Videos in category Science

Bay Area Vision Meeting (more info below) Perception for Robotics Caroline Pantofaru and Radu Rusu March 7, 2011 ABSTRACT Perception for robotics is growing as a field. What was once a specialized area utilizing expensive sensors and using situational information unavailable to more general computer vision problems, is merging into the mainstream. Cheap sensors such as the Kinect provide 3D dat...

Google Tech Talk (more info below) June 6, 2011 Presented by Hadley Wickham, Assistant Professor, Dobelman Family Junior Chair, Department of Statistics, Rice University. ABSTRACT Data analysis, the process of converting data into knowledge, insight and understanding, is a critical part of statistics, but there's surprisingly little research on it. In this talk I'll introduce some of my recent ...

Google Tech Talk (more info below) March 12, 2011 Presented by Michael Nielsen. ABSTRACT A remarkable transformation is now underway in how scientists make discoveries. Mass online collaborations are being used to prove mathematical theorems; online markets are allowing scientific problems to be outsourced; and online citizen science projects are enabling amateurs to make scientific discoveries...

"Wittgenstein, Wheeler and Wallace. A Discussion of the Curious Relation of Philosophy, Mathematics and Physics" Google Tech Talk August 8, 2011 Presented by James McGuire. ABSTRACT A discussion of the curious relation of philosophy, mathematics and physics with the assistance of three notables: Ludwig Wittgenstein (philosopher, mathematician), John Archibald Wheeler (theoretical physicist), an...

Google Tech Talk (more info below) September 13, 2011 Presented by FIRST Team Antipodes from Terra Nova High School in Pacifica, CA: Violet Replicon, Emma Filar, Kjersti Chippindale, Elizabeth Bowler. ABSTRACT The Return of Team Antipodes: Team Antipodes met with Google Engineering last year to showcase their experiences within FIRST Lego League (FLL) afterschool robotics. http://www.youtube.co...

Google Tech Talk February 14, 2012 Presented by Ron Garret. ABSTRACT The Remote Agent Experiment: Debugging Code from 60 Million Miles Away The Remote Agent Experiment (RAX) was an autonomous control system for an unmanned interplanetary spacecraft called New Millennium Deep Space 1 (DS1). In May, 1999, control of the DS1 spacecraft, a $150-million asset, was handed over to the Remote Agent sof...

In this keynote talk from YUIConf 2011, Yahoo! JavaScript architect Douglas Crockford drops some science to explain why code style is important in programming -- particularly in JavaScript -- and how tools like JSLint can help.

Google Tech Talk (more info below) September 30, 2011 Presented by Eshel Ben-Jacob. ABSTRACT Scientific American placed Professor Eshel Ben-Jacob and Dr. Itay Baruchi's creation of a type of organic memory chip on its list of the year's 50 most significant scientific discoveries in 2007. For the last decade, he has pioneered the field of Systems Neuroscience, focusing first on investigations of...

Google Tech Talk December 16, 2011 Presented by Kirk Sorensen

This MITEI on the Road event will open with a brief overview of the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) by Daniel Enderton, Executive Director of MITEIs Sustainable Energy Revolution Program (SERP). This overview will highlight the extensive depth and breadth of research, education, campus energy and outreach activities underway as part of the Initiative. Mr. Enderton will give particular focus on th...