Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard
and
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Google Sky Seminars - 4pm and 8pm
Wednesday, April 9, 2008; 4:00pm
60 Oxford Street, Room 330
Event parking in the 52 Oxford Street Garage.
Ryan Scranton, Google Sky Team
Seminar Title: Hunting for Needles in Massive Astronomical Data Streams
Abstract:
Over the last decade astronomy has become a progressively more data
intensive science with large area surveys such as the Sloan Digital
Sky Survey providing data sets in excess of 200 million sources and
covering many thousands of square degrees. This data rate will
continue to increase as we move into the next decade with surveys
such as PanSTARRS and LSST mapping the sky every three nights. The
many science opportunities these surveys enable, from characterizing
the nature of dark energy to searching for potentially hazardous
asteroids, come with an associated challenge. How do we find unusual
sources within massive Terabyte data streams where small errors in
the classification of sources can swamp any intrinsic signature. In
this talk I will discuss a number of techniques for hunting for
needles within the haystack of astronomical data. From searching for
supernovae within spectral surveys to searching for moving sources to
looking for the one in a million event I will describe how we can
make these challenges computationally efficient, what remains to be
done and how this is a very fertile area for the collaboration
between computer science, statistics and astrophysics.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008; 8:00pm
Emerson Hall, Room 105
Event parking in the Broadway Street Garage.
Andrew Connolly, Google Sky Team
Seminar Title: Inside Google Sky
Abstract:
In August 2007, Google launched Sky in Google Earth, the first
application to provide a seamless view of the night sky using images
from the largest, optical wide-field imaging surveys. From exploring
the distribution of stars in the Milky Way to viewing the formation
of the first galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field; from images of
galaxies at ultraviolet wavelengths to a view of the far-infrared and
radio sky, Google Sky provides users with a framework to communicate
and share ideas about astronomy. Like Google Earth, Sky is a dynamic
environment, combining new imagery and features which can be tailored
to different needs (whether a professional or amateur astronomer). In
this talk we will discuss how Sky came about, the technologies it
uses for sharing information between people distributed across the
world and we will demonstrate some of the latest additions and
features that have been developed by a growing Google Sky community.
Upcoming IIC Seminars:
Continue to stay up to date with our IIC Seminar Schedule.
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Dear Group,
Here's a few reminders about the coffee machine:
* The metal surface on top of the machine is not heated, unlike in the
old machine, so please don't put your cups on it.
* Please do not rinse the machine into the drip tray. The drip tray on
the new machine sucks, and overflows very easily. So, when you rinse,
rinse into the green cup. Also, please use _only_ the green cup, and
when that cup fills up, dump it in the toilet. Having multiple cups
lying around filled with the drippings is gross.
* Please wash your cups after you're done with them (I'm not your
mother).
Okay. Cool.
Ivan
Dear group members,
If interested in attending, please register ASAP. Also, if you want to
submit a poster (anything related to energy that we are doing will do),
please tell me ASAP, and start preparing it ASAP as well. I would encourage
you to present a poster.
Alan
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Helen Schwickrath <schwickrath(a)chemistry.harvard.edu>
Date: Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Subject: Materials and Structures for Energy/SEAS
To: faculty(a)chemistry.harvard.edu
Cc: j_casasanto(a)seas.harvard.edu
Dear Chemistry Faculty Members,
We invite you to attend the SEAS industry partnership 2008 workshop, *Materials
and Structures for Energy*, on Friday May 9th.
The goal of the workshop is to provide a stimulating and interactive forum
to share the latest discoveries and advances by Harvard faculty and
students, enable technology transfer, and foster collaborative research
partnerships.
More details are below and complete information is available online at:
www.seas.harvard.edu/partnerships/energy08
--You are welcome to present a research poster and to ask your graduate
students and postdocs to present at the poster session/reception and bring
their resumes; it will be a great opportunity for them to meet colleagues
and faculty and to make connections with industry professionals.
--If you (or your colleagues) plan to attend, you must register online at:
http://www.seas.harvard.edu/partnerships/energy08/registration.php
We look forward to seeing you there.
Best regards,
Fawwaz Habbal
Executive Dean
and
Jennifer Casasanto
Director of Industry Partnerships
*Confirmed speakers for the May 9, 2008 meeting include:
*George M. Whitesides, Harvard University
John M. Deutch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Schrag, Harvard University
Michael J. Aziz, Harvard University
Shriram Ramanathan, Harvard University
Cynthia Friend, Harvard University
Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Harvard University
Robert M. Westervelt, Harvard University
Emily Weiss, Harvard University/Northwestern University
Helen L. Schwickrath
Seminar and Events Coordinator
Harvard University
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
12 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 496-8190 (Voice)
(617) 496-5618 (Fax)
helen(a)chemistry.harvard.edu
--
Alan Aspuru-Guzik
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
12 Oxford Street
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: (617)384-8188
Group URL: http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9 (also in our google calendar)
*
4:30 pm:* Joint CfA/Harvard University Atomic Physics Colloquium. "Computing
with Quantum Knots: Non-Abelian Anyons and Topological Quantum Computation,"
Prof. Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland. Preceded by tea at 4:00 pm.
Room 356, Jefferson Laboratory, Harvard University.
Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard
and
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Google Sky Seminars - 4pm and 8pm
Wednesday, April 9, 2008; 4:00pm
60 Oxford Street, Room 330
Event parking in the 52 Oxford Street Garage.
Ryan Scranton, Google Sky Team
Seminar Title: Hunting for Needles in Massive Astronomical Data Streams
Abstract:
Over the last decade astronomy has become a progressively more data
intensive science with large area surveys such as the Sloan Digital
Sky Survey providing data sets in excess of 200 million sources and
covering many thousands of square degrees. This data rate will
continue to increase as we move into the next decade with surveys
such as PanSTARRS and LSST mapping the sky every three nights. The
many science opportunities these surveys enable, from characterizing
the nature of dark energy to searching for potentially hazardous
asteroids, come with an associated challenge. How do we find unusual
sources within massive Terabyte data streams where small errors in
the classification of sources can swamp any intrinsic signature. In
this talk I will discuss a number of techniques for hunting for
needles within the haystack of astronomical data. From searching for
supernovae within spectral surveys to searching for moving sources to
looking for the one in a million event I will describe how we can
make these challenges computationally efficient, what remains to be
done and how this is a very fertile area for the collaboration
between computer science, statistics and astrophysics.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008; 8:00pm
Emerson Hall, Room 105
Event parking in the Broadway Street Garage.
Andrew Connolly, Google Sky Team
Seminar Title: Inside Google Sky
Abstract:
In August 2007, Google launched Sky in Google Earth, the first
application to provide a seamless view of the night sky using images
from the largest, optical wide-field imaging surveys. From exploring
the distribution of stars in the Milky Way to viewing the formation
of the first galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field; from images of
galaxies at ultraviolet wavelengths to a view of the far-infrared and
radio sky, Google Sky provides users with a framework to communicate
and share ideas about astronomy. Like Google Earth, Sky is a dynamic
environment, combining new imagery and features which can be tailored
to different needs (whether a professional or amateur astronomer). In
this talk we will discuss how Sky came about, the technologies it
uses for sharing information between people distributed across the
world and we will demonstrate some of the latest additions and
features that have been developed by a growing Google Sky community.
Upcoming IIC Seminars:
Continue to stay up to date with our IIC Seminar Schedule.
_______________________________________________
iic-seminars mailing list
iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu
http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars
Dear All
We will meet on Monday April 7 at 3:00 in the usual spot and we will
be joined by John Watrous who will be speaking at 4:15 in the Quantum
Information Seminar Series. I will report on the excellent cafeteria
at Google where I was last week.
Best,
Eddie
PS If you do not want these emails let me know and your name will be
stricken from our list!
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Edward Farhi
Professor of Physics
Director
Center for Theoretical Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building 6 Room 300
Cambridge MA 02139
617 253 4871
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Initiative in Innovative Computing @ Harvard
and
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Google Sky Seminars - 4pm and 8pm
Wednesday, April 9, 2008; 4:00pm
60 Oxford Street, Room 330
Event parking in the 52 Oxford Street Garage.
Ryan Scranton, Google Sky Team
Seminar Title: Hunting for Needles in Massive Astronomical Data Streams
Abstract:
Over the last decade astronomy has become a progressively more data
intensive science with large area surveys such as the Sloan Digital
Sky Survey providing data sets in excess of 200 million sources and
covering many thousands of square degrees. This data rate will
continue to increase as we move into the next decade with surveys
such as PanSTARRS and LSST mapping the sky every three nights. The
many science opportunities these surveys enable, from characterizing
the nature of dark energy to searching for potentially hazardous
asteroids, come with an associated challenge. How do we find unusual
sources within massive Terabyte data streams where small errors in
the classification of sources can swamp any intrinsic signature. In
this talk I will discuss a number of techniques for hunting for
needles within the haystack of astronomical data. From searching for
supernovae within spectral surveys to searching for moving sources to
looking for the one in a million event I will describe how we can
make these challenges computationally efficient, what remains to be
done and how this is a very fertile area for the collaboration
between computer science, statistics and astrophysics.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008; 8:00pm
Emerson Hall, Room 105
Event parking in the Broadway Street Garage.
Andrew Connolly, Google Sky Team
Seminar Title: Inside Google Sky
Abstract:
In August 2007, Google launched Sky in Google Earth, the first
application to provide a seamless view of the night sky using images
from the largest, optical wide-field imaging surveys. From exploring
the distribution of stars in the Milky Way to viewing the formation
of the first galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field; from images of
galaxies at ultraviolet wavelengths to a view of the far-infrared and
radio sky, Google Sky provides users with a framework to communicate
and share ideas about astronomy. Like Google Earth, Sky is a dynamic
environment, combining new imagery and features which can be tailored
to different needs (whether a professional or amateur astronomer). In
this talk we will discuss how Sky came about, the technologies it
uses for sharing information between people distributed across the
world and we will demonstrate some of the latest additions and
features that have been developed by a growing Google Sky community.
Upcoming IIC Seminars:
Continue to stay up to date with our IIC Seminar Schedule.
_______________________________________________
iic-seminars mailing list
iic-seminars(a)calists.harvard.edu
http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/iic-seminars
Dear group,
We will be meeting at 3:56pm in Naito 030. Salvador will present "Quantum
Walks part I: Intro to the mysteries of computer science". Don't be late so
we can finish on time before G1's go to Chem300p.
Cheers,
-Alejandro
Dear Friends of HUCE,
Welcome back from break! Please be sure to check the HUCE calendar on our website, www.environment.harvard.edu, for the most up-to-date listings and complete event descriptions. If you would like to submit an event to the calendar, contact Lisa Matthews at the Center for the Environment: lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu. Feel free to distribute this email to your students, faculty, colleagues, and anyone else who may be interested in environmental events around the community.
Highlights:
Today, April 3: Be sure not to miss Nobel Laureate and leading science policymaker Harold Varmus address the troubled relations between science and government, and how to fix them.
Sunday, April 6: Jeremy Jackson, renowned marine ecologist of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, has been selected to recieve the 11th annual Roger Tory Peterson Medal presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Jackson will deliver a lecture entitled "Brave New Ocean" to discuss the future of the world's oceans.
Wednesday, April 9: Harry Greene, one of the world's leading experts on snakes and amphibians, gives a public lecturee entitled "Natural history, aesthetics, and conservation". Greene is an HUCE visiting scholar from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University.
Calendar Listings:
Thursday 4/3/2008
4:00p - 5:00p
Climate Seminar
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: David Randall, Colorado State University. "The Role of Moisture in the Madden-Julian Oscillation"
Contact: Sarah Colgan, colgan(a)eps.harvard.edu, 617-496-9770
4:00p
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
"Finding and filling holes in the evolutionary biologistâs toolbox" with speaker Brian O'Meara, NESCent.
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.5891
5:00p
Science and Democracy Lecture Series
(Yenching Institute Library, Room 18, Lecture Hall, 2 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
"Enhancing the Contract: The Federal Government and American Science in a New Administration" Speaker: Harold Varmus, Nobel Laurate, President of the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and former director of the National Institutes of Health.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/
6:00p
Microbial Sciences Initiative Thursday Evening Seminar Series
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
Kate Freeman, Dept of Geosciences Pennsylvania State University. "Molecular and Intramolecular isotopic signatures of life: from microbes to ancient rocks and meteorites"
Contact: Christy Herren, herren(a)fas.harvard.edu, (617) 495 8643, www.msi.harvard.edu/thursdays.html
Friday 4/4/2008
9:00a
Graduate School of Design Conference: Systems for Inclusion
(Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Can design(ers) challenge globally networked systems of exclusivity and inequality? What are the relationships between design and political power, economic and ecological sustainability, justice and community?
Contact: Bryan Bell, bryan(a)designcorps.org, 919.828.0048, www.designcorps.org/SFI_Conference.htm
4:00p - 5:00p
Explore Career Options in Business and the Environment
(OCS Conference and Reading Room, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Harvard ... Then What? Interested in creative careers in diverse industries? Come hear from Harvard Alumni and others about careers in Business and the Environment .
Contact: ocsrecep(a)fsa.harvard.edu
6:45p
New England Botanical Club Meeting
(Fairchild Lecture Hall, Room 102, 7 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA )
"My Beautiful Life" with speaker: Dr. Dan H. Nicolson, Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Contact: nebc(a)rhodora.org, www.rhodora.org/Meetings.html
Saturday 4/5/2008
8:45a - 5:00p
Microbial Sciences Symposium
(Science Center Lecture Hall C, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Contact: www.msi.harvard.edu/sympos.html
9:00a
Graduate School of Design Conference: Systems for Inclusion
(Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Contact: Bryan Bell, bryan(a)designcorps.org, 919.828.0048, www.designcorps.org/SFI_Conference.htm
Sunday 4/6/2008
9:00a Graduate School of Design Conference: Systems for Inclusion
(Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA)
Contact: Bryan Bell, bryan(a)designcorps.org, 919.828.0048, www.designcorps.org/SFI_Conference.htm
Calendar: Center for the Environment
3:00p 2008 Roger Tory Peterson Medalist Lecture
(Science Center, Lecture Hall B, One Oxford St., Cambridge)
Jeremy Jackson, renowned marine ecologist of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been selected to receive the 11th annual Roger Tory Peterson Medal presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Contact: hmnh(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-495-3045, www.hmnh.harvard.edu/rtp
Monday 4/7/2008
12:00p - 1:00p
Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/schedule.html for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
12:00p - 2:00p
Science, Technology, and Society Circle
(124 Mt. Auburn Street, Suite 100, Room 106, Cambridege, MA)
"Managing Whales, Wolves, and Eastern Europeans" with Sarah Jansen (Department of the History of Science, Harvard University).
Contact: Sang-Hyun Kim, sang-hyun_kim(a)ksg.harvard.edu, www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/
4:00p
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Colloquia (Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Tim Lyons, University California, Riverside. "Ironing out the trace metal cycle in the early ocean".
Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu, www-eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscollo...
Tuesday 4/8/2008
12:00p - 1:30p
Luncheon Talk: Let's Get Serious About Climate Change Policy
(Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge) William A. Pizer, Senior Fellow and Director, Energy and Natural Resources Resources for the Future.
Contact: Jason Chapman, Jason_Chapman(a)ksg.harvard.edu
3:00p - 4:00p
ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club
(Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics of discussion.
Contact: Itay Halevy , ihalevy(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
4:00p - 5:30p
Politics of the Environment: IOP Study Group
(IOP First Floor Conference Room, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA )
Host: David Zwick, founder and former President of Clean Water Action
Contact: jmckee(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.iop.harvard.edu/extcal/calendar.php#
4:00p
Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Dr. Chuck Delwiche, University of Maryland. Title TBA
Contact: Phoebe Cohen, pacohen(a)fas.harvard.edu , www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/ehapcoll...
4:00p
Special Seminar with Visiting Scholar Harry Greene
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge)
"Pleistocene rewilding: lions in a den of Daniels?" with Harry Greene, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University and HUCE visiting scholar.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
5:30p
2008 Broad Institute Distinguished Lecturer in Computational Biology
(Auditorium (NE30-1154), 7 Cambridge Center)
"Gene Networks Reflecting Tissue-Tissue Interactions Highlight Novel Causal Patterns of Association with Core Disease Processes" with Dr. Eric Schadt.
Contact: Jill Mesirov
Wednesday 4/9/2008
4:00p - 5:30p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
Speaker: William Pizer, Resources for the Future. "Prices vs. Quantities vs. Bankable Quantities for Stock Pollutants"
Contact: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu, 617-496-8054, isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword...
6:00p
Natural History, Aesthetics, and Conservation
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: HUCE visiting scholar Harry Greene. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University.
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu
Thursday 4/10/2008
9:00a
Disruptive Environments: Academics, Activists, and Journalists in Conversation
(MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA) The conference will focus on creating conversations among journalists, activists, and scholars from the physical sciences, arts and social sciences on interrelated environmental themes: climate cha...
Contact: Laurel Braitman, disruptive-enviro(a)mit.edu, scripts.mit.edu/~disrupt-enviro/confe...
12:00p
Plant Ecology Job Talk
(Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA) "Linking evolutionary history, plant traits and communities in space and time: Consequences for ecosystem function and stability on a changing planet" with Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Univer...
Contact: Katie Parodi, kparodi(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617.495.5891
2:30p
US Energy Policy, Peak Oil, and Alternative Energy Sources
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: John Xuna. The most clean, inextinguishable, plentiful and ubiquitous energy source, is not that far from your feet, and yet escapes the scrutiny of scientists indefatigably looking fo...
Contact: Kelvin Xuna, krx229(a)mail.harvard.edu
4:00p - 5:00p
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
(Bio Labs Lecture Hall, 16 Divinity Ave, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Karen Warkentin, Boston University. "Phenotypic plasticity in complex life cycles: lessons from amphibians" Host: Hanken Lab
Contact: Deborah Smiley, dsmiley(a)oeb.harvard.edu, 617-384-5062, www.oeb.harvard.edu/news_events/semin...
Friday 4/11/2008
8:30a
Environment & Sustainability
(Barker Center/Thompson Room, 7 Prescott St., Cambridge, MA)
RR Donnelley Company, W.E. Andrews Plant, Sappi Fine Papers and Harvard University Procurement Management
Contact: Steve DaCosta, steve.dacosta(a)rrd.com, 781.280.3183
8:30a - 4:00p
Scaling Alternative Energy: The Role of Emerging Markets
(Tufts University, ASEAN Auditorium of the Fletcher School, 160 Packard Ave., Medford, MA) \ This dialogue brings together leading manufacturers and investors in alternative energy products and technologies, as well as practitioners and policy-makers to discuss initiatives that enterprises...
Contact: Mieke van der Wansem, mieke.wansem(a)tufts.edu, 617-627-2476, fletcher.tufts.edu/ierp
9:00a
Carbon Offsets: Opportunities and Challenges for State Carbon Trading Schemes
(Ames Courtroom, 3rd Floor, Austin, Harvard Law School, Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA )
The Environmental Law Program at Harvard Law School, the Harvard University Center on Environment, and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University will be holding a...
Contact: environment(a)law.harvard.edu, www.law.harvard.edu/programs/elp/
9:00a
Disruptive Environments: Academics, Activists, and Journalists in Conversation
(MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA)
The conference will focus on creating conversations among journalists, activists, and scholars from the physical sciences, arts and social sciences on interrelated environmental themes: climate cha...
Contact: Laurel Braitman, disruptive-enviro(a)mit.edu, scripts.mit.edu/~disrupt-enviro/confe...
10:15a
Massachusetts Power Shift
(Boston University Campus; State House; and Boston Common)
MAPS is a weekend-long climate change summit in Boston on April 11-14, 2008.
Contact: Craig Altemose, craig(a)ssc.org , www.masspowershift.org/registration/r...
12:00p
Atmospheric Sciences Seminar
(Pierce Hall 100F, 19 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Pacific Decadal Climate Record Inferred from Instrumental and Coral Data" with speaker Junhua Liu, Duke University. Host: Jennifer Logan.
Contact: Brenda Mathieu, bmathieu(a)seas.harvard.edu , www-as.harvard.edu/seminar.html
3:45p
MIT Energy Conference
(Marriott Hotel in Kendall Square, 2 Cambridge Center, (Broadway & 3rd Street), Cambridge, MA)
The goal of the MIT Energy Conference is to bring together leaders in the fields of technology, policy, industry, and finance to develop solutions to capitalize on the tremendous opportunities present in today's energy markets.
Contact: MIT_Energy_Conference(a)mit.edu, www.mitenergyconference.com/index.php
Saturday 4/12/2008
10:15a
Massachusetts Power Shift
(Boston University Campus; State House; and Boston Common)
Contact: Craig Altemose, craig(a)ssc.org , www.masspowershift.org/registration/r...
9:00a MIT Energy Conference
Contact: MIT_Energy_Conference(a)mit.edu, www.mitenergyconference.com/index.php
Sunday 4/13/2008
10:15a Massachusetts Power Shift
(Boston University Campus; State House; and Boston Common)
Contact: Craig Altemose, craig(a)ssc.org , www.masspowershift.org/registration/r...
Monday 4/14/2008
10:15a Massachusetts Power Shift
(Boston University Campus; State House; and Boston Common)
Contact: Craig Altemose, craig(a)ssc.org , www.masspowershift.org/registration/r...
12:00p - 1:00p
Harvard Energy Journal Club
(HUCE Seminar room, 24 Oxford St. 3rd floor, Cambridge, MA)
Visit http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/schedule.html for current topics of discussion.
Contact: Kurt House, khouse(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.hcs.harvard.edu/hejc/index.html
4:00p
Earth and Planetary Sciences Department Colloquia
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker TBA. Seminar titles are posted one week in advance of each talk. Refreshments to follow, Hoffman 4th floor.
Contact: miller(a)eps.harvard.edu, www-eps.harvard.edu/seminars/epscollo...
4:00p - 6:00p
Science, Technology, and Society Circle
(Room 252, Science Center, One Oxford St., Cambridge, MA)
"Explaining Religion: Naturalism With and Without Scientism" with speaker Barbara Herrnstein-Smith (Department of English, Duke University).
Contact: Sang-Hyun Kim, sang-hyun_kim(a)ksg.harvard.edu, www.ksg.harvard.edu/sts/
5:00p - 6:30p
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
(Science Center B, 1 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Join the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations and the Center for the Environment for a Distinguished Visitor Lecture with Jeffery D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustain...
Contact: Shinju Fjuihira, sfujihira(a)wcfia.harvard.edu, www.wcfia.harvard.edu/us-japan/
Tuesday 4/15/2008
9:30a
Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
(Belfer Center Library (L-369), Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, MA)
"Biofuel Production, Poverty Reduction and Private Sector Engagement: What Can We Learn from the Brazilian Experience?" with speaker Daniele Cesano, Research Fellow
Contact: Sam Milton, sam_milton(a)harvard.edu, www.energytechnologypolicy.org
3:00p - 4:00p
ClimaTea Lecture/Journal Club
(Geological Museum, Room 418, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA)
Visit the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics website for current speakers and topics of discussion.
Contact: Itay Halevy , ihalevy(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.seas.harvard.edu/climate/seminars...
4:00p - 5:30p
Politics of the Environment: IOP Study Group
(IOP First Floor Conference Room, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA )
Host: David Zwick, founder and former President of Clean Water Action, is a ground breaking expert in grassroots politics and organizing and has been a national environmental leader for more than t...
Contact: jmckee(a)fas.harvard.edu, www.iop.harvard.edu/extcal/calendar.php#
Calendar: Center for the Environment
4:00p
Earth History and Paleobiology Seminar
(Haller Hall, 24 Oxford St., Harvard Campus, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Dr. Julia Clarke, North Carolina State University. Title TBA
Contact: Phoebe Cohen, pacohen(a)fas.harvard.edu , www.eps.harvard.edu/seminars/ehapcoll...
Wednesday 4/16/2008
4:00p - 5:30p
Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
(Littauer-382, 79 JFK St., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)
Speaker: Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts University. "Measuring the Distributional Impacts of Carbon Pricing
Contact: Jennifer Shultis, jennifer_shultis(a)harvard.edu, 617-496-8054, ilp-www.mit.edu/display_event.a4d?key...
5:00p
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change
(Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA)
Speaker: Stephen Pacala, Petrie Professor of Biology and Director, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University
Contact: Lisa Matthews, lisa_matthews(a)harvard.edu, 617-495-8883
Thursday 4/17/2008
12:00p - 1:30p
Regulation and Global Climate Change Seminar
(Bell Hall, 5th Floor Belfer Building, 79 JFK St., Cambridge)
"An Analysis of U.S. Carbon Pricing Legislation" with Gilbert E. Metcalf, Professor of Economics, Tufts University A number of bills for carbon cap-and-trade and tax systems have been...
Contact: rpp(a)ksg.harvard.edu, 617.384.7325, www.ksg.harvard.edu/m-rcbg/rpp/contac...
7:00p
Center for Astrophysics Monthly Observatory Nights
(Phillips Auditorium at the CfA, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA)
"The Search for Stellar Origins," with Charles Lada, Center for Astrophysics. Most of what we know about the origins of stars and planets we have learned in the past 25 years. Yet the que...
Contact: pubaffairs(a)cfa.harvard.edu, (617) 495-7461, www.cfa.harvard.edu/events/mon.html
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