Foreseeing the Unseen: Probability Estimation over Large Alphabets
Prof. Alon Orlitsky
University of California, San Diego
April 19, 2010
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Prestige Lecture Series
on Science of Information
Sponsored by the Purdue University
Department of Computer Science
ISS Update - Feb. 23, 2012
The International Space Station video update for Feb. 23, 2012.
Transcript of the video 'From Academia to Your Own Start Up'
Sujata Krishna
Transcript of the professional development workshop for graduate students on 'From Academia to You Own Start Up'.
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Concepts of Galactic Astrophysics - Exercise Sheets
Ex 1: Saha Equation, Jeans Instability, Free-Fall Time Scale (.pdf)
Ex 2: Accretion to a Hydrostatic Core (.pdf)
Ex 3: taken from http://www.johnpratt.com/items/astronomy/exercises/hrquiz.html
Ex 4: Nuclear Time Scale, Energy Output by Nucleosynthesis (.pdf)
Ex 5: Slow Contraction Phase, Stellar Evolution (.pdf)
Ex 6: Mass-Luminosity Relation, Stellar Wind, Line Driven Winds (.pdf)
Ex 7: Supernova Maximum Light, Neutron Star Rotation, Neutron Star Blackbody Emission, Chandrasekhar Mass Limit (.p
Income Inequality: How the rich got richer…and what politicians are doing about it
The gap between the rich and poor used to be the province of third world countries. Why is it an issue in developed countries these days?
Cómo es el planeta Venus - en español
Venus es el segundo planeta que se encuentra más cercano al Sol. Su densa atmósfera, compuesta de H2O, provoca un efecto invernadero en la temperatura de este planeta. Descubre el movimiento, la atmósfera y temperatura, y la superficie de Venus. (2:00)
CSSをドキュメントへ埋め込む
このビデオでは、CSSをドキュメント自体へ埋め込む方法についてご紹介します。
Introductory Mathematica 8 Tutorial
This introductory tutorial to Mathematica 8 is designed as interactive course material and should ideally be worked through together with students at PCs. Each student should progress sequentially through all Input/Output. Duration: approx. 90min.
GCC-NLM Professional Development Collection
Sujata Krishna
A collection of modules form the GCC-NLM Professional Development course developed by Sujata Krishna, PhD.
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Sam Selvon, The Lonely Londoners
This unit concentrates on Sam Selvon’s twentieth-century novel, The Lonely Londoners. It considers the depiction of migration in the text as well as Selvon’s treatment of memory as a vital part of the migrant’s experience.
CIHR Café Scientifique - "Does Western medicine now embrace and use Eastern..."
"Does Western medicine now embrace and use Eastern or other non-traditional approaches/practices such as acupuncture and herbal medicine in pain management and treatment?"
What a Pain! Debate Around the Use of Opioids in Chronic Pain Management
Nov. 2, 2011 - McMaster Innovation Park.
Diagramming for development 1 - Bounding realities
This unit introduces you to the following systems diagramming techniques - Rich pictures, Spray diagrams and Systems maps. Using a case study project based in Africa, this unit illustrates the use of powerful use of systems diagramming for international development management. This is a companion unit to Diagramming for development 2: exploring interrelationships (TU875_1).
Rita Dove: 2011 National Book Festival
Rita Dove appears at the 2011 National Book Festival.
Speaker Biography: In 1993 Rita Dove was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States by the Library of Congress, making her the youngest person -- and the first African-American -- to receive this honor. She held the position for two years. She was reappointed Special Consultant in Poetry for 2000, the Library of Congress's bicentennial year, and in 2004 Virginia Gov. Mark Warner appointed her Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia,
Le procédé support de caméra Steadicam. Conférence de Noël Very avec Pierre-William Glenn (audi
Un support de caméra exceptionnel est présenté au musée Guimet à Paris en 1976 : le procédé « Steadicam », stabilisateur de caméra portée, inventé par l'Américain Garrett Brown. Jeune caméraman, Noël Véry s'intéresse alors immédiatement à cette machine, y voyant, avec raison, un grand avenir. Quelques années plus tard, le steadicam s'impose grâce à quelques films phare, en particulier Shining de Stanley Kubrick. Cette conférence décrit la découverte du steadic
Jimmie Kayana
The son of Japanese immigrants, Army Medic Jimmie Kanaya joined the U.S. Army in 1941. Although his family was relocated to an internment camp after the attack on Pearl Harbor and he himself was treated as an enemy for some time, he eventually volunteered for America's first all-Japanese Regiment. In this video clip, hear more about his story of fighting for the Americans instead of against them. (2:39)
