Ronin Public Seminar *TODAY*

The Tiny and the Vast: Predictions About Elementary Particles, Dark Matter, and the Cosmos

Presenter: Thomas Buckholtz 
Host: Immanuel Freedman
Date: Oct 18, 2021
Time: 6:00-7:00 PM ET / 22:00-23:00 UTC (in your local time) Add to your calendar
Location: https://meet.google.com/ssz-tpqr-yrj
 

Summary of the seminar: We discuss work that might solve three 80-year physics challenges:
– Describing all elementary particles.
– Describing dark matter.
– Explaining the changing rates at which very large objects move away from each other.
For more information about this seminar, including a 2-min introductory video, check out this blog post. 

Fun Fact: Possibly one cannot solve any one of the three challenges without solving all three of them. It took me nine-plus years to do so. Fortunately, the underlying math is simpler than math other people use to try to tackle the challenges.

Seminars are all listed on our Ronin calendar (add the Google Calendar) and on our website. You can find videos of previous seminars on Ronin's YouTube. If you'd like to present, sign up on this form. Please direct any questions to #wg-seminars_events on Slack. 

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
Post-Scholarship Values Summit meeting
Scope: Working on the post-event products from this event 
Date/Time: Aug 10th at 12:00 PM–1:00 PM US ET /  16:00-17:00 UTC (Add to your calendar)
Location: www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute

#watercooler chat 
Scope: Catch up with your colleagues in an informal Slack chat by the "watercooler". Sign up to host!
Date/Time: 
- Every Tuesday at 12:00-1:00 PM US ET / 17:00-18:00 UTC (local time) 
- Every Wednesday at 8:00-9:00 AM US ET / 12:00-13:00 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. 

Center for Advancing Mathematics and Physics (CAMP) IG+
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
Location: www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute (co-located with Coffee Chat, so feel free to explore other rooms afterwards!)

WEDNESDAY
Research WG (Slack channel #wg-research)
Scope: Helps Research Scholars conduct research through Ronin
Date/Time: Oct 20th at 3:00-4:00 PM US ET / 19:00-20:00 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: Every Thursday at 10:30 AM -11:00 PM US ET / 14:30-15:30 UTC (local time) Add to your calendar
Location: Join the Zoom meeting (pswd: RONIN)

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

Here are some of our upcoming events that you have to look forward to. 
 

Ronin Public Seminar
Modern Methods of Chaos and Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy
Presenter: Immanuel Freedman
Host: Thomas Buckholtz
Date: Oct 27. 2021
Time: 6:00-7:30 PM ET / 20:00-21:30 UTC (in your local time) Add to your calendar
Location: https://meet.google.com/xio-ovkx-cqq


Ronin Lightning Talks
Date: Oct 26, 2021
Time: 7 PM US ET / 23:00 UTC Add to your calendar
Location: Zoom TBD
Host: Stéphanie Cassilde
Speakers and topic: 
- Ralph Haygood: "Engaged" But Misinformed And Unhappy
- John LaRocco: Lachesis: Line-launcher for space and sea rescue


Ronin Orientation
Date: Oct 26, 2021
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM US ET / 00:00-18:00 UTC (local time) Add to your calendar
Location: www.kumospace.com/ronin_institute 
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. All new scholars are highly encouraged to attend. 


Independent Scholars Networking
Attendees: Ronin Scholars, IGDORE Scholars, and anyone else who wants to come network!
Event is co-organized by: Ronin Institute and IGDORE
Summary about the event: Are you interested in getting to know other independent scholars? We might be “independent”, but that doesn’t mean that we want to work alone. In this networking session, we’ll have a chance to have 1:1 conversations with each other. The goals of the session are to:

• Get to know each other
• Share lessons learned about how we overcome challenges doing scholarship
• Voice our concerns and questions about scholarship
• Create more community with other independent scholars

Session 1: 
Date: Nov 4, 2021
Time: 8:00-9:00 PM US Eastern Time / 00:00-01:00 UTC
In your local time     Add to calendar
Register here to receive meeting link.  

Session 2: 
Date: Nov 5, 2021
Time: 10:00-11:00 AM US Eastern Time / 14:00-15:00 UTC
In your local time     Add to calendar
Register here to receive meeting link. 

You can always find these links pinned (little push pin) at the top of the relevant Working Group channel (#wg-) on Slack.