Compassion in Action: Buddhism and the Environment

source: Yale University    2015年4月22日
Compassion in Action: Buddhism and the Environment, A Conversation with His Holiness the 17th Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje
The Karmapa has been described as "a world spiritual leader for the 21st century" and has inspired millions of people worldwide to take action on social and environmental issues. The Karmapa speaks to the younger generation on the major challenges facing society today, including gender issues, food justice, rampant consumerism, and the environmental crisis. A forthcoming book will be based on his interactions with American university students, and focuses on living interdependence in an era of technological connectivity and emotional disconnection.

How the bra was invented | Moments of Vision 1 - Jessica Oreck

source: TED-Ed    2016年7月12日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-the-bra...
The fact that the bra wasn’t actually invented until the early 1900s may come as a shock to the many women worldwide who have come to rely on them for support. In the first installment of our ‘Moments of Vision’ series, Jessica Oreck traces the ‘uplifting’ origin story of the brassiere.
Lesson and animation by Jessica Oreck.

Algorithms for Big Data by Jelani Nelson (Harvard University)

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source: Harvard University        2016年7月12日
Algorithms for Big Data (COMPSCI 229r)

Lecture 1  Logistics, course topics, basic tail bounds (Markov, Chebyshev, Chernoff, Bernstein), Morris' algorithm. 1:26:05
Lecture 2  Distinct elements, k-wise independence, geometric subsampling of streams. 1:23:57
Lecture 3  Necessity of randomized/approximate guarantees, linear sketching, AMS sketch, p-stable sketch for p less than 2 1:22:13
Lecture 4  P-stable sketch analysis, Nisan's PRG, ℓp estimation for p larger than 2 via max-stability. 1:21:03
Lecture 5 Analysis of ℓp estimation algorithm via max-stability, deterministic point query via incoherent matrices.  1:23:03
Lecture 6  CountMin sketch, point query, heavy hitters, sparse approximation. 1:25:47
Lecture 7 CountSketch, ℓ0 sampling, graph sketching.  1:19:26
Lecture 8  Amnesic dynamic programming (approximate distance to monotonicity). 1:22:02
Lecture 9  Communication complexity (indexing, gap hamming) + application to median and F0 lower bounds. 1:23:12
Lecture 10 Randomized and approximate F0 lower bounds, disjointness, Fp lower bound, dimensionality reduction (JL lemma).  1:18:47
Lecture 11 Khintchine, decoupling, Hanson-Wright, proof of distributional JL lemma.  1:19:20
Lecture 12  Alon's JL lower bound, beyond worst case analysis: suprema of gaussian processes, Gordon's theorem.  1:30:06
Lecture 13  ORS theorem (distributional JL implies Gordon's theorem), sparse JL. 1:22:13
Lecture 14  Sparse JL proof wrap-up, Fast JL Transform, approximate nearest neighbor.  1:21:38
Lecture 15  Approximate matrix multiplication with Frobenius error via sampling / JL, matrix median trick, subspace embeddings. 1:23:56
Lecture 16  Linear least squares via subspace embeddings, leverage score sampling, non-commutative Khintchine, oblivious subspace embeddings. 1:23:02
Lecture 17  Oblivious subspace embeddings, faster iterative regression, sketch-and-solve regression. 1:17:47
Lecture 18  Low-rank approximation, column-based matrix reconstruction, k-means, compressed sensing. 1:23:14
Lecture 19  RIP and connection to incoherence, basis pursuit, Krahmer-Ward theorem. 1:19:47
Lecture 20  Krahmer-Ward proof, Iterative Hard Thresholding. 1:19:58
Lecture 21  ℓ1/ℓ1 recovery, RIP1, unbalanced expanders, Sequential Sparse Matching Pursuit.  1:24:59
Lecture 22  Matrix completion. 1:25:06
Lecture 23  External memory model: linked list, matrix multiplication, B-tree, buffered repository tree, sorting.  1:22:52
Lecture 24  Competitive paging, cache-oblivious algorithms: matrix multiplication, self-organizing linked list, static B-tree, lazy funnelsort.  1:24:48
Lecture 25 MapReduce: TeraSort, minimum spanning tree, triangle counting.  1:21:17

Shripad Tuljapurkar, Finding the E in heritability

source: Stanford     2016年5月31日
On February 29, 2016, Dr. Tuljapurkar presented this talk on Stanford campus at the annual CEHG symposium. CEHG is Stanford's Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics.

Lines of Thought: Communicating Faith

source: Cambridge University    2016年5月27日
Cambridge University Library is celebrating its 600th anniversary with an exhibition of priceless treasures communicating 4,000 years of human thought. To celebrate, we have made six films on the six distinct themes featured in Lines of Thought. The third film in the series looks at the translation of some of the Library’s most important religious texts. Translation has always been central to the transmission of faith across barriers of religion and culture, but could be a perilous activity. William Tyndale’s English translation of the New Testament ultimately cost him his life. Today’s academics are exploiting digital technology to unearth new secrets from documents penned in antiquity. Cutting-edge multispectral imaging allows us to read texts erased from the seventh-century manuscript of the Gospel of Saint Luke featured in our new film.
https://exhibitions.lib.cam.ac.uk/lin...

John Preskill “Quantum Computing and the Entanglement Frontier”

source: Yale University     2016年5月17日
2016 Leigh Page Prize Lecture Series, hosted by Yale Department of Physics and Yale Quantum Institute
John Preskill, Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology, “Quantum Computing and the Entanglement Frontier”
Abstract: The quantum laws governing atoms and other tiny objects seem to defy common sense, and information encoded in quantum systems has weird properties that baffle our feeble human minds. John Preskill will explain why he loves quantum entanglement, the elusive feature making quantum information fundamentally different from information in the macroscopic world. By exploiting quantum entanglement, quantum computers should be able to solve otherwise intractable problems, with far-reaching applications to cryptology, materials, and fundamental physical science. Preskill is less weird than a quantum computer, and easier to understand.

Keynote Address | Native Peoples, Native Politics || Radcliffe Institute

source: Harvard University     2016年5月23日
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Introduction by Alyssa Mt. Pleasant (Tuscarora [patrilineal]), assistant professor of Native American studies, University at Buffalo; 2015–2016 Radcliffe Institute Fellow
(5:21) Keynote Address by Robert Odawi Porter (Seneca Nation), senior advisor, Dentons US LLP; 67th President, Seneca Nation of Indians
Q&A (47:54)

Shenzhen: Reinventing 35 years of innovation (Part 4) | Future Cities | ...

source: WIRED UK     2016年6月28日
In the final episode of our Future Cities strand, we examine Shenzhen’s so-called "Shanzhai" (imitation) supply chain as authoritarian governmental control and hyper-accelerated gentrification are rapidly changing the face of the city. Subscribe to WIRED►► http://po.st/SubscribeWired
WIRED offers a snapshot of its future and asks if this model can be taken globally – or if it’s a unique manifestation of a very special time and place.
Future Cities is part of a new flagship documentary strand from WIRED Video that explores the technologies, trends and ideas that are changing our world. Subscribe to the WIRED YouTube channel to ensure you never miss an episode.

Weather Forecast in Agriculture and Agro-advisory by T. N. Balasubramanian

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source: nptelhrd     2016年5月18日
Agriculture - Weather Forecast in Agriculture and Agro-advisory by Dr.T.N.Balasubramanian (Rtd.), AgroClimate Research Centre, TNAU and ,Dr. R. Nagarajan, Co Faculty, Dept. of Agronomy, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.ac.in

Lec-01 Introduction 6:06
Lec-02 Basic aspects of Atmosphere, Climate, Weather 12:51
Lec-03 Basic aspects of Rainfall and their application in crop production 15:56
Lec-04 Basic aspects of Temperature and their application in crop production 10:05
Lec-05 Basic aspects of Relative humidity, Cloud cover 11:35
Lec-06 Basic aspects of wind, wind direction and their application in crop production 10:07
Lec-07 Three weather codes and crop production 10:47
Lec-08 Crop production risks and their management 10:09
Lec-09 Weather sensitive crops, stages and farm operations 8:15
Lec-10 Crop-weather interactions and definition 10:03
Lec-11 Crop-Weather Interactions: Wheat, Rice and Maize 11:19
Lec-12 Crop-Weather Interactions: Sorghum , Groundnut and Pigeon pea 17:39
Lec-13 Crop-Weather Interactions: Cotton and Sugarcane 5:53
Lec-14 Crop-Weather Interactions: Sugarbeet and Chickpea 7:13
Lec-15 Crop-Weather Interactions: Sunflower and Mustard 5:06
Lec-16 Genesis of weather forecast in India and Abroad 8:07
Lec-17 Types of weather forecast and details 21:14
Lec-18 Types of weather forecast and details-contd. 8:28
Lec-19 Simple methods of verification of weather forecast with real event 7:32
Lec-20 Traditional knowledges on weather forecast and their validity 11:16
Lec-21 Weather thumb rules and their validity 10:28
Lec-22 Development and component of agro advisory for weather forecast 10:28
Lec-23 Development and component of agro advisory for weather forecast- contd. 15:01
Lec-24 Model agro advisories for selected five days weather forecast 13:46
Lec-25 Mass communication mode of agro advisories and their effectiveness 6:39
Lec-26 Discussion on weather forecast and agro advisory from different website 6:08
Lec-27 Role of climate manager on farm management decision based on weather forecast 12:12
Lec-28 Development of selected weather window for issuing agro advisory 10:07
Lec-29 Model of agro advisory for 54 selected weather window of Tamil Nadu for rice 8:16
Lec-30 Response farming 16:37
Lec-31 Case study in India on the adoption of weather based crop production - Crop management 8:22
Lec-32 Case study in India on the adoption of weather based crop production 10:20
Lec-33 Case study in India on the adoption of weather based animal production 8:31
Lec-34 Cost benefit analysis for the case study done on crop management 9:11
Lec-35 Cost benefit analysis for the case study done on animal management 6:50
Lec-36 Summary 7:09

Chemical - Heterogeneous Catalysis and Catalytic Processes by K. K. Pant (IIT Delhi)

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source: nptelhrd     2013年10月13日
Heterogeneous Catalysis and Catalytic Processes by Dr. K.K. Pant, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in 

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Biotechnology - Thermodynamics by G. K. Suraishkumar (IIT Madras)

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source: nptelhrd     2012年12月10日
Thermodynamics(Classical) for Biological Systems by Prof. G.K. Suraishkumar, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Madras. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in

Lec-01 Introduction and Review 46:55
Lec-02 Need for Analysis Additional Thermodynamic Functions State and Path Variables 49:06
Lec-03 Equations for a Closed system Chemical Potential Concept Gibbs-Duhem Equation 43:26
Lec-04 Maxwell's relations 48:50
Lec-05 Inter-Relationships between Thermodynamic Variables 49:43
Lec-06 Some Useful Mathematical Manipulations 49:58
Lec-07 Thermodynamic Relations for a Closed System with 1 mole of a pure Substances 49:43
Lec-08 Maximum Work,Lost Work Review of Closed Systems 45:42
Lec-09 Open Systems 50:25
Lec-10 Equations of State - Virial Equations 50:30
Lec-11 Equations of State - Cubic Equations 50:17
Lec-12 Volume Estimation 48:15
Lec-13 Volume Estimation (cont.,)Generalized correlations 49:17
Lec-14 Generalized correlations(cont)Residual Properties 49:54
Lec-15 Residual Properties(cont.,) 50:13
Lec-16 Generalized Correlations and Residual Properties 48:54
Lec-17 Fugacity Coefficient Estimation 50:38
Lec-18 Review of Module 3 43:00
Lec-19 Learning Aspects Chemical Potential Formulations 44:12
Lec-20 Lewis and Randall rule partial Molar Properties 49:11
Lec-21 Partial Molar Property Estimation from Mixing Experiments 49:53
Lec-22 Partial Molar Property Estimation (cont.,) Excess Property 50:08
Lec-23 Activity Coefficient from Excess Property 50:13
Lec-24 Activity Coefficient from Excess Property (cont.,) 49:35
Lec-25 Activity Coefficient from Excess Pro.,Models for Activity Coefficient in Binary Sys.. 50:30
Lec-26 Models for Activity Coefficient in Binary Systems(cont.,) 47:56
Lec-27 Review of Module 4 40:13
Lec-28 Criteria for Phase Equilibrium Phase Rule for Non-reacting Biosystems 50:08
Lec-29 Clausius - Clayperon Equation 49:12
Lec-30 Clausius - Clayperon Equation(cont.,)vapour-Liquid Equilibrium 50:08
Lec-31 Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium.Estimation of Fugacity coefficient ... 50:18
Lec-32 Liquid/Liquid and Solid/Liquid Equilibria 50:09
Lec-33 Review of Module 5 36:36
Lec-34 Criteria for Bio-reaction Equilibria 49:55
Lec-35 Phase rule for Reacting Biosystems Equilibrium constants50:30
Lec-36 Effect of Temperature and Pressure on the Equilibrium constants 48:17
Lec-37 Reaction in Liquid or Solid Phases 49:43
Lec-38 Free energy Changes for some Bioreactions 49:23
Lec-39 Electrolytes 50:22
Lec-40 Course Review 51:23

Jahan Zeb & Ziauddin Yousafzai: A Conversation with the Global Peace Cen...

source: Talks at Google     2016年6月21日
Ziauddin Yousafzai, Honorary Chair of the Global Peace Centre Canada (GPCC) and father to Malala Yousafzai, and Jahan Zeb, Executive Director of the GPCC, visit Google to discuss the GPCC and its vision and activism around the globe.

Hosted by Adam Green.--
In 2012, Malala Yousafzai was a 15 year old student and education rights activist in Northern Pakistan. As she rode the bus to school, a Taliban assassin shot her multiple times in an attempt to stop her and her message. Miraculously she survived and the result has been a tidal wave of support for education rights for children and girls not only in Pakistan, but the world over.

Malala and her family, including her father Ziauddin and mother Toor, have devoted their lives to promoting the right to education. In Canada, Ziauddin is the Honourary Chair of the GPCC that works to build a world at peace by providing peace education. Globally, this family, and especially Malala have become a beacon for hope and change. Malala was even captured in the International Women's Day Google Doodle this year along with other women's rights activists.

Who is the GPCC?
Established in 2015, the Global Peace Centre Canada (GPCC) is a Canadian incorporated not-for-profit organization that envisions "a world at peace." To that end, our mission is to "create hope and opportunity for positive societal change by providing peace education to the leaders of tomorrow." GPCC is housed in the MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement at Conrad Grebel University College on the campus of the University of Waterloo. Administrative support and office space are provided by Grebel as an in-kind contribution to keep our overhead costs low.

Why Dogs See Fewer Colors than Humans, with Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek

source: Big Think     2016年6月15日
“What we perceive as color — what we perceive as light — corresponds to a very narrow band of frequencies, out of an infinite continuum," says Nobel Laureate Frank Wilczek. Frank Wilczek's book is "A Beautiful Question: Finding Nature's Deep Design" (http://goo.gl/AnhnnD).
Read more at BigThink.com: http://bigthink.com/videos/frank-wilc...

Transcript - In the nineteenth century with Maxwell’s synthesis of the laws of electricity and magnetism physicists started to realize that what we perceive as light is deeply understood as a kind of disturbance, electric and magnetic fields. That gave us a new concept of the possibilities of perception of light that show us that we’re missing a lot. The electromagnetic equations permit radiation of any wave length and of any frequency – what we perceive as color – what we perceive as light is corresponds to a very narrow band of frequencies out of an infinite continuum. Not only that but even within that band we take three averages. We don’t sample all the different frequencies but just three averages. That’s called trichromatic vision. So for instance in computer displays there are three different kinds of lighting elements used. When you see on your menu the choice of millions of different colors that doesn’t mean different lighting arrangements, lighting possibilities. It means different combinations, different relative intensities of just three. Any perceived color can be synthesized from three basic colors.

Other creatures see less. Dogs, for instance, see only two kinds of colors like color blind people see basically only two kinds of colors. Other creatures see more. Other creatures – many insects and birds see four or five colors. They also sample kinds of light, kinds of electromagnetic radiation that humans don’t see. There’s infrared radiation. There’s ultraviolet radiation. Maxwell’s equations which describe light also describe radio waves and microwaves and x-rays and gamma rays. So all those things are possible forms of vision that human’s natural endowment doesn’t tap into. But it’s out there. On the one hand it’s very important to make concepts visual because it taps into very powerful methods of processing that we have. And on the other hand scientific knowledge of what light is shows us that our natural perception leaves a lot on the table and so it leaves us with the program of doing better with telescopes, microscopes, spectrometers and other kinds of gadgets that I’m developing for everyday life that will allow us to see more colors.
The human perception of color is limited really by the principles of quantum mechanics. It’s interesting to compare the human perception of color to the perception of sound. Our perception of sound in one way is much richer. Read Full Transcript Here: http://goo.gl/JNiHct.

Guest Chef Sal Scognamillo: "Patsy’s Italian Family Cookbook" | Talks at...

source: Talks at Google    2016年6月9日
Sal Scognamillo is the chef at Patsy's Italian Restaurant.
Founded in 1944 by Pasquale “Patsy” Scognamillo, Patsy’s Italian Restaurant has been in its current and only NYC theater district location (in the building next to the original site) since 1954. In almost 70 years of existence, Patsy’s Italian Restaurant has had only three chefs; the late Patsy himself, his son Joe Scognamillo, who has been at the establishment since the tender age of seven, and Joe’s son Sal, who has been manning the kitchen for the past 29 years.
More info about the book: https://play.google.com/store/books/d...



Moderated by Michael Kauffman.

Beth Simone Noveck: "Smart Citizens, Smarter State" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google    2016年5月19日   t/20488558
We were joined in London by Beth Noveck (@bethnoveck) who discussed her book "Smart Citizens, Smarter State: The Technologies of Expertise and the Future of Governing". Filmed in February 2016

ABOUT THE BOOK
Government “of the people, by the people, for the people” expresses an ideal that resonates in all democracies. Yet poll after poll reveals deep distrust of institutions that seem to have left “the people” out of the governing equation. Government bureaucracies that are supposed to solve critical problems on their own are a troublesome outgrowth of the professionalization of public life in the industrial age. They are especially ill-suited to confronting today’s complex challenges.
Offering a far-reaching program for innovation, Smart Citizens, Smarter State suggests that public decision making could be more effective and legitimate if government were smarter—if our institutions knew how to use technology to leverage citizens’ expertise. Just as individuals use only part of their brainpower to solve most problems, governing institutions make far too little use of the skills and experience of those inside and outside of government with scientific credentials, practical skills, and ground-level street smarts. New tools—what Beth Simone Noveck calls technologies of expertise—are making it possible to match the supply of citizen expertise to the demand for it in government.
Drawing on a wide range of academic disciplines and practical examples from her work as an adviser to governments on institutional innovation, Noveck explores how to create more open and collaborative institutions. In so doing, she puts forward a profound new vision for participatory democracy rooted not in the paltry act of occasional voting or the serendipity of crowdsourcing but in people’s knowledge and know-how.