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In recent decades, developments in software and hardware technologies have created dramatic shifts in design, manufacturing and research. Software technologies have facilitated automated process and new solutions for complex problems. Computation has also become a platform for creativity through generative art and design. New hardware platforms and digital fabrication technologies have similarly transformed manufacturing, offering more efficient production and mass customization. Such advances have helped catalyzed the maker-movement, democratizing design and maker culture. This influx of new capabilities to design, compute and fabricate like never before, has sparked a renewed interest in material performance.
We are now witnessing significant advances in active matter, 3D/4D Printing, materials science, synthetic biology, DNA nanotechnology and soft robotics, which have led to the convergence of software, hardware and material technologies and the growing field of programmable materials.
This conference was about the emerging field of active matter and programmable materials that bridges the worlds of art, science, engineering and design, demonstrating new perspectives for computation, transformation and dynamic material applications.
If over the past few decades we have experienced a software revolution, and more recently, a hardware revolution, this conference aims to discuss the premises, challenges and innovations brought by today’s materials revolution. We can now sense, compute, and actuate with materials alone, just as we could with software and hardware platforms previously. How does this shift influence materials research, and how does it shape the future of design, arts, and industrial applications? What tools and design processes do we need to advance, augment and invent new materials today? What are the key roles that industry, government, academic and public institutions can play in catalyzing the field of programmable materials?
This two-day conference consisted of a range of talks and lively discussion from leading researchers in materials science, art & design, synthetic biology and soft-robotics along with leaders from government, public institutions and industry.
Learn more at activemattersummit.com
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Lt. Governor Rutherford Virtually Meets With the Students from Professor Vatz Class by Patrick Siebert at 100 State Circle, Annapolis MD 21401
"The Philosophical Baby"
Babies are not just adults with cognitive bits missing or yet to form.
They have active brains that are very different from adult ones and we can find out interesting things by studying what babies do.
Deputados entregam ao governador do Estado o projeto que reajusta em 31,73% a tabela de vencimentos dos professores universitários do Paraná. Foto: Sandro Nascimento/Alep (crédito obrigatório)
Professor Joerg Monar, director of studies of the Department of European Political and Administrative Studies at College of Europe, intervenes in the debate on "Overcoming the Crisis through Innovation and Transformation" at The 2010 Government of the Future Summit
Professor Christian Halliburton (right) is the law school's first full-time faculty member at the Alaska satellite campus.
Dr. Vanderbilt Pageant.Dr. VU Pageant is a SOM-wide event featuring a number of our faculty participating in a pageant in support of our Nicaragua Service Project..Vanderbilt University Medical Center..photo: Anne Rayner; VU
BETH SIMMONS is Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University. Her book, “Who Adjusts? Domestic Sources of Foreign Economic Policy During the Interwar Years, 1924-1939,” was recognized by the American Political Science Association in 1995 as the best book published in 1994 in government, politics, or international relations. Her recent book, “Mobilizing for Human Rights: International Law in Domestic Politics,” received the APSA’s Woodrow Wilson Award, the International Social Science Council’s Stein Rokkan Prize, the American Society for International Law’s Certificate of Merit for a Preeminent Contribution to Creative Scholarship, and the International Studies Association’s Best Book Award.
Simmons was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009, was recently a fellow at the Straus Institute for the Advanced Study of Law and Justice at New York University, and is the current president of the International Studies Association.
Hosted April 16, 2012. Miller Center, Charlottesville VA.
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Professors Epstein and Henderson Debate the Death Penalty
Teaser: Student event draws impressive crowd to hear a debate on the relative merits of the death penalty.
“”If you can’t accept human fallibility, then I don’t know how you can get out of bed in the morning,” opined Professor Stephen Henderson when discussing the possibility of wrongful executions. He made the comment after pointing out that a wrongful conviction of any kind is devastating, saying, “I’m not at all confident that those injustices are more common in death penalty cases than non-death penalty cases,” before noting that death penalty cases are likely to be more heavily scrutinized.
Henderson’s comments came as part of a debate about the death penalty with Professor Jules Epstein. Sponsored by two student organizations, the Federalist Society and American Civil Liberties Union, the debate offered students the opportunity to hear a spirited and nuanced debate between the two professors on the evening of Monday, February 9th. Federalist Society and ACLU President Brian Kisielewski offered a brief introduction at the beginning of the program before turning the show over to the Professors.
Professor Henderson opened the debate with a discussion of the philosophical underpinnings of the debate about capital punishment, citing both the retributive and utilitarian arguments for the death penalty, but he focused primarily on the utilitarian argument. He focused particularly on deterrence and incapacitation, noting that the death penalty is “the ultimate form of incapacitation” for a convicted criminal.
Professor Epstein countered by noting “death penalty cases take longer to try,” and that “the studies supporting the deterrence argument are flawed.” He also asserted that, “The more you execute, the more you condone killing,” and he also observed, “Unless you have a mandatory death penalty, you run the risk of uneven application.”
The second topic examined whether or not the administration of the death penalty could be done fairly, and Professor Epstein showed a series of power point slides offering a statistical analysis that demonstrated that jurors in Pennsylvania did not understand the law in regards to the death penalty and how to apply it. Professor Henderson countered with the suggestion that this demonstrated that the jury system is flawed, and that any issues with the death penalty are simply a symptom of the real problem.
Other topics addressed included alternatives to the death penalty, the death penalty and race, what crimes should be eligible for the death penalty, and a cursory examination of methods of execution. The spirited debate ended with Professor Epstein encouraging the students present to continue to organize and participate in such events because they make for a vibrant and engaging law school experience.
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Professor Andrew Perkins-Academic Bridge Program, celebrating the National Day-"Photo by Deena Abdulla
Second Look Weekend. VSM Welcome with Dean Balser. Research Introduction. Shade Tree Clinic Patient Talk. Wellness & Support Overview.Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.Vanderbilt University Medical Center..photo: Anne Rayner; VU........................................................................