What is Energy?
| February 4, 2009 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
E=MC2. That’s energy and that’s all there is to it, or at least that’s as far as most of us go in our understanding of this underlying force in the universe. MIT researcher Norm Margolus–a self-described lover of the physics of information and computation, and the informational modeling of physics–says there’s a lot more to energy than its raw power. In fact, energy is a building block, much like other universal forces, that can be understood in concrete terms that will drive much of science’s future investigations. Norm discusses advances in the study of energy on Wednesday night, February 4 at 6:00 pm at Santa Fe Complex. Read more
SolidCAM & sfX Explore Lego Robotics
| January 28, 2009 | ||
| 6:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Santa Fe Complex and SolidCAM, a world leader in computer-aided machine design, are launching an educational program to teach high school students the principles of modern, computer-based, machine design using Lego robotics and SolidCAM’s industry-standard programming software. Anyone from age 14 and up is invited to become a member of the project team. Read more
Software Design at sfX
| February 28, 2009 | ||
| 5:30 pm | to | 7:30 pm |
The Complex is hosting a 3-credit course in software design beginning Saturday, February, 28. The class is a fully accredited undergraduate, upper division program through New Mexico Highlands University taught by Dave West, who has been a professor at NMSU, the College of Santa Fe, and the University of St. Paul in Minnesota. Read more
Tatsuya Nakatani Returns to Santa Fe
| February 1, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
The Nakatani / Weaver / Balistreri Trio was formed in 2007 in performance at the (now defunct) Blue Dragon in Albuquerque while Tatsuya Nakatani was on tour across the country, playing solos and collaborations with with local musicians as he traveled – such as the Albuquerque improvised music duo of Mark Weaver and Mike Balistreri. Finding that they shared similar approaches to space, sound and environment, the trio stayed in communication, and reconvened for well-received performances in 2008 at the Outpost Performance Space in Albuquerque, and at the College of Santa Fe. Read more
Ambient Mirror Project Underway
The Ambient Mirror is a collaboration between international artist, Marie Sester, and Redfish Group @ sfComplex. Stephen Guerin, Simon Mehalek and Cory Strassburger are collaborating with Maria Mendez and Marie Sester to create an intelligent mirror interface for a gallery installation. Viewers of the mirror will be able experience 15-minutes of fame as their faces are tracked in real time and morphed into Andy Warhol’s image.
GreenWORKS for Affordable Housing
| January 23, 2009 | ||
| 9:00 am | to | 5:00 pm |
The City of Santa Fe and Enterprise Green Communities are sponsoring GreenWORKS, an architectural design competition in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The contest judging and entries will be presented at Santa Fe Complex on January 23. The entries will remain available for public viewing at the complex until mid-February. Read more
Steel: The Framework of Our Civilization
| January 15, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:30 pm |
More than any other metal, our civilization relies on steel. Everywhere we look, we see it. Steel covers the bodies of cars, trains, and buses. Steel bars reinforce concrete walls and bridges, and steel I-beams support the floors and roofs of buildings. Steel is used in so many things that we take it for granted as we use our steel tools, tables, chairs, staples, zippers, and utensils without a second thought. And yet, such common use of steel has only been possible since modern steelmaking practices were developed about 150 years ago. Read more
Supercomputing Challenge Board of Directors Meeting
| January 15, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 3:00 pm |
The New Mexico Supercomputing Challenge board of directors will hold its 1st quarter 2009 meeting at Santa Fe Complex on Wednesday, January 15 from 10:00am to 3:00pm. The Supercomputing Challenge is a nationally recognized program that promotes computational thinking in science and engineering so that the next generation of high school graduates is better prepared to compete in an information based economy. Teams of students work throughout the school year to complete science projects using high-performance supercomputers. Each team of up to five students and a sponsoring teacher defines and works on a single computational project of its own choosing.
Supercomputing Challenge teams tackle a range of interesting problems to solve. The most successful projects address a topic that holds great interest for the team. In recent years, ideas for projects have come from astronomy, geology, physics, ecology, mathematics, economics, sociology, and computer science. For more information on the challenge, visit its website.
Santa Fe Complex’s JP Gonzales works with students at the kickoff event for the 08-09 challenge. The annual program kicked off at the Glorieta Conference Center outside Santa Fe last October. Dr. Ed Angel, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico, Director of the Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory (ARTS Lab) and Santa Fe Complex board member, was the keynote speaker.
Groove Poetry
| January 11, 2009 | ||
| 8:00 pm | to | 11:00 pm |
Long-time Santa Fe radio personality Jack Kolkmeyer says the growing popularity of poetry opens the door to his latest effort: an cross-generational dialogue in rhyme and rhythm. He launches this effort in an evening with his son, Nic Kolkmeyer, Vince Kadlubek and The Word Quartet. Jacks hopes this is the first of many poetic conversations between young and (slightly) older. Read more
An Engineer’s View of the Cell
| January 20, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 9:00 pm |
The processes by which a cell senses and responds to its environment are exceedingly complex and have so far withstood attempts to obtain a predictive understanding of them. In this lecture, we will examine how the study of cellular decision making can be aided by feedback control theory, a branch of engineering that has enabled the analysis and design of complex man-made systems, such as planes, trains and automobiles.
Dr. Pablo Iglesias joins us from Johns Hopkins University where he is a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering. His research focuses on the mathematical modeling of signal transduction pathways, focusing on directed cell migration and cellular division.. For more information on Dr. Iglesias, click here.
The quantitative biology (q-bio) lecture series is dedicated to dissemination of biological knowledge gained through quantitative experimentation and computational, mathematical, and/or statistical analyses of data. The lectures will be presented by internationally-renowned experts and aimed at the general public. Visit its home page for information on coming seminars.
