{"601521":{"#nid":"601521","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Will Evolution and Information Theory Provide the Fundamentals Of Physics?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.brown.edu\/academics\/physics\/news\/2017\/07\/welcoming-jim-gates-our-new-ford-foundation-professor-physics\u0022\u003ESylvester James Gates Jr.\u003C\/a\u003E will describe an arc in his\u0026nbsp;mathematical\/theoretical physics research that has traversed concept spaces from equations\u0026nbsp;to graphical imagery, to coding theory error-correction\u0026nbsp;and points toward evidence of an evolution-like\u0026nbsp;process possibly having acted on the mathematical laws\u0026nbsp;that describe reality.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nSylvester James Gates Jr.\u0026nbsp;was appointed Ford Foundation Professor of Physics at Brown University in 2017. He\u0026nbsp;also holds an appointment in the Department\u0026nbsp;of Mathematics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGates first joined the Brown community in fall 2016, as an inaugural Provost Visiting Professor. Earlier, he was Distinguished University Professor, University Regents Professor, John H. Toll Professor of Physics, and Director of the Center for Particle and String Theory at the University of Maryland.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGates received\u0026nbsp;the 2011 National Medal of Science and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He is\u0026nbsp;a fellow of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Physical Society.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe served on the Maryland State Board of Education and was a member of the President\u0026rsquo;s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). As a PCAST member, he was co-chair of the council\u0026#39;s\u0026nbsp;working group on STEM preeminence for the nation. He\u0026nbsp;co-authored a report to the President: \u0026rdquo;Prepare and Inspire K-12 Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) for America\u0026rsquo;s Future.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Frontiers in Science Lectures\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nLectures in this series are intended to inform, engage, and inspire students, faculty, staff, and the public on developments, breakthroughs, and topics of general interest in the sciences and mathematics. Lecturers tailor their talks for nonexpert audiences.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGates\u0026#39;s lecture is made possible by a collaboration between the College of Computing, the College of Sciences, and the School of Physics.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe lecture is cohosted by the College of Computing, the College of Sciences, and the School of Physics.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A Frontiers in Science Lecture by Sylvester James Gates Jr., Brown University"}],"uid":"34553","created_gmt":"2018-01-29 20:00:27","changed_gmt":"2018-02-23 14:09:50","author":"sniebuhr3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-02-26T18:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2018-02-26T19:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-02-26T19:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-02-26 23:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-02-27 00:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-02-27 00:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"601520":{"id":"601520","type":"image","title":"Jim Gates portrait","body":null,"created":"1517255267","gmt_created":"2018-01-29 19:47:47","changed":"1517255267","gmt_changed":"2018-01-29 19:47:47","alt":"","file":{"fid":"229270","name":"jamesgates.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jamesgates.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jamesgates.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1329591,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/jamesgates.jpg?itok=lntaCJSz"}}},"media_ids":["601520"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.superstringtheory.com\/people\/jgates.html","title":"String theory"},{"url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sylvester_James_Gates","title":"Sylvester James Gates Jr"}],"groups":[{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"960","name":"physics"},{"id":"168852","name":"Frontiers in Science Lecture"},{"id":"176969","name":"Sylvester James Gates"},{"id":"166937","name":"School of Physics"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"654","name":"College of Computing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003Esniebuhr3@gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}