by Macy Huston | Feb 8, 2023 | Seminar
Malcolm MacIver February 2, 2023 Zoom recording Abstract: In this talk I’ll detail some results from our group on how visual systems changed at the water to land transition 380 million years ago. I’ll use that work to motivate a series of simulation...
by Macy Huston | Dec 8, 2022 | Seminar
Sara Walker December 8, 2022 Abstract: Most of our efforts to search for life beyond Earth are anthropocentrically biased – that is they focus on features that have evolved on Earth as analogous to what we might find in alien examples. In this talk, I will discuss...
by Macy Huston | Dec 1, 2022 | Seminar
David Shorter December 1, 2022 Zoom recording Description: Shorter will discuss how the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life remains mostly grounded in a hierarchical and progressivist worldview that has fueled colonialism throughout history. Shorter’s recent...
by Macy Huston | Nov 17, 2022 | Seminar
Sofia Sheikh November 17, 2022 Zoom recording Abstract: The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is a 42-dish radio array in Hat Creek, California, operated by the SETI Institute. For the last few years, the ATA has been undergoing a refurbishment program, and the instrument...
by Macy Huston | Oct 27, 2022 | Seminar
Jamie Holder October 27, 2022 Zoom recording Abstract: Pulsed lasers provide a realistic method for communicating over interstellar distances. Using current-day technology, the intensity of the laser emission could be thousands of times brighter than the light from...
by Macy Huston | Oct 20, 2022 | Seminar
Wael Farah October 20, 2022 Zoom recording Abstract: The Allen Telescope Array (ATA) is a 42-dish radio array hosted at the Hat Creek Radio Observatory, California, and is operated by the SETI Institute. For the last few years – after a decade of hibernation...
