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May 30 - Jun 3, 2022

Greetings Scholars!

We have a Governance Working Group (WG) meeting this week. All Scholars welcome to attend and weigh in on decision-making at the Institute.

We've got a Lightning Tag Talk this week. Come join us to hear about Intelligent systems and UFOs!

Anyone notice that our website looks a little different? Check out our awesome looking Research Scholars list page: https://ronininstitute.org/scholars/. Many thanks to our volunteer Infrastructure WG team for making some major changes to the website. And there are more to come!

Please check your email for a Ronin Institute Membership Renewal email that you should have received around May 10th. This renewal application is due by JULY 1, 2022. If we do not receive this renewal request from you by this date, we will de-activate your membership. If you did not receive this email, please let me know. Please note that we have additional Office Hours on the calendar if anyone wants to talk about this new process and our membership agreements.

- Arika

All events are on our Ronin calendar (add the Google Calendar). If you want to add something to this Weekly Update that you think Ronin Scholars would be interested in, please reach out via weekly.update@ronininstitute.org.

Ronin Lightning Tag Talk

Two 10-minute talks by Ronin scholars about their ongoing research or work (with 5 minutes of questions after). Speakers "tag" a new speaker for the next event.

Date: June 2, 2022
Time: 12:30-1:15 US ET / 16:30-15:15 UTC (local time)(add to your calendar)
Meeting link: www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute

Speaker: Gregg Willcox
Topic title: Endogenous expectations in intelligent systems
Topic Summary: A review of Arthur's El Farol problem, a mathematical interpretation of the computational capacity of such systems, and recent research extending these two.

Speaker: Mikhail Kovalyov
Topic title: UFO patterns
Topic Summary: Discuss several statistical patterns exhibited by UFOs

Sign up here for an available monthly slot. If you are the first person to sign up for that month, you may choose the best date/time that works for you. See our guidelines here. If you have questions, pose them on the #lightning-tag_events Slack channel.

Upcoming events

Things to look forward to around the Ronin Institute

Ronin Orientation
Summary: Prospective, new, and seasoned scholars are welcome to attend to get in intro into how the Ronin Institute works, and how they can get involved.
Date: June 28, 2022
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM US ET / June 29 02:00-03:00 UTC (local time) (add to your calendar)
Meeting link: www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute

Community meetings this week

These meetings are open and welcome for any Research Scholar to attend. Working Groups (WGs) focus on key elements of the Ronin Institute. Interest Groups (IGs) are self-organized groups of Scholars that focus on topics of interest; their goal is to stimulate discussion and enhance collaboration.

TUESDAY
#watercooler chat
Scope: Catch up with your colleagues in an informal Slack chat by the "watercooler".
Dates/Times: Every Tuesday at 12:00-1:00 PM US ET / 16:00-17:00 UTC (local time)
Location: #watercooler slack channel. If you can't make the specified time, you can always contribute to the chat conversation at anytime in the Slack channel.

IG+ Center for Advancing Mathematics and Physics (CAMP) (Slack channel #ig-math-physics)
Scope: Come join the conversation about Math and Physics, where the group shares information about research, educates each other, and provides advice.
Date/Time: Every Tuesday at 12:30-1:30 PM US ET / 16:30-17:30 UTC (local time) Add to your calendar. If there is a presentation (announced via #ig-math-physics), the meeting begins at 12:00PM US ET with the presentation at 12:30PM US ET. An extension of the meeting may also occur at 5:00 PM US ET / 21:00 UTC.
Location: www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute (Room: IG+ CAMP)

WEDNESDAY
IG+ Ronin College (Slack channel ig-ronin-college)
Scope: Developing the concept and plan forward for the Ronin College.
Date/Time: June 1 at 11 AM ET / 15:00 UTC (local time)(Add to calendar)
Location: https://www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute (Room: IG+ Ronin College)

Governance WG (Slack channel #wg-governance)
Scope: Coordinates across all Working Groups & creates decision-making structure for the Ronin Community. It's the best meeting to attend, if you want an overview of what the Institute is up to.
Date/Time: June 1 at 2:00-3:30 PM US ET / 18:00-19:30 UTC (local time)  Add to your calendar
Location: Join the Zoom meeting (pswd: RONIN)

THURSDAY
Office hours with Jon & Arika
Scope: Answer any questions you have related to the Ronin Institute.
Date/Time: Thursday at 10:30 AM -11:30 AM US ET / 14:30-15:30 UTC (local time) Add to your calendar
Location: https://www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute

FRIDAY
Let's Write! (Slack channel ig-ronin-women)
Scope: Hosted by Ronin Women IG+ this almost weekly writing session welcomes all Ronin Scholars to attend. We'll have a brief introduction, write for the rest of the time, and then close by listing what we accomplished.
Date/Time: June 3 at 12:00-1:00 PM US ET / 16:00-17:00 UTC (local time) Add to your calendar
Location:  https://www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute (Room: IG+ Ronin Women)

If you want to know more about Ronin WGs, email or join us at "Office hours with Jon & Arika"