# Radcliffe on the Road #### calendar\_today Date and Time **November 2, 2021** 04:00PM - 04:00PM EDT #### pin\_drop Location **Zoom** [ Register arrow\_circle\_right ](https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SyO8OCIoRPWorWd1gDADdQ) Join the Harvard Radcliffe Institute for a panel discussion on "Speaking with Whales." Join the Harvard Radcliffe Institute for a panel discussion on "Speaking with Whales." 2017–2018 Radcliffe fellows David Gruber, Michael Bronstein, and Shafi Goldwasser convened in 2019 an exploratory seminar at Harvard Radcliffe Institute titled “Novel Ways to Non-invasively Visualize/Characterize/ Decipher the Sonic Communication of Marine Mammals.” From this, the group formed Project CETI (Cetacean Translation Initiative) with the mission to study communication among highly intelligent sperm whales to understand the species on a new level. Using state-of-the-art non-invasive robotics to capture sounds and apply advanced machine learning to decode recordings, researchers now have the tools to look for deep structure in whales’ communication systems. Speakers **Tomiko Brown-Nagin**, dean of Harvard Radcliffe Institute, Daniel P.S. Paul Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School, professor of history in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and chair of the Presidential Committee on Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery **David Gruber** RI ‘18, President Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, City University of New York **Michael Bronstein** RI ‘18, professor and chair of machine learning and pattern recognition, Department of Computing, Imperial College London **Shafi Goldwasser** RI ‘18, director, Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing and C. Lester Hogan Chair and Professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley; RSA Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology [Register](https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SyO8OCIoRPWorWd1gDADdQ) in advance. Visit [the event page](https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2021-speaking-with-whales-virtual) for more information. Contact: See also:- [ Ecology & Biodiversity ](/research-areas/ecology-and-biodiversity) - [ Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study ](/school/radcliffe-institute-advanced-study) Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://www.environment.harvard.edu/node/1416701/event-feed.ics) Copy link link