Boston Science and Engineering Lectures Archive



Thursday, October 1

8a.  "Issues in MedTech Cyber Security—Trends and Policies."   A conference.   Microsoft NERD, One Memorial Drive.   Details, Registration, Abstract.   Preview

Noon.  "Regulatory Architecture of a Bacterial Cell Cycle."   Lucy Shapiro.   Harvard:  Northwest B-103.   Details, Abstract.

12:30p.  "Propagating Transcriptional Patterns through Mitosis."   Gerd A. Blodel.   HMS:  C Building, Cannon Room.   Details.*

2 - 5:30p.  "Vaccines and Therapeutics in the Developing World, Malaria and Beyond."   A symposium.   HMS:  The Joseph B.Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur.   Details, RSVP.*

4p.  "A Uniquely Human Mind-Meld: From Behavioral Contagion to Mind Contagion."   Laurie Santos.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Learning and Mining in Large-scale Time Series Data."   Yan Liu.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G115.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Sex, Conflict, and the Origin of Species: Can sexual interactions drive speciation?"   Leonie Moyle.   Harvard:  Biolabs 1080.   Details.

4p.  "The Gravitational Macro- and Micro-lensing of Quasars and the Ratio of Dark to Baryonic Matter in Galaxies."   Paul Schechter.   MIT:  10-250.   Details, Abstract.

4:30p.  "Head Games: Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and the Long-term Consequences of Repetitive Brain Trauma."   Robert Stern.   BU:  Sargent College 101, 635 Commonwealth Ave.   Details.

6p.  "From Genomics to Medicine: Uncovering and targeting the genetic circuits underlying GWAS and cancer."   Manolis Kellis.   Broad Institute Auditorium.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Your Obedient Servant: The Unlikely History of the Handheld Navigational Device."   Joyce E. Chaplin.   Harvard:  Science Center A.   Details, Abstract.

6:30 - 9p.  "Boston Python October Project Night."   Microsoft NERD, 1 Memorial Drive.   Details.

October 2 - 3.  "Boston University Digital Humanities Symposium."   BU:  Photonics Center 906.   Details, Registration.

Friday, October 2

8:30a.  "Bacterial Protein Delivery Systems: From Agents of Pathogenesis to Vectors for Novel Therapeutics."   Cammie Lesser.   Harvard:  HUCE Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford.   Details.

9:30 - 4:30p.  "The Past, Present, and Future of DNA."   A conference.   Harvard:  Knafel Center, 10 Garden St.   Details, Registration.

10a.  "A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Reactive and Instrumental Aggression."   James Blair.   Tufts:  Perry and Marty Granoff Music Center, Distler Performance Hall, 20 Talbot Ave, Medford.   Details.

11a.  "Enabling Customized Computing in Datacenters."   Jason Cong.   MIT:  32-G449.   Details, Abstract.

12:30p.  "Scientific Data Storage for Genomics & Precision Medicine."   Christopher Dwan.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G115.   Details.

1:30p.  "Fundamentals of Cyber Conflict and a Research Agenda for International Relations and Computer Science."   Herb Lin.   Tufts:  Halligan 111A.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Human Bone Tissue Engineering."   L. Lee Chou.   BU:  15 St Mary’s Street, Room 105.   Details, Abstract.


October 3 - 10.  "HUBWeek."   A general event supporting talks on a wide range of topics.   Details, Registration.

Saturday, October 3

10a.  "Seeds, Glorious Seeds."   Ana Maria Caballero and Nancy Sableski, Manager, Children's Education, Arnold Arboretum.   Arnold Arboretum:  Hunnewell Bldg lawn.   Details.

Noon - 4p.  "Amazing Archaeology Fair at Harvard."   Peabody Museum.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "The Chestnut Hill Pumping Engines."   Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon St.   Details.

12:30p.  "Assistive Technology Clothing Design."   Museum of Science, Gordon Center.   Details.

12:30p.  "Zooarchaeology Laboratory Open House."   Harvard:  Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave.  Details.

Sunday, October 4

6p.  "Can Justice Be Served When the Newest Brain Science Meets the Law?"   Judith Edershelm.   MGH:  Museum of Medical History, 2 North Grove St.   Details, Registration.

Monday, October 5

8 - 11a.  "From Opioids to Alcohol: Designing an Effective Response to Addiction."   A minihackathon.   Wyndham Hotel, 5 Blossom St.   Details, Registration.

9 - 1:30p.  "Four Global Health Threats, Four Global Health Opportunities."   HMS:  Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur.   Details, Registration.

Noon.  "3D Mapping of Alzheimer’s Pathology: A New Frontier."   Rebecca Canter.   MIT:  46-3189.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Wiring the Functional Brain."   Hisashi Umemori.   BU:  Life Science & Engineering B01, 24 Cummington Mall.   Details.

12:05p.  "Obliquity and Orbital Precession of the Kepler-13A System Probed with Gravity-Darkened Transit Light Curves."   Kento Masuda.   MIT:  37-252.   Details, Abstract.

1:30p.  "Flavor of Naturalness Beyond Vanilla."   JiJi Fan.   MIT:  6C-442.  Details.

CANCELLED.   2p.  "Articulated SLAM."   Matt Klingensmith.   MIT:  32-D463.   Details, Abstract.

2:30p.  "Ripples on the Surface: Reading Digital Books as Artifacts."   Alan Galey.   Harvard:  Barker 133.   Details.

3p.  "Mapping Global Patterns of Connectivity in the Mammalian Brain."   Liqun Luo.   Luo Lab.   New England Aquarium Simons IMAX Theatre.   Details.

4p.  "Beyond and Below the Standard Model: Exotic Light New Physics."   Brian Batell.   MIT:  26-414.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Learning (from) Networks: Fundamental Limits, Algorithms, and Applications."   Soheil Feizi.   Harvard:  Pierce 213.   Details, Abstract.

5p.  "Universality in Nature."   Harry Swinney.   MIT:  1-190.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "How Does the Environment Affect Our Health?"   John D. Spengler.   Harvard:  Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St.   Details.

Tuesday, October 6

8 - 5p.  "Synapses in Health and Disease."   A symposium.   MIT:  46-3002, 43 Vassar St.   Details, Registration.

11a.  "Prediction as a Humanitarian and Pragmatic Contribution from Human Cognitive Neuroscience to Psychiatry."   John Gabriele.   McLean Hospital:  deMarneffe 132, 115 Mill St, Belmont.   Details.

Noon.  "Learning from Nature: Novel therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative disease."   Chris Henderson, Biogen.   Harvard:  NW 243, 52 Oxford St.   Details.

Noon.  "Optimizing Robot Motions through Contact: from simple models to full dynamics."   Scott Kuindersma.   Harvard:  Geological Museum 100, 26 Oxford St.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "The State of the Podcast."   A discussion.   HLS:  Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East B.   Details, RSVO, Abstract.

12:30p.  "From Single Neuron to Global Connectivity."   Liqun Luo.   Brandeis:  Gerstenzang 121.   Details.

2p.  "Searching for Alien Life with a "Super-Hubble" Space Telescope."   A webcast.   Details.

2:30p.  "Natural Inflation and Quantum Gravity."   Prashant Saraswat, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins.   MIT:  6C-442.   Details.

3p.  "Optimizing Snake Locomotion."   Silas Alden.   Harvard:  Lyman 425.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Treasures from the Underworld of the City of the Gods."   Sergio Gomez.   Harvard:  CGIS South S030, 1730 Cambridge St.   Details, Abstract.

5:15p.  "Getting From Here to There."   Shigeru Miyagawa.   MIT:  3-133.   Details.

6:30p.  "Soil: The Skin of the Earth."   Andrew Kurtz.   Belmont Media Center, 9 Lexington St, Belmont.   Details.

7p.  "OCD Therapy – It’s Going to the Dogs."   Perrie Merlin.   McLean Hospital:  de Marneffe 132, Belmont.   Details.

7:30p.  "Fluorescent Minerals."   Harold (Fritz) Moritz.   Harvard:  Geological Lecture Hall.   Details, Abstract.


October 7 - 9.   "Comsol Conference."   COMSOL Inc, 1 New England Executive Park, Burlington, MA.   Details.

Wednesday, October 7

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

9 - 5p.  "Developmental Origins of Health and Disease."   A symposium.   HMS:  Joseph B. Martin Conference Center - Rotunda.   Details, Abstract.

10a.  "Libraries: The Next Generation."   An exploration.   HLS:  Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West B.   Details, Abstract, RSVP.

Noon.  "A Long-term Perspective on Recent Discoveries in Marine Microbiology."   Jed Fuhman.   Fuhrman Lab.   Harvard:  Geological Bldg, Haller Hall, 24 Oxford.   Details.

Noon.  "Auto-adaptive Digital Circuits -- Application to Low-power Multicores and Ultra-low-power Wireless Sensor Nodes."   Edith Beigne, Cea-Leti MINATEC.   MIT:  34-101.   Details.

Noon.  "The Rise of Geekpolitik: How Cyber Impacts Geopolitics and International Security."   Chris Bronk.   MIT:  E40-496.   Details.

12:10p.  "What can Theory Teach Us about the Climates of Low-Mass Exoplanets?"   Robin Woodsworth.   MIT:  54-915.   Details.

1p.  "Neural Control of Economic Decision-making."   Michael Nitabach.   Harvard:  NW 243, 52 Oxford St.   Details.

Postponed to Oct. 14   1p.  "Prepping for Propagation."   Jack Alexander and Tiffany Enzenbacher.   Arnold Arboretum:  Dana Greenhouse.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Accelerating the Discovery of Insights from Data."   Laura Haas.   MIT:  32-G449.  Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Coping with Climate Change: How will Boston Adapt?"   A panel discussion.   Harvard:  Sanders Theater.   Details, Registration.

4p.  "Planarity-Exploiting Algorithms."   Philip N. Klein.   Harvard:  Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden Street.   Details, Abstract.

5p.  "The Art of Underwater Photography."   Keith Ellenbogen.   MIT:  6C-442.   Details.

5 - 7p.  "The Power and Promise of Precision Medicine."   A discussion.   HMS:  Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur.   Details, Abstract, Registration.*

6p.  "Breaking the SynthBio Barrier."   Pamela Silver.   Silver Lab.   MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave.   Details.

6p.  "Your Brain on Art: How Does Light Influence Our Creation and Perception of Images?"   Margaret Livingstone and Sharon Harper.   Harvard Art Museums, Menschel Hall, 32 Quincy Street.   Details, Registration.

6:45p.  "Convergent Evolution."   Janet Browne and .   Aeronaut Brewery, 14 Tyler St, Somerville.   Details, RSVP, Abstract.

7 - 9p.  "Friends with Benefits: Microbes, Diet & Me."   Eric Alm and Tim Spector.   Museum of Science, Cahners Theater.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

7 - 9p.  "The Highs and Lows of Medical Marijuana: Marijuana's effects on physiology, health, and society."   HMS:  Armenise Auditorium.   Details.

Thursday, October 8

9 - 5p.  "Neuroscience Symposium."   Tufts:  Jaharis Center, Behrakis Auditorium, 150 Harrison Ave.   Details, RSVP.

Noon.  "Auditory Scene Analysis and Natural Sound Statistics."   Joshua McDermott.   Laboratory for Computational Audition.   Harvard:  765 William James Hall.   Details.

12:30p.  "Prefrontal Circuitry Supports Fear Discrimination Learning."   Edward Korzus.   BU:  2 Cummington Mall 109.   Details.

1p.  "The Digital Economy Since 'Who Owns the Future?'"   Jaron Lanier.   HKS:  Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building.   Details.

4p.  "Physics and Cosmology with the Cosmic Microwave Background."   John Carlstrom.   MIT:  10-250.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Synthetic Biology: Science, Policy, and Ethics."   A panel discussion.   HLS:  Casperson Student Center, Harkness South Dining Room.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "The End of an Epidemic: Public Health Practices and HIV/AIDS in 2015."   Evelynn M. Hammonds.   HSPH:  Kresge 606, 677 Huntington Ave.   Details.

4p.  "The Neural Circuitry of Sex and Violence."   David Anderson.   MIT:  46-3003.   Details.

4p.  "Towards Hardware-Software Co-Design for Data Processing: A Plea and a Proposal."   Jignesh Patel.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G115.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Biogeography of Human Skin Microbiota in Health and Disease."   Heidi Kong.   Harvard:  HUCE Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford St.   Details.

6p.  "The Healing Arts of Music and Medicine."   Lisa Wong.   MGH:  Russell Museum, 2 North Grove St.   Details, Registration.

7p.  "On Beauty."   Emily Eveleth and David Tester.   Broad Institute, Auditorium, 415 Main St.   Details, Abstract, Tickets.


October 9 - 11.  "Psychology and the Other."   A conference.   Lesley University's Brattle Campus, 99 Brattle St.   Details, Registration.

Friday, October 9

3:15p.  "Trail Detectives Club."   Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan.   Details, Abstract.

1p.  "Lessons from Boston: Using Technology to Improve City Services."   A forum.   Nye ABC, 5th floor of the Taubman Building, 15 Eliot Street.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

1p.  "The Dynamics Underlying Global Spread of Emerging Infectious Diseases."   Joseph Wu.   MIT:  32-D463.   Details, Abstract.

1p.  "The Future of Privacy and Security in a Big Data World."   Bruce Schneier.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G115, 33 Oxford St.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Transcriptional Regulation and Metabolism: key elements in the evolution and mechanisms of social life in bees."   Gene Robinson.   Robinson Lab.   Harvard:  Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, One Brattle Square.   Details.

5 - 8p.  "Chain Reaction Meets the 18th Century."   A workshop.   MIT Museum.   Details.

5p.  "Civic Technology."   A conference.   HKS:  JFK Forum, 79 John F. Kennedy St.   Details, Abstract, RSVP.

8p.  "The Stanford Prison Experiment."   MIT:  26-100.  Details.   This event will repeat on October 10.

Saturday, October 10

8a.  "Bird Walks."   Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details.

Noon.  "Making Robotics Fly."   Harvard Stadium.   Details, RSVP.

12:30p.  "Assistive Technology Clothing Design."   Museum of Science, Gordon Center.   Details.

1 - 4p.  "A Pop-Up Makerspace: The Future of Learning Laboratory."   A workshop.   Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave, Allston.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

Sunday, October 11

1p.  "Sensory Trail Exploration."   Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan.   Details.

Monday, October 12

7p.  "Quite a Sight! Gene Therapy to Treat Blindness."   The Burren, Davis Sq, 247 Elm St.   Details.

7p.  "Science and Emotions: Delicious or Disgusting?"   Andoni Aduriz and Ramon Perise.   Harvard Science Center C.   Details.

Monday, October 12

7p.  "Quite a Sight! Gene Therapy to Treat Blindness."   The Burren, Davis Sq, 247 Elm St.   Details.

7p.  "Science and Emotions: Delicious or Disgusting?"   Andoni Aduriz and Ramon Perise.   Harvard Science Center C.   Details.

Tuesday, October 13

8:30 - 5p.  "Cancer Hallmarks and Therapies."   A symposium.   HMS:  Joseph B. Martin Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur.   Details, Registration.*

9:30a.  "Obesity and Asthma: lessons from animal models."   Stephanie A. Shore.   HSPH:  HSPH Building 1, Rm. 1302.   Details.

11a.  "Tools for Analyzing and Repairing the Brain."   Edward Boyden.   McLean Hospital:  deMarneffe 132, 115 Mill Street, Belmont.   Details.

Noon.  "From Hot and Spicy to Cold and Clammy: Thermal and chemical sensing in Drosophila."   Paul Garrity.   Harvard:  Northwest 243, 52 Oxford St.   Details.

Noon.   "Kill All DRM in the World Forever, Within a Decade."   A Berkman Luncheon.   Cory Doctorow.   Webcast details.   Podcast details.   RSVP required for lunch.   Harvard: Berkman Center for the Internet and Society, 23 Everett St, 2nd Flr.   Details, RSVP, Summary.

Noon.  "Natural Scene Statistics and Neuronal Function - the Case of Spatial Hearing."   Wiktor Mlynarski.   MIT:  46-3189.   Details, Abstract.

12:30p.  "Exoplanets and the Search for Habitable Worlds."   Sara Seager.   Brandeis:  Gerstenzang 121.   Details.

2p.  "Nuclear 101: How Reactors and Safety Work."   Matthew Bunn.   Harvard:  JFK School, Belfer Center Library (L-324).   Details.

3p.  "Revitalizing Translational Psychiatry."   Steven Hyman.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Two Applied Math Stories in Neuroscience and Locomotion."   Calvin Zhang.   Harvard:  Lyman 425.   Details.

4p.  "Implausible Life: An Unappealing But Plausible Scenario for Life's Origin on Earth."   Edwin Turner.   MIT:  37-252.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Probabilistic Graphical Models in Artificial Intelligence and Medicine."   Javier Diez.   MIT:  32-D463.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Understanding the Nature of Neutrinos: Recent Discoveries and Future Prospects."   Karsten Heeger.   Brandeis:  Abelson 131.   Details, Abstract.

4:45 - 6:30p.  "Recovery of Uranium from Seawater: Technologies, Economics, and Prospects."   Erich Schneider.   MIT:  66-110.   Details, Abstract.

5p.  "Digital Humanities."   Northeastern University Digital Scholarship Commons, 211 Snell Library.   Details.

6p.  "This Is Your Brain on Sports."   A demonstration and discussion.   Harvard:  NW B103, 52 Oxford St.   Details, Registration.

6:30 -9p.  "Health Behavior Change Using Mobile Technology."   Stephen Intille.   IBM, 1 Rogers St, Cambridge.   Details, Registration, Abstract.

6:30.  "The Remote-Controlled Society."   A Ford Hall Forum event.   Suffolk University, C. Walsh Theater.   Details.

6:30p.  "The WikiHouse: an open source building system."   Eric Schimelpfenig.   Artisan's Asylym:    Details, Abstract.

7p.  "Our Robots, Ourselves: Robotics and the Myths of Autonomy."   David A. Mindell.   Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave.   Details, Abstract.

7:30p.  "Comparative Biology of Ceratina Small Carpenter Bees: What early insect societies can tell us about the evolution of sociality."   Sandra Rehan.   MCZ 101, 26 Oxford St.   Details. Abstract.

Tuesday, October 13

8:30 - 5p.  "Cancer Hallmarks and Therapies."   A symposium.   HMS:  Joseph B. Martin Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur.   Details, Registration.*

9:30a.  "Obesity and Asthma: lessons from animal models."   Stephanie A. Shore.   HSPH:  HSPH Building 1, Rm. 1302.   Details.

11a.  "Tools for Analyzing and Repairing the Brain."   Edward Boyden.   McLean Hospital:  deMarneffe 132, 115 Mill Street, Belmont.   Details.

Noon.  "From Hot and Spicy to Cold and Clammy: Thermal and chemical sensing in Drosophila."   Paul Garrity.   Harvard:  Northwest 243, 52 Oxford St.   Details.

Noon.   "Kill All DRM in the World Forever, Within a Decade."   A Berkman Luncheon.   Cory Doctorow.   Webcast details.   Podcast details.   RSVP required for lunch.   Harvard: Berkman Center for the Internet and Society, 23 Everett St, 2nd Flr.   Details, RSVP, Summary.

Noon.  "Natural Scene Statistics and Neuronal Function - the Case of Spatial Hearing."   Wiktor Mlynarski.   MIT:  46-3189.   Details, Abstract.

12:30p.  "Exoplanets and the Search for Habitable Worlds."   Sara Seager.   Brandeis:  Gerstenzang 121.   Details.

2p.  "Nuclear 101: How Reactors and Safety Work."   Matthew Bunn.   Harvard:  JFK School, Belfer Center Library (L-324).   Details.

3p.  "Revitalizing Translational Psychiatry."   Steven Hyman.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Two Applied Math Stories in Neuroscience and Locomotion."   Calvin Zhang.   Harvard:  Lyman 425.   Details.

4p.  "Implausible Life: An Unappealing But Plausible Scenario for Life's Origin on Earth."   Edwin Turner.   MIT:  37-252.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Probabilistic Graphical Models in Artificial Intelligence and Medicine."   Javier Diez.   MIT:  32-D463.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Understanding the Nature of Neutrinos: Recent Discoveries and Future Prospects."   Karsten Heeger.   Brandeis:  Abelson 131.   Details, Abstract.

4:45 - 6:30p.  "Recovery of Uranium from Seawater: Technologies, Economics, and Prospects."   Erich Schneider.   MIT:  66-110.   Details, Abstract.

5p.  "Digital Humanities."   Northeastern University Digital Scholarship Commons, 211 Snell Library.   Details.

6p.  "This Is Your Brain on Sports."   A demonstration and discussion.   Harvard:  NW B103, 52 Oxford St.   Details, Registration.

6:30 -9p.  "Health Behavior Change Using Mobile Technology."   Stephen Intille.   IBM, 1 Rogers St, Cambridge.   Details, Registration, Abstract.

6:30.  "The Remote-Controlled Society."   A Ford Hall Forum event.   Suffolk University, C. Walsh Theater.   Details.

6:30p.  "The WikiHouse: an open source building system."   Eric Schimelpfenig.   Artisan's Asylym:    Details, Abstract.

7p.  "Our Robots, Ourselves: Robotics and the Myths of Autonomy."   David A. Mindell.   Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave.   Details, Abstract.

7:30p.  "Comparative Biology of Ceratina Small Carpenter Bees: What early insect societies can tell us about the evolution of sociality."   Sandra Rehan.   MCZ 101, 26 Oxford St.   Details. Abstract.

Wednesday, October 14

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

8 - 5p.  "Quantum Materials."   A symposium.   MIT:  Little Kresge Auditorium, Building W16, 48 Massachusetts Ave.   Details, Registration.

9:30a.  "Disentangling Multiple Contributions to Human Learning."   Anne Collins.   McLean:  de Marneffe 218.   Details.

Noon.  "Decoding Human Genome Function."   John Stamatoyannopoulos.   HMS:  NRB 350.   Details.*

Noon.  "New Insights into Human Genome Function."   John Stamatoyannopoulos.   Harvard:  NRB 0350.   Details.*

Noon.  "Why Starting a Car Company Was a Good Idea."   Marc Tarpenning, Tesla Motors.   MIT:  34-401.   Details.

12:30p.  "The Origin of Titan and Hyperion."   Doug Hamilton.   MIT:  54-517.   Details, Abstract.

1p.  "Prepping for Propagation."   Jack Alexander and Tiffany Enzenbacher.   Arnold Arboretum:  Dana Greenhouse.   Details, Abstract.

3 - 5p.  "Sightlines."   A discussion about multispectral imaging for cultural heritage collections.   Harvard:  Tsai Auditorium, CGIS South, 1730 Cambridge St.   Details, RSVP.

4p.  "Animal Ethos: The Everyday Ethics of Human-Animal Worlds in Experimental Laboratory Science."   Lesley Alexandra Sharp.   Harvard:  Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden Street.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Automata Processing: Massively-Parallel Acceleration for Approximate Pattern Matching."   Kevin Skadron.   BU:  PHO 205.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "CRISPR, From DNA-Targeted Immunity to Genome Editing."   Erik Sontheimer.   HMS:  Jimmey Fund Auditorium.   Details.

4p.  "Earth’s Equilibrium Climate Sensitivity."   Bjorn Stevens.   MIT:  54-915.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Predicting Rainfall Change Under Global Warming: New Challenge for Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics."   Shang-Ping Xie.   Harvard:  Geology Museum 102, 24 Oxford.   Details, Abstract.

4p.   CANCELLED"Software-Defined Metadata Processing."   Andre DeHon.   MIT:  32-G882.   Details, Abstract.

4:30p.  "Gossip: Identifying Central Individuals in Networks and Information Diffusion Processes."   Matthew Jackson.   Harvard:  Science Center C.   Details.

4:30p.  "The Land Sharks are on the Squawk Box."   Michael Stonebraker.   MIT:  32-123.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Ancient Mesopotamian Music."   Robert Dumbrill and Irving Finkel. Harvard:  NW B103, 52 Oxford St.   Details, Abstract.

6p.   "Customizing Nature."  Kristala Jones Prather and Ron Weiss.   MIT Museum:  265 Massachusetts Ave.   Details.

6p.  "From Cortical Development to Cortex in the Dish: Generation of neuronal diversity."   Paola Arlotta.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details.

6p.  "Physics of Failure: Approach, Methodology, Tools and Implementation."   Craig Hilman.   Lincoln lab, 3 Forbes Rd, Lexington.   Details, Abstract.

6:30 - 8p.  "Haystack Observatory Open House."   Details.

6:30p.  "Jellyfish - Life History and Aquarium Displays."   Steven Spina.   Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 Kendall St.   Details, RSVP.

6:30p.  "Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink."   A film screening.   Museum of Science.   Details.

7p.  "CyberResiliency."   Dennis M. Miller.   Minuteman Commons, Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford.   Details.

7 - 9p.  "Tricks of the Light: How nanoscale materials shape the world we see."   HMS:  Armenise Auditorium.   This seminar will be webcast.   Details.

7:30p.  "Ancient Mesopotamian Cuisine."   Nawal Nasrallah.   Harvard:  Semitic Museum, 6 Divinity Ave.   Details, Abstract.

Thursday, October 15

Noon.  "Ideology and Causal Attribution."   Laura Niemi.   Harvard:  WJH 765.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Imaging Life at High Spatiotemporal Resolution."   Eric Betzig.   Harvard:  Northwest B-103.   Details, Abstract.

Noon - 7p.  "Progress in Winning the War on Cancer: Combination Therapies."   A symposium.   Merck Research Laboratories Boston, 33 Avenue Louis Pasteur.   Details, RSVP.

Noon.  "The Experienced Palette is a Smart One: A behavioral and neural investigation of taste learning."   Veronica Flores.   Brandeis:  Rosenstiel 118.   Details.

2:50p.  "Towards Application Centric Cloud Networking."   Fahad Dogar.   Tufts:  Halligan 102.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "A Big Data System for Things That Move."   Balaji Prabhakar.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G115.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Air, Earth, and Water: Elements of Health and the Urban Environment."   BU:  Questrom 426/428, 595 Commonwealth Avenue.   Details, RSVP.

4p.  "Closing Achievement Gaps in MOOCs with Psychological Interventions."   Rene Kizilcec.   MIT:  3-270.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Remorse Without Regret: Experimentalism, Consent, Apology, and the Affective Economies of Biomedicine."   Jacob D. Moses.   HMS:  Minot Room, 5th Floor, Countway Library, 10 Shattuck Street.   Details.

4p.  "The Upside of Noise: Photon Torpedoes, QED Pinwheels, and the First 70 Years of Fluctuational Electrodynamics."   Homer Reid.   MIT:  10-250.   Details, Abstract.

4:15p.  "The Anatomy of Knock."   Wai Cheng.   MIT:  37-212.   Details.

4:30p.  "On the Therapeutic Mechanisms of Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's disease: Why High Frequency?"   Sridevi Sarma.   MIT:  E25-111.  Details.

5p.  "Celebrating the Female Superhero Through Digital Gaming."   Sarah Zaidan.   MIT:  4-321.   Details.

6p.  "IoT Takes to the Road: Getting Smarter in Transportation."   A panel discussion.   MIT:  32-155.   Details, Registration.

6p.  "The History of an Adobe Wall: Society, Politics, and Burial in the Andes."   Gary Urton.   Harvard:  Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street.   Details, Abstract.

7p.  "The History, and Mystery, of Cortical Visual Disorders."   Sashank Prasad.   BWH:  Bornstein Amphitheater, 75 Francis St.   Details.*

7p.  "Watching Water: Nature's Field Guide to Weather and Climate."   Bjorn Stevens.   New England Aquarium, Simons IMAX Theatre.   Details, Registration.

7p.  "The Art and Practice of Saving Seeds."   Lee Buttala.   Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Bldg.   Details, Registration.

7:30p.  "Big Bang Astronomy from the Ends of the Earth."   John Kovac.   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden St.   Details.  This event will be webcast and archived.


October 16 - 17.  "Archaeology Fair."   Museum of Science.   Details.

Friday, October 16

8:30a.  "How General are the Lessons Learned from Evolution Experiments in Yeast?"   Michael McDonald.   Harvard:  HUCE Seminar Room 310, 24 Oxford St, 3rd Floor.   Details.

10a.  "Deglaciation to Dam Removal: climatic and land-use controls on New England river processes."   Noah Snyder.   MIT:  E25-119.   Details.

2:30 - 4:30p.  "Political Animals: Barren Ground Caribou and their Managers in a 'Post-Normal' Age."   Tina Loo.   MIT:  E51-095.   Details.

3p.  "Bio-inspired Distributed Sensing with Mobile Sensor Networks."   Wencen Wu.   BU:  8 St. Mary's Street, Room 210.   Details, Abstract.

3 - 5:30p.  "Mushroom Hunting in the Fells."   The Fells.   Details, Tickets, Abstract.

3:30p.  "Is there a Joint in Nature between Cognition and Perception?"   Ned Block.   Brandeis:  Rabb Graduate Center Room 338.   Details.

4p.  "Grand Challenges in Phylogenomics."   Tandy Warnow.   Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, One Brattle Square.   Details.   Abstract

6 - 10p.  "Energy Night."   The MIT Energy Club's flagship event, with posters from MIT researchers and start-ups.   MIT Museum.   Details.

6p.  "Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age."   Sherry Turkle.   Brattle Theatre.   Details, Abstract, Tickets.

6:30p.  "Psychedelic Medicine: The New Science of Hallucinogens."   Mark J. Plotkin.   Museum of Science, Cahners Theater.   Details, Abstract.

Saturday, October 17

8a.  "Bird Walks."   Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details.

10a.  "Planets: Pluto and Beyond."   MIT: Kresge Auditorium, 48 Massachusetts Ave.   Details.

9:30 - 11:30a.  "Drawing Animals."   First meeting of a four Saturday course.   Erica Beade.   Harvard Museum of Natural History.   Details, Registration.

Noon.  "The History of the Brookline Water System."   Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon St.   Details.

1 - 4p.  "Beekeeping 101."   Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan.   Details, Registration.

Sunday, October 18

4:30p.  "The Maple Collection."   Nancy Rose.   Arnold Arboretum, Hunnewell Building.   Details, Register.

Monday, October 19

11:30a.  "Computational Challenges in Disease Burden Measurement."   Abraham Flaxman.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin 119.   Details.

Noon.  "Technology in Support of Healthy Living: What works, what doesn't, and what we can do about it."   Jochen Meyer.   Northeastern:  Stillman 415.   Details.

12:15p.  "The Genealogy of a Gene: Patents, HIV/AIDS and Race."   Myles Jackson.   Harvard:  Pierce 100F.   Details.

2:45p.  "Heat Transfer to Capture Flavors."   Josep Roca, sommelier, El Celler de Can Roca. and Raul Sillero, El Celler de Can Roca.   Harvard Science Center C.   Details.

3p.  "Pinus ponderosa: Icon of the West."   Maggie Redfern.   Arnold Arboretum:  Peters Hill Road.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "After Fukushima: Making Nuclear Energy Safer."   Allison Macfarlane.   MIT:  Bartos Theater, Wiesner Building, 20 Ames St.   Details.

4p.  "Discovery of New Chemistry and Biology from the Microbial World."   Xinyu Liu.   Brandeis:  Gerstenzang 121.   Details.

4p.  "Understanding the Recent Global Warming Slowdown: Observations, Theories and Modeling."   Ka-Kit Tung.   Harvard:  Haller Hall, Geological Museum.   Details, Abstract.

5p.  "The Challenge of Sustainability."   Simon Levin.   MIT:  1-190.  Details, Abstract.

6 - 8p.  "Let's Talk About Water."   A forum.   Harvard:  Community Hall 105, 59 Shephard Street.   Details.

7p.  "Erin Brockovich."   A Coolidge Science on Screen presentation.   Daniel Brooks will comment.   Coolidge Corner Theater.   Details.

7p.   "Heat Transfer to Capture Flavors."   Josep Roca and Raul Sillero.   Harvard Science Center C.   Details.

Tuesday, October 20

Noon.  "Biological Control & Controlling Biology."   Frank Doyle.   Harvard:  Geological Museum 100.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.   "Bitcoin and Blockchain-based Technologies."   A Berkman Luncheon.   Patrick Murck.   Webcast details.   Podcast details.   RSVP required for lunch.   HLS: Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East C.   Details, RSVP, Summary.

Noon.  "Integrating Open Data into Open Access Journals."   Micah Altman, Director, Information Science, MIT Libraries.   MIT:  E25-401.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Moral Bioprediction, Bioenhancement, and the Law."   Julian Savulescu.   Harvard Law:  Pound 102, 1536 Massachusetts.   Details, Abstract.

12:30p.  "CRISPR-Cas: the prokaryotic adaptive immune system."   Luciano Marraffini.   HMS:  NRB 1031, 77 Ave. Louis Pasteur.   Details.*

12:30p.  "Stellar Occultations of sub-km Kuiper Belt Objects."   Alexandria Gonzales.   MIT:  54-517.   Details.

3p.  "Computational Analysis of RNA Structure and Function."   Elena Rivas.   Harvard:  Lyman 425.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Atmospheric Dynamics of Brown Dwarfs."   Adam Showman.   MIT:  37-252.   Details.

4p.  "Bug Exterminators: A New Killer Cell Defense Against Bacteria, Fungi and Parasites."   Judith Lieberman.   MIT:  32-123.   Details.

4p.  "Complex Connections between DNA Repair and Cancer."   Roger Greenburg.   HMS:  Jimmy Fund Auditorium.   Details.   Flyer.

4.  "Precision Measurement of Biology."   Stephen Quake.   Brandeis:  Gerstenzang 123.   Details.

6p.  "Thanks for Mutton: the Archaeology of Food and Drink at the Colonial Tavern."   Joe Bagley.   The Tap Trailhouse, 19 Union St.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

7p.  "GMOs and GMO Labelling."   A public forum.   Watertown Middle School Auditorium, 68 Waverley Avenue, Watertown.   Details.

7.  "Sea Level Rise and the Hurricane Impacts on the Coastlines."   Sergio Fagherazzi.   Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 E Kendall Street, Cambridge.   Details, Register.

Wednesday, October 21

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

4p.  "Dr. Can-Do Science Experiments."   BPL:  Faneuil Branch, 419 Faneuil St.   Details.

9:30a.  "Clarifying the Pathway to Suicide."   Alexander Millner.   McLean Hospital, de Marneffe 218, 115 Mill St, Belmont.   Details.

RESCHEDULED to 10/23.   10a.  "Development and Applications of CRISPR-Cas for Genome Editing."   Feng Zhang.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details.

Noon.  "From Pioneers to the Present: The Evolution of Our Understanding of the Ancient Olmec City in La Venta, Tabasco, Mexico."   Rebecca Gonzalez-Lauck, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico.   Harvard:  Tozzer 203.   Details.

Noon.  "Introduction to Electron Microscopy."   Carolyn Marks, Harvard Center for Nanoscale Systems.   Harvard:  Biolabs 1080, 16 Divinity Ave.   Details.

4p.  "Genetic Association Analysis of Multiple Phenotypes and/or Multiple Groups."   Matthew Stephens.   HMS:  NRB 457.   Details.

4p.  "Planetary Life and Atmospheres."   Paul Carr.   Lincoln Lab Auditorium, 244 Wood Street, Lexington.   Details, Abstract.

4:15p.  "Design of Resource- and Eco-Effective Materials, Processes, and Systems."   Elsa Olivetti.   MIT:  1-131.   Details, Abstract.

4:30p.  "Brain Hacking to Boost your A-Game: The Ethics of Cognitive Enhancement in Gaming and Competition."   A panel discussion.   HMS:  TMEC 250.   Details, Registration.   The event will be broadcast live online.

5p.  "A Window Into the Underwater World: Framing Fish at the New England Aquarium."   Keith Ellenbogen and Steve Bailey, Curator of Fishes, New England Aquarium.   MIT:  6C-442.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Autodesk & 3D Systems."   A VR Meetup.   Cambridge Innovation Center - Venture Cafe, One Broadway, 5th Floor.   Details, RSVP.

6p.  "History, Art, and Process of Illustrated Maps."   John Roman.   BPL:  Central Library, Commonwealth Salon.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Who Needs Rules?"   George Church and Kenneth Oye.   MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave.   Details.

6:30p.  "MooseFS."   Krzysztof Kielak.   MIT:  E51-335.   Details.

7 - 9p.  "Living in a Jurassic World: Could dinosaurs be lurking in our backyards?"   This seminar will be webcast.   HMS:  Armenise Auditorium.   Details.

7p.  "Through Snows, Strikes, and Strain: The Archaeology of Moving Boston."   Miles Shugar.   Haley House Bakery Café, 12 Dade Street, Dudley Square, Roxbury.   Details, Abstract.


October 22 - 23.  "The History of Energy and the Environment Conference."   Harvard University.   Details.

Thursday, October 22

11 - 7p.  "'From Beyond' - A Boston MegaGame."   Miscrosoft NERD, One Memorial Drive. Details, Abstract, Registration.

Noon.  "Breaking Visual Working Memory: (In)dependent Representations for Storage and Manipulation."   Hrag Pailian.   Harvard:  WJH 765.   Details.

Noon.  "The Effects of Human-Animal Interaction on Individuals with Developmental Disabilities."   Jennie Dapice Feinstein.   Tufts:  Varis Lecture Hall, North Grafton.   This event will be webcast.   Details, RSVP.   Flyer.

2:50p.  "Network Protocols: Myths, Missteps, and Mysteries."   Radia Perlman.   Tufts:  Halligan 102.   Details.

3:30p.  "Why Solar Physics needs a 4m-class solar-telescope.   The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope and its capabilities."   Valentin Pillet and Thomas Rimmele.   BU:  Room 502, 725 Commonwealth Ave.   Details.

4p.  "Adversarial Robotics: Robotic Strategic Behavior in Adversarial Environments."   Noa Agmon.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G115.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Ocean Acidification Impacts on Future Phytoplankton Communities: using numerical models to scale up from laboratory and field studies to the global scale."   Steph Dutkiewicz.   Harvard:  Pierce 100F.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Clinical Computational Oncology for Precision Medicine."   Eliezer Van Allen.   Broad Institute, 415 Main St.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

6p.  "Connecting the Dots in Toms River and Beyond."   Dan Fagin.   Harvard:  Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford.   Details, Abstract.

6:30p.  "Transcriptome and Proteome of a Light-Dark Bacterial Cell Cycle."   An Open Science Meetup.   BOSSLab, 339r Summer St, Somerville.   Details, Abstract.

9p.  "Beyond the Telescope."   Jeffrey Hoffman.   Museum of Science:  Charles Hayden Planetarium.   Details, Registration, Abstract.


October 23 - 24.   "Boston Book Festival."   Featuring many events of interest to the technical community.   Copley Square.   Details.

Friday, October 23

3:15p.  "Trail Detectives Club."   Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan.   Details, Abstract.

9 - 6p.  "Synesthesia - A Window into Brain Development."   A conference.   Harvard:  Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford.   Details, Registration.

9:30 - 4p.  "Charles River Crypto Day."   MIT:  32-G449.   Details, Registration, Abstracts.

11a.  "Development and Applications of CRISPR-Cas for Genome Editing."   Feng Zhang.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details.

11a.  "Machine Learning Approaches to Speech Enhancement."   Paris Smaragdis.   MIT:  46-3310.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Teaching Old Waves New Tricks: The Quest For Acoustic Meta-Materials."   Nicholas X. Fang.   MIT:  E38, Third Floor Conference Room.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "From the Great Wall to the Great Collider: China and the Quest to Uncover the Inner Workings of the Universe."   Shing-Tung Yau.   Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave.   Details.

3p.  "Mechanics and Geometry in Chiral Structures: From Nanohelices to Twisted Embryonic Microenvironment."   Zi Chen.   BU:  15 St. Mary's St, Room 105.   Details.

Saturday, October 24

8a.  "Bird Walks."   Linda Ferraresso - Brookline Bird Club.   Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St.   Details.

2p.  "Capturing Skeletons with Pencil and Paper."   Erica Beade.   Harvard Museum of Natural History.   Details, Registration.

9 - 5:30p.  "Convergent Minds: The Evolution of Cognitive Complexity."   A symposium.   BU:  Photonics Center, 9th floor, 8 St. Mary’s Street.   Details.

11a.  " MIT Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Team."   MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave.   Details.

12:30p.   "Open Style Lab: Assistive Technology Clothing Design."   Museum of Science, Gordon Center.   Details.

Sunday, October 25

10a.  "Nature Story Hour."   Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St.   Details.

1p.  "People and the Land."   Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan.   Details.

Monday, October 26

8 - 6p.  "Harvard Research Data Access & Innovation Symposium."   HMS:  Joseph B. Martin Conference Center.   Details.*

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

4p.  "Mechanical Forces in Nanoscale Biology: From hemostasis to single-molecule centrifugation."   Wesley Wong.   MIT:  56-114.   Details.

4p.  "The Latest from ATLAS with the Run 2 LHC."   Zachary Marshall.   MIT:  26-414.   Details, Abstract.

4:30p.  "Structuring Peer Interactions for Massive Scale Learning."   Chinmay Kulkarni.   Harvard:  WJH 105.   Details.

5:30 - 8p.  "An Oral History of the Epic Collision between Journalism and Digital Technology, 1980 to the Present."   A discussion.   BU:  Trustee Ballroom, 9th flr, 1 Silber Way.   Details.

6p.  "The Power of Tangible Things."   A discussion.   Harvard:  Geological Lecture Hall.   Details, Abstract.


October 27 - 28.   "Einstein Fellows Symposium."   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden Street.   Details.

Tuesday, October 27

11a.  "Understanding and Creating Appropriate Robot Behavior."   Aaron Steinfeld.   MIT:  32-G449.  Details.

11a.  "TMS for Depression: Mechanisms of action."   Oscar Morales.   McLean Hospital, deMarneffe 132, 115 Mill Street, Belmont.   Details.

11a.  "The Future of Alzheimer's Disease: Translation and Therapeutics."   Awards ceremony and panel discussion.   Harvard Club - Back Bay, 374 Commonwealth Avenue.   Details, RSVP.

Noon.  "Artificially Modulating Memories to Combat Psychiatric Disease-Like States."   Steve Ramirez.   TED talk.   Harvard:  Northwest 243, 52 Oxford.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Changes to the Land: Four Scenarios for the Future of the Massachusetts Landscape."   Jonathan Thompson.   Harvard University Herbaria, Room 125, 22 Divinity Ave.   Details.

Noon.  "Exploiting the LHC Physics Potential."   Markus Klute.   MIT:  26-414.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.  "Mechanisms of Color Perception and Cognition Uncovered by #TheDress."   Rosa Lafer-Sousa.   Background Reading.   MIT:  45-3310.   Details, Abstract.

Noon.   "The Internet of Garbage."   A Berkman Luncheon.   Sarah Jeong.   Webcast details.   Podcast details.   RSVP required for lunch.   Harvard: Berkman Center for the Internet and Society, 23 Everett St, 2nd Flr.   Details, RSVP, Summary.

Noon.  "The Archaeology of Charlestown."   A walking tour.   Joe Bagley.   Meet in front of the Bunker Hill Monument.   Details, Abstract.

12:30p.  "New Planets - New Perspectives."   Julien de Wit.   MIT:  54-517.   Details, Abstract.

1p.  "ProtoPrint: How to Turn Plastic Waste into 3D Printing."   Sidhant Pai.   MIT:  N51-310.  Details, RSVP.

2:15 - 4p.  "The Red Web: The Struggle Between Russia’s Digital Dictators and the New Online Revolutionaries."   Andrei Soldatov and Irina Borogan.   Harvard:  CGIS South, Room S354, 1730 Cambridge.   Details, Abstract.

2:30p.  "A Lower Bound on the Value of the Cosmological Constant."   Raul Jimenez.   Tufts:  574 Boston Ave, Rm 204.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Discourse Structure in Machine Translation Evaluation."   Lluís Màrquez.   MIT:  32-D463.   Details.

3:45p.  "Synchronous Flowering and Fruiting: Franklinia alatamaha."   Kristel Schoonderwoerd.   Arnold Arboretum -> Bussey St Gate -> Hemlock Hill Road -> Beech Path -> Explorers Garden.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "A Physicist Under the Spell of Ramanujan and Moonshine."   Jeffrey Harvey.   Brandeis:  Abelson 131.   Details.

4p.  "New Mechanisms in Post-Transcriptional Gene Regulation."   Wendy Gilbert.   MIT:  32-123.   Details.

4p.  "The Deeper Phenotypes of the Single Cell in Cancer and Immunity."   Garry Nolan.   HMS:  Jimmy Fund Auditorium.   Details.

4p.  "The Reemergence of Gas Turbine Vehicles."   Jim Kesseli.   MIT:  33-116.   Details.

4p.  "The Search for Alternate Universes."   Ranga-Ram Chary.   MIT:  37-252.  Details, Abstract.

4:30p.  "Quantum Coherences in Photosynthesis and Vision?"   Paul Brumer.   MIT:  6-120.   Details.

4:30p.  "Why Public Health Is Critical in a Precision Medicine World."   Ellen Wright Clayton.   BU:  72 East Concord St, Hiebert Lounge.   Details.   This event will be streamed.

5p.  "Art, Aging and the Visual System."   John Werner.   New England College of Optometry.   Details, RSVP, Abstract.

6p.  "A New Vision about Our Home in the Galaxy: the heliosphere."   Merav Opher.   Boston Athenaum.   Details, Abstract, Registration.

6:30p.  "Informal Robotics Design."   A Symposium.   HGSD:  Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street.   Details.

6:30p.  "The Body Keeps the Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma."   Bessel Van der Kolk.   BPL:  South End Branch, 685 Tremont.   Details.

7p.  "Viscosity and Polymers."   Jose Andres.   Harvard:  Science Center B.   Details.

7p.  "What's Up at the 2015 Large Hadron Collider."   Tulika Bose.   Robbins Library, 700 Masachusetts Ave.   Details, Abstract.

Wednesday, October 28

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

10a.  "Mechanisms, Codes, Noise and Capacity in Neural Memory."   Ila Fiete.   MIT:  46-3310.   Details, Abstract.

11a.  "Boosting Reliable Research: good statistics and data analysis."   A forum.   A webcast.   Details, Registration.

Noon.  "Fabula Deep Dive: A new mapping platform for the web."   A Webinar.   Details.

Noon.  "Genomic Approaches to Elucidate Mechanisms of Disease."   James R. Lupski.   HMS:  NRB 350.   Details.*

Noon.  "The FDA in the 21st Century."   Book launch and panel discussion.   HLS:  Wasserstein Hall, Millstein East C.   Details, Abstract.

12:10p.  "Impacts of Ocean Acidification on Phytoplankton Communities."   Stephanie Dutkiewicz.   MIT:  54-915.   Details.

4p.  "An Integrative Approach to Identifying and Targeting Molecular Networks of the Aging Brain that Contribute to Neuropathologies and Cognitive Decline."   Philip De Jager.   De Jager Lab.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Next Generation Soft Wearable Robots."   Conor Walsh.   Harvard:  Pierce Hall 209.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "On the Trade-Offs between Performance and Security in Network Protocols Design."   Cristina Nita-Rotaru.   MIT:  32-G882.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "The Ecology of the Microbiome: networks, competition, and stability."   Kat Coyle.   MIT:  48-316.   Details.

6 - 9p.  "Imagining what the Internet will look like in 5 years."   A Cryptoparty.   Parts & Crafts:  577 Somerville Ave, Somerville.   Details.

6:30p.  "The Trouble with Jellyfish."   Mark Dion.   ArtScience@Le lab, 650 Kendall St.   Details, RSVP.

7 - 9p.  "Growing Together: How viruses have shaped human evolution."   This seminar will be webcast.   HMS:  Armenise Auditorium.   Details.

7p.  "Water Sustainability in the Arabic Penninsula."   Steven Caton.   Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon St.   Details.


October 29 - 30.  "The Internet of Healthy Things: Integrating Connected Health into Real World Care Delivery."   A symposium.   Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center.   Details, Registration.

Thursday, October 29

9:30 - 4:30p.  "COMSOL Multiphysics."   A workshop demoing a proprietary physics simulator.   Courtyard Boston Marlborough, 75 Felton St, Marlborough.   Details, Registration.

Noon.  "Constructing Symbols from Raw Sensory Input: A computational approach."   Joseph Austerweil.   Harvard:  WJH 765.   Details, Abstract.

2:50p.   "Methods for Genome and Epigenome-Wide Association Studies."   Jennifer Listgarten.   Tufts:  Halligan 102.   Details, Abstract.

3:30p.  "Volcanoes, Atmospheres, and Magnetospheres, Oh My!"   Jeff Morgenthaler.   BU:  Room 502, 725 Commonwealth Ave.   Details.

4p.  "'Big Data Pragmatics!', or, 'Putting Computational Linguistics in Computational Social Science'."   Lillian Lee.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G115.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "How Neural Architecture Constrains Visual Cognition, or - Why I Stopped Believing in Magic Numbers."   George Alvarez.   MIT:  46-3002.   Details.

4:30p.  "Why Care about Bioethics?"   Amy Gutmann.   HMS:  Tosteson Medical Education Center, Walter Amphitheater 260 Longwood Avenue.   Details.

5:30p.  "Controversies in Primary Prevention: Aspirin, Estrogen, and Vitamin D."   A forum.   HMS:  Amphitheater, Armenise Building, 210 Longwood Avenue.   Details, Tickets, Registration.

5:30p.  "Food is Medicine Symposium."   HLS:  Austin North 100.   Details, Abstract, RSVP.

5:30p.  "Language Dynamicity and the Notion of 'Native Speaker'."   Charles Chang.   BU:  COM, 640 Commonwealth Ave., Room 101.   Details, Abstract.

6p.  "Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe."   Lisa Randall.   Brattle Theater, 40 Brattle St.   Details.

7p.  "The Basics of Alzheimer's Disease."   Jonathan Jackson.   Brandeis:  Volen 201.   Details.

Friday, October 30

8:30a.  "What is a Microbial Trophic Level?"   Ann Pearson.   Harvard:  HUCE Seminar Room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd Floor.   Details.

10:30a.  "Neural Machine Translation."   Hieu Pham.   MIT:  32-D463.   Details.

Noon.  "The Southeastern Aerosol: Acidity, color and toxicity."   Rodney Weber.   Harvard:  Pierce 100F.   Details.

Noon.  "What’s Next in Cybersecurity Policy and Technology."   Ely Kahn.   Tufts:  Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room.   Details.

12:30p.  "Learning the Structure of Natural Language with Neural Models."   Alexander "Sasha" Rush.   Harvard:  Maxwell Dworkin G115.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "A Chemist’s Solution to Excessive Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: Catalytic Solar-Driven Reduction of Aqueous CO2 to Organics."   Andrew Bocarsly.   BU:  Room 211, 8 St. Mary's St.   Details, Abstract.

3p.  "Neural Coding of Space and Time in the Cortex."   Michael Hasselmo.   BU:  8 St. Mary’s Street PHO 210.   Details, Abstract.

4p.  "Claude Shannon and George Boole, Enablers of the Information Age."   Robert G. Gallager.   MIT:  32-155.   Details.

4p.  "Exploring New Frontiers of Quantum Optical Science."   Mikhail Lukin.   Harvard:  Pierce 209.   Details, Abstract.

7p.  "Fright Factors."   What happens in our bodies and minds when we are frightened?   MIT Museum:  265 Massachusetts Ave.   Details.

Saturday, October 31

1p.  "Go Bats!"   Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St, Mattapan. Details.

11a.  "MIT Beekeeping Club."   MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave.   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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