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In combat even the best plans rarely survive first contact with the enemy. Thus, the US military strives for resilience in the face of adversity through training, delegation of authority, emphasis on adaptability, and above all, leadership. For instance, combat leaders are promoted more on how we...

This presentation delves into the innovative use of generative AI in contingency scenario planning. It will explore how this cutting-edge technology transcends the limitations of traditional approaches, particularly in dynamic and unpredictable environments. The focus is on leveraging AI for effi...

What are the secrets of companies that remain successful over decades? The successful ones pay attention to the impermanence of things, they remain non-attached to their original ideas, they cultivate mindfulness, and wisdom. These qualities are all also important in personal resilience from the ...

In 2022, economic losses from extreme weather and climate disaster events such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, severe weather, and wildfires resulted in global losses exceeding $300B. Of these, only a fraction ($181B) of losses were covered by insurance. This “protection gap” gives rise to fi...

The Kays lab’s vision for wildlife conservation focuses on animal population size and connectivity. To realize its conservation goals first requires annual estimates of animal abundance and their trends to know which species—and where—are most in need of help. Second, species-specific measures of...

Advisory Board Panel: Peter Cochrane (remote), Professor, University of Hertfordshire Eric Haseltine, CEO, Discovery Democracy Alan Kay (remote), Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, UCLA Len Kleinrock, Professor of Computer Science, UCLA Richard Schroth, Board and CEO Advisor, Axon Glob...

Phantom traffic jams seemingly occur without a cause, but they are due to human driving behavior. Vehicles with driver assist features such as adaptive cruise control are now widely available on modern cars. These vehicles can either create phantom traffic jams like human drivers, or eliminate th...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a ubiquitous and diverse class of toxic, persistent, synthetic fluorochemicals that easily travel in the environment and have been detected in water resources and systems globally, earning the moniker “forever chemicals.” PFAS are small molecules use...

Innovative solutions toward grand challenges require a multidisciplinary approach. By Redesigning Natural materials for Energy, Water, Environment and Devices (ReNEWED), the Li lab aims to apply fundamental science to establish a natural “toolbox” for sustainable solutions toward the carbon drawd...

TidalScale was a startup acquired by HPE in December 2022. TidalSale developed a software architecture called distributed virtual machines. Today's virtual machines in widespread use today allows multiple operating systems to share a server. TidalScale inverts this paradigm. A single virtual mach...

How can we help aging people with cognitive decline to continue to lead healthy and productive lives? There is increasing interest in the use of personal (or household) robots to help seniors, not only with physical tasks but also through intelligent, emotionally sensitive interaction. However, c...

Recent evidence suggests that psychedelic drugs can exert beneficial effects on anxiety, depression, and drug abuse in human patients. However, their hallucinogenic side effects often limit their clinical application. The Wetsel lab uses mouse experiments to explore the responses to two different...

Opioid overdose deaths have risen steadily for two decades, and now are a leading cause of death in the United States. Stunningly, 42% of American adults know someone who died from an overdose. In the face of an unrelenting epidemic, this presentation will directly address grief, and how to make ...

With TTI/Vanguard reaching the end of a vibrant decade-plus run as part of Institutional Investor, the program is poised to reemerge as “Nemertes [next].” This short session speaks to the resilience of TTI/Vanguard and the excitement all involved hold for its future. No downloadable fi...

The North Carolina Collaboratory is a science policy and research/development funding model unique to this nation. Authorized by the NC General Assembly in July 2016 to be headquartered at UNC-Chapel Hill, the Collaboratory’s goal is to utilize and disseminate research expertise across the UNC Sy...

Despite the fact that American elections are chaotic, error-prone and open to corruption, they seem pretty simple: People show up on election day to vote for one candidate or another. A good election system has to accurately count the number of votes for each candidate and report the totals to th...