Monthly Archives: August 2010

Events and group day shuffling

Posted on August 30, 2010 by cosmoaimsblog

This is an exciting week. Not only are we finalising the preparations for the group getaway this week-end at Avalon Springs in Montagu, but we have exciting visitors. Firstly, the group day has been changed to Wednesday. Now, about the … Continue reading →

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Yabebal Fantaye’s talk at SAAO on Aug 19, 2010

Posted on August 23, 2010 by cosmoaimsblog
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The shake and break approach to research

Posted on August 17, 2010 by cosmoaimsblog

Bruce Bassett, AIMS, 10 August 2010 Research is hard. As a young researcher one arrives at the shore of accumulated wisdom of everyone who has gone before and in the context of academic research that ocean is made up of … Continue reading →

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Upcoming events

Posted on August 5, 2010 by carolune

Click on the Google calendar buttons to add these events to your calendar: – African School of Physics, STIAS, Aug 1 – 21 – Group retreat at Avalon Springs in Montagu, Sept 5 – 7 – South African Gravity Society … Continue reading →

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Yabebal Tadesse Fantaye

Posted on August 5, 2010 by cosmoaimsblog

I am from Ethiopia, born and educated at the Capital city of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa. I did my undergraduate in the department of Physics at Addis Ababa University. I completed my Honours and Masters in the University of Cape Town … Continue reading →

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Papers mentioned this week

Posted on August 4, 2010 by carolune

This is a list of the papers discussed this week. Feel free to add them to your Mendeley library, or you can subscribe directly to the public Journal Club collection in Mendeley. Horava-Lifshitz Cosmology: A Review, Shinji Mukohyama. If space … Continue reading →

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Group meeting 02 August

Posted on August 3, 2010 by carolune

Yesterday was the first group meeting and features a news round-up, discussion of some interesting papers and an update on the next group outing! News Roundup: 1. We got an update on the status of the PAU survey, a project … Continue reading →

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