Do animals have language? - Michele Bishop

source: TED-Ed      2015年9月10日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/do-animals-...
All animals communicate. But do they have language? Michele Bishop details the four specific qualities we associate with language and investigates whether or not certain animals utilize some or all of those qualities to communicate.
Lesson by Michele Bishop, animation by Avi Ofer.

The chemistry of cookies - Stephanie Warren

source:   TED-Ed      2013年11月19日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-chemist...
You stick cookie dough into an oven, and magically, you get a plate of warm, gooey cookies. Except it's not magic; it's science. Stephanie Warren explains via basic chemistry principles how the dough spreads out, at what temperature we can kill salmonella, and why that intoxicating smell wafting from your oven indicates that the cookies are ready for eating.
Lesson by Stephanie Warren, animation by Augenblick Studios.

Personal Finance (Roger Wallenburg / Missouri State University)

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source: Missouri State University     Last updated on May 21, 2015
FIN 150: Personal Finance
A study of personal finance topics from the consumer and societal perspectives.
Topics include the preparation and interpretation of personal financial statements and budgets, the time value of money, personal saving, financial market and investment fundamentals, the effective use of consumer credit, personal bankruptcy, insurance principles, automotive and housing decisions, principles of personal taxation, and retirement planning.
This course will provide students with the concepts and critical thinking skills to understand the effects of financial decisions on individuals, families, and society.
Learn more about Missouri State iCourses at http://outreach.missouristate.edu/icourses.htm

Class 1 - Goalsetting 18:51
Class 2 - Budgeting 17:16
Class 3 - Credit 26:10
Class 4 - Insurance 42:55
Class 5 - Investing 30:30
Class 6 - Time Value of Money 45:16
Class 7 - Annuities 27:29
Class 8 - Personal Financial 5:13

William Oliver, "Quantum Engineering of Superconducting Qubits"

source: GoogleTechTalks      2015年8月31日
William Oliver visited the Quantum AI Lab at Google LA on August 13, 2015 and gave this talk: "Quantum Engineering of Superconducting Qubits"

Abstract:
Superconducting qubits are coherent artificial atoms assembled from electrical circuit elements. Their lithographic scalability, compatibility with microwave control, and operability at nanosecond time scales all converge to make the superconducting qubit a highly attractive candidate for the constituent logical elements of a quantum information processor. Over the past decade, spectacular improvement in the manufacturing and control of these devices has moved superconducting qubits from the realm of scientific curiosity to the threshold of technological reality. In this talk, we review this progress and present aspects of our work related to the quantum systems engineering of high-coherence devices and high-fidelity control. For more information: [1] J. Bylander, et al., Nature Physics 7, 565 (2011) [2] W.D. Oliver & P.B. Welander, MRS Bulletin 38, 816 (2013)

Bio:
William D. Oliver is a Senior Staff Member at MIT Lincoln Laboratory in the Quantum Information and Integrated Nanosystems Group and a Professor of the Practice in the MIT Physics Department. He provides programmatic and technical leadership for programs related to the development of quantum and classical high-performance computing technologies. His interests include the materials growth, fabrication, design, and measurement of superconducting qubits, as well as the development of cryogenic packaging and control electronics involving cryogenic CMOS and single-flux quantum digital logic.

Prior to joining MIT & Lincoln Laboratory in 2003, Will was a graduate research associate with Prof. Yoshihisa Yamamoto at Stanford University investigating quantum optical phenomena and entanglement of electrons in two-dimensional electron gas systems. He previously spent two years at the MIT Media Laboratory developing an interactive computer music installation called the Singing Tree as part of Prof. Tod Machover’s Brain Opera.

Will has published 52 journal articles and 7 book chapters, is an active seminar lecturer, and is inventor or co-inventor on two patents. He serves on the US Committee for Superconducting Electronics; is an Applied Superconductivity Conference (ASC) Board Member; and is a member of the American Physical Society, IEEE, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa, and Tau Beta Pi. In 2013, he was a JSPS visiting researcher at the University of Tokyo.

Will received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Stanford University in 2003, the SM in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT in 1997, and a BS in Electrical Engineering and BA in Japanese from the University of Rochester (NY) in 1995.

Manuel De Landa. Subjectivity and Thought in Gilles Deleuze. 2009 (1-11)

source: European Graduate School      Jan 6, 2010
http://www.egs.edu Manuel De Landa speaking about Deleuzian ideas of subjectivity, and the function of the mind in a seminar entitled Gilles Deleuze and Science at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. In this third class, De Landa focused at first on the continuation of human subjectivity into the animal world. Furthering this, he spoke of the difference between Kant and Hume and their importance to Deleuze (as well as the history of twentieth century thought.) He discussed the different concepts of linguistic categories and how it structures and orders our world, creating differences. Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland. Manuel De Landa 2009

Manuel De Landa. Explantations in the Social Realm. 2009 (1-11)

source: European Graduate School      Jan 20, 2010
http://www.egs.edu/ Manuel De Landa speaking about Explanations in the Social Realm during a seminar entitled Gilles Deleuze and Science. Discussing causality in the machinic world of Gilles Deleuze. De Landa stressed the importance of reason and motives when focusing on the relevance of action in the social realm. He uses Deleuzes theories to explain events through an alternative deep history, separating himself from the reified concepts of a generalized interpretation of the past. Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland. Manuel Delanda

Manuel De Landa. Theory of Language. 2009 (1-12)

source: European Graduate School        Aug 15, 2009
http://www.egs.edu/ Manuel De Landa.speaking about the theory of language, Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, Postulates of Linguistics, language, linguistics, signifier, term, reference, meaning, grammar, changes in language, dialect and pronunciation, phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, standardization, Noam Chomsky, Ferdinand de Saussure and William Labov in a lecture at the European Graduate School EGS, in Saas Fee, Switzerland. Free Public open lecture for the students and faculty of the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe 2009 Manuel De Landa. Manuel Delanda.