Programme
All talks are 12 min + 3 min for questions. The seminars will take place in the Duffield Lecture Theatre at Mount Stromlo Observatory.
November 27, 2009
9:00 - 9:30 Registration and tea + coffee (Duffield Building Foyer)
9:30 - 9:45 Welcome and Introductions (Duffield Lecture Theatre)
Session Chair: Christine Nicholls
9.45 - 10.00 Elizabeth Maunder (RSAA)
From B.C. to the BFG: Why we abbreviate
10.00 - 10.15 Justin Bray (Adelaide)
High-energy Astronomy - The 'A' series
10.15 - 10.30 Aditya Chopra (RSAA)
Rise to the top
10.30 - 11.00 Morning Tea and balloon launch with Mt Stromlo Staff (Possum Hall, AITC)
Session Chair: Simon Murphy
11.00 - 11.15 Melissa Ness (RSAA)
On This Day
11.15 - 11.30 Kyle DePew (Macquarie)
Wolf-Rayet Central Stars of Planetary Nebulae in the MASH Survey
11.30 - 11.45 Christina Blom (Swinburne)
GRaSPInGS: Getting ReAlly Small People INterested in Grownup Science
11.45 - 12.00 Tiago Pereira (RSAA)
IRIS, SDO and CRISP: following MR from MHD to CMEs
12.00 - 12.15 Peter Jensen (Swinburne)
Galaxy evolution and substructure in the X-ray cold front cluster A3667
12.15 - 12.30 Brendan Griffen (UQ)
Globular Cluster Formation within the Aquarius Simulation
12.30 - 1.30 BBQ lunch (CSO courtyard) (BYO money, vegetarian food available)
Session Chair: Melissa Ness
1.30 - 1.45 Kimberly Cullen (RSAA)
P.U.R.P.L.E.
1.45 - 2.00 Stephen Parker (UNSW)
Hunting for Brown Dwarfs in Corona Australis
2.00 - 2.15 Marc White (RSAA)
PARTIES. Procrastination: the ART of IntErrupting Study
2.15 - 2.30 Donna Burton (USQ)
A.C.N.E - the plague of hot adolescent stars
2.30 - 2.45 Patrick Scott (Stockholm)
PLUMs: when acronyms just don't quite make it
2.45 - 3.00 Holly Trowland (USyd)
The cosmic field of spinning dark matter halos (TCFoSDMH)
3.00 - 3.15 Ben Barsdell (Swinburne)
The future of computational astronomy: Turning the multi-core corner
3.15 - 3.45 Afternoon Tea (Possum Hall, AITC)
Session Chair: Marc White
3.45 - 4.00 David Nicholls (RSAA)
G.O.A.T.S
4.00 - 4.15 Jacinta Delhaize (UWA)
S.U.P.E.R.T.E.D and the Search for the Missing Gas
4.15 - 4.30 Shane Hengst (UNSW)
UNSW AOG
4.30 - 4.45 John Ching (USyd/AAO)
Age of MOBSTRS: Multi-OBject SpecTRoscopic Surveys
4.45 - 5.00 Michele Bannister (RSAA)
How do they name a dwarf planet? The mythological titles of KBOs, SDOs and assorted TNOs
5.00 Presentation of prizes and wrap-up
5.30 Dinner + drinks and Dance Your PhD performance (CSO Common Room)
