Do complex systems exhibit fundamental properties? This talk looks at tradeoffs between robustness and fragility that occur in biological, ecological, and technological systems that are driven by design, evolution, or other sorting processes to high-performance states which are also tolerant to uncertainty in the environment and components. Series: "GRIT Talks" [Show ID: 32758]

Complexity and Robustness: How Biology Ecology and Technology Balance Tradeoffs in an Uncertain World

Seven and a half billion humans are changing the way we relate to the oceans. In this fast-changing world, marine animals and plants must adapt fast to a warmer and corrosive environment as ocean acidification, pollution and deoxygenation continue. This global crisis is causing humans to be anxious about the safety of our oceans for recreation and as a source of food. Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez discusses how humans can contribute to ameliorate current ocean problems and eventually return the oceans to a more sustainable state.  Series: "GRIT Talks" [Show ID: 32756]

Ocean Acidification and Other Stories – Overcoming Climate Anxiety at a Time of Global Crisis

The growth of computer processors has shaped modern life and yet we still have so many important and fundamental questions remaining. UCSB Professor Tim Sherwood discusses the state of the art in computing and how the demands for energy efficient and intelligent systems is driving the creation of entirely new approaches to the problem. Series: "GRIT Talks" [Show ID: 32753]

The Future Computer Science: The Rock We Tricked Into Thinking

Patients are frequently given the wrong antibiotics to treat bacterial infections, but it is not the physician who is at fault.  The standard antibiotic test used worldwide is flawed since it is based on how well drugs kill bacteria on petri plates — not how well they kill bacteria in the body. Mike Mahan describes an “in vivo” antibiotic test that mimics conditions in the body.  Drugs that pass the standard test often fail to treat bacterial infections, whereas drugs identified by the test are very effective. Series: "GRIT Talks" [Show ID: 32759]

Why Antibiotics Fail - People Are Not Petri Plates

In 2013 the price of Bitcoin surged to over $1100 causing central banks around the world to take notice. Four years later, the price of Bitcoin is twice as high as its previous peak and central banks around the world are exploring the benefits of issuing crypto-based digital representations of fiat monies, more commonly known as central bank digital currencies. Rod Garratt, UCSB Professor of Economics, describes his work on a project to build a proof of concept for a wholesale interbank payment system that facilitates payments of central bank digital currency using a distributed ledger. Series: "GRIT Talks" [Show ID: 32757]

From Bitcoin to Central Bank Digital Currencies

Systems of interacting agents arise throughout the natural world and are studied in such varied disciplines as engineering, physics, and biology. What is the optimal way for a swarm of robotic bees to pollinate a bed of crops? How can we use vortex motion in superconductors to develop new technologies for renewable energy? How does a colony of slime mold communicate using chemical signals? UCSB Professor Katy Craig describes the mathematics underlying systems of interacting agents and how such systems can be analyzed using an age old scientific technique: what happens if we poke it? Series: "GRIT Talks" [Show ID: 32752]

The Math of Swarming Robots Superconductors and Slime Mold

Humans have multiple learning systems that for the most part are functionally and anatomically distinct, evolved at different times for different purposes, and that learn in qualitatively different ways. Greg Ashby studies how people learn new categories of objects. This research has allowed the mapping the neural networks and has identified many important and surprising differences in how we learn. Series: "GRIT Talks" [Show ID: 32755]

The Remarkable Learning Abilities of the Human Brain

Rob Thorsen

Bassist Rob Thorsen leads a group of UC San Diego Jazz Camp students in a performance of standards and new works. Series: "UC San Diego Jazz Camp" [Show ID: 32767]

Rob Thorsen Ensemble - UC San Diego Jazz Camp 2017

Don Cleveland

Can we turn off the genes responsible for neurodegenerative diseases? Designer DNA drugs are making this possible. By identifying and targeting the genes that drive disease, scientists are moving closer to treatments for ALS, Huntington's disease, and more. Don W. Cleveland, PhD, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego joins William Mobley, MD, PhD to talk about how these drugs work and how they will impact patient care.  Series: "On Our Mind" [Show ID: 32505]

Designer DNA Drugs with Don Cleveland - On Our Mind

Charles McPherson

Saxophonist Charles McPherson leads a group of UC San Diego Jazz Camp students in a performance of standards and new works. Series: "UC San Diego Jazz Camp" [Show ID: 32770]

Charles McPherson Ensemble - UC San Diego Jazz Camp 2017

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Trumpeter Hugh Ragin leads a group of UC San Diego Jazz Camp students in a performance of standards and new works. Series: "UC San Diego Jazz Camp" [Show ID: 32768]

Hugh Ragin Ensemble - UC San Diego Jazz Camp 2017

Dr. Ramin Motarjemi, Assistant Professor of Medicine and geriatrician at UCSD, will speak about memory changes that suggest the onset of dementia. He will also discuss when to seek assistance. Series: "Stein Institute for Research on Aging" [Show ID: 32701]

Symptoms of Dementia

Dr. Hal Barron discusses what he has learned about innovation in science and medicine based on his over 20 years of experience in the biotechnology industry, and potential implications for health policy at the local, national and global level. Barron is one of the most respected clinician-scientists and successful drug developers in the biotechnology industry and serves as Calico’s president of research and development.  Series: "Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 32821]

Innovation In Science and Medicine: Potential Implications for Health Policy? - The Chancellor’s Health Policy Lecture Series

Since its beginning in 1999, the UCSB New Venture Competition provides a unique opportunity for UCSB students to learn how to start a business. The culmination of the program is New Venture Finals, where the finalist teams present an investor pitch to a panel of judges for prize money.  Series: "Innovator Stories: Creating Something from Nothing" [Show ID: 32748]

2017 New Venture Competition Finals

Best-selling author and UCSF endocrinologist Dr. Robert Lustig on the importance of individual responsibility in achieving health and happiness. [Show ID: 32851]

Corporate Responsibility vs. Individual Responsibility

UCSB Script to Screen, hosted by Matt Ryan, visited the 2017 Comic Con Convention to interview some of today's top talent. Series: "Carsey-Wolf Center" [Show ID: 32823]

Script to Screen: 2017 Comic Con

Dr. Dina Wallin, a pediatric emergency medicine specialist, shares the data and problems associated with children being around laundry detergent pods. Series: "UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 32859]

Children and Laundry Detergent Pods

Ann Patchett

Celebrated author, literature champion, and bookstore owner Ann Patchett electrifies the audience as she describes her evolving relationships with various books, ranging from classics by Leo Tolstoy and John Updike to more contemporary works by Min Jin Lee (“Pachinko”), Matthew Desmond (“Evicted”) and Ta-Nehisi Coates (”Between the World and Me”), among others.   Patchett reads both for pleasure and for business, as the co-owner and buyer for Parnassus Books in Nashville.   Why would a best-selling author bother with opening a book store in 2011, when all of the others in her hometown had closed?  Because, she says, she couldn’t bear to live in a city without one so she and a partner opened their own!  And, as she tells here, Parnassus Books has been a huge success.  Patchett is the featured speaker of the 2017 Dinner in the Library event at UC San Diego.   Series: "Writers" [Show ID: 32700]

Celebrated author, literature champion, and bookstore owner Ann Patchett electrifies the audience as she describes her evolving relationships with various books, ranging from classics by Leo Tolstoy and John Updike to more contemporary works by Min Jin Lee (“Pachinko”), Matthew Desmond (“Evicted”) and Ta-Nehisi Coates (”Between the World and Me”), among others.   Patchett reads both for pleasure and for business, as the co-owner and buyer for Parnassus Books in Nashville.   Why would a best-selling author bother with opening a book store in 2011, when all of the others in her hometown had closed?  Because, she says, she couldn’t bear to live in a city without one so she and a partner opened their own!  And, as she tells here, Parnassus Books has been a huge success.  Patchett is the featured speaker of the 2017 Dinner in the Library event at UC San Diego.  <br> Series: "Writers" [Show ID: 32700]

An Evening with Ann Patchett -- Dinner in the Library 2017  

All healthcare systems must strike a delicate balance between cost, quality and access. Though Obamacare focused largely on increasing access to coverage and spreading the cost of illness across the entire population, Trumpcare tips the balance largely in favor of reducing federal spending, at the risk of destabilizing insurance markets and increasing costs for older and sicker individuals. What would it take to create a healthcare system that would provide future generations with accessible, affordable care? Can this be done while also covering the sick and the underserved? Join the conversation with a panel of government, policy and legal experts. Series: "Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 32824]

All healthcare systems must strike a delicate balance between cost, quality and access. Though Obamacare focused largely on increasing access to coverage and spreading the cost of illness across the entire population, Trumpcare tips the balance largely in favor of reducing federal spending, at the risk of destabilizing insurance markets and increasing costs for older and sicker individuals. What would it take to create a healthcare system that would provide future generations with accessible, affordable care? Can this be done while also covering the sick and the underserved? Join the conversation with a panel of government, policy and legal experts.<br> Series: "Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies" [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 32824]

Trumpcare: Is it the Right Treatment for what Ails the American Health Care System?

How can you live well with an incurable disease? Dr. Steven Pantilat, an expert in hospice and palliative care, talks with journalist Katie Hafer about innovative approaches for dealing with serious illness. Series: "UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine presents Mini Medical School for the Public" [Show ID: 32350]

Life After the Diagnosis: Expert Advice on Living Well with Serious Illness for Patients and Caregivers

From CT scans to ultrasounds, radiologists are studying the body in new ways to quickly diagnose and treat  patients. Alexander Norbash, MD, MS joins David Granet, MD to discuss exposure to medical radiation and the effects on the body. Series: "Health Matters" [Show ID: 32922]

How Safe is Medical Radiation?

Holly Hofmann

Flutist Holly Hofmann leads a group of UC San Diego Jazz Camp students in a performance of standards and new works. Series: "UC San Diego Jazz Camp" [Show ID: 32766]

Holly Hofmann Ensemble - UC San Diego Jazz Camp 2017

John Chiang

It’s not often that the California State Treasurer makes national news, but that’s exactly what happened when John Chiang suspended ties with Wells Fargo last year over the bank’s creation of some two million fraudulent accounts.  With its $75 billion portfolio, Chiang describes how California sets the example for holding partners to high ethical standards and for public investing in policies that lead to better lives for its residents, reductions in income inequality, and  effective responses to climate change. Chiang is the 2017 speaker for Michael Nacht Distinguished Lecture in Politics and Public Policy presented by the Goldman School of Public Policy and the Berkeley Forum at UC Berkeley. Series: "The UC Public Policy Channel" [Show ID: 32865]

The Power of Public Investment: Improving Our Economy Our Climate and Our Future with John Chiang State Treasurer of California 

A panel of experts in health policy and women's health programs discuss how maternal and child health care, family planning and reproductive health services may be affected by potential changes coming out of Washington—both through the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and administrative actions.  Series: "Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies" [Show ID: 32817]

The (Uncertain) Future of Women's Reproductive Health Care 

Gilbert Castellanos

Trumpeter Gilbert Castellanos leads a group of UC San Diego Jazz Camp students in a performance of standards and new works. Series: "UC San Diego Jazz Camp" [Show ID: 32765]

Gilbert Castellanos Ensemble - UC San Diego Jazz Camp 2017

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