From: <tara_at_email.protected>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 13:43:55 +1000 (EST)

Hi Aus-VO people,

as you can see below we are planning to run a summer school aimed
at students and postdocs, in Feb next year. Although it is strongly
focused on practical techniques, we would like to have one short session
discussing current Aus-VO projects. If anyone is interested in speaking in
this session, please let me know.

Tara

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                      FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
                     Aus-VO Summer School
    Computational skills and techniques for modern astronomy

                School of Physics / School of IT
                    The University of Sydney
                   February 19th - 21st 2007

Computational techniques are becoming increasingly important in
astronomy. In order to support the development of such techniques
in our current and future generation of astronomers, we are hosting
a Summer School that will provide an introduction to a selection of
common tools and techniques that we believe can facilitate and
enhance research productivity. The Summer School will consist of
lectures and practical exercises. All exercises will be tailored
specifically to astronomy applications.

The intended audience is postgraduate students and other interested
astronomers. Honours students are also welcome to attend.
This is a great opportunity to develop or update your IT skills!

Topics include:

        * Introduction to programming in Python
        * Scientific Python
        * Advanced Unix skills - scripting, regular expressions
        * Version control with Subversion
        * Writing CGI scripts
        * Querying databases with SQL
        * Creating databases with MySQL
        * Introduction to XML and web services
        * Doing science with the Virtual Observatory

There will be a range of presenters from astronomy and IT, including:

       James Curran USyd (School of IT)
       Alan Fekete USyd (School of IT)
       Andrew Hopkins USyd (School of Physics)
       Malte Marquarding ATNF
       Vince McIntyre ATNF
       Chris Miller NOAO
       Tara Murphy USyd (School of Physics / School of IT)

Expressions of interest:

     Please send email to tara_at_physics.<!--nospam-->usyd.edu.au if you'd like to
     receive subsequent announcements, and to help us get a preliminary
     idea of the level of interest. This will ensure you remain on our
     email distribution list.

     Registration will open in late October and will cost $30 which covers
     morning/afternoon tea and lunch for the three days. Travel assistance
     may be available for students coming from outside Sydney.

     Participants should bring their own laptop to work on. Windows,
     Mac OS and Linux will be supported, and the relevant software will
     be provided for download beforehand.

Important Dates:

     3rd October 2006 First Announcement
                                 (expressions of interest)
     Late October 2006 Registration opens
     January 2007 Registration closes
     19th - 21st February 2007 Aus-VO Summer School

The Local Organising Committee is:

     Tara Murphy tara_at_physics.<!--nospam-->usyd.edu.au
     Andrew Hopkins ahopkins_at_physics.<!--nospam-->usyd.edu.au
     Paul Hancock hancock_at_physics.<!--nospam-->usyd.edu.au
     James Curran
     Anne Green

please contact us if you have any enquiries.

More information is available on the website:
     http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/astrop/ausvoss

This site will be updated as the schedule and other details are
finalised, so keep an eye on it. A second announcement will follow
in the next month with further information.
Received on 2006-10-03 13:44:13