Bard Division of Science Calendar

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				The impact of social categories on context-driven attention Tom Hutcheon, Psychology Program Thursday, April 1, 2021 4:45–6 pm Online Event The efficiency of attention varies as a function of experience. To date, research on this "context-driven" attention has focused on how experience accumulates across perceptual dimensions such as location and shape. In the current talk, I will describe the results of experiments conducted in my lab that explore the extent to which social categories (such as gender and race) support context-driven attention and how the characteristics of participants influence how attention is allocated across these dimensions. https://bard.zoom.us/j/82806995330Sponsored by: Psychology Program. For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail thutcheo@bard.edu, or visit https://psychology.bard.edu/calendar/. Read More \| Save this event: Subscribe / .ics File 1 4:45–6 pm The impact of social categories on context-driven attentionThursday, April 1, 2021, 4:45–6 pm	Beta-decay studies for Nuclear Astrophysics Andrea Richard, Michigan State University Friday, April 2, 2021 12–1 pm Online Event The fundamental challenges in nuclear science have been summarized in the 2015 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science, which outlines four important questions, (1) How did visible matter come into being and how does it evolve? (2) How does subatomic matter organize itself and what phenomena emerge? (3) Are the fundamental interactions that are basic to the structure of matter fully understood? (4) How can the knowledge and technical progress provided by nuclear physics best be used to benefit society? The study of rare isotopes provides a means to investigate all of the questions posed in the Long Range Plan. The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University is a rare isotope facility that provides access to exotic, short-lived isotopes for experimental studies. Nuclear decays are simple probes that can be applied to rare isotopes at the limits of the production capabilities of the experimental facility and provide a variety of information including nuclear half-lives, decay branching ratios, and the energies of populated excited states. Beta-decay, in particular, plays an important role in nuclear science both for basic research and astrophysics due to its dominance across the nuclear landscape. However, many decay properties are not well known, especially for the more exotic isotopes. At the NSCL, we have developed a program to ascertain b-decay information, and in some cases neutron-capture cross sections, for nuclei involved in astrophysical processes. In this presentation, I will discuss b-decay measurements performed at the NSCL and their importance for basic nuclear science, nuclear astrophysics, and applications. I will also discuss the future Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) and how it will provide a wealth of additional nuclei for study and enable experimental programs that are not feasible today. Join Zoom Meeting here: https://bard.zoom.us/j/6121711443?pwd=d2k5NnNvWncwSEhNY1ovTTdUSHY1Zz09 Meeting ID: 612 171 1443 Passcode: 431280 Sponsored by: Physics Program. For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail szhang@bard.edu, or visit https://physics.bard.edu/newsroom/. Read More \| Save this event: Subscribe / .ics File 2 12–1 pm Beta-decay studies for Nuclear Astrophysics Friday, April 2, 2021, 12–1 pm	3
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11	12	13	Geometry of Fair Division Florian Frick, Carnegie Mellon University Wednesday, April 14, 2021 1:30–2:30 pm Online Event How do you fairly divide rent among roommates, a necklace among thieves, or a pizza between friends? Such questions of fair division can often be understood with the tools of geometry and topology — even for those problems that are not geometric to begin with. We will discuss how to do this, and why topology is useful for problems that appear to be unrelated to topology. In particular, we will explore a relation between fairly splitting a necklace and inscribing shapes into curves. No prior knowledge of topology is needed, and this talk is available to all who are familiar with some linear algebra or multivariable calculus. https://bard.zoom.us/j/86398169686?pwd=M0pvT25ETmFhbUhkb1FUc2FuaGl0QT09 Meeting ID: 863 9816 9686 Passcode: 742619Sponsored by: Mathematics Program. For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail ssimon@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/86398169686?pwd=M0pvT25ETmFhbUhkb1FUc2FuaGl0QT09. Read More \| Save this event: Subscribe / .ics File 14 1:30–2:30 pm Geometry of Fair DivisionWednesday, April 14, 2021, 1:30–2:30 pm	15	Multimessenger Astrophysics: Probing Compact Objects with Cosmic Particles Ke Fang, University of Wisconsin–Madison Friday, April 16, 2021 12–1 pm Online Event The study of compact objects such as black holes and neutron stars is an important component of modern astrophysics. Recent detections of astrophysical neutrinos, gamma rays, ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, and gravitational waves open up opportunities to study compact objects with multimessengers. In this talk, we first review the latest progress in astroparticle physics, including some surprising puzzles revealed by new observations. We demonstrate that the key to multimessenger astrophysics is to understand and establish the link between the messengers. We then illustrate how to reach this goal from both theoretical and observational perspectives. From the theoretical side, we show that high-energy particle propagation in the vicinity of compact objects may play an important role in connecting multiwavelength observation and source physics. From the observational side, we investigate analysis frameworks aiming to exploit data across multiple wavelengths and messengers. Zoom link: https://bard.zoom.us/j/6121711443?pwd=d2k5NnNvWncwSEhNY1ovTTdUSHY1Zz09 Meeting ID: 612 171 1443 Passcode: 431280 Sponsored by: Physics Program. For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail szhang@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/6121711443?pwd=d2k5NnNvWncwSEhNY1ovTTdUSHY1Zz09. Read More \| Save this event: Subscribe / .ics File 16 12–1 pm Multimessenger Astrophysics: Probing Compact Objects with Cosmic Particles Friday, April 16, 2021, 12–1 pm	17
18	19	20	A Gentle Introduction to the Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence Hala Nelson, James Madison University Wednesday, April 21, 2021 3–4 pm Online Event Today's popular AI is mostly software, algorithms, and big data processing. Mathematics powers most of these AI techniques that are rapidly integrated into every aspect of our society and are useful for a vast array of applications. AI agents only understand numbers, more specifically, blobs of zeros and ones. In this talk we will use undergraduate mathematics to make an AI agent process our natural language, recognize what she sees, and make intelligent decisions. We will work out simple examples that have wide applications in the Artificial Intelligence sphere. This is an extremely undergraduate friendly talk and you only need to have calculus and linear algebra backgrounds. Zoom Info: https://bard.zoom.us/j/86398169686?pwd=M0pvT25ETmFhbUhkb1FUc2FuaGl0QT09 Meeting ID: 863 9816 9686 Passcode: 742619Sponsored by: Mathematics Program. For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail ssimon@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/86398169686?pwd=M0pvT25ETmFhbUhkb1FUc2FuaGl0QT09. Read More \| Save this event: Subscribe / .ics File 21 3–4 pm A Gentle Introduction to the Mathematics of Artificial IntelligenceWednesday, April 21, 2021, 3–4 pm	22	23	24
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The impact of social categories on context-driven attention

Tom Hutcheon, Psychology Program

Thursday, April 1, 2021
4:45–6 pm

Online Event
The efficiency of attention varies as a function of experience. To date, research on this "context-driven" attention has focused on how experience accumulates across perceptual dimensions such as location and shape. In the current talk, I will describe the results of experiments conducted in my lab that explore the extent to which social categories (such as gender and race) support context-driven attention and how the characteristics of participants influence how attention is allocated across these dimensions.

https://bard.zoom.us/j/82806995330Sponsored by: Psychology Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail thutcheo@bard.edu, or visit https://psychology.bard.edu/calendar/.

Read More |

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Beta-decay studies for Nuclear Astrophysics

Andrea Richard, Michigan State University

Friday, April 2, 2021
12–1 pm

Online Event

The fundamental challenges in nuclear science have been summarized in the 2015 Long Range Plan for Nuclear Science, which outlines four important questions, (1) How did visible matter come into being and how does it evolve? (2) How does subatomic matter organize itself and what phenomena emerge? (3) Are the fundamental interactions that are basic to the structure of matter fully understood? (4) How can the knowledge and technical progress provided by nuclear physics best be used to benefit society? The study of rare isotopes provides a means to investigate all of the questions posed in the Long Range Plan. The National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University is a rare isotope facility that provides access to exotic, short-lived isotopes for experimental studies. Nuclear decays are simple probes that can be applied to rare isotopes at the limits of the production capabilities of the experimental facility and provide a variety of information including nuclear half-lives, decay branching ratios, and the energies of populated excited states.

Beta-decay, in particular, plays an important role in nuclear science both for basic research and astrophysics due to its dominance across the nuclear landscape. However, many decay properties are not well known, especially for the more exotic isotopes. At the NSCL, we have developed a program to ascertain b-decay information, and in some cases neutron-capture cross sections, for nuclei involved in astrophysical processes. In this presentation, I will discuss b-decay measurements performed at the NSCL and their importance for basic nuclear science, nuclear astrophysics, and applications. I will also discuss the future Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) and how it will provide a wealth of additional nuclei for study and enable experimental programs that are not feasible today.

Join Zoom Meeting here:
https://bard.zoom.us/j/6121711443?pwd=d2k5NnNvWncwSEhNY1ovTTdUSHY1Zz09

Meeting ID: 612 171 1443
Passcode: 431280

Sponsored by: Physics Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail szhang@bard.edu, or visit https://physics.bard.edu/newsroom/.

Read More |

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Geometry of Fair Division

Florian Frick, Carnegie Mellon University

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
1:30–2:30 pm

Online Event
How do you fairly divide rent among roommates, a necklace among thieves, or a pizza between friends? Such questions of fair division can often be understood with the tools of geometry and topology — even for those problems that are not geometric to begin with. We will discuss how to do this, and why topology is useful for problems that appear to be unrelated to topology. In particular, we will explore a relation between fairly splitting a necklace and inscribing shapes into curves. No prior knowledge of topology is needed, and this talk is available to all who are familiar with some linear algebra or multivariable calculus.

https://bard.zoom.us/j/86398169686?pwd=M0pvT25ETmFhbUhkb1FUc2FuaGl0QT09

Meeting ID: 863 9816 9686
Passcode: 742619Sponsored by: Mathematics Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail ssimon@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/86398169686?pwd=M0pvT25ETmFhbUhkb1FUc2FuaGl0QT09.

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Multimessenger Astrophysics: Probing Compact Objects with Cosmic Particles

Ke Fang, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Friday, April 16, 2021
12–1 pm

Online Event

The study of compact objects such as black holes and neutron stars is an important component of modern astrophysics. Recent detections of astrophysical neutrinos, gamma rays, ultra-high-energy cosmic rays, and gravitational waves open up opportunities to study compact objects with multimessengers. In this talk, we first review the latest progress in astroparticle physics, including some surprising puzzles revealed by new observations. We demonstrate that the key to multimessenger astrophysics is to understand and establish the link between the messengers. We then illustrate how to reach this goal from both theoretical and observational perspectives. From the theoretical side, we show that high-energy particle propagation in the vicinity of compact objects may play an important role in connecting multiwavelength observation and source physics. From the observational side, we investigate analysis frameworks aiming to exploit data across multiple wavelengths and messengers.

Zoom link:

https://bard.zoom.us/j/6121711443?pwd=d2k5NnNvWncwSEhNY1ovTTdUSHY1Zz09

Meeting ID: 612 171 1443
Passcode: 431280

Sponsored by: Physics Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail szhang@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/6121711443?pwd=d2k5NnNvWncwSEhNY1ovTTdUSHY1Zz09.

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A Gentle Introduction to the Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence

Hala Nelson, James Madison University

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
3–4 pm

Online Event
Today's popular AI is mostly software, algorithms, and big data processing. Mathematics powers most of these AI techniques that are rapidly integrated into every aspect of our society and are useful for a vast array of applications. AI agents only understand numbers, more specifically, blobs of zeros and ones. In this talk we will use undergraduate mathematics to make an AI agent process our natural language, recognize what she sees, and make intelligent decisions. We will work out simple examples that have wide applications in the Artificial Intelligence sphere. This is an extremely undergraduate friendly talk and you only need to have calculus and linear algebra backgrounds.

Zoom Info: https://bard.zoom.us/j/86398169686?pwd=M0pvT25ETmFhbUhkb1FUc2FuaGl0QT09

Meeting ID: 863 9816 9686
Passcode: 742619Sponsored by: Mathematics Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, e-mail ssimon@bard.edu, or visit https://bard.zoom.us/j/86398169686?pwd=M0pvT25ETmFhbUhkb1FUc2FuaGl0QT09.

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The impact of social categories on context-driven attention

Tom Hutcheon, Psychology Program

Thursday, April 1, 2021
4:45–6 pm

Beta-decay studies for Nuclear Astrophysics

Andrea Richard, Michigan State University

Friday, April 2, 2021
12–1 pm

Geometry of Fair Division

Florian Frick, Carnegie Mellon University

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
1:30–2:30 pm

Multimessenger Astrophysics: Probing Compact Objects with Cosmic Particles

Ke Fang, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Friday, April 16, 2021
12–1 pm

A Gentle Introduction to the Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence

Hala Nelson, James Madison University

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
3–4 pm

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April 2021

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The impact of social categories on context-driven attention

Tom Hutcheon, Psychology Program

Thursday, April 1, 20214:45–6 pm

Beta-decay studies for Nuclear Astrophysics

Andrea Richard, Michigan State University

Friday, April 2, 202112–1 pm

Geometry of Fair Division

Florian Frick, Carnegie Mellon University

Wednesday, April 14, 20211:30–2:30 pm

Multimessenger Astrophysics: Probing Compact Objects with Cosmic Particles

Ke Fang, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Friday, April 16, 202112–1 pm

A Gentle Introduction to the Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence

Hala Nelson, James Madison University

Wednesday, April 21, 20213–4 pm

The impact of social categories on context-driven attention

Tom Hutcheon, Psychology Program

Thursday, April 1, 20214:45–6 pm

Beta-decay studies for Nuclear Astrophysics

Andrea Richard, Michigan State University

Friday, April 2, 202112–1 pm

Geometry of Fair Division

Florian Frick, Carnegie Mellon University

Wednesday, April 14, 20211:30–2:30 pm

Multimessenger Astrophysics: Probing Compact Objects with Cosmic Particles

Ke Fang, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Friday, April 16, 202112–1 pm

A Gentle Introduction to the Mathematics of Artificial Intelligence

Hala Nelson, James Madison University

Wednesday, April 21, 20213–4 pm

Thursday, April 1, 2021
4:45–6 pm

Friday, April 2, 2021
12–1 pm

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
1:30–2:30 pm

Friday, April 16, 2021
12–1 pm

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
3–4 pm

Thursday, April 1, 2021
4:45–6 pm

Friday, April 2, 2021
12–1 pm

Wednesday, April 14, 2021
1:30–2:30 pm

Friday, April 16, 2021
12–1 pm

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
3–4 pm