IanHuston.net http://www.ianhuston.net Compactified Realisations Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:57:00 +0000 en hourly 1 Subscribe with My Yahoo!Subscribe with NewsGatorSubscribe with My AOLSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with NetvibesSubscribe with GoogleSubscribe with PageflakesSubscribe with Live.com Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-03-01 http://www.ianhuston.net/2010/02/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-03-01-2 http://www.ianhuston.net/2010/02/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-03-01-2#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:57:00 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhuston.net/2010/02/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-03-01-2
  • QMUL cosmology postdoc Laila Alabidi is giving a seminar in Imperial College this Friday at 1pm http://bit.ly/bPfGlq #
  • On the way to Lancaster for one day UK Cosmology meeting. Adam Christopherson from QMUL giving a talk. http://ukcosmo.info #
  • RT @Paul_Crowther: S&T ctte session with @LordDrayson tomorrow on science funding cuts & hopefully #stfc fix. http://tinyurl.com/ya3rbmb #
  • RT @guardianscience: Simon Singh in court to appeal ruling over Guardian article http://bit.ly/agD0fV #
  • RT @guardianscience: Funding cuts will lead to brain drain from UK, warns senior US scientist http://bit.ly/cp8oXz #
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  • QMUL cosmology postdoc Laila Alabidi is giving a seminar in Imperial College this Friday at 1pm http://bit.ly/bPfGlq #
  • On the way to Lancaster for one day UK Cosmology meeting. Adam Christopherson from QMUL giving a talk. http://ukcosmo.info #
  • RT @Paul_Crowther: S&T ctte session with @LordDrayson tomorrow on science funding cuts & hopefully #stfc fix. http://tinyurl.com/ya3rbmb #
  • RT @guardianscience: Simon Singh in court to appeal ruling over Guardian article http://bit.ly/agD0fV #
  • RT @guardianscience: Funding cuts will lead to brain drain from UK, warns senior US scientist http://bit.ly/cp8oXz #
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  • Got tkts for libel fundraiser featuring @bengoldacre @daraobriain @marcusbrig @ComedianEdByrne @timminchin @robinince http://bit.ly/c47qSm #
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  • Got tkts for libel fundraiser featuring @bengoldacre @daraobriain @marcusbrig @ComedianEdByrne @timminchin @robinince http://bit.ly/c47qSm #
    • ]]>     http://www.ianhuston.net/2010/02/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-02-22/feed 0     Next UK Cosmo meeting http://www.ianhuston.net/2010/02/next-uk-cosmo-meeting http://www.ianhuston.net/2010/02/next-uk-cosmo-meeting#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:58:46 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhuston.net/?p=158 The next UK Cosmology meeting is taking place in Lancaster on the 24th February. These meetings provide an opportunity to find out what other cosmologists around the country are doing and to establish and cement working relationships.

    The deadline for registering your interest in attending or giving a talk is tomorrow the 16th. Funding is being provided for travel costs and PhD students and postdocs are especially encouraged to apply to speak. More information about the programme and location is on the meeting webpage.

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  • RT @NatureNews: The future of European research http://ff.im/-fFkVM Article on new (Irish) EU research commisioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn #
  • RT @bengoldacre …only 2 good days in research: day u have idea, and day paper is published. rest=slog #
  • Tory science spokesman @AdamAfriyie says "major science budget cuts are inevitable" http://bit.ly/98p6xq http://bit.ly/c09KEQ #
  • RT @NatureNews: Nature's take on how to get a postdoc: Why some postdoc applications succeed and others suck eggs http://bit.ly/9y9j1g #
  • Open University announces a Linux course for beginners http://bit.ly/9jGL2l #
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  • Interesting paper about commuting habits in London made using Oyster card data http://arxiv.org/abs/1001.4915 Via http://bit.ly/9VCOlC #
    • ]]>     http://www.ianhuston.net/2010/02/twitter-weekly-updates-for-2010-02-08/feed 0     New QMUL Cosmology Wiki http://www.ianhuston.net/2010/01/new-qmul-cosmology-wiki http://www.ianhuston.net/2010/01/new-qmul-cosmology-wiki#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:59:09 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhuston.net/?p=122 The Cosmology and Relativity Group in Queen Mary (where I work) have recently opened a new wiki to replace the old group pages which were rarely updated. Only group members are able to add and edit content but hopefully there is some useful information for anyone interested in the group.

    ]]>     http://www.ianhuston.net/2010/01/new-qmul-cosmology-wiki/feed 0     Cosmo09 roundup http://www.ianhuston.net/2009/09/cosmo09-roundup http://www.ianhuston.net/2009/09/cosmo09-roundup#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:48:35 +0000 Ian http://www.ianhuston.net/?p=91 The Cosmo09 conference took place last week in the picturesque surroundings of CERN with lots of talks, a lot of conversation and not a little French/Swiss beer. Videos of the plenary talks are now available and the slides of every talk (including the parallel sessions) are listed in the conference programme for each session. There are a few personal notes on the sessions in the FriendFeed group.

    My talk was on Thursday afternoon in the inflation session. The slides are here in pdf format and embedded below by SlideShare. Bear in mind that the talk was only 12 minutes long, and that I have opted for a minimalist approach so there is very little text per slide!

    Cosmo09 presentation
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    After last week’s Science Online London 2009 conference which I attended, I have been thinking about how to get fellow cosmologists to start interacting online. I am not sure whether anyone else will use it but I have started using the hashtag #cosmo09 on twitter and have created a FriendFeed room for the conference. There might not be much activity, but if people do want to use these tools, at least they will have somewhere to start.

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