Learn about climate change with panelists Raymond Anthony (UAA department of philosophy), Walter Parker (55 years governing environmental issues in Alaska) and Richard Steiner (Environmental Sustainability Consulting/Oasis Earth) as they discuss discuss future developments of the Arctic.

Raymond Anthony—Food Security and “Wickedness” in Alaska
Walter Parker—Directions for the Arctic: Future Goals and Obstacles
Richard Steiner—Toward a Sustainable World: Shifting Geographical Boundaries

This event was sponsored by the UAA Campus Bookstore. This podcast was recorded on Feb. 23, 2012.

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Extended reality and large scale data analytics provide a unique opportunity to exploit the data provided by social media, sensor networks, and predictive and forensic analysis. We will discuss cyber-physical systems for simulations, training, technology and tactics evaluation, forensics, synthesis of behavior models, semantic mapping, scenario play-through, information organization and visualization, and human-computer collaboration.

Dr. George Kamberov is an Associate Professor in the Computer Science Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. He earned his M.S. in Mathematics at the University of Sofia in Bulgaria and his Ph.D in Mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania. He has published widely in mathematics, computer science, computer vision, pattern recognition, and related fields. Dr. Kamberov also performs research in computer and network security, medical records, compression, and data reduction.

This lecture is presented by UAA Complex Systems and the Office of Research and Graduate Studies.

This podcast was recorded on Feb. 16, 2012.

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The UAA Campus Bookstore presents, “North by 2020: Perspectives on Alaska’s Changing Social-Ecological Systems” with Amy Lauren Lovecraft, Sharman Haley and Andrew Kliskey.

Dr. Amy L. Lovecraft (Political Science/UAF) edited the book North by 2020 which covers the scholarship of over 90 authors from different academic disciplines. Topics highlighted are the science of modeling change, indigenous contributions to sustainability, freshwater management, Arctic coastal margins, marine living systems and infrastructure, oil and gas development, the arts and planning for the future.

This podcast was recorded on Feb. 13, 2012.

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UAA professor Forrest A. Nabors presents the annual Lincoln Day Polaris Lecure, “The Statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln: A Reappraisal.” The Polaris Lecture Series is sponsored by the Forty-Ninth State Fellows Program, University Honors Society and the Polaris Society.

Few Americans exceed Abraham Lincoln in popular esteem. But how great was he? In commemoration of Lincoln’s birthday, Professor Nabors will explain why Lincoln achieved even more for liberty than is generally understood.

Professor Nabors joined the political science faculty at UAA in Aug. 2011. He taught American government and political philosophy at Oregon State University and at University of Oregon, where he also completed his doctorate in 2011. He currently is writing a book about American political development through post-Civil War Reconstruction.

This podcast was recorded on Feb. 12, 2012.

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The UAA Campus Bookstore presents, “U.S. Policy with Iran,” featuring Dr. Trita Parsi who is the President of the National Iranian American Council and former Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is the author of the book A Single Roll of the Dice – Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran (2012) and the book Treacherous Alliance – The Secret Dealings of Iran, Israel and the United States (2007)—the silver medal winner of the 2008 Arthur Ross Book Award, and the winner of the 2010 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order.

This podcast was recorded on Feb. 9, 2012.

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