   Russell A. Mittermeier.   Harvard:  Geological Lecture Hall.   Details, Abstract.

6-9p.  "Blockchain & AI - Insights, Pitching, Opportunities & Networking."   Cambridge Innovation Center, 11th Floor, 1 Broadway, Cambridge.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

7:30p.  "Fake Science with ImprovBoston."   Museum of Science, Charles Hayden Planetarium.   Details.


October 5-6p.  "Maria Mitchell Women in Science Symposium."   Babson Executive Conference Center, Wellesley.   Details.

Friday, October 5

11a.  "Companies and the Emergence of Economic Topics."   Emily Erikson.   Northeastern University:  Network Science Institute, 177 Huntingtun Ave.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "A Computational Investigation of Electro-Mechanical Coupling in Neural Engineering."   Ilaria Cinelli.   Tufts:  Anderson 112.   Details.

Noon.  "A Tale of Two Satellites: estimating carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from OCO-2 and GOSAT."   Scot Miller.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G125.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Searching the Neural Basis of ASD from Genetically Engineered Model Systems."   Yang Zhou.   MIT:  46-6011.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Towards Resilient, Secure, and Autonomous Screening of DNA Synthesis Orders."   Kevin Esvelt.   MIT:  32-G575.   Details.

Noon.  "When and How does History Matter in the Marine Realm? Ecology versus phylogeny."   Nicholas Pyenson.   Pyenson Lab.   HMS:  Warren Alpert Building 563.   Details*, Abstract.

1:30p.  "Exploring Red Planets and Metal Worlds: How JPL Turns Dreams into Reality."   David Oh.   MIT:  32-141.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Bumblebees and Vehicular Networking: Intelligent Connectivity on the Road."   Alexander Wyglinski.   BU:  PHO 211.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Human-in-the-loop Demand Response: Towards Real-time Learning and Decision Making in Energy Systems."   Le Xie.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G125.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Integration of High-Throughput Robotics with Software for Biological Design and Experimental Planning."   Marilene Pavan.   Harvard:  Northwest Bldg.  Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Inspired by Ramón y Cajal."   (Neurodegenerative Disease.)   Sonia Villapol and Carlos Cruchaga.   MIT:  46-3189  Details.

Saturday, October 6

9:30a.  "Drawing Animals."   Erica Beade.   Harvard Museum of Natural History.   Details, Abstract, Registration.   A four week course.

10-6p.  "AR VR Open Hack Day."   Jeffery Jacobson.   Brookline Interactive Group, 46 Tappan St.   Details.


October 8-9.  "Aerial Futures: The Drone Frontier."   Boston District Hall.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

October 8-9.  "Change Maker Conference."   Center Stage & Insider Lounge, The Hub, City Hall Plaza.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

October 8-14.  "HUBweek 2018 Open Doors."   City Hall Plaza.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Monday, October 8

9:30-4:30p.  "MIT Policy Hackathon: We the Future."   Boston City Hall Plaza.   Details.

10a.  "The Impact of Emerging Technologies on People with Disabilities."   A panel discussion.   MassChallenge, 21 Drydock Ave, STE 610E.   Details, Abstract, Registation.

2:30-5p.  "How to Make Trustworthy IoT."   A workshop.   Details, Abstract, Registration.   This event will be streamed.

6:30p.  "The Notion of Vision: Dreaming and Seeing."   A panel discussion.   Broad Institute, 415 Main St.   Details, Abstract, RSVP.

Tuesday, October 9

7:30-11:30a.  "Technology and the Movement of Food."   Cynthia Graber.   EchelonSeaport Sales & Experience Center, 101 Seaport Blvd, Suite 608.   Details.

8:30a.  "How AI and Big Data are Disrupting Drug Discovery."   Broad Institute:  415 Main St., Cambridge.   A HUBweek event.   Details, Abstract.

10-12:30p.  "Introduction to R."   Jennie Murack.   MIT:  14N-132, 3-133.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

11a.  "Transcriptional Contributions to Learning and Homeostatic Plasticity in the Mammalian Forebrain."   Sacha Nelson.   McLean Hospital:  de Marneffe 132.   Details.

Noon.  "Are Computers Becoming Less General-Purpose? Deep Learning, Hardware Specialization, and the Fragmentation of Computing."   Neil C. Thompson.   Northeastern University:  Network Science Institute, 177 Huntington Ave.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.   "Frontostriatal Interactions in Learning and Decision Making."   Michael Frank.   Harvard:  BioLabs 1080.   Details.

Noon.  "Selling Sex and Finding Jesus."   Sarah Luna.   Tufts:  Fung House, 48 Professors Row.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Tropical Pitcher Plants as an Ecological Filter."   Kadeem Gilbert.   Harvard Herbarium 125.   Details.

Noon.  "Unintended Consequences of AI/ML."   Hojjat Salmasian.   HMS:  Countway 424.   Details.   This event will be streamed.

12:30p.  "How Tiling of Radial Glial Cells Sculpts Cerebral Cortical Development."   Eva Anton.   Brandeis:  Gerstenzang 121.   Details.

12:30p.  "Political Origins of Cybersecurity Capacity: Lessons from Japan and East Asia."   Benjamin Bartlett.   HKS:  CGIS Knafel Bldg. K262, 1737 Cambridge Street.   Details.

2p.  "Complexity of the Bone Marrow Microenvironment During Disease."   Robert Weiner.   BCH:  Enders Research Building, Byers A Conference Room, 320 Longwood Avenue, Boston.   Details.

4p.  "Building and Repairing the Human Brain: From pluripotency to cell therapy."   Lorenz Studer.   Brandeis:  Shapiro Campus Center Theater, 415 South Street, Waltham.   Details.

4p.  "Cosmology in the Era of Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Gravitational Waves."   Marcelle Soares-Santos.   MIT:  37-252.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Immune Control and Immune Failure in HIV Infection."   Bruce Walker.   MIT:  32-123.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "In Search of Cosmic-Ray Antinuclei from Dark Matter."   Kerstin Perez.   Brandeis:  Abelson 131.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "The Arboretum-Japan Connection."   Michael Dosmann.   Arnold Arboretum:  Hunnewell Bldg.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

4p.  "The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence."   A panel discussion.   A Hubweek event.   UMass Club:  Lowell Room, One Beacon St., 32nd floor.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

5:15p.  "Native American Environmental History."   A forum.   Massachusetts Historical Society, 1154 Boylston St., Boston.   Details, Abstract, RSVP.   Most meetings revolve around the discussion of a pre-circulated paper.

6p.  "Above and Beyond: NASA's Journey to Tomorrow."   A screening and a panel discussion.   John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Columbia Point.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

6p.  "Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created."   Patrick E. McGovern.   Harvard:  Geological Lecture Hall.   Details, Abstract, Tickets.

6:30p.  "Health Hack: From Targeted Ads to Precision Medicine."   Anthony Philippakis.   Broad Institute, 415 Main St., Cambridge.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

7:30p.  "Perl Advent Calendar Redux."   Mark Fowler.   MaxMind:  14 Spring St, Waltham.   Details, RSVP.

Wednesday, October 10

8-8p.  "Materials Day."   A symposium and poster session.   MIT:  Kresge Auditorium.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

9-5:30p.  "The Future of Health • Wellness • Medicine."   A HUBweek Forum.   The HUB, Center Stage.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

11a.  "Advancements in Vision-Guided Robotics: 3D vision for clutter."   Jared Glover.   CapSen Robotics.   A webcast.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Noon.  "A Few Novel Nanophotonic Phenomena."   Marin Soljacic.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G125.   Details.

12:15p.  "Food is Medicine: The Case for Insurance Coverage of Medically-Tailored Meals."   Robert Greenwald.   Tufts:  Jaharis Bldg., Behrakis Auditorium, 150 Harrison Ave.   Details, Abstract.

1p.  "Examples of Interdisciplinary Strategies in Cancer Epidemiology."   Lorelei Mucci.   HSPH:  Kresge 502.   Details.

3-6p.  "Psychedelic Medicine: From Tradition to Science."   A conference.   Broad Auditorium, 415 Main Street, Cambridge.   Details, Registration.   This event will be streamed.

3p.  "The Cognitive Science of Teaching and Learning."   Keith Baker.   MIT:  1-190.   Details, Abstract.   Attendees are encouraged to read The Cognitive Science of Learning.

4p.  "Audiofuturism: The Transatlantic Circuit of Science Fiction Radio Drama."   andré m. carrington.   Harvard:  Knafel Center, 10 Garden St.   Details.

4p.  "Is Q-learning Provably Efficient?"   Chi Jin.   MIT:  32-G882.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Lessons from Pelicans: Multilevel Theorizing for the Expertise Economy."   Janet Fulk.   BU:  213 Bay State Road, Castle/Bay State Room.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Multi-agent Map-building: Kalman Filtering for Gaussian Processes."   Luca Carlone.   MIT:  32-155.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Significance of Compositional Variations in the Murray Formation Mudstone, Gale Crater, Mars."   John Grotzinger.   MIT:  54-915.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Spatial Organization in the Human Microbiome at Micron Scales."   Jessica Mark Welch.   MIT:  48-316.   Details.

4:15p.  "24 Ideas for a Sustainable and Secure Arctic."   The second Arctic Innovators student cohort will present ideas for the Arctic.   JFK:  Taubman Bldg., Allison Dining Rm.   Details.   Please help reduce waste by bringing a reusable beverage container.

5:30p.  "The Challenges and Opportunities to Address Contaminants in Wastewater."   A panel discussion.   MIT:  32-155.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

6p.  "Are We Our Brains?"   Alan Jasanoff.   MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

6p.  "Genes, Cognition, and Human Brain Evolution."   Christopher A. Walsh.   Christopher Walsh Laboratory.   Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St.   Details.

6:30p.  "Nature into Language: Hieroglyphs and the Origins of Poetic Thought."   Susan Brind Morrow.   HDS:  Center for the Study of World Religions, 42 Francis Ave.   Details.   This event will be streamed.

7p.  "Altered State of Mind: How Psychedelics Modify the Brain, Behavior, and Perception."   HMS:  Armenise Auditorium, 200 Longwood Ave.   Details.   This event will be streamed.


October 11-12.  "NERALLT 2018."   (New England Regional Association For Language Learning Technology.)   BU:  Various locations.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Thursday, October 11

9-5:30p.  "The Future of Data • Robotics • Work."   A HUBweek Forum.   The HUB, Center Stage.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

10-4p.  "IBM Community Day: Artificial Intelligence."   Details, Abstract, Registration.   This event will be streamed.

Noon.  "Birth Outcomes Among Pregnant Women With Mood and Anxiety Disorder."   Kimberly Yonkers.   McLean Hospital:  Service Building, Pierce Hall.   Details.

Noon.  "Does Perception Come in Degrees?"   Susanna Siegel.   Harvard:  WJH 105.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.   "Music as Medicine."   Lisa Wong.   Armenise Amphitheater,   Details.

1p.  "A Big Data Revolution in Assessing Climate Risk."   Michael Greenstone.   MIT:  56-114.   Details, Abstract, Registration.   This event will be streamed.

1-5:30p.  "Bridging Theory and Data in Neuroscience."   Harvard Brain Science Initiative, Student Organization Center, Hilles, 59 Shepard Street, Cambridge.   Details.

2p.  "What’s the Story?: A Panel on Digital Storytelling."   Northeastern:  333 Curry Student Center, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston.   Details.   If you are not a member of the Northeastern community, please RSVP to Sarah Connell (sa.connell@northeastern.edu).

3p.  "Generating New Knowledge in Art History and Material Culture with Technology."   Caroline Bruzelius.   Tufts:  Halligan 102.   Details.

3p.  "Native American Chiefdoms and Spanish Conquistadors in Western North Carolina."   Christopher B. Rodning.   Harvard:  Tozzer 203.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Safety and Optimality of Autonomous Motion Planning Algorithms."   Lucas Janson.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G-115.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Soft Robots: Where Robotics Meets Mechanics."   Katia Bertoldi.   Bertoldi Group.   Tufts:  Anderson 112.   Details.

4p.  "The Evolution of Art and Music."   Nicholas J. Conard.   :    Details.

4p.  "The Wisdom of a Confused Crowd: Model-Based Inference."   George Mailath.   Harvard:  Littauer Center M16, 1805 Cambridge St.   Details.

4:30p.  "The Harvard Biotech Incubator: A Hands-On Entrepreneurship Lab."   Harvard:  60 Oxford St., Room 330.   Details, Abstract.

6-9p.  "Addressing Global Climate Change: Ideas to Impact."   A panel discussion and pitch event.   MIT:  Stratton Student Center, Lobdell & West Lounge.   Details.

6p.  "D. E. Shaw Research Tech Talk."   D. E. Shaw Research conducts research in computational biochemistry.   Tamas Szalay and Yakov Pechersky.   Harvard:  Pierce Hall 209.   Details, Abstract.

7p.  "Searching for Ancient Life on Mars."   John P. Grotzinger.   New England Aquarium:  Simons IMAX Theater.   Details, Abstract.


October 12-13.   "Boston Book Festival."   Various locations.   Details.

Friday, October 12

9-5:30p.  "The Future of Cities • Energy • Mobility."   A HUBweek Forum.   The HUB, Center Stage.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

9:30-4p.  "AI, Media, & the Threat to Democracy."   Northeastern University, Raytheon Amphitheater, 120 Forsyth St., Boston.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

10a.  "MIT Climate Change Pitches."   Climate CoLab is an open problem-solving platform from MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence, where over 115,000 people work on and evaluate plans to reach global climate change goals.   The Hub, Ideas Stage, City Hall Plaza.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Evolution and Ecology in High Dimensions."   Daniel Fisher.   Statistical Dynamics of Biological Systems.   HMS:  Warren Alpert 563.   Details*, Abstract.

Noon.  "The TROPOMI Project: first results focusing on CO and CH4."   Ilse Aben.   Harvard:  100F Pierce Hall, 29 Oxford St., Cambridge.   Details, Abstract.

12:30p.  "The Big Promise and Harsh Realities of Waste-to-Value: Stories from the Front."   Matthew Nordan.   MIT:  26-210.   Details, Abstract.

1:30p.  "AI Advances and Aspirations."   Eric Horvitz.   MIT:  32-123.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Collaborative Information Caching at the Network Edge."   Leandros Tassiulas.   BU:  PHO 211.   Details, Abstract.

3:30p.  "Atmospheric Surprises: Why is monitoring trace gases so important now?"   Jim Elkins.   Harvard:  HUCE 440, 26 Oxford St.   Details.

6p.  "On Innovation."   Walter Isaacson.   Faneuil Hall.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

7:30p.  "Fifty Shades of Green: Tales from the Hothouse."   Terry Huang.   Arnold Arboretum:  Hunnewell Bldg.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

7:30p.  "The Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelics."   Michael Pollen.   Copley Square, 560 Boylston St.   Details, Tickets.


October 13-14.  "Biotech for Beginners."   A two-day class.   BosLab, 339r Summer St., Somerville.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

October 13-14.   "Hacking Arts 2018."   MIT:  Media Lab.    Details, Tickets.

Saturday, October 13

8a.  "Fall Birding."   Bob Mayer, Arboretum Docent.   Arnold Arboretum:  Peters Hill Gate.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

9a.  "Fall Color: How Do Leaves Do That" and "Hydrophobicity Lab".   An Arboretum for Educators event.   Arnold Arboretum.   Details, Registration.

1p.  "Introduction to Birds and Birding."   Brendan Keegan.   Arnold Arboretum:  Hunnewell Bldg.   Details, Abstract.

2-4p.  "Chain Reaction Contraption Construction Help Sessions."   MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

2p.  "The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramo´n y Cajal."   Shoh Asano.   MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave.   Details.

Sunday, October 14

10-5p.  "2nd Annual Robot Block Party."   Boston City Hall.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

1-4p.  "Earth Stories: A Museum Mini-Festival."   How minerals can be clues to Earth processes.   Harvard Museum of Natural History.   Details, Abstract.

Monday, October 15

9-4:30p.  "Asperger/Autism Network (AANE) Annual 2018 Daniel W. Rosenn Connections Conference."   BU:  George Sherman Union.   Details.   Schedule.

Noon.  "Biochemistry of Protein Misfolding in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Diseases."   Dennis Selkoe.   BUSM:  Bakst Auditorium, A Building, 72 East Concord Street.   Details.

Noon.  "Ice Penetrating Radar: A window into the physical processes of ice sheets and icy moons."   Dustin Schroeder.   Harvard:  Geological Museum 102.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "The Energy Efficiency Gap, Bounded Rationality, and the Role of Energy-related Financial Literacy."   Massimo Filippini.   HKS:  Belfer Bldg, Bell Hall.   Details.

Noon.  "Theory of Axion Insulators."   David Vanderbilt.   MIT:  4-331.   Details.

12:10p.  "UnPAK—Undergraduates Phenotyping Arabidopsis Knockouts: Engaging hands, eyes, and brains in the age of automation."   Hilary Callahan.   Arnold Arboretum:  Weld Hill Lecture Hall, 300 Centre St., Boston.   Details.

12:15p.  "Interpretability, or Learning to Listen to Algorithms studies."   Nick Seaver.   Harvard:  CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street.   Details, RSVP.

1:15p.  "Toward Precision Oncology: Quantitative Pathology, Multi-Omics, and Artificial Intelligence."   Kun-Hsing Yu.   HMS:  Countway Library, Fifth floor, Lahey Room.   Details.

3p.  "AI Programming by Children."   Ken Kahn.   MIT:  32-G449.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Expressive Memory: Rethinking the Hardware-Software Contract with Rich Cross-Layer Abstractions."   Nandita Vijaykumar.   MIT:  32-G882.   Details, Abstract.

5p.  "Can We Build a Conscious Machine?"   Laxmidhar Behera.   MIT:  6-120.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Can Baby Corals Improve the Reefs of Tomorrow?"   Aaron Hartmann.   Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St.   Details.

6p.  "The Secret to Success in Indie Games."   Gwen Frey.   MIT:  32-141.   Details, Abstract.

7p.  "Liquid Fire: the Science of Philippine Kinilaw."   Margarita Fores.   Harvard Science Center C.   Details.

7p.  "Shaun of the Dead."   A Coolidge Science on Screen Presentation.   Colin Adams will show how calculus can help you survive the zombie apocalypse.   Coolidge Corner Theater, 290 Harvard St., Brookline.   Details.

Tuesday, October 16

9:30-3:30p.  "Pushing the Boundaries of Nanoscale Processing, Characterization and Analysis."   MIT:  12-0168.   Details, Abstract, RSVP.

11a.  "The Mechanical Side of Artificial Intelligence."   Rob Wood.   MIT:  32-G449.   Details.

11a.  "Understanding the Brain Reward Circuit at the Single Cell Level."   Yi Zhang.   McLean Hospital:  de Marneffe 132.   Details.

Noon.  "How to Use FPGAs to Accelerate Deep Learning."   Björn Rudde and Mike Faulkner.   A webcast.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Noon.  "Plant Hydraulic Traits and Drought Responses: insights from three continents."   Robert Skelton.   Harvard Herbarium 125, 22 Divinity Ave.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "The Bayesian Brain: From Predictive Coding to Decision-Making."   Rajesh Rao.   Harvard:  BioLabs 1080.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "When 'Hacktivists' Target Your Hospital."   Dan Nigrin.   HMS:  Countway 424.   Details.

1p.  "Seeing What We (Should) Think Through Visualization Interaction."   Jessica Hullman.   MIT:  32-G449.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "If Open is the Answer, What Was the Question?"   Loic Tallon.   MIT:  35-225.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Intro to Tableau."   BC:  O’Neill Library, Digital Studio, Room 205.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

4p.  "Can Machine Learning Survive the Artificial Intelligence Revolution?"   Francis Bach.   MIT:  32-141.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "The Gut Microbiome: a master regulator of metabolism."   Lara Hooper.   MIT:  32-123.   Details, Abstract.

4:15p.  "Materializing Thai Heritage: Chance and the Life Cycle in the New Ethnology."   Penny Van Esterik.   Harvard:  CGIS South, S250, 1730 Cambridge St.   Details.

4:30p.  "Nations Unknown Even to Trade? Knowledge Transfer and the Silk Trade in Antiquity."   Berit Hildebrandt.   BU:  121 Bay State Rd., Riverside Room.   Details.

6p.  "A Tale of Seven Planets – An Exercise in Gaiapolitics."   Bruno Latour.   HSD:  Gund Hall Piper Auditorium  Details.

6p.  "Nature vs. Fiction in Sci-Fi Movies."   Miaki Ishii.   Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St.   Details.

7p.  "Future Politics: Living Together in a World Transformed by Tech."   Jamie Susskind.   Harvard Book Store:  1256 Massachusetts Ave.   Details, Abstract.

Wednesday, October 17

8:30-5p.  "Targeted Therapy and Immunotherapy: You Say You Want a Revolution?"   Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

9:30a.  "Cognitive Bias Modification: Examining Assumptions About What Works and Why."   Jennie Kuckertz.   McLean Hospital:  de Marneffe 218.   Details.

Noon.  "TransitX: Flying Solar Pods to Replace Cars, Buses, Trains, and Truck."   Mike Stanley.   Tufts:  Sophia Gorden Hall.   Details.

12:15p.  "Artificial Intelligence & The Explosion of Health Data: Global Ethical and Legal Issues."   I. Glenn Cohen and Sara Gerke.   Harvard Global Health Institute, 42 Church Street, Cambridge.   Details, Abstract.

1p.  "There is a (Time) and Place for Everything, Including Health."   An assessment of spatial heterogeneity in overall health across the United States.   Loni Philip Tabb.   HSPH:  Kresge 502.   Details.

2p.  "Learning from Large-Scale Spatiotemporal Data."   Rose Yu.   Northeastern:  Network Sciences Institute, 177 Huntington Ave.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Online Learning, Probabilistic Inequalities, and the Burkholder Method."   Dylan Foster.   MIT:  32-G575.   Details, Abstract.

3:30p.  "Making New Materials from Synthetically Modified Proteins."   Matthew B. Francis.   MIT:  56-114.   Details.

4p.  "Concrete and Concrete-Like Rocks: Engineered by Humans, Inspired by Nature?"   Tiziana Vanorio.   MIT:  1-131.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Electronics Fueled the 2000 US Budget Surplus. Will AI help or hinder?"   Paul H. Carr.   Lincoln Laboratory:  244 Wood St., Lexington.   Details, Abstract.

4:15p.  "Does Clean Air Increase the Demand for the Consumer City? Evidence from Beijing."   Siqi Zheng.   HKS:  Littauer 382.   Details.

4:30p.  "Do Drones Dream of Electric Sheep? Ethics and War in the 21st Century."   Eric Fanning, Obama's Secretary of the Army. .   HKS:  Institute of Politics, Faculty Dining Room.   Details.

5p.  "Here Come the Seeds: The Journey of a Seed from Collection to Propagation at the Arboretum."   Tiffany Enzenbacher.   Arnold Arboretum:  Larz Anderson Bonsai & Penjing Collection.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

5:30p.  "Building Your Next Mobile App."   Bill Wilson.   Cambridge Innovation Center, 5th Floor, Havana Room, One Broadway.   Details.

5:30-7:30p.  "Landscaping for Bird Diversity."   Claudia Thompson.   The Great Hall at Cedar Hill, 265 Beaver St., Waltham.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

6p.  "Dispatches from Planet 3: Thirty-Two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond."   Marcia Bartusiak.   Harvard Science Center D.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "What Makes Us Human?"   Amanda Tarullo and Joshua Tenenbaum.   MIT:  265 Massachusetts Ave.   Details.

6:30p.  "QualityBox: a MediaWiki hosting service."   Greg Rundlett.   MIT:  E51-315.   Details.

7p.  "A Star Trek: A Voyage to Discover Sources of Cosmic Signals in Our Universe."   HMS:  Armenise Auditorium, 200 Longwood Ave.   Details.   This event will be streamed.   There will be a lab tour or demo following the talk.

Thursday, October 18

11a.  "CoQA: A Conversational Question Answering Challenge."   Siva Reddy.   MIT:  32-G882.   Details, Abstract.

11a.  "From Sediment to Basalt: Single-cell microbial metabolism and growth rates from subsurface environments."   Elizabeth Trembath-Reichert.   Harvard:  Geological Museum 102.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Spirituality & Mental Health: What Clinicians Need to Know."   David Rosmarin.   McLean Hospital:  Service Bldg, Pierce Hall.   Details.

Noon.  "Synapse Loss, Innate Immunity and Alzheimer's Disease."   Morgan Sheng.   MIT:  46-3310.   Details, Abstracts.

12:15p.  "Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict."   Jacob N. Shapiro.   1 Brattle Square - Room 350.   Details, Abstract.

1p.  "Nanolecture: Safety Assessment of Graphene-Based Materials: A Graphene Flagship Perspective."   Bengt Fadeel.   HSPH:  665 Huntington Ave, 1-1302, Boston.   Details, Abstract.

1p.  "Towards Artificial Antibiotics, Biological Discovery, and Living Medicines."   Cesar de la Fuente.   MIT:  48-316.   Details.

2p.  "Introducing COMSOL Multiphysics® Version 5.4."   Bjorn Sjodin, VP, Product Management, COMSOL.   A webinar.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

3p.  "Developing Inclusive Digital Environments: Challenges and Opportunities for Computer Science."   Judy Brewer.   Tufts:  Halligan 102.   Details.

3p.  "Physics-Informed Learning Machines for Physical Systems."   George Karniadakis.   Harvard:  Pierce 209.   Details.

3p.  "Production 3D Printing: Transforming Art, Music, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Healthcare."   Keith Moore.   Tufts:  Anderson Hall.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "The Periodic Table of Data Structures."   Stratos Idreos.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G115.   Details, Abstract.

3:30p.  "The Genetic Basis of Female Mate Choice in Drosophila."   Daniel Matute.   Harvard:  BioLabs 1080.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Emotionally Disturbed: The Care and Abandonment of America’s Troubled Children in the 20th Century."   Deborah Doroshow.   Countway Library:  Lahey Room.   Details.

4p.  "Ionospheric Heating Experiments."   Natasha Jackson-Booth.   BU:  725 Commonwealth Ave., Rm 502.   Details.

4p.  "Towards Bridging the Gap between Deep Learning and Brains."   Yoshua Bengio.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details, Abstract.

4:30p.  "Bioelectronics for Brain and Heart: From Tissue-Like Electronics and Genetically-Targeted Electrodes to Whole-Organ Interface."   Jia Liu.   Harvard:  Room 330, 60 Oxford St.   Details, Abstract.

5:30p.  "Possessive Constructions: Syntactic Puzzles in English and Beyond."   Snejana Iovtcheva.   BU:  SAR 101, 635 Commonwealth Avenue.   Details, Abstract.

6-9p.  "Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Discovery."   Derek Lowe.   Le Meridian:  20 Sidney St., Cambridge.   Details.

6p.  "Memories of the Kings and Queens of Kush: Archaeology and Heritage at El Kurru."   Geoff Emberling.   Harvard:  Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St.   Details, Abstract.

6:30p.  "The Great US Security Debate."   District Hall, 75 Northern Ave.   Details, Abstract, RSVP.

7p.  "Let’s Review: Incorporating Scientific Evidence into the Design Process."   Aidan Hudson-Lapore.   CIC Boston, Meridian Room, 5th flr., 50 Milk St.   Details, Abstract.

7:30p.  "Quantum Tools to Explore the Universe…and Help Life on Earth."   Ronald Walsworth.   Astrophysical Observatory:  Phillips Auditorium.   Details.

Friday, October 19

Noon.  "Conflicts Over Science and Policy at the EPA: Where Are We Headed?"   A forum.   A webcast.   Details, Abstract.   An on-demand video will be posted after the event.

1-5p.  "Emergence, Effectiveness, and Equivalence in Physics."   A conference.   BU:  Photonics 901.   Details.

1p.  "Reliably Arranging Objects: a conformant planning approach to robot manipulation."   Ariel Anders.   MIT:  TBA.   Details, Abstract.

1:30p.  "Computational Perception with Applications to Graphic Design."   Zoya Bylinskii.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G-115.   Details, Abstract.

2p.  "Building and using Lexical Meters to explore Happiness, Health, Public Opinion, Language, and Stories."   Peter Sheridan Dobbs.   Computational Story Lab.   Network Science Institute, 177 Huntington Ave.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Is Information in the Brain Represented in Continuous or Discrete Form?"   James Tee.   BU:  PHO 211.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "What are the Computational Functions of Feedback to Early Visual Cortex?"   Daniel J. Kersten.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details, Abstract.

5:30p.  "Working With and For Animals: Getting the Theoretical Framework Right."   Martha Nussbaum.   Harvard:  Boylston Hall, Fong Auditorium.   Details, Abstract.

6:30-9:30p.  "MIT Energy Night 2018."   MIT's ongoing and upcoming innovations in energy.   MIT Museum, 256 Massachusetts Ave.   Details, Abstract, Register.

Saturday, October 20

10a.  "Hull Wind Turbine Tour."   100 Main St., Hull.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

12:30p.  "International Sloth Day 2018."   Harvard Museum of Natural History.   Details, Abstract.

2p.  "Family FUNstruction."   MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Sunday, October 21

10-12:30p.  "Small Trees for Small Spaces."   Laura Mele.   Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Bldg.   Details, Abstract.

11-3p.  "National Chemistry Week Celebration."   This year's theme is "Chemistry Is Out of This World."   Demonstrations by Bassam Shakhashiri.   Museum of Science: Blue Wing, lower level.   Details.

Monday, October 22

8-5p.  "Neurodevelopmental Disorders Symposium."   Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur.   Details, Abstract, Registration.*

10-3p.  "Handling Macromolecules with Modern Informatics."   Scilligence.   MassBio, 300 Technology Square, Cambridge.   Details, Absract, Registration.

10a.  "Introduction to Python Workshop."   MIT:  3-133.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

10-5p.  "Practical Steps for Increasing Openness and Reproducibility: A Day of Open Science."   Ian Sullivan, Transparency and Openness Training Coordinator, Center for Open Science.   Countway 518.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

11:45a.  "From Distance Universities to Universities Without Distances."   Josep Planell.   Marriott Hotel, Kendall Square.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Trans Kinds: Being Gendered in the Twenty-First Century."   Tey Meadow.   BU:  100 Cummington Mall, Rm. 241.   Details.

Noon.  "Melting Earth’s Core: Implications for Structure and an Early Dynamo."   Kanani Lee.   Harvard:  Geological Museum 102.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Stroke: Successes and Setbacks with a Notorious Silent Killer."   A forum.  A webcast.   Details, Abstract.   An on-demand video will be posted after the event.

Noon.  "The Case for a Slow and Steady 'Tortoise' Approach for US Nuclear Research and Development."   Michael J. Ford.   HKS:  Belfer Building, 5th flr., Bell Hall.   Details.   Lunch will be served.

12:10p.  "Understanding the Relationships between Stomatal Development, Leaf Function, and Environmental Response."   Graham Dow.   Arnold Arboretum:  Weld Hill Lecture Hall.   Details.   This event will be streamed.

12:15p.  "A Rational Framework for What? Race and the Ethos of Science from the Modern Synthesis to Genomics."   Tito Brige de Carvalho.   Harvard:  CGIS South S050, 1730 Cambridge Street.   Details.

2:30p.  "The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in India: Indirect management of groundwater through electricity sector reforms."   Aditi Mukherji.   HKS:  Nye Conference Center A.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Absolut Tchotchke: Materializing the Mother Tongue."   Jeffrey Shandler.   Harvard:  Lamont Forum Rm.   Details.

4p.  "Warming Warning."   An installation and a panel discussion.   Harvard:  Cabot Science Library.   Details, Abstract.

4:15p.  "Quantum Matter and Atomic Clocks."   Jun Ye.   Harvard:  Jefferson 250.   Details.

5:30p.  "The WeGen Business Model."   sarmiento.   MIT:  E19-319.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Santiago Ramón y Cajal: Butterflies of the Soul."   Javier DeFelipe.   A screening and a discussion.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details.

6-9:30p.  "Scope AR for Training & AI for Good."   Gregory Scott.   Cambridge Innovation Center - Venture Cafe, One Broadway, 5th Floor, Cambridge.   Details, Abstract.

6-9p.  "How Might We Use Sound-Based Augmented Reality to Improve Our Lives?"   MIT:  Kresge W16-035.   Details, Abstract, RSVP.

7p.  "What’s Going On in This Graph?"   Sharon Hessney.   Arnold Arboretum:    Details, Abstract, Registration.


October 23-24.  "Technologies for Homeland Security."   A symposium.   Crowne Plaza Woburn, 15 Middlesex Canal Park Dr, Woburn.   Details.

Tuesday, October 23

8:30-5p.  "Frontiers in Neurotechnology."   A symposium.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details, Registration.

9a.  "Transformers Space."   A new era of space travel.   A forum.   A webinar.   Details, Abstract.

11a.  "Machine Learning for Robot Perception, Planning, and Control."   Byron Boots.   MIT:  32-G449.  Details, Abstract.

11a.  "Mapping Emotions: Discovering structure in mesoscale electrical brain recordings."   Kafui Dzirasa.   McLean Hospital, deMarneffe 132, 115 Mill Street, Belmont.   Details.

Noon.  "Functionally Distinct Neuronal Ensembles within the Memory Engram."   Yingxi Lin.   Lin Lab.   Harvard:  BioLabs 1080.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Models for Drawings; Drawings for Models."   Gretchen Kai Halpert.   Harvard Herbarium 125, 22 Divinity Ave.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Classical Verification of Quantum Computation."   Urmila Mahadev.   MIT:  32-G449.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Control of Epigenetic Dynamics in Plants."   Mary Gehring.   MIT:  32-123.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Electro-Catalysis at the Atomic Scale."   Jan Rossmeisl.   MIT:  3-133.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Star Formation Then and Now."   Nia Imara.   MIT:  37-252.   Details, Abstract.

5:30p.  "Launch Clinic: Blockchain Startups."   A panel discussion.   Cambridge Innovation Center, 5th Floor, Havana Room, One Broadway.   Details, Abstract.

7p.  "Blockchain 101 + Uses in Education."   A forum.   HGSE:  Larsen G08, 13 Appian Way.   Details.

7p.  "Molecules and Reproducible Science."   Boston Python User Group.   Microsoft NERD, Suite 100, One Memorial Drive.   Details, Abstract.

7p.  "Science Fair, the Movie."   MIT:  10-250.   Details.

7p.  "Women in Astronomy."   Museum of Science.   Details, Registration.


October 24-28.  "iGEM Giant Jamboree."   Hynes Convention Center.   Details, Abstract.

Wednesday, October 24

8-4:30p.  "Drug Pricing Policies in the United States and Globally: From Development to Delivery."   A conference.   HLS:  Wasserstein 2036.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

9-1p.  "STEM DAY Robotics Competition."   Northeastern University, Burlington Campus, 145 South Bedford St.   Details.

11a.  "Imaging in Science and Medicine."   Tom Brennan, President, Artemis Vision.   A webcast.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Noon.  "Advanced Tools for Automated Analysis of Proteins."   Harvard:  Sherman-Fairchild G62, 7 Divinity Avenue.   Details.   RSVP to joe.powell@bio-techne.com.

Noon.  "Imaging van der Waals Heterostructures."   Brian LeRoy.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G125.   Details.

Noon.  "Supersizing Superresolution Microscopy: Open-source approaches to accelerate your microscopy research."   A panel discussion.   A webinar.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Noon.  "Understanding Biology and Disease through the Lens of Intrinsically Disordered Protein Interactions."   Julie Forman-Kay.   HMS:  New Research Building 350, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston.   Details.

12:30p.  "Latino Cardiovascular Health: Tailored Solutions for a Looming Crisis."   Lenny Lopez.   HMS:  TMEC 209.   Details, Abstract, RSVP.

2p.  "Spotlight Tour: The Beautiful Brain."   Rafael Yuste.   MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave.   Details.

4p.  "AI in the Life Sciences: Next Generation Analytics Platforms."   Joseph Gormley.   MIT:  32-G882.   Details.

4p.  "A Social-Interactive Neuroscience Approach to Understanding Autism."   Elizabeth Redcay.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Multi-Agent Map-Building: Kalman Filtering Meets Gaussian Processes."   Luca Schenato.   BU:  PHO 339.   Details, Abstract.

4:30p.  "Cold Molecules – a New Playground for Quantum and Chemical Physics."   Jun Ye.   Harvard: Jefferson 250.   Details.

5p.  "Personhood and Interpretations of Embodied Cognition."   Shaun Gallagher.   BU:  745 Commonwealth Ave. Room 325.   Details.

5:15p.  "2030 U.S. Climate Goals: Drifting further from the target— how can we get there?"   Frances Beinecke.   MIT:  Samberg Conference Center, 7th Floor, Salons M & I, Morris and Sophie Chang Building, 50 Memorial Drive.   Details.

5:15p.  "Introduction to Spatial Visualization & Analysis with Carto."   A workshop.   MIT:  14N-132.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

5:30p.  "Dialogue on Neuro-Immune Crosstalk."   HMS:  Alpert Bldg 236/.   Details.

6p.  "Can We Shape the Future of Neuroscience?"   Rafael Yuste and Khara Ramos.   MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Designing Technologies for Global Social Inclusion."   Bill Thies and Indrani Medhi Thies.   MIT:  NW86, Sidney Pacific Multipurpose Conference Room.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "From the Rachitic Rosary to Saturnine Gout: Medical Terms with Religious Roots."   Thomas Heyne.   Russell Museum:  2 North Grove St.   Details.

6p.  "Origins of the Silk Roads."   Rowan Flad.   Harvard:  Geological Lectures Hall, 24 Oxford St.  Details.   This event will be livestreamed on the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Facebook page. A recording of this program will be available on our YouTube channel approximately three weeks after the lecture.

7p.  "Designing AI-Enabled Technology for Society."   Udit Gupta and Lillian Pentecost.   HMS:  Armenise Auditorium, 200 Longwood Ave.   Details.   This event will be streamed.

7p.  "Going Down the Donut Hole... ."   Wylie Dufresne and Ted Russin.   Harvard Science Center C.   Details.

7p.  "AS1s, EQ1s, Raspberry Shakes, and More: Teaching Inquiry-Based STEM Through Seismology."   Alan Kafka.   Weston Observatory, 381 Concord Rd., Weston, MA.   Details, Registration.


October 25-26.  "Follow the Map: Reflecting on 200 Years of the Harvard Map Collection."   A symposium.   Harvard:  Lamont Library, Forum Rm.   Details.

Thursday, October 25

7:45a.  "Addressing Cannabis Use Disorder in an Era of Policy Liberalization: Clinical and Public Health Priorities."   Vaughan W. Rees.   Harvard:  Faculty Club 212.   Details.

Noon.   "Implicit Gender Bias in Preferred Linguistic Descriptions for Expected Events."   Roger Levy.   Harvard:  WJH 105.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "NIH-Wide Strategic Plan on Nutrition Research."   Christopher Lynch.   Tufts:  Jean Mayer Research Center, 711 Washington St.   Details.

Noon.  "Technology & Innovation at National Grid – Preparing for the Future of Energy."   Colette Lamontagne.   Tufts:  Curtis Hall, Multi-Purpose Room.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "The Richness of Computational Engineering at MIT – Observations on Advocacy and Stewardship."   Sidney Yip.   MIT:  3-370.   Details, Abstract.

12:15p.  "Artificial Intelligence: The Profits and Perils for Military Operations and Decision Making."   Lt. Col. Wes Adams.   One Brattle Sq., Room 350. :    Details.

12:30p.  "Archaeology Live: Harvard College Life in Colonial Times."   Harvard Yard, near the John Harvard statue..   Details, Abstract.

2p.  "Ruffled Feathers: Attribute Inference on Social Networks Beyond Homophily."   Kristen Altenburger.   Network Science Institute, 177 Huntington Ave.   Details.

3p.   "Coding of Space and Time by Neurons in Cortex."   HarvardMichael Hasselmo.   Harvard:  Pierce 209.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Data-Driven Approaches for Uncovering Functional Variation in Protein Interactions."   Shilpa Nadimpalli Kobren.   Tufts:  Halligan 102.   Details, Abstract.

3-7:30p.  "NeuroBoston Fall 2018 Symposium."   Tufts:  1 Kneeland St.   Details, Abstract, Tickets.

3-8:30p.  "Reality Connect."   Exploring Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality.   A mini-conference.   Venture Cafe:  One Broadway, 5th flr., Cambridge.   Details.

3p.  "The AI Index."   Yoav Shoham.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G-115.   Details, Abstract.

3:30p.  "Spatial Competition, Innovation and Institutions: The Industrial Revolution and the Great Divergence."   Klaus Desmet.   BC:  Maloney Hall 313.   Details.

4p.  "Exploration of Microbial Diversity to Discover Novel Molecular Technologies."   Feng Sheng.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "How Misfolded Chromosomes Cause Cancer."   Brad Bernstein.   MIT:  32-141.   Details.

4p.  "Lunar Swirls and Lunar Exploration."   Georgiana Kramer.   BU:  725 Commonwealth Ave., Rm 502.   Details.

4p.  "Observing Black Holes Up Close and Personal."   Ramesh Narayan.   MIT:  10-250.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Sharing Research: PrePrints & Data."   A forum.   HMS:  Countway Library, TMEC 209.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

4:30p.  "Engineering Biomolecules as Tools to Overcome the Biological Barriers of Drug Delivery."   Rana Ghosh.   Harvrd:  60 Oxford St., Rm 330.   Details, Abstract.

5p.  "How Bad Science is Corrupting the Justice System."   A forum.   HLS:  Austin Hall, Ames Courtroom.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

5:30p.  "Why is US Healthcare Spending so High, and What Can We Do About it?"   Ashish Jha.   HMS:  Countway Library, 10 Shattuck St., No. 3.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

6:30p.  "Are Animals Intelligent?"   Marie George.   MIT:  3-270.   Details, Registration.


October 26-28.  "2018 Global Community Bio Summit."   MIT:  E14, 75 Amherst St.   Details, Abstract.

Friday, October 26

Noon.  "Enabling Next-Gen Water Treatment and Resource Recovery through Novel Online Sensing using Machine Learning."   Amy Mueller.   Tufts:  Anderson 112.   Details.

Noon.  "Living Patterns."   Tufts:  Distler Performance Hall, Granoff Music Center.   Details.

Noon.  "Sex Chromosome Evolution and Turnover and the Future of Men."   Jennifer Marshall Graves.   HMS:  Warren Alpert 563, 200 Longwood Ave.   Details*, Abstract.

9-5p.  "The Undiscovered."   Speakers from several disciplines will discuss how detect new aspects of nature.   Harvard:  Knafel Center.   Details, Abstract, Registration.   This event will be streamed.

10a.  "For Reproducibility, We Need the Methods Behind the Data: A hands-on workshop with protocols.io."   HMS:  Countway 403.   Details, Abstract.

12:30p.  "Archaeology Live."   Harvard College Life in Colonial Times.   Harvard Yard, steps away from the John Harvard statue.   Details.

12:30p.  "Is the Future of Clinical Cancer Research a Global Adaptive Trial?"   Jeff Shrager and Brian Alexander.   HMS:  TMEC 227.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

12:30p.  "Reproducibility for Everyone."   HMS:  Countway #403.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

1p.  "One-Shot Instruction Based Action Learning in a Cognitive Robotic Architecture."   Tyler Frasca.   Tufts:  Halligan 209.   Details, Abstract.

1:30p.  "Data Science for Game Development."   Dean Wyatte.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G-115.   Details, Abstract.

1:30p.  "Developmental Origins of Human Aggression: A bio-psycho-social approach."   Richard Tremblay.   Tufts:  Robinson 253.   Details, Abstract.

2p.  "Doing Things with MOOCs: Utilization Strategies of Learners in Massively Open Online Courses."   Mitchell Stevens.   MIT:  3-133.   Details, Abstract.

3-4:30p.  "Archaeological Exploration of Sardis."   Harvard Art Museums.   Details.

3p.  "Climate Change and How We can Shift to a Sustainable Future."   Stephen Chu.   MIT:  32-123.   Details.

4p.  "Body-Brain Interface: Neuroanatomical and Functional Insights from the Primate Insular Cortex."   Henry Evard.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Extreme Events in Complex Dynamical Systems: prediction and statistical quantification."   Themia Sapsis.   MIT:  3-370.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "General Anesthesia, Sleep and Pain."   Fan Wang.   MIT:  46-3310.   Details.

5p.  "Pasts, Presents, and Futures of Spatial Computing."   Nicholas de Monchaux.   MIT:  7-429.   Details, Abstract.


October 27-28.  "Hacking for Freedom."   A Hackathon to stop sex trafficking.   MIT:  R&D Commons, 32 Vassar St.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Saturday, October 27

9-Noon.  "Art, Medicine, and Activism Workshop."   Ekua Holmes and Lachlan Forrow.   HMS:  Countway Library, Ballard Rm.   Details, Registration.

2-4p.  "Chain Reaction Contraption Construction Help Sessions."   MIT Museum.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

2p.  "Fabulous Fungus Fair."   Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford St.   Details.

2p.  "The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramo´n y Cajal."   Jacque Ip.   MIT Museum.   Details, Abstract.

Monday, October 29

Noon.  "Ecology and Evolution of Species Range Limits."   Monica Geber.   Arnold Arboretum:  Weld Hill Lecture Hall.   Details.   This event will be streamed.

Noon.  "Evolving Orbits in Planetary and Stellar Systems."   Adrian Hamers.   Center for Astrophysics:  Phillips Auditorium.   Details.

Noon.  "How Do Rainforests and Biomass Burning Aerosols Affect Rainy Season Onsets Over Tropical Continents?"   Rong Fu.   Harvard:  Geological Museum 102.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.   "Modeling Oceanic Internal Gravity Waves (IGWs) on a Global Scale."   Brian Arbic.   MIT:  54-923.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "The Political Economy of Pricing Carbon in a 2°C World."   Joe Aldy.   HKS:  Belfer Bldg., Bell Hall.   Details.   Lunch will be served.

Noon.  "Thermodynamics and Machine Learning."   Alex Alemi.   MIT:  4-331.   Details, Abstract.   X.

12:10.  "Ecology and Evolution of Species Range Limits."   Monica Geber.   Geber Lab.   Arnold Arboretum:  Weld Lecture Hall.   Details.   This event will be streamed.

12:30p.  "Architectural Robotics-Embodied Computation."   Axel Kilian.   MIT:  7-429.   Details, Abstract.

1-5p.  "A Processual Revolution in Biology."   A conference.   BU:  Kilachand Center, Room 101, 610 Commonwealth Ave.   Details.

1p.  "Feedback Driven Graph Learning."   Rajmonda Caceres.   Northeastern:  Network Science Institute, 177 Huntington Ave.   Details, Abstract.

3:40p.  "Tuning the Properties of Organic Semiconductors via Atomic Engineering."   Malika Jeffries-El.   Brandeis:  Gerstenzang 121.   Details, RSVP.

4p.  "Computing with Assemblies."   Christos Papadimitriou.   MIT:  32-155.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Order in the Genome!"   Ting Wu.   MIT:  4-270.   Details.

4:30p.  "Carpooling and the Economics of Self-Driving Cars."   Michael Ostrovsky and Michael Schwarz.   Harvard:  Littauer, Hansen-Mason Room.   Details.

5p.  "Leaks, Hacks and Scandals: Arab Culture in the Digital Age."   Tarek El-Ariss.   Tufts:  48 Professors Row, Fung House.   Details.

5:15p.  "Why DNA Has So Far Failed to Provide Clear Insights About Distinctively Human Traits."   David Reich.   HLS:  Wasserstein 1019.   Details, Abstract.

5p.  "The Great Barrier Reef Initiative."   MIT:  NW98, MIT Sea Grant.   Details, Abstract.

6:45p.  "Climate and the Human Consequences of Irreversible Change."   James Anderson.   Brandeis:  Schwarz 112.   Details.

7p.  "Let It Flow: Exploring Viscosity in Tate Dining Room & Bar."   Vicky Lau.   Harvard Science Center C.   Details.

Tuesday, October 30

8:30-5p.  "Boston Children's Hospital IDDRC 50th Anniversary Symposium."   BCH:  Folkman Auditorium.   Details, Registration.

11a.  "Is It Schizophrenia or Psychosis?"   Carol Tamminga.   McLean Hospital: Pierce Hall, 115 Mill St., Belmont.   Details.

Noon.  "Axon Degeneration: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential."   Aaron DiAntonio.   Harvard:  BioLabs 1080.   Details.

Noon.  "Recommendation Systems for Hydrologic Data."   Zhaokun Xue.   Tufts:  Halligan 209.   Details, Abstract.

12:30p.  "Impact Fragmentation: the Evolution of the Lunar Crust."   Sean Wiggins.   MIT:  54-517.   Details, Abstract.

1p.  "Human-Centered Autonomous Vehicles."   Lex Fridman.   MIT:  32-G449.  Details, Abstract.

2:30p.  "Neural Networks for Interpretable Physics Discovery."   J. Nathan Kutz.   MIT:  2-136.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Structured Learning and Inference with Neural Networks and Generative Models."   Owen Lewis.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Circumgalactic Precipitation."   Mark Volt.   MIT:  Narlar Lounge.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Infrared Spectroscopy of Stars and Planets."   Ian Crossfield.   Brandeis:  Abelson 131.   Details.

6p.  "Autonomous Vehicles: BostInno's State of Innovation."   Analog Garage:  125 Summer St, Floor 21.   Details, Abstract, Tickets.

6p.  "Explainable AI: Why Do Deep Models Make Certain Decisions?"   Sarah Bargal.   Tufts:  Halligan 102.   Details, Abstract.

7p.  "The President's and the People's Fish."   Catherine Schmitt and Madonna Soctomah.   New England Aquarium:  Simons IMAX.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Wednesday, October 31

9:30a.  "Sense of Self in Dissociative Identity Disorder."   Lauren Lebois.   McLean Hospital:  de Marneffe 218.   Details.

Noon.  "Climate Extremes at 1.5°C vs 2°C Global Warming: The IPCC SR15 report and underlying evidence."   Sonia Seneviratne.   HUCE Seminar Room 440, 26 Oxford St., 4th floor, Cambridge.   Details, Abstract.

12:15p.  "Personalized Nutrition Using Gut Microbiome and Clinical Data."   Eran Segal.   Tufts:  Jaharis Bldg., Behrakis Auditorium.   Details, Abstract.   This event will be streamed.

2:30p.  "Toward Sustainable Seafood: The limits and possibilities of aquaculture certification."   Md. Saidul Islam.   MIT:  66-360.   Details, Abstract.

4:30p.  "The Future of Cities."   David Miller and Malcolm Smith.   BU:  Florence and Chafetz Hillel House, 213 Bay State Rd, Boston.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

4:30p.  "Towards Better Reinforcement Learning for High Stakes Domains."   Emma Brunskill.   MIT:  34-101.   Details, Abstract.



*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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