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Date: Wednesday, August 7th
Time: 8pm
Location: High Noon Saloon
Madison Nerd Nite is back from Summer break, and we have got an awesome lineup of speakers!
David Trossman is our first speaker with his talk “The Sounds of the Oceans Between Us”: Jacques Cousteau was wrong: the ocean is not a silent world. And it’s not just because of whales and waves or even human-made sounds. You probably don’t listen to music for the science, just like you don’t listen to comedy to have jokes explained to you. But I’m going to tell you about the science that my own ocean-themed songs are about anyway. At the very least, you may hear music inspired by artists you actually like.
Next up is Chris Ott with “What is High-Speed Rail– and When Can You Ride It?”: In 2010, Wisconsin cancelled plans for a new train to Madison—but it wasn’t high-speed rail. What exactly is high-speed rail anyway? And what are the prospects for getting better American trains running, including for us in Madison?
Our last speaker of the night is Adam Spencer, explaining why we should worry about AI later and not now, but cybersecurity now and not later. AI is disruptive technology that with great potential impact – later. There are no real pathways to real disruption in the near term. Cybersecurity is having a devastating impact now, particularly economically – but in the mid-term there is reason to have hope for positive change.