9:30 a.m. Science on Saturday Lecture. "The Problem of Longitude and the Beginnings of Classical Mechanics in the 17th Century." Professor Michael Mahoney Department of History Princeton University. Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Forrestal Campus. (Adults need government issued photo IDs.) For information about this great series of "lectures geared toward high school students, but open to everyone" see http://www.pppl.gov/news/pages/sci_on_sat_02.html.
4:00 p.m. Department of Computer Science Talk. "The Role of Simplicity in Learning Theory." David McAllester, AT&T Research. 105 Computer Science. Abstract.
Noon Neuro-lunch talk. "What does a single neuron compute?" Blaise Aguera y Arcas. Langfeld Lounge, Green. Abstract.
4:30 p.m. Information Sciences and Systems Talk. "3G WCDMA Mobile Terminal Chipset Development: Market, Business, and Design." Robert Qui, Wiscom Technologies. 008 Friend Center. Abstract.
4:30 p.m. Political Philosophy Discussion. "Climate Change As an Ethical Issue." Peter Singer. 127 Corwin. Paper in MS Word Format.
1:00 p.m. Dynamical Systems and Nonlinear Science Seminar. "What Does A Single Neuron Compute?" Blaise Aguera y Arcas. 224 Fine.
1:30 p.m. NECI Talk. "Private Approximations of NP-hard Functions." Kobbi Nissim, DIMACS. Board Room 4D09, NECI. Abstract.
3:00 p.m. Department of Psychology Talk. "Neural Mechanisms of Spatial Cognitive Processes" Apostolos Georgopoulos, University of Minnesota. Langfeld Lounge, Green. NOTE EARLY TIME.
4 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. "Semiparametric Estimation of Value-at-Risk." Jianqing Fan, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. 002 Friend Center.
8 p.m. University committee on public lectures. "Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language." Steven Pinker, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Helm Auditorium, McCosh 50.
4:00 p.m. Department of Computer Science Colloquium. "The Boosting Approach to Machine Learning." Robert Schapire, AT&T Labs. Small auditorium, Computer Science. Abstract.
4:30 p.m. Center for Human Values/DeCamp Bioethics seminar. "Moral Psychology and Bioethics: A Discussion of Princeton Brain Research." Joshua Greene; Leigh Nystrom; Jonathan Cohen; and Peter Singer, chair. 2 Robertson. Abstract.
Noon. Neuro-lunch. "Distinct Genomic Programs Underlying Contextual- and Cued-Fear Memory Formation." Megan R. Sullivan. Langfeld Lounge, Green. Abstract.
4:30 p.m. Information Sciences and Systems Seminar. "Wireless Video: A Joint Source and Channel Coding Approach." Dr. Chang Wen Chang, Sarnoff Corporation. 8 Friend.
4:30 p.m. Operations research and financial engineering seminar. "Securities Lending, Shorting and Pricing." Darrell Duffie, Stanford University. E219 Engineering Quadrangle.1:00 p.m. Dynamical Systems and Nonlinear Science Seminar. "A note on the geometry of nonlinear inductor capacitor circuits." Luc Moreau. 224 Fine.
3:30 p.m. Rutgers Philosophy of Biology Lecture. "Not Just Another Species of Large Animal: Human Cognition in an Evolutionary Perspective." Kim Sterelny (Professor of Philosophy at Victoria University, Wellington New Zealand and at the Australian National University. Philosophy Department Seminar Room, Davison Hall, Douglas Campus, Rutgers University.
4 p.m. Philosophy seminar. "David Lewis' Humean Account of Chance." Barry Loewer, Rutgers University. 62 McCosh.
1:00 p.m. Rutgers Cognitive Science Colloquium. "Lenneberg's Dream: The New Look in the Learning and Development of Language." Ken Wexler, MIT. 101 Psychology Bldg., Busch Campus, Rutgers University. Abstract.
Noon. Cognitive Lunch "On-line measures of enriched composition in language comprehension." Brian McElree, NYU. Langfeld Lounge, Green.
1:00 p.m. CSBMB NeuroImaging Methods Lecture. "Self in Experience: Top-down brain dynamics in EEG and fMRI." Scott Makeig, Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute. Langfeld Lounge, Green. Abstract.
Noon. Neuro-lunch. TBA. Eero Simoncelli. Langfeld Lounge, Green.
2 p.m. Mathematics discrete mathematics seminar. "Voting Paradoxes and Digraphs Realizations." Noga Alon, Tel Aviv University and Institute for Advanced Study. 224 Fine.
4:30 p.m. Information Sciences and Systems Seminar. "Ad Hoc Research at the Wireless Networks Laboratory (WNL) at Cornell University." Zygmunt Haas, Cornell University. 8 Friend.
Friday February 224 p.m. Philosophy seminar. "Kant's Argument for the Categorical Imperative." Patricia Kitcher, Columbia University. 62 McCosh.
4 p.m. Psychology colloquium. "Circumscribing Referential Domains: Bridging the Language-as-Action and Language-as-Product Traditions." Michael Tanenhaus, University of Rochester. Langfeld Lounge, Green.
4:00 p.m. Electrical Materials and Devices Seminar. "Assembline Nanostructures and Nanomotors Out of DNA." Bernard Yurke, Lucent Bell Labs. C-207, E-Quad.
4:30 p.m. Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions lecture. "Alasdair MacIntyre's Wicked Practice Problem." Thomas D'Andrea, Oxford University. 127 Corwin.
Noon. Cognitive Lunch. "Representations of Polysemy." Greg Murphy, NYU. Langfeld Lounge, Green.
4:00 p.m. Computer Science Colloquium. "Sparse Sampling Algorithms for Probabilistic Artificial Intelligence." Michael Kearns, University of Pennsylvania. Small auditorium, Computer Science. Abstract.
4:30 p.m. Information Sciences and Systems Talk. "Overview of Wireless Research at Rutgers WINLAB." Dipankar Raychaudhure, WINLAB, Rutgers. 8 Friend.