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Prof. Andrew Newberg, Professor of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University. Feb 08, 2021

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Religious Experience: Psychology and Neurology, The Noetic Quality: A Multimethod Exploratory Study, and The Varieties of Self-Transcendent Experience

Prof. Andrew Newberg is Professor of Integrative Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at Thomas Jefferson University. He has been involved in a number of neuroimaging research projects which have included the study of aging and dementia, epilepsy, and other neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Prof. Murat Kantarcioglu, Professor of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas Feb 05, 2021

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Securing Big Data in the Age of AI, Defending Against Backdoors in Federated Learning with Robust Learning Rate, and Does Explainable Artificial Intelligence Improve Human Decision-Making?

Prof. Murat Kantarcioglu is Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Data Security and Privacy Lab at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Prof. Kantarcioglu's research focuses on the integration of cyber security, machine learning, data science and blockchains for creating technologies that can efficiently and securely store, analyze and share data and machine learning results.

Prof. James Sauls, Professor of Physics at Northwestern University Feb 04, 2021

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Dirty Superconductors Make Better Particle Accelerators, CAPST Research, Take a dip into the weird world of quantum liquids, and the future of quantum computing.

Prof. James Sauls is Professor of Physics at Northwestern University and Co-Director, Center for Applied Physics & Superconducting Technologies

Prof. Charles Lipson, Emeritus Professor of international relations at the University of Chicago Feb 03, 2021

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Countries, political systems, integration and democracy - what does the future hold?

Prof. Charles Lipson taught international relations at the University of Chicago, where he was Professor in Political Science and the College. His research deals with international cooperation and conflict and with political aspects of the world economy.

Prof. Marc Law, Professor of Economics at the University of Vermont Feb 02, 2021

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Political Centralization, Federalism, and Urban Development: Evidence from US and Canadian Capital Cities, Understanding the Rise of Regulation during the Progressive Era, The Political Economy of Truth-in-Advertising Regulation, Effects of Occupational Licensing Laws on Minorities, and did early twentieth-century alcohol prohibition affect mortality?

Prof. Marc Law is Professor of Economics at the University of Vermont. His research focuses on the causes and consequences of product quality regulation with specific focus on food, drug, advertising, and occupational licensing laws.

Prof. Cheryl Maslen, Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University Feb 01, 2021

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Identifying genetic factors that contribute to the increased risk of congenital heart defects in infants with Down syndrome, The Genetic Basis of Turner Syndrome Aortopathy, and Conference summary: What we have learned and where we are headed

Prof. Cheryl Maslen, who is professor of medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. Her Research focuses on the genetic basis of congenital cardiovascular defects with a focus on rare disorders that greatly increase risk for these defects. In particular Turner syndrome and Down syndrome.

Sir Colin Blakemore, Professor of Neuroscience at City University of Hong Kong Jan 29, 2021

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The first neurons of the human cerebral cortex, Tactile perception recruits functionally related visual areas in the late-blind, What synesthesia isn’t, and I Haven’t a Clue! Expectations Based on Repetitions and Hints Facilitate Perceptual Experience of Ambiguous Images

Sir Colin Blakemore is Professor of Neuroscience at City University of Hong Kong. His research has focused on vision, development and plasticity of the brain, and on neurodegenerative diseases. He is a member of 12 scientific academies, including the Royal Society and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and his honors include both the Faraday Prize and the Ferrier Prize from the Royal Society.

Prof. Debby Silver, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University School of Medicine Jan 28, 2021

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Dynamic mRNA Transport and Local Translation in Radial Glial Progenitors of the Developing Brain, Prolonged Mitosis of Neural Progenitors Alters Cell Fate in the Developing Brain, and Pathogenic DDX3X Mutations Impair RNA Metabolism and Neurogenesis during Fetal Cortical Development

Prof. Debby Silver is Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University School of Medicine. Her lab studies embryonic brain development

Prof. John Pearson, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology at Duke University Jan 27, 2021

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Online Neural Connectivity Estimation with Noisy Group Testing, and Naturalistic decision-making: continuous, open-world, and recursive

Prof. John Pearson is Assistant Professor of Neurobiology at Duke University. His research focuses on the application of machine learning methods to the analysis of brain data and behavior.

Prof. Mitch Begelman, Professor of Astrophysical Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder Jan 26, 2021

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Formation of supermassive black holes by direct collapse in pre-galactic haloes, Quasi-stars: accreting black holes inside massive envelopes, Evolution of supermassive stars as a pathway to black hole formation, and Strongly magnetized accretion discs: structure and accretion from global magnetohydrodynamic simulations

Prof. Mitch Begelman is Professor of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder and a Fellow of JILA, a joint research institute of the University of Colorado and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. He studies aspects of how black holes form, grow, and interact with their surroundings, from a theoretical perspective.

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