Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2025
This first talk of the Spring 2025 series featured University of Texas at San Antonio Professor of Astrophysics Dr. Chris Packham who shared recent images from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Launched into orbit in December of 2021, the JWST is the largest telescope ever placed in space, allowing astrophysicists to study the full history of the cosmos and representing a profound step forward in our understanding of the universe we inhabit. In his presentation, Dr. Packham highlighted some of the recent images produced the by the NASA-led facility, discussed his own research that utilizes JWST, and introduced the next-generation flagship observatory, already in initial design stages.
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024
This second talk in our series featured US National and World Champion Speedcuber Anthony Brooks. Brooks explored the complexity of speedcubing, questioning the nature of limits. He discussed how improvements to strategies, techniques and hardware have shaped – both expected and unexpected – breakthroughs. He also demonstrated how the blend of human intuition with computer-aided insights allowed him to master a 2,000-algorithm system dubbed “the holy grail of Rubik’s Cube solving.” Finaly, he examined emerging training approaches and further advanced optimizations that have potential to take world-class speedcubing to unimaginable levels.
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024
The first talk was be led by STSSI Director Dr. Joseph Romano, an expert in the detection of gravitational waves and an active member of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration and the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Consortium. Dr. Romano shared his expertise on how black holes are observed using methods beyond the visual spectrum. He also shared how astronomers are utilizing pulsars as "galactic-scale gravitational wave detectors."
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