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Next Event - January 28, 2022

The ISS National Laboratory

Developing a Robust National Economy in Space

Ramon (Ray) Lugo

ISS National Laboratory

Past Event - January 14, 2022

Extreme Adaptive Optics

The technology behind high contrast imaging of exoplanets

Olivier Guyon

Steward Observatory & University of Arizona

Past Event - December 17, 2021

Planet Formation

 

Sean Andrews

Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Past Event - December 3, 2021

The Arecibo Observatory

Legacy and Ideas for the Future

Francisco Córdova

Arecibo Observatory

Past Event - November 19, 2021

Microchip Accelerators

Laser-driven particle accelerator-on-a-silicon-chip

Robert L. Byer

Stanford University

Past Event - November 5, 2021

Computational Microscopy of SARS-CoV-2

Using Simulations to See the Unseen

Rommie Amaro

University of California - San Diego

Past Event - October 22, 2021

Twelve Times Hubble and Halfway to Space

The Thirty Meter Telescope

Fengchuan Liu

Thirty Meter Telescope Project

Past Event - October 8, 2021

Taking the Twinkle Out of the Stars

How Adaptive Optics on Ground Based Telescopes Delivers the Sharpest Images of Our Universe

Olivier Guyon

University of Arizona

Past Event - September 10, 2021

The Ultimate Software

Machine Learning and Intelligence

Pedro Domingos

University of Washington

Past Event - June 4, 2021

Quantum Gravity

 

Carlo Rovelli

Aix-Marseille University
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January 28, 2022 at 8:00 PM Meeting #2,453
The ISS National Laboratory

Developing a Robust National Economy in Space

Ramon (Ray) Lugo
Principal Investigator and Acting CEO, ISS National Laboratory
Center for the Advancement of Science in Space, Inc.
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The ESO’s Extremely Large Telescope

Challenges and Progress on the World's Largest Telescope

Roberto Tamai
Programme Manager
European Southern Observatory
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