Welcome Science Fair, Bwog’s weekly roundup of science events happening around campus. I hope your midterms have been going well! As always, email science@bwog.com if you want your event featured.

Territory beyond Earth: Expansionist Cosmic Imaginaries and the China Dream

  • Tuesday, October 21, 10 am to 11:30 am
  • Online via Zoom. Registration required.
  • This talk will explore how space exploration imaginaries have historically been embedded within broader systems of colonization, and what this means for the present. It will discuss the rhetorical and visual strategies employed today by official bodies in China surrounding space as a frontier. More information.

Undergraduate Spotlight – Psychology Department

  • Wednesday, October 22, 6 to 8 pm.
  • Schermerhorn Hall, Room 200B. Registration not required.
  • At this spotlight, two current Columbia undergrads will present their psychology research, as well as demonstrating their perspective on doing research and how they got involved. John Garbi will discuss his thesis at the intersection of cognitive science and philosophy, and Maya Velasco will discuss her work on evolutionary biology in the Gruber lab at the Zuckerman Institute.

How Not to Waste Time in Real-Time Signal Processing

  • Thursday, October 23, 11 am to 12:30 pm
  • In person at the Davis Auditorium, 412 CEPSR. Registration required.
  • The Electrical Engineering department will host Professor Yannis P. Tsividis to analyze how timing can be processed without the ubiquitous clock, which is hard to synchronize over a large microelectronic chip, and carries no information. More information.

Service Chatbots and Machine Lovers: From Artificial Intelligence to Artificial Intimacy

  • Thursday, October 23, 11:15 am to 2 pm
  • In Person at the Heyman Center second floor common room. Registration required.
  • This talk will explore recent developments in society regarding AI and emotional intimacy. It will also discuss the commercialization of this and what stakes this presents for different actors. More information.

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