The Meta Institute for Computational Astrophysics (MICA - http://mica-vw.org) has organized a workshop on Monday, Feb. 16. It’s open to the general public.
Date: Monday, Feb. 16, 2009
Location: The MICA small amphitheater at StellaNova (70,206,31)
SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/StellaNova/70/206/31
Schedule
Quick Link for the schedule: http://bit.ly/MICAws
All Times are SLT (SL Time = Pacific Time)
10:00 - 10:20 Piet Hut / Pema Pera (IAS & MICA): “From MODEST to
MICA, and from a Vax to virtual worlds: a personal perspective”
10:20 - 10:40 Roundtable discussion: reviewing the progress over the
past year
10:40 - 11:00 Steve McMillan / Lagrange Euler (Drexel & MICA), and
others: “Stellar Dynamics in VWs: A Progress Report”
11:00 - 12:00 Roundtable discussion: “Towards more general WV
environments: OpenSim, interoperability, and portability”
12:00 - 2:00 Lunch break
2:00 - 2:20 Adrienne Gauthier / Ourania Fizgig (U. Az. & IYA2009):
“International Year of Astronomy 2009”
2:20 - 2:30 Open discussion: “Broadening astronomy participation in SL”
2:30 - 2:50 David Pitman / Rez Tone (IBM): “Computational chemistry
and visualization in VWs: a progress report”
2:50 - 3:10 Open discussion: “How to advance and facilitate
interdisciplinary collaborations in SL and VWs?”
3:10 - 3:30 Coffee break
3:30 - 3:45 Matthew Graham / Matthew Grantham (Caltech & MICA):
“Looking to the future: semantic web and virtualization of knowledge
environments”
3:45 - 4:15 Open discussion: “The future of virtual worlds in a
broader context”
4:15 - 4:45 Roundtable discussion: “Art and science in SL”
4:45 - 5:00 George Djorgovski / Curious George (Caltech & MICA):
“Where next? The future of MICA, and science and scholarship in
virtual worlds”
5:00 Adjourn
Quick Link for the schedule: http://bit.ly/MICAws
