Hewlett Challenge Celebration: Saul Perlmutter
Saul Perlmutter, the Franklin and Karen Dabby Chair in Physics and 2011 Nobel Laureate, delivers his talk, ""Space: The Accelerating Frontier,"" at the Hewlett Challenge Celebration at UC Berkeley.
At the completion of the landmark Hewlett Challenge -- which raised over $220 million to endow 100 new faculty chairs -- UC Berkeley honored alumni, friends, and the Hewlett Foundation at a celebratory event at the Li Ka Shing Center. The November 2012 celebration included presentations by 5 of the n
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Garrett Augustus Morgan
This student-made mini-bio tells about the life and accomplishments of the scientist, Garret Augustus Morgan. This was a project for school in honor of black history month. Animations and music created by Zach Burkhart. (03:52)
Breakingviews: Capital markets break cycle
Jan. 10 - This financial crisis is different for the capital markets cycle. After recoveries in investment-grade and junk issuance, IPOs should pick up -- but not this time according to Breakingviews.
Reuters Asks: Who will stop QE first?
Jan. 11 - We ask financial professionals which major central bank will be the first to end quantitative easing.
Protection
Public Seminar Series, Hilary term 2013. Seminar by Professor Bridget Anderson (University of Oxford) recorded on 21 November 2012 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford.
Yury Polyanskiy Recorded 10/11/12
Dean Kamen: Rolling Along, Helping Students and the Third World
Inventor Dean Kamen lays out his argument for the Segway and offers a peek into his next big ideas (portable energy and water purification for developing countries). NOTE: this video exceeds 10 minutes and the end is an advertisement. (22:05)
Reuters Today: Yen bears show more teeth
Jan. 11 - The yen tumbles as Japan's PM mulls BOJ mandate change. Plus Italian borrowing costs set to dip as investors sniff out returns.
Peter Post - Why Etiquette Matters to You in the 21st Century
Peter Post, director of The Emily Post Institute and author of five etiquette books, presented "Why Etiquette Matters to You in the 21st Century" as part of the Cunanan Leadership Speaker Series hosted by the College of Business.
ISS Update - Jan. 14, 2013
The International Space Station update video for Jan. 14, 2013.
GCC prospects bright if policies change - First Solar
Jan. 17 - First Solar, the world's biggest thin-film panel producer, says the GCC is a major growth market but policies in the region must first change for the solar industry to really take off.
First briefing of the 'crisis compendium' - Part three, Professor Lucrezia Reichlin Mid-level spreadsheeting and complex modeling of real-world scarp evolution Introduction to Minitab Star Library: Rectangularity Star Library: Which Paper Towel is More Absorbent? Star Library: Random Rendezvous Statistical Java The UKCIP user interface
Lucrezia Reichlin, Professor of Economics interprets the latest economic statistics in relation to other recent recessions and suggests a second dip in 2009 is possible
This lab activity is a familiarization exercise in spreadsheet modeling, and is also a mathematical model for slope evolution. It aims to familiarize students with moderately complex Excel manipulations, reinforce good technical graphical techniques, and introduce basic mathematical modeling of natural systems. This exercise is designed for an upper-level undergraduate geomorphology course. Learning goals, context for use, teaching tips, materials, assessment tips and related resources are provi
This laboratory introduces students to the basics of the Minitab software. Students make use of a basic example (water consumption and temperature) to introduce students to manipulation of data, calculation of descriptive statistics, and creation of histograms.
This article describes an interactive activity illustrating sampling distributions for means, properties of confidence intervals, properties of hypothesis testing, confidence intervals for means, and hypothesis tests for means. Students generate and analyze data and through simulation explore these concepts. The activity is completed in three parts. The three parts of the activity can be used in sequence or they can be used individually as “stand alone” activities. This allows the educator f
This group activity focuses on conducting an experiment to determine which of two brands of paper towels are more absorbent by measuring the amount of water absorbed. A two-sample t-test can be used to analyze the data, or simple graphics and descriptive statistics can be used as an exploratory analysis. Students are asked to think about design issues, and to write a short report stating their results and conclusions, along with an evaluation of the experimental design.
This activity leads students to appreciate the usefulness of simulations for approximating probabilities. It also provides them with experience calculating probabilities based on geometric arguments and using the bivariate normal distribution. We have used it in courses in probability and mathematical statistics, as well as in an introductory statistics course at the post-calculus level.
This is a collection of applets regarding various topics in statistics. Topics include Central Limit Theorem, Probability Distributions, Hypothesis Testing, Power, Confidence Intervals, Correlation, Control Charts, Experimental Design, and Data Analysis.
Tom Wilson gives an introduction to the UK Climate Impacts Program user interface, where individuals are able to create climate future projections for different areas of the UK. He also demonstrates how the user interface works
