#Quantum #computation from #spacetime defect #networks | #MargaritaDavydova (#Caltech)
“Recorded as part of the Generalized Symmetries: #HighEnergy, #CondensedMatter and #Mathematics KITP conference from Apr 7, 2025 - Apr 10, 2025 at the Kavli Institute for #TheoreticalPhysics on the #UCSantaBarbara campus.”
#UCSB
#physics #computing #qubits #topologicaldefects #lagrangian
#UCSantaBarbara's B. S. Manjunath, a pioneer in big-image-data management and director of the Center for Multimodal Big Data Science and Healthcare, was recently elected to the National Academy of Inventors. He developed the #OpenSource tool, BisQue (Bio-Image Semantic Inquiry User Environment), “to enable reproducible computer vision, bringing together data, annotations, and methods so researchers can reproduce results at any time.
https://www.ece.ucsb.edu/spotlights/manjunath-ai-map-methane-emissions
#UCSantaBarbara has an archive of cylinder records, which they have been digitizing and putting online. I found this "Broncho Bill March", and wonder if there is a connection to Essanay's Broncho Billy (birth name Maxwell Anderson, later Gilbert M. Anderson). He might have inspired the song--or maybe it's the other way around and the song gave him the idea for his screen name.
http://www.library.ucsb.edu/OBJID/Cylinder8574 (the photo is just one I found online, not from UCSB).
Update on #UCSCStrike #CostOfLivingAdjustment
the tl;dr version, March 3
#UCSantaCruz striking grad students were fired Feb 27
#UCSantaBarbara joined strike that day, #UCDavis began grading strike
Six other campuses are preparing to strike: #UCIrvine #UCRiverside #UCBerkeley #UCLA #UCMerced and #UCSanDiego
Not sure what's up with #UCSF
At least 82 graduate students at UC Santa Cruz withheld Fall grades and, as of February 28, are out of a job next quarter. 54 who had already received Spring appointments were dismissed, and the rest simply won't get hired. But the movement has declared that the fight isn't over, and "Together, we win!". More teaching assistants will withhold Winter grades, and over 542 graduate students have pledged to refuse teaching assistant positions vacated by dismissed graduates. In response to this administrative escalation, graduate students are calling for the cancellation of classes on Monday, March 2, and for everyone to join them on the picket for a press conference in the morning.
ℵ₀ 🏳️⚧️🏴☠️
Spencer LaVere Smith
CURIOSS
Apereo Foundation
Niles Essanay SilentFilmMuseum
Emily Fox
Francis Cao
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