EP 345 - Space Science Seminar
Embry-Riddle University
Fall 2013
M. Anthony Reynolds


INFORMATION

This is a one credit seminar course, in which we meet weekly (on Thursdays) to discuss the latest developments in space science.  If there is a colloquium, we attend it, which supersedes our usual discussion.

Required Text: none


See the syllabus for more detailed information.



READING LINKS


Thursday, September 12, 2013
    Laura Seward 
 The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer Experiment on the ISS 

Thursday, September 19, 2013
    Chau Ton
 Basic control theory 
 Control system 

Thursday, September 26, 2013
    Bill Price
 Quaternions  (Quaternion lecture)
 Self reconfigurable control 

Thursday, October 3, 2013
    Clint Sprott
 Simple models of chaotic systems 

Thursday, October 10, 2013
    Continue our discussion of chaos - "Chaos at fifty" (freedownload) Physics Today, May 2013

Thursday, October 17, 2013
    Jon French
    Alchemy and Artificial Intelligence, by Hubert L Dreyfus, 1965. (Read Part I) (Background)
        The Turing Test: Turing's paper; The Turing Test at 50.
Thursday, October 24, 2013 (Optional)
    Warren Dixon

Thursday, October 31, 2013
    David Cameron  
    read the information at www.etherdrift2013.net

Thursday, November 14, 2013
    Stefan Kautsch 
    The Hubble galaxy classification sequence
    "The Edge-on Perspective" by Kautsch

Thursday, November 21, 2013
    Rick Lind, University of Florida  
    von Karman's turbulence model

TBA - Tuesday, December 3??
    Black holes and information - "Black holes, ..." Physics Today, April 2013 - AND - "Black Hole Thermodynamics" (download 'notes') Reynolds