lectures/ideas: 12/23/16

2016-12-23

Vibrations of Aerospace Structures (Delft University)

Roman Architecture (Spring 2012 at Bilkent U) by Julian Bennett

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source: CosmoLearning 2015年3月17日
HART-316: Roman Architecture

01 Introduction 40:40
2n Villanovan and Etruscans Architecture & Art I 49:25
03 Etruscan Art I 42:10
04 Etruscan Art II 46:36
05 Republican Roman Architecture 44:19
06 Republican Architecture 47:15
07 Republican Art 43:20
08 From Caesar to Augustos 43:21
09 Augustan Architecture and Art 48:38
10 Architecture and Art under Augustos 45:08
11 Architecture of Julio Claudians 49:56
12 Architecture of Julio Claudians II 34:03
13 Architecture of Julio Claudians III 48:01
14 Flavian Architecture 43:07
15 The Flavians 44:31
16 The Flavians II 45:10
17nn Nerva and Trajan 39:10
18 Architecture and Art under Emperor Trajan 49:33
19 Architecture and Art under Emperor Trajan 35:55
20 Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli 40:16
21 Hadrian 40:19
22 Hadrian II 49:02
23 Antonine Period I 48:15
24 Antonine Period II 44:15
25 Antonine Sculpture 46:16
26 Severan Architecture 35:20
27 Severus Alexander 41:25

Young People's Book Prize Winner 2016 - How Machines Work

source: The Royal Society 2016年11月23日
Each year the Royal Society celebrates the best books that communicate science to young people through our Young People's Book Prize.
The Prize aims to inspire young people to read about science and promotes the writing of excellent, accessible books for under-14s.
This year's winner, How Machines Work by David Macaulay, was chosen by over 1,500 young people in Judging Panels around the country and the Prize was presented at an award ceremony at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.
For more info on the prize - http://ow.ly/7DVG306sAZG

20th Century Philosophy of Science & Reductionism

source: Philosophical Overdose 2016年11月21日
Some random lecture which gives an overview of Karl Popper's falsificationism, physicalist reductionism, and Thomas Kuhn's conception of science.

The 2016 US presidential election: a post-mortem - UCL Lunch Hour Lecture

source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures 2016年11月22日
Speaker: Dr Nick Witham, UCL Institute of the Americas, Tuesday 15th November 2016 #ucllhl
Bring your lunch and your curiosity! UCL Lunch Hour Lectures, Tuesdays and Thursdays, Darwin Lecture Theatre, 1.15 - 1.55pm (term time)
Dr Nick Witham will provide an accessible and insightful overview of the historic and controversial 2016 US presidential election campaign. This talk will include a review of the Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton campaigns, a breakdown of the electoral returns, and a discussion of the likely path that will be followed by Barack Obama’s successor in the White House.
Free to attend, live stream or watch online
More info : http://events.ucl.ac.uk/lhl
Join the conversation on Twitter at #UCLLHL

Fionn Byrne: “Designing Natures: For a Pluralism of Ecology, Ethics and Aesthetics”

source: Harvard GSD 2016年11月17日
Fionn Byrne, lecturer in landscape architecture at Harvard GSD, focuses his research on the moral underpinnings of contemporary landscape architecture. As the recipient of the Harvard GSD’s 2015–16 Daniel Urban Kiley Teaching Fellowship in Landscape, he will speak about his work during the past year.Byrne’s research and design interests depart from the convergence of technology and ecology; he is most intrigued by how velocity and information interact with biological systems:The science of ecology is shaping a shared environmental ethic. The discipline speaks with unchallenged authority, claiming knowledge of the past and predicting the future. We are told that human accelerated climate change poses a threat to the continued existence of our species. Landscape architecture is the design discipline that has accepted the charge of integrating ecology into the urban. But beginning here with our very survival as the initial design problem, two undesirable propositions emerge.The first is that any work of landscape architecture that does not slow the momentum of a warming planet can be said to be complicit in the downfall of our species. Thus, are we not compelled to act ecologically, to design with nature? The second is that even the most poorly designed space that includes plant material can be argued to be contributing to saving the planet. Thus, does ecology not trump aesthetics? If these propositions are indeed valid, how shall we respond?

Bill McKibben On The Fate Of The Earth | The New School

source: The New School 2016年11月21日
Sponsored by The Nation Institute (http://nationinstitute.org), The New School (http://newschool.edu), and the Tishman Environment and Design Center (http://newschool.edu/tishman-environm...), environmentalist and author Bill McKibben delivered the first annual Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture Series on the Fate of the Earth.
The Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture Series on the Fate of the Earth was established to honor the memory of Nation Institute fellow, Jonathan Schell and takes its name from his 1982 seminal work on the consequences of nuclear war. It is an annual lecture of original work delivered by a speaker selected each year by committee addressing topics written on by Schell during his life including environmentalism, nuclear disarmament and peace but may include any important issue on which the future of humanity and other life on the Earth might depend.

Bill McKibben is an author and environmentalist who in 2014 was awarded the Right Livelihood Prize, sometimes called the ‘alternative Nobel.’ His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change, and has appeared in 24 languages; he’s gone on to write a dozen more books. He is a founder of 350.org, the first planet-wide, grassroots climate change movement, which has organized twenty thousand rallies around the world in every country save North Korea, spearheaded the resistance to the Keystone Pipeline, and launched the fast-growing fossil fuel divestment movement.
The Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he was the 2013 winner of the Gandhi Prize and the Thomas Merton Prize, and holds honorary degrees from 18 colleges and universities. Foreign Policy named him to their inaugural list of the world’s 100 most important global thinkers, and the Boston Globe said he was “probably America’s most important environmentalist.”
The Nation Institute and the Gould Family Foundation present the first annual Jonathan Schell Memorial Lecture Series on the Fate of the Earth. Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben delivered the first lecture of the series.
Location: John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center
Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 7:00 pm

Matthew Claudel: "The City of Tomorrow" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google 2016年11月21日
Since cities emerged ten thousand years ago, they have become one of the most impressive artifacts of humanity. But their evolution has been anything but linear—cities have gone through moments of radical change, turning points that redefine their very essence. In this book, a renowned architect and urban planner who studies the intersection of cities and technology argues that we are in such a moment.
Matthew Claudel explains some of the forces behind urban change and offer new visions of the many possibilities for tomorrow’s city. Pervasive digital systems that layer our cities are transforming urban life. He and co-author Carlo Ratti provide a front-row seat to this change. Their work at the MIT Senseable City Laboratory allows experimentation and implementation of a variety of urban initiatives and concepts, from assistive condition-monitoring bicycles to trash with embedded tracking sensors, from mobility to energy, from participation to production. They call for a new approach to envisioning cities: futurecraft, a symbiotic development of urban ideas by designers and the public. With such participation, we can collectively imagine, examine, choose, and shape the most desirable future of our cities.
Get the book here: https://goo.gl/gOhJDf

Robert Crawford: Shakespeare, The Tempest: "Upstart Crew" (03/11/2014)

source: Arts One Open 2014年11月3日
A lecture by Robert Crawford for Arts One at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver (Canada). In this lecture Crawford argues for a straightforwardly political reading of the play as a critique of James I, performed right in front of his eyes.
Creative Commons license for this video: CC-BY-NC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
More information about Arts One, and this video, can be found here: http://artsone-open.arts.ubc.ca/shake...

Christina Hendricks: Thomas Paine, Rights of Man (25/02/2014)

source: Arts One Open 2014年2月25日
Lecture by Christina Hendricks for the "Remake/Remodel" theme. For more, see http://artsone-open.arts.ubc.ca/thoma....
For a version of this video with slides, go to http://mediasitemob1.mediagroup.ubc.c....

Computational Science & Engineering I (Fall 2008 at MIT) by Gilbert Strang

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source: tawkaw OpenCourseWare 2014年6月6日
MIT 18.085 Computational Science & Engineering I (Fall 2008 at MIT)
This course provides a review of linear algebra, including applications to networks, structures, and estimation, Lagrange multipliers. Also covered are: differential equations of equilibrium; Laplace's equation and potential flow; boundary-value problems; minimum principles and calculus of variations; Fourier series; discrete Fourier transform; convolution; and applications.
Note: This course was previously called "Mathematical Methods for Engineers I".
View the Complete Course at: ocw.mit.edu/18-085F08

49 Lecture 36 Sampling Theorem 40:58
48 Lecture 35 Convolution equations, deconvolution, convolution in 2D 51:21
47 Recitation 13 50:29
46 Lecture 34 Fourier integral transform part 2 51:27
45 Lecture 33 Filters Fourier integral transform part 1 51:23
44 Lecture 32 Convolution part 2 52:04
43 Recitation 12 51:12
42 Lecture 31 Examples of discrete Fourier transform, fast Fourier transform, convolution part 1 51:42
41 Lecture 30 Discrete Fourier series 50:12
40 Lecture 29 Fourier series part 2 48:41
39 Recitation 11 54:08
38 Lecture 28 Fourier series part 1 49:23
37 Lecture 27 Finite elements in 2D part 2 52:33
36 Recitation 10 45:33
35 Lecture 26 Fast Poisson solver part 2, finite elements in 2D part 1 51:28
34 Lecture 25 Fast Poisson solver part 1 52:22
33 Lecture 24 Laplace's equation part 2 54:21
32 Recitation 09 51:35
31 Lecture 23 Laplace's equation part 1 49:53
30 Lecture 22 Gradient and divergence part 2 51:19
29 Lecture 21 Boundary conditions, splines, gradient and divergence part 1 53:22
28 Recitation 08 48:08
27 Lecture 20 Element matrices 4th order bending equations 50:13
26 Lecture 19 Quadratic cubic elements 52:36
25 Lecture 18 Finite elements in 1D part 2 51:36
24 Recitation 07 53:54
23 Lecture 17 Finite elements in 1D part 1 54:22
22 Lecture 16 Trusses part 2 48:41
21 Lecture 15 Trusses and A^TCA 46:42
20 Recitation 06 54:26
19 Lecture 14 Exam Review 52:30
18 Lecture 13 Kirchhoff's Current Law 54:37
17 Recitation 05 54:54
16 Lecture 12 Graphs and networks 50:28
15 Lecture 11 Least squares part 2 54:00
14 Lecture 10 Finite differences in time, least squares part 1 54:59
13 Recitation 04 56:18
12 Lecture 09 Oscillation 53:27
11 Lecture 08 Springs and masses the main framework 55:14
10 Recitation 03 56:13
09 Lecture 07 Positive definite day! 52:56
08 Lecture 06 Eigenvalues part 2 positive definite part 1 50:19
07 Lecture 05 Eigenvalues part 1 56:12
06 Recitation 02 51:13
05 Lecture 04 Delta function day! 55:39
04 Lecture 03 Solving a linear system 54:40
03 Lecture 02 Difference equations 52:27
02 Recitation 01 Key ideas of linear algebra 49:32
01 Lecture 01 Four special matrices 54:05
Course Introduction 4:12

Petroleum Geology (Delft U of Technology) by Stefan M. Luthi

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source: tawkaw OpenCourseWare 2014年6月6日

1 Introduction 1:34:53
2 The carbon cycle, organic matter and maturation 1:33:45
3 Composition of oil and gas 1:29:16
4 Migration from source to reservoir 1:21:05
5 & 6 Reservoir rock properties & Trapping 1:34:10
7 Basin types and their exploration and production reserves and resources 1 52:37
7 Basin type and their exploration and production reserves and resources 2 46:36

The History of Yoga with Debashish Banerji

source: New Thinking Allowed 2016年1月2日
Debashish Banerji, PhD, is Dean of Academic Affairs at the University of Philosophical Research in Los Angeles as well as an adjunct faculty member at Pasadena City College and the California Institute of Integral Studies. He is also the former director of the East West Cultural Center in Los Angeles. He is author of Seven Quartets of Becoming: A Transformative Yoga Psychology Based on the Diaries of Sri Aurobindo and also The Alternative Nation of Abanindranath Tagore, a book about his great grandfather. He edited an anthology about his great uncle, Rabindranath Tagore in the Twenty-First Century.
Here he describes the ancient Indus Valley civilization of India that reached its height about 5,000 years ago. It was a sophisticated, well-organized society that engaged in trade in ancient Sumeria and Egypt. We know from the artwork of this culture that yoga postures were practiced in something of a Tantric or shamanistic manner for the purpose of gaining power over animals and also was involved in the exercise of political power. The written language of this civilization has yet to be understood and translated. The Vedantic philosophers paid attention to the diurnal rhythms of day and night. From this they extrapolated to the notion of reincarnation. Just as we live many days in our life; so we experience many lifetimes in a larger cycle. In the Vedantic period, people were told that they did not need to seek the divine through the mediation of priests – but could enjoy direct access to the truth.

New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in "parapsychology" ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He serves as dean of transformational psychology at the University of Philosophical Research. He teaches parapsychology for ministers in training with the Centers for Spiritual Living through the Holmes Institute. He has served as vice-president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, and is the recipient of its Pathfinder Award for outstanding contributions to the field of human consciousness. He is also past-president of the non-profit Intuition Network, an organization dedicated to creating a world in which all people are encouraged to cultivate and apply their inner, intuitive abilities.
(Recorded on December 19, 2015)

A Process Outlook for Industrial Engineering (2013-2014, Bilkent U) by Nesim Erkip

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source: Bilkent Online Courses 2014年8月17日
IE-102 A Process Outlook for Industrial Engineering (2013-2014- Spring)
The main objective of the course is to familiarize the IE freshmen with the profession by introducing the basic notion of process. Industrial engineers visualize any systems as a collection of physical and abstract things, each of which are described by a process and these interrelated processes become crucial in the way system functions. Topics related to design of processes and process improvement, as well as notions of performance evaluation are covered and relations to decision making concepts are outlined. Throughout the course simple examples from daily life, as well as more complex examples from the service and manufacturing industries are used.

Lecture 01 Introduction: Course Information. Definition of the word “Process.” 45:56
Lecture 02 Introduction: Course Information. Definition of the word “Process”22:06
Lecture 03 Wrap-up previous week + Process examples: Service Systems 46:24
Lecture 04 Wrap-up previous week + Process examples: Service Systems. 41:30
Lecture 05 How to use process knowledge to "solve" IE problems? 49:42
Lecture 06 How to use process knowledge to "solve" IE problems? 51:57
Lecture 07 Go over the improvement ideas discussed in sections. Re-emphasize the key-words of the ... 44:32
Lecture 08 Charts and diagrams; objectives; Gantt Chart, Operation Chart, Process Charts Examples. 45:09
Lecture 09 Charts and diagrams; objectives; Flow Diagrams. Discussion 49:01
Lecture 10 Networks – Shortest Path Problem 45:58
Lecture 11 Networks – Shortest Path Problem 31:15
Lecture 12 Traveling Salesman Problem 48:05
Lecture 13 Traveling Salesman Problem 29:08
Lecture 14 A Manufacturing System - Video: Inside a Factory 47:56
Lecture 15 A Manufacturing System 45:26
Lecture 16 A Manufacturing System - Assignment Problem 48:09
Lecture 17 Wrap-up: Networks 48:09
Lecture 18 Performance Measure and How to Measure 45:17
Lecture 19 Definition of "decision"; relation to performance measure. Example case ... 48:29
Lecture 20 43:43
Lecture 21 A Framework for decision making under multiple criteria ... 51:36
Lecture 22 Decision Trees 50:06
Lecture 23 34:32
Lecture 24 Critical Thinking: Definition; activities of critical thinking; issues in information gathering; ... 31:24
Lecture 25 Systems Thinking: Definitions and examples ... 46:49
Lecture 26 Systems Thinking: Definitions and examples ...49:14
Lecture 27 Queuing Theory: Under this title, we will analyze waiting lines 40:31
Lecture 28 Queuing Theory: Under this title, we will analyze waiting lines 54:34
Lecture 29 Queuing Theory: Under this title, we will analyze waiting lines 46:24
Lecture 30 Simulation, probabilities ... 49:41
Lecture 31 Mathematical modeling example: Linear Programming 37:11
Lecture 32 Mathematical modeling example: Linear Programming 36:37
Lecture 33 Wrap-up: Video: Big Bang Theory – Definition of IE, Methodology of IE, IE Curriculum at Bilkent U 55:08
Lecture 34 Wrap-up: Video: Definition of IE, Methodology of IE, IE Curriculum at Bilkent University 58:59

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