Area science event list

See wiki.hacdc.org/index.php/Area_science_event_info for the "instruction manual" for this list. November 2019 5 - 11AM - UMdPS - Generic "Unnecessary" Quantum Critical Points UMdCS - SS 1:15PM - UMdPS - Rare-Event Path-Sampling via the Weighted Ensemble Strategy: Successes, Challenges, and New Frontiers 2PM - UMdMS - Mixing Suspensions of Smorodinsky's Staircase 3:30PM - UMdMS - Extreme event probability estimation by combining large deviation theory and PDE-constrained optimization, with application to tsunamis 4PM - UMdPS - A Stylized History of Quantitative Finance 8PM - UMdObs - Transit of Mercury STScI - Unveiling the Cosmos: Key Inventions Behind the Modern Telescope 6 - 9AM - UMgEgS - From molecules to devices: mechanistic analyses of electrochemical energy 11AM - UMdCS - Development and Application of a Polarizable Force Field based on the Classical Drude Oscillator noon - UMdGcS - Analysis of metal phases from carbonaceous chondrites for the study of the chemical evolution of the solar system 2PM - UMdMS - Computational methods for Quantifying Gerrymandering and other computational statistical mechanics problems 4:05PM - UMdSS - High Mass Neutron Stars for Fun and Profit 7 - 11AM - UMdCS - Chemical Synthesis and Biology of Immune Relevant Carbohydrates for Novel Immunotherapeutics 11:30AM - NOAA - Machine Learning for Forecasting and Data Assimilation 12:30PM - UMdMS - Nonlinear and quantum phenomena in whispering-gallery mode crystalline resonators 2PM - UMdPS - Trivia (I) Night: What is a superconductor? UMdMS - A prime system with many and big self-joinings UMdCS - Bringing New Chemistry to Guanosine Hydrogels 3:30PM - UMdES - Efforts to merge MODIS and VIIRS cloud property data records UMdMS - Numerical modelling of lateral phase separation on evolving surfaces Integrative Network Analysis using Heterogeneous omics Data 4PM - UMdBS - Toward the better management of grape ripe rot UMdPS - A Modern Perspective on Nambu-Goldstone Bosons 6:30PM - CI NLS - The Biology of Corals, Basic Research and Environmental Health (registration recommended) 7PM - RSC - MoCo Makers Group 8 - 9AM - UMdEgS - The blood microenvironment: the good, bad and the sticky 10:15AM - UMdBS - Building internal models in the cerebellum 11AM - IBBR - Widening the search for ClpS-based NAABs UMdCS - Carbohydrate-Lectin Interactions - What makes them unique? noon - UMdBS - Impact of postharvest practices on Bt degradation in corn plants 1PM - UMdPS - Shape-Symmetry Incommensurate Polymer Crystals 3PM - UMdGS - Tracking volatile recycling in a heterogeneous mantle: Insights from the boron isotope composition of ocean island basalts 3:15PM - UMdMS - Fluid-boundary interactions: transport, stratification and confinement effects 9 - 1:30PM - NCAS - Bizarre Psychological Disorders 7:30PM - NCA - Lava Tubes on Mars: Leveraging Volcanic Features to Reduce Exposure to Radiation 10 - 3PM - RSC - Introductory Reinforcement Learning Series - Deep Q-Network 7PM - NoVAC - Countdown at the Rocket Ranch: Behind the Scenes at Kennedy Space Center During the Apollo Era 11 - 11:15AM - UMdSS - Observations of exoplanet atmospheres noon - UMdES - New Insights to the Workings of the Solid Earth from Short-lived Radiogenic Isotopes 4:30PM - UMdSS - New Mission Concept: Investigation of the Galactic Center in energy range 0.1 - 10 MeV with the Galactic Center Explorer 12 - 11AM - UMdCS 1PM - RSC ST - The Merging of Science and Religion: Essential to Maximizing Human Freedom and Security in an Interdependent World (registration optional) 2PM - UMdBS - Here a CRISPR, There a CRISPR, Why Not Everywhere a CRISPR? (registration - go.umd.edu/BiosciDay2019)) 3PM - UMdBS - Recycled Water, Food Crop Irrigation, and Public Health: Exploring Sequencing Approaches to Advance Understanding of the Microbiological Risks of Water Reuse (registration - go.umd.edu/BiosciDay2019) 4PM - UMdPS - Physics and engineering of strong terahertz pulse generation UMdBS - From Genomes to Infectomes: Mapping Host-Parasite Interactions (registration - go.umd.edu/BiosciDay2019) 5PM - UMdBS - How to Build a Dog in 2,392,715,236 Easy Steps (registration - go.umd.edu/BiosciDay2019) 7PM - RSC - Introduction to locks and physical security systems 7:30PM - HacDC - monthly meeting 13 - 11AM - UMdCS noon - UMdGcS - Building Blocks of the Solar System and Earth 3PM - UMdCS - Electrochemistry of Precision Nanostructures for High Performance Energy Storage Devices 4:05PM - UMdSS 7PM - HacDC - amateur radio 14 - 11AM - UMdBS - Peli1-mediated infection and immunity: a tale of two neurotropic flaviviruses UMdCS - SS 2PM - UMdPS - Phenomenology of the overdoped Cuprates 3:30PM - UMdES - Aerosol Chemistry in Baltimore: Effects of Agriculture, Industry, and the Urban Heat Island UMdBS - Reverse Engineering the Origins of Intelligence 4PM - UMdBS - Functions of the type-B cytokinin response regulators in plant growth and development 7PM - RSC - MoCo Makers Group WCDG/CSW - Stationary Phase Architecture and Molecular Shape Differentiation in Liquid Chromatography 15 - 10:15AM - UMdBS - Comparative neurobiology of vocal communication noon - UMdBS - Untangling pesticide use patterns in US agriculture and their effects on beneficial insects 3PM - UMdGS - Azimuthal P-P seismic measurements: Past, present, and future 8PM - PSW - ARGO: A Flotilla of Autonomous Ocean Sensors Observing the Oceans' Role in Climate Systems 16 - 7PM - Sexy Science, Serious Humor (registration & photo ID required, see DASER) 17 - 1PM - RSC - Linux / Unix User Group 7PM - CSW/WCDG - Challenges in Forensic Separations (reservation requested - [email protected], (202) 659-2650) 18 - 11AM - IBBR 11:15AM - UMdSS - Comet Interceptor 4PM - UMdBpS - Designing proteins for function 4:30PM - UMdSS - Neutrinos from Nuclear Reactors 5:30PM - GMUObs - Shedding Light on Gravitational Waves 6PM - RSC - 3D Modeling for Beginners with Fusion 360 7:30PM - GLMSMC - The Lost History of Potomac Marble 19 - 11AM - UMdCS 4PM - UMdPS - X-ray sources from laser-plasma acceleration: development and applications for high energy density sciences 7PM - RSC - Comparing James Webb and Hubble Telescopes (registration optional) 20 - 11AM - UMdCSS - Playing Games with Multiple Access Channels UMdCS noon - UMdGcS - Probing the deep mantle through hotspot volcanism and geodynamic models 3:15PM - UMdMS - Discretizing Manifolds with Minimal Energy 4PM - UMdCS - Polymer-Assisted Metal Deposition for Soft Electrodes and Devices 4:05PM - UMdSS 8PM - UMdObs - Exploring Volcanoes in Central Iceland as Analogs for Planetary Surfaces 21 - 11AM - UMdCS - SS 1PM - LFV - The Un-doing and Re-doing of Food (registration required - www.littlefallsvillage.org) 2PM - UMdPS - Enhancing superconductivity using quantum optics toolbox 4PM - UMdBS - Plant Synthetic Biology will Revolutionize Agricultural Capabilities and Sustainability 6PM - RSC YASC - A Personal Journey: Teaching and Researching the Genetic Basis of Learning and Memory (registration optional) 7PM - HAL - Meteor Astronomy from Lawn Chairs to the Digital Age RSC - MoCo Makers Group 7:30PM - ASG - Telescope show and tell night 22 - 9AM - UMdEgS - Measuring mechanical forces at cell-cell junctions and the nuclear LINC complex 11AM - UMdCSS - SLOG: Serializable, Low-latency, Geo-replicated Transactions IBBR noon - UMdBS - Why socio-environmental research is so important: the role of UMD's National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) 24 - 1:30PM - RSC - Introductory Quantum Programming Series Session 5 25 - 11:15AM - UMdSS - PALS 26 - 11AM - UMdCS 7PM - RSC - Introduction to locks and physical security systems 28 - 7PM - MoCo Makers Group December 1 - 1PM - RSC - Linux/ Unix User Group 2 - 11:15AM - UMdSS - Giant planet characterization 6PM - RSC - 3D Modeling with Fusion 360 3 - 8PM - STScI - Red and Brown Dwarfs: Understanding our Smallest and Closest (sub)Stellar Neighbors 5 - 12:30PM - UMdPS - Critical phenomena with interacting photons in driven-dissipative micro-cavities 6:30PM - CI CSE - The Day We Found the Universe (registration required) 8PM - UMdObs - ASTR 310 Student Research 6 - 10:15AM - UMdBS - Color as a tool for understanding how brains/minds work 11AM - UMdCSS - Can AI figure out your emotion just by looking at your walk? 8PM - PSW - The Brain in Super-Resolution 3-D Large Volume Molecular Mapping of Brain Circuits 8 - 1:30PM - RSC - Introductory Quantum Programming Series Session 5 9 - 11:15AM - UMdSS - Interstellar visitor: 21/Borisov 10 - 4PM - UMdPS - Effective non-Hermitian evolution of a superconducting qubit: probing the topology of a Reimann surface with quantum states 7PM - RSC - Introduction to locks and physical security systems 11 - 2PM - UMdPS - Calculating FSR with Quantum Computer 14 - 7:30PM - NCA - A Fossil Comet Found Inside a Meteorite 16 - 11:15AM - UMdSS - Climate studies of terrestrial exoplanets 18 - 2PM - UMdPS - ( g - 2 ) results from their (Adam Lyon) experiment 20 - 8PM - UMdObs - Gravitational Dynamics: From Apples to Black-holes 22 - 1:30PM - RSC - Introductory Quantum Programming Series Session 5 24 - 7PM - RSC - Introduction to locks and physical security systems January 2020 11 - 7:30PM - NCA - Uranus and Neptune: The Ice Giants 27 - 5:30PM - GMUObs - The Dusty Universe