From gayandhi.desilva at aao.gov.au Mon Mar 14 19:17:18 2016 From: gayandhi.desilva at aao.gov.au (Gayandhi De Silva) Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 19:17:18 +1100 Subject: [ASA] =?utf-8?q?First_Announcement=3A_Galactic_Archaeology_and_St?= =?utf-8?q?ellar_Physics=2C_21-25_November=2C_Shine_Dome=2C_Canberr?= =?utf-8?q?a?= Message-ID: <66ac-56e67380-f-444b0e00@113038159> ====================================================================== First Announcement 2016 Fredrick and Elizabeth White Research Conference Galactic Archaeology and Stellar Physics: Understanding the origins of the Galaxy and its stellar content 21-25 November 2016 - The Shine Dome, Canberra, Australia Scientific Rationale: Galactic Archaeology aims at unveiling the Milky Way?s history by studying the fossil record preserved in stellar light. Large surveys are targeting samples of 10^5 to 10^6 stars to measure their chemical compositions. Together with distances, ages, 3D velocities and orbits, the chemical information will have a revolutionary impact on understanding galaxy formation. Stellar physics combines the observations with theoretical interpretations on the structure of stars. This knowledge is essential to decipher the observed chemical patterns within the Galaxy?s stellar populations. Major new developments in stellar physics have a direct impact on understanding the observational data. This conference will bring together world-leading experts on Galactic Archaeology and Stellar physics in order to exploit the wealth of information provided by new and on-going surveys of the Galaxy. Registration opens on 15 March 2016 Deadline for Abstract Submission: 15 July 2016 For further details and registration please see the meeting website: www.aao.gov.au/conference/gasp16 Please direct all queries to gasp16 at aao.gov.au ====================================================================== From ahassan at swin.edu.au Thu Mar 17 11:31:01 2016 From: ahassan at swin.edu.au (Amr Hassan) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:31:01 +0000 Subject: [ASA] gSTAR Data Science Tutorial - Introduction to SQL - Beginner Level Message-ID: Dear all, The gSTAR Data Science Tutorial Series aims to provide researchers with a range of High Performance Computing, e-Research, and coding skills. These tutorials are free and open to any Australian-based researcher. The second tutorial of this series will be: Introduction to SQL Tuesday 22nd March 2016 ? 1PM to 2:30 PM (ADST) By: Amr H. Hassan ? Swinburne University of Technology Location: Hawthorn Campus ? Virtual Reality Theatre - AR104 (Directions http://goo.gl/KDILPf ) We will broadcast this tutorial via GoToMeeting. Access information will be provided for registered users closer to the time of the tutorial. Topics to be covered: ? Introduction to Relational Database ? Basic Database design concepts ? Data Definition with SQL ? Data Manipulation with SQL ? SQL Examples and use-cases. This session is for beginners and designed for users with NO SQL experience. Please bring your laptop (with eduroam wifi enabled). Please register at: http://goo.gl/forms/dlHdn5SmVB (use your Academic Email in the registration). This series of tutorials is sponsored by Swinburne University of Technology, the Australian Government (via the NCRIS Fund), and Astronomy Australia Limited (AAL). Best Regards, Dr. Amr H. Hassan gSTAR Projects and Engagement Support Leader Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing Swinburne University of Technology H29, PO Box 218, Hawthorn, VIC 3122, Australia Phone: +61-3-9214-8546 Fax: +61-3-9214-8797 http://amrhassan.website -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: