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Displaying from Wednesday, March 09, 2011
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March 2011
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Wednesday 09 |
8:45 - SEMINAR - Nutrient Management Forum 2011 : Forum on measuring, monitoring, modeling and management of nutrients in waterways.
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The Centre of Excellence for Ecohydrology is hosting a Nutrient Management Forum. With keynote speakers who are acknowledged experts in measuring, monitoring, modeling and management of nutrients in waterways, the forum is expected to attract participants from around Australia and from other (...)
12:00 - SEMINAR - Medical Research Seminar Series : Prof Geoff Laurent - Research into interstitial lung disease: new findings and future directions
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Professor Laurent is an alumni of the University of Western Australia. He is currently the Director of the Centre for
Respiratory Research at University College London and leads a team of scientists and physicians conducting research into basic aspects of lung inflammation and repair.
18:00 - PUBLIC TALK - Mapping the Subsurface : Combining Geological Understanding with Multiple Types of Measurements
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A free public lecture by Henning Omre, Professor in Statistics, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Trondheim.
Probability was originally ’the theory of gambling’ – later, the theory was developed to assess the uncertainty in (...)
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Thursday 10 |
This year the CMCA will be leading a WA-based consortium applying for funding through ARC LIEF to provide advanced X-ray micro-CT capabilities for local researchers mainly in the physical and geo-sciences.
To provide more information on the capabilities of the latest generation micro-CT (...)
16:00 - SEMINAR - Below-Ground Heterogeneity: A Constraint or a Degree of Freedom? : SESE Seminar Series
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Hydrological understanding is commonly synthesised into more or less complex mechanistic models, some of which have become “as inscrutable as nature itself” (Harte, 2002). Most of these models contain a number of unknown parameters, which have to be calibrated on past observations. This (...)
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Friday 11 |
9:00 - SEMINAR - A human neural stem cell model for the study of childhood medulloblastoma pathogenesis
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We live in a rapidly changing world. War and global warming mean that thousands of people worldwide are constantly crossing state boundaries or becoming stateless. Some have been stateless for generations. Australians are used to seeing the victims of the latest war or environmental tragedy on (...)
In Korban Lumpur, a recent video work by Susan Norrie and David Mackenzie, the artists have documented the devastating environmental and human tragedy caused by gas and oil drilling in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia. Rarely reported in the mainstream media, the artists will discuss the impact this (...)
13:00 - SEMINAR - The ERA - Results and Analysis, what does it mean for UWA : DVCR Robyn Owens' Lunchtime Seminar
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The Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative assessed research quality within Australia's higher education institutions using a combination of indicators and expert review by committees comprising experienced, internationally-recognised experts. Guest speakers, including an ERA panel (...)
14:15 - SEMINAR - DECRA Information Seminar : Guidance on applying for an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
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The Research Development Office will be presenting a seminar regarding the rules and how to write a winning application for an ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award.
15:00 - Colloquium - An anatomy of climate deception and denial
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Although more than 95% of relevant domain experts agree that human CO2 emissions are altering the world’s climate, a notable segment of the public rejects the scientific evidence. What factors contribute to this rejection? To provide a broader context for this psychological issue, I first analyze (...)
Open to all UWA staff and students, the Gallery’s Student Welcome provides a fantastic opportunity to view our latest exhibition, meet the artists, and enjoy drinks and canapés with friends and colleagues. RSVP by Monday 7 March to (08) 6488 3707 or email [email protected]
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Sunday 13 |
Over the past few years Bob Birch has travelled regularly to the West Bank, using his camera to document the people and events that he has encountered there. In this candid conversation with long-time friend and exhibition curator Dr Annette Pedersen, Bob discusses some of his experiences in the (...)
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Monday 14 |
6:00 - LAUNCH - PLAN WA: 100% Renewable Energy : Launch of Beyond Zero Emissions' Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan.
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Sustainable Energy Now are pleased to support the Launch of Beyond Zero Emissions' Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan with special guest speakers at the Perth Town Hall on Monday 14th March at 6pm.
This highly influential, ambitious proposal is a research collaboration between University (...)
13:00 - LECTURE - Who owns music and why should you care? : Public lecture
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In this most timely and relevant lecture, Anthony Seeger, Distinguished Professor of ethnomusicology and Director of the Ethnomusicology Archives at UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) will address issues in Intellectual Property and ethics from an ethnomusicological perspective. His (...)
13:00 - FREE LECTURE - School of Music presents: International Research Seminar - 'Who Owns Music and Why Should You Care?' Professor Anthony Seeger, UCLA
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World-renowned enthomusicologist, nephew of famous folk musician, Pete Seeger. The author addresses issues in Intellectual Property and ethics from an ethnomusicological perspective.
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - From Symbolic Mother to Public Protector: women working in corrective services : The Grace Vaughan Memorial Lecture 2011
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Criminal justice is a highly gendered arena. As criminal activity is overwhelmingly a male pre-occupation, organisational responses to it have been (though often implicitly) dominated by gender considerations. Women have always played a significant role in both the care and control of offenders (...)
18:00 - PUBLIC LECTURE - Medieval Edens: Gender, Power and Death in Paradise : CMEMS / PMRG Public Lecture
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This lecture considers what some of the greatest minds of the Middle Ages imagined life would have been like if the Fall from Eden had not occurred, and what those imaginations told them about life in their present existence. This harking-back to Paradise was essentially a search for origins: by (...)
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Tuesday 15 |
12:00 - SEMINAR - Groups and Combinatorics Seminar: Does every Cayley graph have a hamiltonian cycle?
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Groups and Combinatorics Seminar
Dave Morris (University of Lethbridge, Canada)
will speak on
Does every Cayley graph have a hamiltonian cycle?
at 12 noon in MLR2 on Tuesday 15th of March
Abstract: It was conjectured 40 years ago (...)
15:45 - SEMINAR - Physics Seminar : Using the Information in Experimental Observations to Develop and Test Quantitative Models
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When quantitative, usually nonlinear, models of observed phenomena are developed they are typically incomplete as many unknown parameters remain. Further to use the model to forecast future behaviour, one must accurately estimate the full state of the system when predictions begin and measurements (...)
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