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Hive Talk: The minimum set cover problem in bipartite graphs with Jelena Smiljanic
The minimum set cover problem in bipartite graphs Hive Talk Snippet Jelena talked about the application of the minimum set cover problem in real systems that can be mapped onto [...]
Hive Talk: Shortcuts in modeling carbon and nutrient dynamics at the sediment-water interface with Sebastian Diehl
Shortcuts in modeling carbon and nutrient dynamics at the sediment-water interface with Sebastian Diehl Hive Talk Snippet Sebastian talked about how to better model the flux of nutrients in the [...]
Glassiness and heterogeneous dynamics in dense solutions of ring polymers
Glassiness and Heterogeneous Dynamics in Dense Solutions of Ring Polymers Unknotted and unlinked ring polymers in the melt behave very differently than their linear counterparts. The reason behind this difference lies [...]
Lunch Pitch with Judith Sarneel and Ivan Monich
Tea Tales and Artificial Environment February 19, 2019 Watch Lunch Pitches Video First Pitcher: Judith Sarneel, Researcher at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Umeå University Title: Tea Tales: [...]
Hive Talk Board: Detection of genetic variation with Matilda Rentoft
Detection of genetic variation with Matilda Rentoft Hive Talk Snippet Matilda talked about how to optimize the detection of locally common but globally rare human genetic variation when whole genome [...]
Lunch Pitch with Eric Libby and Guilherme Chihaya
Networks in Biology and Urban Setting November 27, 2018 Watch Lunch Pitches Video First Pitcher: Guilherme Chihaya, Researcher at Department of Geography and Economic History Title: Does where you go for coffee [...]
Science that speaks plainly
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IceLab Collaborative Event Experiments
IceLab is here to help other scientists reach across disciplines to find new ideas and collaborations. We experiment wildly with different event formats to help make this happen.
Hive Talk Board: The wave function collapse algorithm with Anton Eriksson
The wave function collapse algorithm with Anton Eriksson Hive Talk Snippet Anton presented the wave function collapse algorithm as a simple way of solving problems ranging from seating charts for [...]
Hive Talk Board: An example of poor science communication that deserves to be told: Aftermath of the ‘Panama debate’ with Alexis Rojas
An example of poor science communication that deserves to be told: The Aftermath of the 'Panama debate' with Alexis Rojas Hive Talk Snippet Alexis talked about the Isthmus of Panama, its [...]
Hive Talk Board: Challenges in academic publishing with András Bóta
Challenges in academic publishing with András Bóta Hive Talk Snippet András presented a blueprint of the scientific research machine and asked what can be done to improve it. We discussed [...]
Hive Talk Board: Information games for squirrels with Martin Rosvall
Information games for squirrels with Martin Rosvall Hive Talk Snippet Martin presented a class of information games that include popular board games such as Clue and Battleship. In these games, [...]
Hive Talk Board: A Smarter Literature Review with Gabrielle Beans
A Smarter Literature Review with Gabrielle Beans Hive Talk Snippet Gabrielle presented the challenge of how to do a better, unbiased literature review when the literature is over 10,000 scientific [...]
Hive Talk Board: Micro Loans and Crowdfunding in the Charity Space with Ludvig Lizana
Micro Loans and Crowdfunding in the Charity Space with Ludvig Lizana Hive Talk Snippet Ludvig began our season of hive talks with a presentation of the kiva loan data [www.kiva.org] [...]
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