Math-Bio Seminar: "Fluctuation and fixation in the Axelrod model"
Nicolas Lanchier, Arizona State University
The Axelrod model is a spatial stochastic model for the dynamics of cultures which includes two key social components: homophily, the tendency of individuals to interact more frequently with individuals who are…
Math-Bio Seminar: "The joint total tree length at linked loci in populations of variable size"
Matthias Steinrücken, University of Massachusetts Amherst
The inference of historical population sizes from contemporary genomic sequence data has gained a lot of attention in recent years. A particular focus has been on recent exponential growth in humans. This recent…
Eli Burstein Lecture in Materials Science: "Jamming by Design"
Heinrich Jaeger (Chicago)
In materials science, high performance is typically associated with structural regularity and order. This holds for traditional solids such as crystals as well as for many types of nanoscale devices. However, there…
Dissertation Defense: "Black Holes and Conformal Symmetry"
Zain Saleem (University of Pennsylvania)
Dissertation Defense: "Magnetic Fields in Molecular Clouds: The BLASTPol and BLAST-TNG Experiments"
Nicholas Galitzki (UPenn)
The Science Carnival at Penn's Landing
For the second year in a row, the department of Physics and Astronomy has been awarded one of Penn's six booths at the Carnival. We will talk to the public about the size and scale of planets and how big we think…
Science After Hours: Nerd Olympics at Franklin Institute
Physics and Astronomy grad students will join the Franklin Institute to put on an evening of fun and science! We will be looking at spectral lines, learning about standard candles (how we measure how far away things…