Public lecture at MIT about Einstein@Home
Submitted on 12 Oct 2010 13:36:22 UTC
Bruce Allen will give a public lecture about Einstein@Home at the MIT Astrophysics Colloqium today, Tuesday October 12th, at 16:00.
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Public lecture at MIT about Einstein@Home
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Ah, there's a key one ( my emphasis ):
DownUnda, we would call that the Collingwood Factor ( footy supporter ). Or even worse, The Saints ..... :-) :-)
Seriously, it'll be something like that, technical detail aside. I think we all have to some degree a type of 'team socket' inside us. But you have to find the right plug or motivator. The iconic Einstein name is a biggee for E@H, well it is for me. Pleasant tinkering would be number two. Learning, socialising world-wide, hobby-like distraction ... the list goes on. [ But the main thing is not to take it all too seriously, as online things can tend to be for some. ]
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
Was the speech recorded
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Was the speech recorded anywhere? I couldn't find anything like PIRSA for MIT, but my Google-fu is pretty weak.
RE: Ah, there's a key one (
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I think the socializing is an important one! If a project has lots of work but no one can interact with anyone people may crunch but they get excited and enthusiastic about the project, unless it gives sooo many credits that people will just crunch for that. Seti itself had a wonderful set of message boards for a very long time, then went thru a difficult time period where the Forum Admins kind of were in charge and made their own decisions and the System Admins let them. Hopefully things are better now, but I left during that difficult time period and won't go back.
Some projects, like Seti, also tweak our human interest as in 'are we alone'. Some projects, like Einstein, tweak our scientific interest in bigger things. In short I too would like to see his talk and see how he feels about how we got to where we are and where we are going.
RE: Was the speech recorded
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I'm sorry, as far as I know, the talk was not recorded or filmed. But I am thinking of recording a series of short video lectures about Einstein@Home, to make available on the Einstein@Home web site and on YouTube. Would you be interested?
Cheers,
Bruce
Director, Einstein@Home
RE: RE: Was the speech
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Yup, that would be great! I reckon contributors, potential as well as actual, would welcome first hand accounts from the founder and boss of the project. :-)
Cheers, Mike.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...
... and my other CPU is a Ryzen 5950X :-) Blaise Pascal
RE: I'm sorry, as far as
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I'd certainly watch them.
RE: RE: Was the speech
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YES!!!!!!!!! :-)
Kathryn :o)
Einstein@Home Moderator
I would certainly watch them
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I would certainly watch them :)
RE: RE: Was the speech
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Yes I too would watch them!
Me too.
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Me too.
Team Linux Users Everywhere
As would I :) I'm actually
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As would I :) I'm actually doing a (student) paper on Einstein@Home's search for pulsars, so the more information the better!
YES I will certainly watch !
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YES I will certainly watch !
I know its a lot of work to
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I know its a lot of work to do but that would be Great!
RE: RE: Was the speech
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Great idea.
I think Itunes U would also be a good distribution channel perhaps.
CU
HBE
RE: But I am thinking of
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Yes! It is a good idea!
RE: I think Itunes U would
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iTunesU is pretty good, but only for people with iTunes. If you do this, please also make them available to people outside of Apple's walled garden. Thanks!
Yes, I certainly would like
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Yes, I certainly would like to see such a video,
though i have never used ewe tube, tiunes or twit :)