Nerd Nite Tokyo: The Belly of the Beast

Nerd Nite Tokyo: The Belly of the Beast

Jul 17, 202011:00 am

Jul 17, 202001:30 pm(GMT+0)

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Event details

Back online in July, we're talking about: 


  • The most dramatic topography in the solar system is in...Japan? 
  • Why robot vision is not as simple as you think
  • And more than you ever wanted to know about metabolic dysregulation from the world's greatest liver scientist


See you on YouTube on Friday July 17!


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Speakers and approximate schedule (times JST):


1. (20:15) Christine Houser -- Fuji-san: The Forces Driving Japan’s Most Iconic Volcano (https://twitter.com/seismodoc)


Mount Fuji: Japan's highest point and no ordinary volcano. The geologic features we associate with Japan--earthquakes, volcanoes, the Japanese Alps, and our beloved onsen--arise from the intersection of three tectonic plates below Kanto. We will explore how our dynamic Earth moves water, rock, and magma to create such an inspiring landscape.


2. (21:00) Fahrettin Haczeyni — Foie Gras: Protecting the Liver from a Silent Disease (October 2019)


When the liver gets fat, how can we fight back?


3. (21:45) Martin Skrodzki -- Seeing and Recognizing: Two Very Different Animals for Robots (https://twitter.com/msmathcomputer2)


Most humans have no problem instantly recognizing faulty manufacturing parts on a conveyor belt. For robots, however, this task is decisively harder. Mathematical methods can help them and progress automation--up to a point. What’s so problematic for robots to recognize objects, how can we help them and what trade-offs need to be made?


When: July 17 (Friday), start 20:00 (JST) [12pm London, 7am New York]


Where: ONLINE 

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