2022 August 16: Protocol Labs Seminar

Event: Protocol Labs Research Seminar
Speaker: Jeff Tsao (Sandia National Labs)
Host: Liam O'Hagan
Date/Time: 2022 August 16, 1-2 pm EDT
Title: The Nature and Nurture of Research: A Modern Synthesis
Abstract: Research is complex, fragile, and easily misunderstood. Scientific advance doesn’t always precede, it often follows, engineering advance. Answering questions isn’t always the goal, finding questions often is. We don’t always seek to strengthen conventional wisdom, sometimes we seek to surprise it. What if we could rethink research so that its nurturing, through policy and management, harmonizes with its nature? In this talk, we give an overview of a such a rethinking, as outlined in a new book, “The Genesis of Technoscientific Revolutions: Rethinking the Nature and Nurture of Research.”
Link to Video Recording: Link
Link to Protocol Labs Research Seminar Series: Link

2022 April 28: C-EENRG Thursday Seminar

Event: Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG) Thursday Seminar Series
Speaker: Venky Narayanamurti (Harvard University)
Hosts: Qi Li and Sergey Kolesnikov
Date/Time: 2022 April 28, 3 pm UK time (10 am EDT in the US)
Title: Rethinking the Nature and Nurture of Discovery Research
Abstract: Research, particularly on the “discovery” end of the R&D spectrum, is complex and easily misunderstood. Scientific advance doesn’t always precede, it often follows, engineering advance. Answering questions isn’t always the goal, finding questions often is. We don’t always seek to strengthen conventional wisdom, sometimes we seek to surprise it. What if we could rethink research so that its nurturing, through policy and management, harmonizes with its nature? Join us for a talk by Venky on his new book with Jeff Tsao, “The Genesis of Technoscientific Revolutions” (Harvard University Press, Nov 2021) addressing this question.
Link to Video Recording: Link

Speaker: Venky Narayanamurti (Harvard University)
Hosts: Paul Goldsmith and Shouleh Nikzad
Date/Time: 2022 Feb 24, 11 am PST
Title: Rethinking the Nature and Nurture of Discovery Research
Abstract: Research, particularly on the “discovery” end of the R&D spectrum, is complex and easily misunderstood. Scientific advance doesn’t always precede, it often follows, engineering advance. Answering questions isn’t always the goal, finding questions often is. We don’t always seek to strengthen conventional wisdom, sometimes we seek to surprise it. What if we could rethink research so that its nurturing, through policy and management, harmonizes with its nature? Join us for a talk by Venky on his new book with Jeff Tsao, “The Genesis of Technoscientific Revolutions” (Harvard University Press, Nov 2021) addressing this question.
WebEx Recording of Talk: Link

Duration: 1 hour 30 min
Date: 11/11/2021
Speaker: Venky Narayanamurti (Harvard University)
Facilitator: Jeff Tsao (Sandia National Labs)
Abstract: Research, particularly on the “discovery” end of the R&D spectrum, is complex and easily misunderstood. Scientific advance doesn’t always precede, it often follows, engineering advance. Answering questions isn’t always the goal, finding questions often is. We don’t always seek to strengthen conventional wisdom, sometimes we seek to surprise it. What if we could rethink research so that its nurturing, through policy and management, harmonizes with its nature? Join us for a conversation between co-authors Venky Narayanamurti and Jeff Tsao on their new book, “The Genesis of Technoscientific Revolutions” (Harvard University Press, November, 2021) addressing this question.
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