FYSEMR 58C: Genuinely Hard Problems in Science
FYSEMR 58C: Genuinely Hard Problems in Science
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Week 1 (Sept 3): Introduction to Genuinely Hard Problems in Science
Week 1 (Sept 3): Introduction to Genuinely Hard Problems in Science
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Week 2 (Sept 10): Mikey Segel, Aging
Week 2 (Sept 10): Mikey Segel, Aging
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Week 3 (Sept 17): Peter Galison, Scientific Explanation
Week 3 (Sept 17): Peter Galison, Scientific Explanation
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Title: Prediction, Explanation, Understanding: What we want from science
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External UrlReading 1: Breaking into the black box of artificial intelligence Reading 1: Breaking into the black box of artificial intelligenceScore at least Must score at least to complete this module item Scored at least Module item has been completed by scoring at least Score at least % Must score at least % to complete this module item Scored at least % Module item has been completed by scoring at least % View Must view in order to complete this module item Viewed Module item has been viewed and is complete Mark done Must mark this module item done in order to complete Marked done Module item marked as done and is complete Contribute Must contribute to this module item to complete it Contributed Contributed to this module item and is complete Submit Must submit this module item to complete it Submitted Module item submitted and is complete
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Week 4 (Sept 24): Mansi Srivastava, Genotype to Phenotype
Week 4 (Sept 24): Mansi Srivastava, Genotype to Phenotype
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The GPM GHP: Why the Genotype to Phenotype Map is a big problem
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Week 5 (Oct 1): Dan Freed, Millennium Prize Problems in Math
Week 5 (Oct 1): Dan Freed, Millennium Prize Problems in Math
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Title: Homotopy Groups of Spheres
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External UrlVideo 1: Using topology to solve discrete problems Video 1: Using topology to solve discrete problemsScore at least Must score at least to complete this module item Scored at least Module item has been completed by scoring at least Score at least % Must score at least % to complete this module item Scored at least % Module item has been completed by scoring at least % View Must view in order to complete this module item Viewed Module item has been viewed and is complete Mark done Must mark this module item done in order to complete Marked done Module item marked as done and is complete Contribute Must contribute to this module item to complete it Contributed Contributed to this module item and is complete Submit Must submit this module item to complete it Submitted Module item submitted and is complete
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External UrlVideo 2: An unsolved problem in topology Video 2: An unsolved problem in topologyScore at least Must score at least to complete this module item Scored at least Module item has been completed by scoring at least Score at least % Must score at least % to complete this module item Scored at least % Module item has been completed by scoring at least % View Must view in order to complete this module item Viewed Module item has been viewed and is complete Mark done Must mark this module item done in order to complete Marked done Module item marked as done and is complete Contribute Must contribute to this module item to complete it Contributed Contributed to this module item and is complete Submit Must submit this module item to complete it Submitted Module item submitted and is complete
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External UrlFurther reading: The Clay Millennium Prize Problems Further reading: The Clay Millennium Prize ProblemsScore at least Must score at least to complete this module item Scored at least Module item has been completed by scoring at least Score at least % Must score at least % to complete this module item Scored at least % Module item has been completed by scoring at least % View Must view in order to complete this module item Viewed Module item has been viewed and is complete Mark done Must mark this module item done in order to complete Marked done Module item marked as done and is complete Contribute Must contribute to this module item to complete it Contributed Contributed to this module item and is complete Submit Must submit this module item to complete it Submitted Module item submitted and is complete
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Week 6 (Oct 8): Steve Hyman and Xihong Lin, Mental Health
Week 6 (Oct 8): Steve Hyman and Xihong Lin, Mental Health
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Prof. Hyman: How Can We Discover Biological Mechanisms of Mental Disorders in the Absence of Diagnostic Ground Truth?
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Prof. Lin: Accelerating Biomedical Discovery through Genomic Health, Statistics, and Generative AI
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Week 7 (Oct 15): Joe Henrich and David Reich, Human Culture and Evolution
Week 7 (Oct 15): Joe Henrich and David Reich, Human Culture and Evolution
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Prof. Henrich: Human Behavior and Psychology
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Prof. Reich: How do Humans Relate to Neanderthals?
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Week 8 (Oct 22): Cora Dvorkin and Cumrun Vafa, Theoretical Physics and Cosmology
Week 8 (Oct 22): Cora Dvorkin and Cumrun Vafa, Theoretical Physics and Cosmology
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Prof. Dvorkin: Our universe and its major puzzles: dark matter and dark energy
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Prof. Vafa: The enigma of quantum gravity
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External UrlQuanta: Will we ever prove string theory? Quanta: Will we ever prove string theory?Score at least Must score at least to complete this module item Scored at least Module item has been completed by scoring at least Score at least % Must score at least % to complete this module item Scored at least % Module item has been completed by scoring at least % View Must view in order to complete this module item Viewed Module item has been viewed and is complete Mark done Must mark this module item done in order to complete Marked done Module item marked as done and is complete Contribute Must contribute to this module item to complete it Contributed Contributed to this module item and is complete Submit Must submit this module item to complete it Submitted Module item submitted and is complete
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Week 9 (Oct 29): Dimitar Sasselov and Adam Cohen, Origin of Life and Synthetic Life
Week 9 (Oct 29): Dimitar Sasselov and Adam Cohen, Origin of Life and Synthetic Life
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Prof. Sasselov - On Life's Origins
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Prof. Cohen - Synthetic mirror life: Menace or Mirage?
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Week 10 (Nov 5): Julia Mundy, Creating Functional Materials
Week 10 (Nov 5): Julia Mundy, Creating Functional Materials
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Prof. Mundy - Designing functional materials at the atomic scale
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Week 11 (Nov 12): Mark Fishman and Fei Chen, Human Disease
Week 11 (Nov 12): Mark Fishman and Fei Chen, Human Disease
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Prof. Fishman: Drug Discovery
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Prof. Chen: Delivery of Molecular Medicines
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Week 12 (Nov 19): Jacob Barandes, Quantum Foundations and Philosophy
Week 12 (Nov 19): Jacob Barandes, Quantum Foundations and Philosophy
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Prof. Barandes: The Measurement Problem in Quantum Theory
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