Spring 2009 Meetings:
Feb 13: Dr. David
W. Hogg, Associate Professor, Center for Cosmology and Particle
Physics, Dept. of Physics (email: david.hogg@nyu.edu), "Massive
Data Sets in Astrophysics Including Sloan Digital Sky Survey."
Dr. Hogg participates in and uses the very large Sloan Digital Sky Survey
and other large surveys. His group maintains and uses more than 30 Tb
of astronomical data. They do science with and create new data analysis
techniques for data sets of non-trivial size and complexity. They have
started a big project on automating astrometry, which is crucial for the next generation of enormous astrophysics projects.
Mar 13: Dr. William Horak, Chair,
Energy Sciences and Technology Department (email: horak@bnl.gov), "Integrated Planning for Energy Security and
Environmental Sustainability."
Apr 3: "Demo Derby," an evening of
non-stop demonstrations (5-8 minutes max.) If you want to participate,
just bring your demo along with clean-up equipment and your safety
apparel, and write your name on the board. Remember, it's quick, quick,
quick. You're not teaching, just showing what can be demonstrated in
the classroom.
All meetings are at NYU, Silver
Center Room 207, 32 Waverly Place (southeast corner Washington Sq.
East) Manhattan, NY 10003, Fridays at 7:15 PM
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