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Waves of Change: KITP collaborators create a computational framework for fluid dynamics
SummaryThe 2014 Wave-Flows program at the KITP was the ideal place to formulate Dedalus, an open-source computational framework that solves intricate classes of problems accurately and efficiently. Potential applications for Dedalus include fluid, chemical, radiation and biological transport problems in stars, planets, and laboratories.
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Megan Turley, KITP Development Coordinator
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2019
Where Scientific Method Meets Artistic License
SummaryViewing science at KITP through a different lens
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Gary Smaby
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2019
Real-World Impact
SummaryA Testimonial from the KITP Teacher’s Conference
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Bruce Boehne, Middle School Math / Science / STEM Teacher at Zion Lutheran School, Dallas, Texas
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2019
A Meeting to Remember: The Polchinski Symposium
SummaryIn December 2018, we held a one-day symposium to celebrate the life and career of late KITP Permanent Member Joe Polchinski.
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Robert Leigh, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign,
and Eva M. Silverstein, Stanford
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2019
An Artistic Odyssey: Beloved interactive art piece Ulysses returns to Kohn Hall
SummaryWe were very excited this month to see the return of Ulysses, the unique sculpture designed and built by KITP's Artist-in-Residence Jean-Pierre Hebert.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2019
Director's Letter - Fall 2019
SummaryFall is the time of change.
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Lars Bildsten, KITP Director
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2019
Speaking the Same Language: The Beginnings of Quantitative Biology at KITP
SummaryIn the late 1990s and early 2000s, new technologies were allowing biologists to generate massive amounts of data, but such data could be messy, and taking advantage of it demanded new quantitative tools.
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Maggie Sherriffs, KITP Special Programs & Evaluation Manager
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2019
Seizing Opportunity
SummaryCarlos Marquez wasn’t too long returned from a four-year stint with the U.S. Army and looking for steady work when his brother referred him to his own employer, UC Santa Barbara. It’s a solid job, his brother promised, one he could settle into for a while.
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Shelly Leachman, The Current
KITP Newsletter, Spring 2019