Jon
9
Jon 9 is a digital artist and technologist who designs and programs complex display networks for art, entertainment, education and commerce. He started programming videowall systems in the 1980’s and has continued to aggressively explore the intersection of art and technology. He is currently based in Hollywood where he is developing the Virtularium – an immersive mega-resolution stereoscopic digital theatre.
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Scott
Aaronson
Scott Aaronson is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. He received his PhD in computer science from University of California, Berkeley and did postdocs at the Institute for Advanced Study and the University of Waterloo. Scott's research interests center around fundamental limits on what can efficiently be computed in the physical world.
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Zvi
Bern
Zvi Bern is currently Professor of Physics at UCLA. He received undergraduate degrees in physics and mathematics from MIT and a PhD in theoretical particle physics from UC Berkeley. He is widely known in theoretical physics for research into improved ways of calculating Feynman diagrams without using Feynman diagrams, offering new insights into quantum gravity and into experiments to be carried out at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
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Jimmy
Branly
Jimmy Branly, born in Havana, grew up in a rich musical environment of Cuban flavors. He began his studies at the Havana’s Conservatory of Music. At age 9, his father introduced him to rock, not a significant genre in Cuba. Deep Purple’s 1972 album, “Made in Japan”, captivated Jimmy and drew him into the world of music.
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Rich
Breen
Rich Breen has been working at the highest levels of professional audio for 25 years. Awarded a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester, he studied music at the Eastman School of Music, and then became Technical Manager at Chicago’s famous Universal Recording Studio in 1981. In 1989 he launched out as a freelance engineer.
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Sean
Carroll
Sean Carroll is a theoretical physicist at the California Institute of Technology. He received his Ph.D. in 1993 from Harvard University, and has previously worked at MIT, the Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Chicago. His research ranges over a number of topics in theoretical physics, focusing on cosmology, particle physics, and general relativity, with special emphasis on dark matter, dark energy, and the origin of the universe.
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Simon
Fölling
Simon Fölling studies quantum many-body systems, such as the ones found in magnetic and semiconducting materials, by using ultracold atomic gases. He started to work in the field when graduating from the University of Heidelberg, and subsequently during his PhD in Mainz, Germany and a postdoc at Harvard University. He is still so fascinated by this field that he now started a new project in the field at the University of Munich.
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Jeff
Marlow
Jeff Marlow is a graduate student in Geological and Planetary Sciences at the California Institute of Technology where hestudies exotic microbial metabolisms in an attempt to understand the limits of life on Earth and beyond. He has followed extreme life forms to acidic rivers, ice caves, deserts, the high Andes, and the deep ocean, and has worked on NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers and Phoenix Mars Lander.
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Lyle
Mays
Lyle Mays has been an integral part of the Pat Metheny Group since its inception in 1977, and has co-written much of the consistently engaging music for the multi-Grammy-winning group's albums. Lyle's sense of melody, crystal clear virtuosity and almost cinematic scope of orchestration has clearly distinguished the group's sound.
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Andrew
Pask
Andrew Pask, originally from New Zealand, plays clarinets and saxophones. He studied and played in his hometown of Wellington before heading to Hong Kong where he worked as a studio musician, performed on albums for Cantopop stars, and played jazz all over Asia. Since arriving in Los Angeles in 1999 he has become an integral part of its creative music scene.
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John
Preskill
John Preskill is the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology, and Director of the Institute for Quantum Information at Caltech. Preskill received his A.B. in physics in 1975 from Princeton, and his Ph.D. in physics in 1980 from Harvard.
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Bob
Rice
Bob Rice is a producer, guitarist, sound designer, and engineer, who has spent the past 30 years in LA and abroad, working in music, television, and film. Bob has worked as a synth programmer, sound designer, and audio engineer with Frank Zappa, Roger Waters, Michael Jackson, Bonnie Raitt, Lyle Mays, Chick Corea, Simon and Garfunkel, Bette Midler, Van Dyke Parks, Brian Wilson,
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Leonard
Susskind
Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Lenny has been a Professor of Physics at Stanford University since 1979; his research interests include string theory, quantum field theory, quantum statistical mechanics, and quantum cosmology.
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Kip
Thorne
Kip Thorne is a theoretical physicist, best known for his prolific contributions in gravitation physics and astrophysics and for having trained a generation of prominent scientists. A longtime friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, he was the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech, and one of the world’s leading experts on the astrophysical implications of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.
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Tom
Warrington
Tom Warrington is one of the busiest acoustic and electric bass players in LA. He began his career in New York City, playing for the Buddy Rich big band and trio. He has toured Europe extensively as a clinician and performer, and worked with many great N.Y. artists, including Stan Getz, Dave Liebman, and Hank Jones.
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