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Displaying from Monday, September 18, 2017
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September 2017
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Monday 18 |
Ruby is a NAO robot, NAO is the world’s leading and most widely used humanoid robot for education, healthcare, and research. NAO is 58cm tall, autonomous, and fully programmable robot that can walk, talk and listen. Meet Ruby, see what she can do and explore the problem solving required when (...)
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Tuesday 19 |
13:00 - STAFF EVENT - DEMONSTRATION: Using Blackboard Mobile Compatible Tests : Event for mLearning Month - September 2017
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Are you aware of the mobile test creation tool which is compatible with the Blackboard Learn App? If not attend this demonstration using Blackboard’s Mobile Compatible Test as a feature for students to easily complete tests and surveys using their mobile devices.
There are many great (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Resource Extraction versus Environmental Protection: oil sands and caribou in Canada : 2017 Rio Tinto Lecture
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A public lecture by Professor Vic Adamowicz, Vice Dean, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences, and Professor, Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology, University of Alberta.
This case study will illustrate some of the challenges of endangered (...)
18:00 - CANCELLED - FREE LECTURE - Fish and Sharks... Marine Parks and our Oceans : Come share a research journey across Australia's top end
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Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.
We have unfortunately had to postpone our public lecture for extenuated circumstances. We are looking forward to organising another time soon to share our research findings.
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Fish and sharks ... marine (...)
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Wednesday 20 |
This paper argues that the literature on ‘norm death’ is both empirically and theoretically flawed. This literature has argued that a wide range of norms, such as the norm against torture, the norm requiring declarations of war, the norm against mercenary use, and the norm against unrestricted (...)
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Thursday 21 |
12:00 - EVENT - Bayliss Seminar Series : "Synthesis, Complexity and Systems Chemistry”.
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13:00 - STAFF EVENT - WORKSHOP: Recording Video Using Your Mobile Device : Event for mLearning Month - September 2017
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In this workshop gain practical hands on experience in creating high quality videos to engage, inspire and motivate students using your smartphone or tablet. You will learn how to plan, compose, record, and edit your video before having a chance to put your new skills into action in the field!
A public lecture by Tony Ballantyne, Professor of History and Pro-Vice Chancellor Humanities at the University of Otago, and Co-Director of the Centre for Research on Colonial Culture.
The links between British empire building and its shifting relationships with Europe have frequently (...)
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Friday 22 |
12:00 - EVENT - Bayliss Seminar Series : An Excursion to the Density Functional Theory Zoo: Insights for Electronic Ground and Excited States (2017 RACI Physical Chemistry Lectureship)
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16:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar 16:00 Fri 22/9/2017 Engineering LT2 G04: Jeroen Schillewaert
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Speaker: Jeroen Schillewaert (University of Auckland)
Title: Small maximal independent sets
Time and place: 16:00 Friday 22/09/2017 in Engineering LT2 G04 (NOTE unusual location)
Abstract: We study random constructions in incidence structures using a general theorem on set systems. Our (...)
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Monday 25 |
18:00 - EVENT - UWA Institute of Advanced Studies Special Event : Post-Memory: You’ve Mistaken Me for a Butterfly
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Performance maker Mayu Kanamori and artist Terumi Narushima present a live performance of their work You’ve Mistaken Me for a Butterfly. A multi-media presentation with piano accompaniment, Butterfly tells the story of Okin, a Japanese prostitute who travelled to the goldfields in Western (...)
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Tuesday 26 |
0:00 - EVENT - Women in Asia Conference, September 26-28, 2017 : Women in the Asian Century: Challenges and Possibilities
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The Women in Asia (WIA) Conference continues a tradition started by the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) Women’s Caucus (now Women’s Forum) in 1981.
This will be the first time this Conference has been held on the west coast, and it follows the UWA hosting of the Asian (...)
Forecasting is required in many situations: deciding whether to build another power generation planting the next five years requires forecasts of future demand; scheduling staff in a call centre next week requires forecasts of call volume; stocking an inventory requires forecasts of stock (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - Whoops: Aussie kids� dental decay reported as �somewhat inflated�. Ethical Dilemmas in Money, Research and Policy : School of Human Sciences (APHB) Seminar Series
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The Seminar: Modern research in public health can make substantial differences to millions of people. With this scale in change comes responsibility. Responsibility in ensuring high quality evidence-based decisions are made, resting on good, sound evidence. It brings substantive risk when (...)
13:00 - PRESENTATION - Advanced Literature Searching for Humanities and Social Sciences Researchers : Ensure that your literature searching is effective, efficient and thorough.
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Learn how to:
develop a search strategy;
identify relevant, scholarly information resources;
use tools and techniques to follow the published trail of research in your field,
and more.
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Wednesday 27 |
16:00 - CANCELLED - STAFF EVENT - Futures Enthusiasts Meet-Up (FEMU) : Event for mLearning Month - September 2017
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Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.
We regret to advise that unfortunately the ‘Futures Enthusiasts Meet-Up and Windows into Homelessness Experience’ event scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 27 September 2017 from 4pm to 5pm has been cancelled.
Apologies for (...)
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Thursday 28 |
Set on a lovely bush block in Mundaring, this Quiet Day provides some space to 'be alone' in the company of other UWA academics and professional staff with the intention of marking out some good quality thinking/reflection time.
There is no formal content to the day – no presentations (...)
13:00 - STAFF EVENT - PRESENTATION: Reflections on Flipping: A UWA Perspective : Event for mLearning Month - September 2017
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This will be a workshop based presentation drawing on Martin’s experience as “a flipper” and also on others from UWA that have been involved in a research project scoping student experiences in flipped classrooms. We will explore what the research shows as well as tips for shifting the focus (...)
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Friday 29 |
12:10 - EVENT - Bayliss Seminar Series : "Neuronal dynamics underlying traumatic brain injury”
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19:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - UWA Music presents: Aldo Di Toro : West Australian Opera Distinguished Artist Lecture Series
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As a young man, Aldo Di Toro made his debut in opera as Oronte
in Alcina for West Australian Opera at the Festival of Perth. He has sung with all the major opera companies in Australia, making his Opera Australia debut in 2007 singing Alfredo (La Traviata). Now living in Italy and performing (...)
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