World Quantum Day on 14 April is an annual celebration promoting public awareness & understanding of quantum science & technology. NITheCS joins in engaging the general public & discussing how these help us understand nature at its most fundamental level.buff.ly/329l9OP

Science snippet re environmental data: 'The rapid growth of clean energy technologies is driving a rising demand for critical minerals... However, there is a scarcity of studies assessing the threat of mining to global biodiversity. ('Science Advances') buff.ly/49qqCAY

Shocklab Seminar Series: 'Is Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) really around the corner and how would it affect science? - Part II' by Prof Bruce Bassett (UCT) - 17 Apr 2024 @ 16h00. #AI #artificialgeneralintelligence #datascience #physics #mathematics

Anniversary: In 1953 US physician Jonas Salk tested his polio vaccine on himself & his family. In 1954 he undertook a large-scale national study & on 12 April 1955 he announced that the vaccine was safe and efficacious. buff.ly/3vKjT75

Science-related anniversary: English mathematician Sir Andrew John Wiles (born 11 April 1953) specialises in number theory and is best known for proving Fermat's Last Theorem. He was awarded among others the 2016 Abel Prize and the 2017 Copley Medal.
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QSUN, SAQuTI & NITheCS Seminar: 'Quantum Computing Enhanced Service Ecosystem for Simulation in Manufacturing' - Rivan Rughubar (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) - Fri, 12 Apr @ 14h00 SAST. buff.ly/4cSDJh7 #quantum #quantum computing #machinelearning #physics

ShockLab Seminar Series: 'Deep generative modelling and geometric learning aiding spatial statistics and epidemiology’ - Elizaveta Semenova (Oxford and Imperial College, London) - today @ 16h00-17h30 SAST. Attend in person, or online at buff.ly/3VOnwDN. #epidemiology

Reminder - NITheCS Colloquium: 'From So Simple A Beginning: Understanding Large Language Models' - Prof Sir Nigel Shadbolt FRS FREng FBCS - today @ 16h00. Attend in person or online. buff.ly/3vLJTz0 #languagemodel #ai #machinelearning

Reminder - NITheCS Mini-school: 'Vector lattices with a view to applications in stochastic processes' - Prof Bruce Watson - Wed 10, 17 & 24 Apr @ 14h00 SAST. Starts today - attend online. buff.ly/3JdB3wZ #mathematics #stochastic #vectorlattices #rieszspace

American biochemist & geneticist Marshall Warren Nirenberg (b.10 April 1927) shared the 1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology/Medicine with Har Gobind Khorana & Robert W. Holley for 'their interpretation of the genetic code & its function in protein synthesis'. buff.ly/3PTv18w

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NITheCS Colloquium: 'Use of poetry to foster inquiry into Mathematics' - Boitumelo Moletsane (WITS) - Mon, 15 Apr @ 16h00. Attend in person or online. buff.ly/3JdxBmk #poetry #mathematics #mathpoetry

The 5 April QSUN, SAQuTI & NITheCS Seminar 'An Introduction to Effectus Theory' by Kishan Dayaram (University of Johannesburg) is now available online. buff.ly/4aJlE3l

Welcome to the participants of the Stellenbosch-Hamburg Condensed Matter Symposium held at STIAS from today.

Science snippet: Researchers have 'identified the origin of discrepancies in recent predictions of the muon’s magnetic moment.' Their findings could contribute to the investigation of dark matter & other aspects of new physics. buff.ly/4aD47di Pic: SciTechDaily.com

A big thank you to everyone who joined us today for the NITheCS Colloquium on 'How can Central Banks Help Finance the Transition to a Net-zero Economy'.Our speaker today is Prof Matheus Grasselli from McMaster University, Canada. The recording will be on our YouTube channel soon.

Watch the NASA online broadcast of the total solar eclipse that will be visible in large areas of North America today. For South Africans, the feed starts around 19:00 buff.ly/4aI5dUW

NITheCS calendar: view the events for 8-14 April 2024, as well as deadlines and opportunities - buff.ly/3VQQumC #science #physics mathematics