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Uncertainty, Risk, and Responsibility: Lessons from Three Technologies
February 18, 2020
Seminar Recording: https://youtu.be/wKXawdBrCEs About this Event: Are we still in the Nuclear Age? Is this the Age of AI? Are we entering the Age of Synthetic Biology?
Seapower in the First and the Second Machine Ages: from self-propelled torpedoes to artificial intelligence
February 21, 2018
Abstract: What are the consequences of the emergence of robotics, big data, and artificial intelligence for international politics?
Chinese Investments in U.S. Venture Technology: Accessing the Crown Jewels of U.S. Innovation
February 12, 2018
Abstract: China’s participation in venture deals financing is at a record level of 10-16% of all venture deals (2015-2017) and has grown quite rapidly in the past seven years. Technologies where...
Experience on demand
November 8, 2017
Abstract: In this talk, based on his new book “Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality is, How it Works, and What it Can Do,” Bailenson draws upon two decades spent researching the psychological...
Safe Manipulation in Orbit: Grasping Objects in Space using Gecko-Inspired Adhesives
September 25, 2017
Abstract: As the orbital space around earth becomes increasingly crowded, there is an increasing need to capture and manipulate objects ranging from satellites and antennas to “uncooperative” space...
Solving Climate Change: 2017
September 12, 2017
Abstract: We live in a world where the risks from a changing climate are clear. New research highlights the magnitude of the risks and the benefits of rapid, ambitious action.
Carbon capture and geological sequestration: science status and the complicated road to deployment at scale
August 30, 2017
Abstract: As a potential measure of mitigating the contribution of fossil fuel emissions to global warming, carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage (CCS) entails capturing CO2 from from large...
Governing the AI Revolution: The Research Landscape
August 23, 2017
Abstract: Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly improving. The opportunities are tremendous, but so are the risks.
What next for climate? Assessing the risks and the options
May 8, 2017
Abstract: Over decades, assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and many others has bolstered understanding of the climate problem: unequivocal warming, pervasive impacts, and...
How low-carbon technologies will improve our climate, health, and national security and stabilize the world's economies
April 20, 2017
Abstract: In 2015 nations agreed to the Sustainable Development Goals, including ending poverty, protecting the planet, and ensuring prosperity for all.
Computation and Society: The Case of Privacy and Fairness
April 3, 2017
Abstract: Fueled with rapidly growing data sets and with breakthroughs in machine learning, algorithms are informing and often even making decisions that affect all aspects of life.
Provably beneficial AI
March 11, 2017
Abstract: Should we be concerned about long-term risks from superintelligent AI?If so, what can we do about it? While some in the mainstream AI community dismiss these concerns, I will argue...
Electronics Thermal Management At The Extremes
March 10, 2017
Abstract: The heat generated by semiconductor devices and electronic components is a big problem for a variety of products and systems ranging from radar and satellites to vehicle electronics,...
Challenges for privacy and re-identification with medical and genomic data
September 22, 2016
Abstract: Current technologies and practices have created large stores of medical data, including electronic medical records, genomic data, and mobile-health measurements.
High Performance Computing Past, Present and Future
May 6, 2016
Abstract: Supercomputing impacts everybody, everywhere, every day. The simulation capabilities have allowed advanced medicine, energy, aviation and manufacturing.
Additive Manufacturing & High-Performance Computing: Disruptive Latent Technologies Impacting Our National Security
March 25, 2016
Abstract: Dr. Goodwin’s presentation will discuss some of the rapid developments in additive manufacturing technology (3-D printing with metals and other materials) and their relationship to high...
Ensuring High Quality and Innovative Science and Technology for National Security
March 25, 2016
Abstract: Institutions like LLNL are part of an enterprise established in the mid-twentieth century to enable teams of scientists and engineers to deliver technological capabilities to address...
Winning an Innovation War: Managing Risks from Emerging Technologies
March 14, 2016
Abstract: Faster evolving technologies, new peer adversaries, and the increased role of non-government entities changes how we think about decisions to develop and adopt new technology....
Curiosity, Frugal Science and Global health: Opportunities and Challenges
February 8, 2016
Abstract: Somebody once said, “What a damn fool can do for a dollar, an engineer can do for a nickel.” Thinking about cost as an engineering constraint brings new life to ideas.
Biosecurity and social responsibility in an era of citizen science
February 1, 2016
Abstract: Technological and social forces are allowing the growth of science outside a professionalized context. The Internet, mobile devices, and public availability of big data are technological...
Reimagining Biotechnology
January 25, 2016
Abstract: Biotechnology is in a transition from artisanal tools and methods to computer-controlled, high-throughput systems that allow research and development at industrial scale.
Geopolitical Consequences of the Upcoming Flood of Asteroid Discoveries
October 5, 2015
Due to the overwhelming response we received for this event and to our space constraints, registration is now closed. We regret that we are unable to accommodate any more visitors.
Actinide Chemistry and the Battlefields of the Cold War
May 18, 2015
Abstract: The Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union lasted for much of the second half of the 20th Century.
Privacy and Security: Can We Achieve Both with Cryptography?
May 4, 2015
Abstract: In many real-world settings, the need for security is often at odds with the desire to protect user privacy.
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