Topic(s): Science
Tags: seti astronomy volunteer+computing distributed+computing
Maker Main Stage (Fiesta) , Saturday 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Are We Alone? Is Anybody Out There? Chief SETI@home scientist Dan Werthimer will discuss the possibility of life in the universe, SETI@home, and how you can have the small but captivating possibility that your computer will detect the first signal from a civilization beyond Earth.
Web site: http://seti.berkeley.edu
Dan Werthimer
Dan Werthimer is chief scientist of SETI@home and several
radio and optical SETI programs at the University of California, Berkeley. Werthimer was associate professor in the engineering and physics
departments of San Francisco State University and a
visiting professor at Beijing Normal University, the University
of St. Charles in Marseille, and Eotvos University in Budapest.
He has taught at universities in Peru, Egypt, Ghana, Ethiopia,
Zimbabwe, Uganda and Kenya. Werthimer has published numerous
papers in the fields of SETI, radio astronomy, instrumentation
and science education; he is co-author of "SETI 2020" and
editor of "Astronomical and Biochemical Origins and the Search
for Life in the Universe".
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu