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Category Archives: Events
The Famelab Experience
Gazing out at the crowd of 960 people, mostly teenagers, the thought occurred to me that standing alone on a big stage, attempting to entertain such a large crowd of people with science might not be everyone’s cup of tea. … Continue reading
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FameLab and Radio script successes for Michelle
Congratulations to Michelle Knights who has won both the South African leg of the FameLab competition and first prize in the broadcast category of the Young Science Communicators Competition for her radio script called “The Great Debate”, a dramatised version of the real … Continue reading
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Radical Research VI – Thinking outside the box with a 3D poster
Perhaps I am unusual but I find poster sessions some of the most deeply frustrating sessions at conferences. I can see people have (usually) put a lot of work into their posters but I find them impossible to read given … Continue reading
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Journal Science honors ‘universe awareness’ with award
A Web site that aims to inspire young children by teaching them about the immensity of the universe and the wonder of the night sky has won the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE). “The Web site is … Continue reading
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Sichel Medal for Melvin Varughese
Our very own Melvin Varughese has been awarded the 2010 Herbert Sichel Medal! The medal rewards the best statistics paper published the previous year in a peer-reviewed journal by a South African statistician. The medal came into existence in 1997 … Continue reading
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Recent advances in Bayesian cosmological model building – colloquium by Roberto Trotta
On the 30th of March, AIMS hosted the second seminar of the Joint Western Cape Astronomy/Cosmology Seminar series, which was a talk by Roberto Trotta on Bayesian cosmological model building. Roberto began by introducing the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMB) … Continue reading
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Art-Science Workshop in Sutherland
What is art-science? Is it just technology applied to the arts? Is it a scientific process that gives rise to something beautiful? These are some of the questions that a group of artists and scientists addressed at the first workshop … Continue reading
Carolina appointed AIMS NEI Director for Academic Development
Carolina Ödman, who has been with us as an SKA-funded post-doctoral fellow following her wonderful work developing the Universe Awareness project, has been appointed to the prestigious position of Director of Academic Development in the AIMS Next Einstein Initiative (NEI) … Continue reading
ACT/PIRE Workshop in Umhlanga, 27-29 January
In January, Bruce and I headed to Umhlanga, Durban to attend a conference hosted by our cosmology colleagues at UKZN. The conference was an opportunity for people from the ACT collaboration to present their latest work and future plans. It … Continue reading
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Real-Time Cosmology seminar by Claudia Quercellini
Our Monday seminar this week was a fascinating look at real-time cosmology, which is about observing the cosmos change on human timescales, typically around a decade. Although the work is still theoretical at this point, awaiting bigger, better and more … Continue reading
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Patrice wins ‘Best PhD Astronomy Presentation’ at the SKA Conference
Patrice Okouma won the prize for the best presentation in the PhD Astronomy category at the annual SKA Project Postgraduate Bursary Conference held recently at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies. The conference hosted all beneficiaries of an SKA bursary … Continue reading
Group getaway in September
We went on a 3-day getaway in the Western Cape in September 2010 where we conceptualised and filmed various cool, unusual illustrations of cosmological and scientific ideas. This ‘making-of’ video captures the spirit of the getaway.
