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SFI Seminar: Active Discovery of Network Roles for Predicting Node Classes

Leto Peel. Courtesy/SFI

SFI News:

Leto Peel of the University of Colorado at Boulder will give a Santa Fe Institute Seminar titled ‘Active Discovery of Network Roles for Predicting the Classes of Network Nodes’ at 12:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 in the Collins Conference Room at the Santa Fe Institute, 1390 Hyde Park Road in Santa Fe.

Members of the public are welcome and invited to bring their lunch.  

Abstract: We consider a network in which we know how the nodes are connected, but we do not know the class labels of the nodes. We wish to identify the best subset of nodes to label, in order to most accurately Read More

Siegfried Hecker Talk Jan. 10: ‘Iran and North Korea, what a difference a year makes!’

Dr. Siegfried S. Hecker. Courtesy photo

Staff Report

Dr. Siegfried S. Hecker, former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory and presently affiliated with Stanford University, will deliver a free public lecture in Los Alamos entitled “Iran and North Korea, what a difference a year makes!”

The lecture will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10 at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1967 18th St. in Los Alamos.

“One year ago, Iran’s President Ahmadinejad was threatening to wipe Israel off the face of the map while Iran’s nuclear program was progressing Read More

HD3 Discovery Day™ Los Alamos 2014 Offers Forum to Vet Ideas for Commercialization Potential

LANL chemical engineer Steve Yarbro during a recent talk at the Bio Lab. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com 
 
By MICHELLE D. MILLER, MPA
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
High Desert Discovery District (HD3)
 
In May 2011, LANL chemical engineer Steve Yarbro, PhD applied to the first HD3 Discovery Day, hosted by the High Desert Discovery District. His ‘discovery’ was a chemical process called Super Critical Water Extraction and Refining (SCWER) – that he believed had the potential to upgrade heavy oil to light sweet crude.

Michelle D. Miller at the Bio Lab. Photo by Read More

LANL Foundation Seeks Scholarship Applicants

LANL FOUNDATION News:

Northern New Mexico students aiming to pursue four-year college degrees are eligible for tuition help ranging from $1,000 to $30,000 from the Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund.

Scholarships will be announced in March for the next school year. The deadline for applications is Jan. 21.

The fund, which has awarded $3.7 million since 1998, is administered by the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation. Funding comes from donations by LANL employees, contractors and a matching amount from Los Alamos National Security, LLC. Awards are based on academic performance, Read More

2013 Year of Important Accomplishments, Improvements for NNSA

NNSA Washington, D.C. Courtesy/NNSA

NNSA News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As 2014 begins, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) released a list of some of its most important accomplishments and improvements over the past year. NNSA reached significant milestones in the areas of nonproliferation and counterterrorism, made a host of significant achievements through its work with the United States’ nuclear weapons stockpile, and saw improved operations throughout the complex.

“In 2013, even with a challenging budget situation, NNSA’s successes ensured that the United States’ Read More

Historical Society Presents Biosecurity Talk

Dr. Elizabeth Hong-Geller

HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:

Dr. Elizabeth Hong-Geller will present a talk titled “Our Biosecurity Mission: From Radiation Biology to the Plague” at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14 at Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos. The talk is part of the Los Alamos Historical Society lecture series “Frontiers.”

Biology research at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) started with the study of radiation effects on living systems. In the last 50 years, innovation in biology has driven scientific discoveries in animal research, flow cytometry, the Human Genome Project, vaccine development, Read More

Los Alamos News Highlights For 2013

Los Alamos County Council Chair Geoff Rodgers and Councilors dedicate the new building as community members look on. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Municipal Building Dedication: Community members turned out as former and current County officials cut the ribbon on the new Los Alamos County Municipal Building June 28 at 1000 Central Ave. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com https://ladailypost.comcontent/ribbons-cut-los-alamos-municipal-building https://ladailypost.comcontent/community-invited-municipal-building-grand-opening-and-tours-june-28 Read More

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