Slightly off topic although the free super computing lecture below might interest some of you. I like the way that Swinburne Astronomy use GoogleForms to book their lectures, very smart idea :-)<br><br>Keep your eyes on the western sky after sunset over the next week. There is a great looking display of planets shuffling about. If you can snap and share some photographs, you will enjoy their movement around the sky as they change places. Won't happen again until 2040 when Semantic Internet 3.0 and IPV7 is replaced with the open galactic standards imposed on us by the United Federation of Planets.<br>
<br>Here is a link from Paul Floyd via the cool oz-teachers list: <a href="http://nightskyonline.info/">http://nightskyonline.info/</a><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Regards Roland<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
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Date: Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:04 PM<br>Subject: Swinburne free public lecture<br>To: <a href="mailto:ethackray@swin.edu.au" target="_blank">ethackray@swin.edu.au</a><br><br><br>
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<div>Greetings all</div>
<div>Please click on the link <a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFBncFA2THRkVTNyeDdyMjRFWWtTcEE6MQ" target="_blank">http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFBncFA2THRkVTNyeDdyMjRFWWtTcEE6MQ</a> for the online booking form to register for our next free public lecture which will be presented by Dr Chris Fluke on:</div>
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<div><b>Date</b>: Friday 20 August</div>
<div><b>Time</b>: 6.20 pm for a 6.30 start</div>
<div><b>Venue</b>: Swinburne University, Hawthorn Campus, BA Building, <b>BA201</b> (see attached map)</div>
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<div><b>Presenter:</b> Dr Chris Fluke, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing</div>
<div><b>Title</b>: <font face="Arial">From Games to Galaxies</font><br></div><b></b>
<div><b>Abstract</b>: <b><br></b>While you may think of the telescope as being the most important piece of equipment available to astronomers, the one item that no modern astronomer can afford to be without is a computer. Whether collecting, analysing, simulating or visualising data, astronomers require access to ever more powerful computing facilities - either at dedicated supercomputing facilities or on their desktop. In the last few years, an unexpected, new, low-cost piece of computing technology has appeared: the Graphics Processing unit (GPU). Driven by the multi-billion dollar worldwide computer games market, these devices are starting to be used to significantly accelerate the rate of astronomy computation. In this talk, I will introduce this exciting new world of GPU-powered astronomy, which is taking us From Games to Galaxies.</div>
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<div><b>Bio:</b></div>
<div>Dr Chris Fluke is a Senior Lecturer at the Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, where he has worked for over a decade. His main research interests are in astronomy visualisation and advanced computation for astronomy, with an emphasis on new ways for astronomers to understand complex, multi-dimensional datasets. He is a member of the <br>
Commonwealth Cosmology Initiative (CCI) - a major project funded by the Australian Research Council that aims to enhance Australia's expertise in computational cosmology. As part of the CCI, Chris is working on new techniques for studying gravitational lensing using graphics processing <br>
units (GPUs). Chris is a keen science communicator and astronomy educator, and he holds the position of Public Outreach Coordinator for the Centre.</div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFBncFA2THRkVTNyeDdyMjRFWWtTcEE6MQ" target="_blank">http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFBncFA2THRkVTNyeDdyMjRFWWtTcEE6MQ</a></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b><i>Please click on the link above to register by Wednesday 18 August</i></b>. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial;">kind regards</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: Arial;">liz</span></div>
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<div>Liz Thackray<br>Centre Administrator<br>Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing</div>
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