[ASA] Astroinformatics Summer School 2013 - Closing date for registration 15 January 2013

[Kate Brooks]

Astroinformatics Summer School 2013
	
We invite researchers working in Astrophysics to attend the
ASA/ANITA Astroinformatics school, which will be held on the 18th-20th
February (before the ANITA workshop) at the University of Queensland.

The Astroinformatics School is a 3-day program of lectures and
tutorials designed to serve as an introduction to a wide range of IT
tools that are essential for the modern astronomer, especially PhD
students. These skills include programming, Unix scripting, database
construction and use, internet technologies and data mining. The program
is based on a first year IT course developed by James Curran and Tara
Murphy at the University of Sydney but with all the activities tailored
to astronomers. It includes online learning material, example code, and
lecture/tutorial notes.

One critical feature of the program is that all participants install
the required software onto their laptops, which they use throughout the
summer school. Most sessions are interactive, with the participants
following the examples Œlive¹. The advantage of this is that at the end
of the program they can continue to use all the software (e.g.
scripting, databases etc) that they have been working on.

There will be a AUD 110 fee to attend the Summer School, but this
will be waived for students. We also have some limited funds to support
the travel of students who have no alternative travel funding. If you
wish to apply for such funding, please let us know when you register.

The closing date for registration is 15th January 2013.

http://www.smp.uq.edu.au/anitaworkshop2013/?page_id=30