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SUMMARY:Classical Concert
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URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/cc-72/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231005T160000
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SUMMARY:Mathematics Club
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URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/maths-club-16/
LOCATION:Maths Club
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse
DESCRIPTION:“Artificial Intelligence and the Metaverse”\nby Phil Youngblood\, PhD \nAI is very much in the news these days. We have been talking about in the Science Circle. Same thing with the Metaverse. I was at the VWEC Expert Series last Friday and the topic was the Metaverse. \n  \nWhy so much interest in these computer technologies? What really is artificial intelligence and the metaverse? \nI think it is time to look at these perfectly logical ‘next steps’ in computer technology from a historical and scientific perspective. \nHere are some of the topics that I think will be helpful to review or explore: \n—Why did we invent and use computers? What can they do and what are they incapable of doing?\n—What is the ‘hype cycle’ (coined by Gartner Inc.) and how does it pertain to this subject?    \n—Why do think of some of ways that computers operate as being intelligent? \n—How have telecommunication technologies developed over the last two centuries? \n—Is the metaverse here already? What would it take to make the concept of the metaverse real?\n—What is the difference between Web3 and Web 3.0 with regards to the metaverse? \n—What is the relationship between artificial intelligence and the metaverse? \n  \nCome join us and learn about these fascinating emerging technologies while sharing what you know and think and have heard about them!
URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/artificial-intelligence-and-the-metaverse/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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CREATED:20231001T002147Z
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SUMMARY:World Teachers Day
DESCRIPTION:World Teachers Day\nIn honor of World teachers day\, we invite you to discuss with us your favorite teachers\, who changed your life\, inspired\, or showed you that education can be fun? \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/world-teachers-day/
LOCATION:SC East Meeting Spot
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231008T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231008T080000
DTSTAMP:20260420T180805
CREATED:20230911T054344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T054344Z
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SUMMARY:Classical Concert
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URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/cc-73/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231012T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231012T170000
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CREATED:20230911T055018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T055118Z
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SUMMARY:Mathematics Club
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URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/maths-club-17/
LOCATION:Maths Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T110000
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SUMMARY:Beragons Bistro: Science Crackpots
DESCRIPTION:Many science communicators must cope with push back from people who don’t know what they are talking about but who think they are experts. Additionally\, this phenomenon is often seen with YouTube commenters and the like who claim they know why physics is all wrong and how they fixed the standard model. It is occasionally also seen with prominent scientists who go off the rails into crackpottery. What is a crackpot? We will look at some examples and try to identify what makes a person a crackpot\, why they are a problem for science communications\, and strategies for coping. \nA discussion led by Matt Burr
URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/beragons-bistro-science-crackpots/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231014T220000
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CREATED:20231001T002240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231001T002240Z
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SUMMARY:Mental Health Day
DESCRIPTION:Mental Health Day\nToday we will talk about our own battles with mental health\, feel free to share your experiences and how you got through them. \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/mental-health-day/
LOCATION:SC East Meeting Spot
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231015T070000
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CREATED:20230911T054456Z
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SUMMARY:Classical Concert
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URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/cc-74/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231019T160000
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CREATED:20230911T055249Z
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SUMMARY:Mathematics Club
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URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/maths-club-18/
LOCATION:Maths Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231028T000000
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CREATED:20231019T184729Z
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SUMMARY:Observe the Moon Week
DESCRIPTION:OBSERVE THE MOON WEEK (21-28 October 2023) \nDo you remember how The Science Circle ( https://sciencecircle.org/ ) celebrated International Observe the Moon Night ( https://moon.nasa.gov/observe-the-moon-night/ ) last year? We had presentations about the Moon and our relationship with it throughout history\, live images from Kass’s telescope in Switzerland\, a planetarium show\, and a scheduled tour of the International Space Museum. \nThis year we decided to celebrate in two ways. One is a presentation for Science Circle EAST participants about this event (see https://sciencecircle.org/event/observe-the-moon-night/ for details). The other is a display in Second Life on Science Circle Island (see https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/72/129/30 ) explaining the phenomena of solar and lunar eclipses\, during which the Earth’s Moon plays a pivotal part. \n>> This is a week-long event\, open to visitors from Saturday\, 21 October\, through Saturday\, 28 October 2023. \nThe eclipse display is on a platform on the water between the Amphitheater where SC WEST presentations are held at 10am SLT Saturday and the underwater site where SC EAST holds its events at 9pm SLT Saturdays. You can walk to it on bridges from either the Moon Base Group site or the peninsula where other exhibits on SC Island are located. \nEducational posters in the display provide information about International Observe the Moon Night\, The Science Circle non-profit organization\, the Moon Base Group (our year-long celebration of our 15th Anniversary)\, and an explanation about eclipses\, including the following:\n—What is an eclipse? They are fairly common events in our solar system\, if you consider all events\, not only those seen from Earth.\n—What is a lunar or solar eclipse? This is usually what we think of when we hear ‘eclipse’. How do they occur?\n—Total\, annular\, and partial eclipses. What you see from a location on Earth depends on where you are in the Moon’s shadow. How does that work?\n—Total vs. annular eclipses. The Moon’s orbit around the Earth is elliptical\, which affects how big the Moon appears in the sky compared with the Sun. Why is that?\n—Why are solar and lunar eclipses so rare? The tilt of the Moon’s orbit around Earth compared with Earth’s orbit around the Sun plays a major factor in creating eclipses seen from Earth. Why is that?\n—Why is a total solar eclipse so rare? A total eclipse requires another condition on top of seeing an eclipse. What is that? Why are we fortunate on Earth to witness such as event?\n—Will there always be total eclipses? The answer to that question may surprise you! Come visit the eclipse display to learn what it is!
URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/observe-the-moon-week/
LOCATION:The Science Circle region
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T110000
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CREATED:20230917T065127Z
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence in Medical Image Diagnosis
DESCRIPTION:In 2021\, I had the privilege of delivering a presentation on computer vision at the Science Circle. During the presentation\, I explored the dominant role of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) in image-oriented tasks like classification\, segmentation\, and analysis. I also delved into practical applications within histopathology\, showcasing how AI aids in diagnosing diseases using microscopic tissue images. The emergence of the attention mechanism\, the foundation of technologies including ChatGPT\, has profoundly impacted computer vision. This rapid introduction of novel techniques has opened new opportunities in the field of medical image diagnosis with AI. In this presentation\, I will delve into these exciting developments\, including data fusion across different imaging modalities\, image captioning and diagnostic explainability. \nA presentation by Karthik Prathaban
URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/ai-in-medical-image-diagnosis/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231021T220000
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SUMMARY:Observe the Moon Night
DESCRIPTION:Observe the Moon Night\n  \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/observe-the-moon-night/
LOCATION:SC East Meeting Spot
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T070000
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CREATED:20230911T054609Z
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SUMMARY:Classical Concert
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URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/cc-75/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231026T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231026T170000
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CREATED:20230911T055419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T055419Z
UID:12724-1698336000-1698339600@sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Mathematics Club
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URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/maths-club-19/
LOCATION:Maths Club
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231028T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231028T110000
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CREATED:20230930T151817Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230930T151817Z
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SUMMARY:Hope on the Horizon
DESCRIPTION:Hope on the Horizon\n  \nTOPIC: As worldwide disasters and destruction may confound us in a sea of despair\, a sea-wise scan of the horizon spots some islands of hope ahead. Along with the epochal shifts of today\, we all also share common bonds that tie us to the unlimited possibilities in technologies\, economics\, education\, and shared abundance. Let’s look beyond today’s disorienting headlines into the solutions already at hand — and yet ahead in decades to come — as experts in media\, technology\, academia\, science\, business\, and society shed rays of hope. \n  \nBIO: Dr. Steven R. Van Hook has designed and taught communication and culture classes for universities in the USA and abroad for 25 years\, including one of the first hybrid virtual courses for UCSB in 2000. He is President of Educare Research\, a nonprofit program advancing international education and technologies. He’s been a newspaper columnist\, radio reporter\, TV news anchor\, and podcast host. He was a television producer and bureau chief in Moscow\, USSR from 1989-91; and for three years directed public education media programs in Ukraine through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). He served as a trainer and officer for organizations including VISTA\, Head Start\, and the US Coast Guard. He has a PhD specializing in transcultural learning\, and is published in scholarly journals including UNESCO’s Prospects\, and by SAGE. He has presented on virtual world education to administrators and groups at UCLA\, UCSB\, VWBPE\, VWEC\, The Science Circle\, and elsewhere. Research website \nA presentation by Dr. Steven Van Hook
URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/hope-on-the-horizon/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231028T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231028T220000
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SUMMARY:United Nations day
DESCRIPTION:United Nations day\nToday’s discussion is about the United Nations\, what are your feelings regarding it\, do you think it’s a good/bad idea? How can it be improved? \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/united-nations-day/
LOCATION:SC East Meeting Spot
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231029T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231029T080000
DTSTAMP:20260420T180805
CREATED:20230911T054718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T054718Z
UID:12716-1698562800-1698566400@sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Classical Concert
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URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/cc-76/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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