Date

Speaker

Title

Aug 26

Shardha Jogee

University of Texas at Austin

Organizational meeting. Cosmos Seminars are now being held from 3:30 - 4:30, starting one half hour later than in previous semesters.

Sept 2

Edward Robinson, Organizer

University of Texas at Austin

TA Meeting.

Sept 9

Speaker: TBD.

Affiliation: TBD.

No talk scheduled.

Sept 16

Speaker: TBD.

Affiliation: TBD.

No talk scheduled.

Sept 23

Speaker: TBD.

Affiliation: TBD.

No talk scheduled.

Sept 30

Speaker: TBD.

Affiliation: TBD.

No talk scheduled.

Oct 7

Speaker: TBD.

Affiliation: TBD.

No talk scheduled.

Oct 14

Speaker: TBD.

Affiliation: TBD.

No talk scheduled.

Oct 21

Laura Trouille

Northwestern University

"From Clicks to Publications: How to Crowdsource your Research Tasks." (host: Natalie Gosnell)

Processing our increasingly large datasets (e.g., image, audio, video, hyper spectral data, etc.) poses a bottleneck for producing real scientific outcomes. Citizen science - engaging the public in research - provides a solution, particularly when coupled with machine learning algorithms and sophisticated task allocation and retirement rules. Zooniverse is the most widely used and successful citizen science platform, with over 1.34 million volunteers worldwide and 37 active projects across the disciplines (including ecology, archaeology, climate science, oncology, physics, astronomy, and the humanities). To date, Zooniverse projects have produced over 100 peer-reviewed publications. Faced with a rapidly growing demand for citizen science projects, Zooniverse has launched a new "Project Builder" which allows you, the researcher, to build your own project in-house using the Zooniverse infrastructure and tools. In this talk I will provide an overview of Zooniverse innovations and open questions, as well as a brief tutorial on building your own crowdsourcing project.

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Oct 28

Jennifer Lyon

CNS Director of Strategic Research Initiatives

Amy Harding

CNS Research Program Coordinator

Funding Opportunities & Grant-Related Information

Nov 4

Natalie Gosnell, Raquel Martinez, & Sarah Tuttle

University of Texas at Austin

"Report on Findings from 'Inclusive Astronomy' meeting held in June 2015 at Vanderbilt University"

Nov 11

No talk scheduled.

Nov 18

Linda Reichl, Catherine Riegle-Crumb, Rebecca Bigler, Jennifer Glass, Tricia Berry, Shardha Jogee, Shelley Payne

University of Texas at Austin

Please attend "Women in Stem A Panel Discussion Across Social, Engineering and Natural Sciences" at 3:00 PM Avaya Auditorium, POB 2.302

Nov 25

Speaker: TBD.

Affiliation: TBD.

Title: TBA.

Dec 2

Adam Riess

Johns Hopkins Univerisity, and the Space Telescope Science Institute.

No talk scheduled, to avoid conflict with Public Talk by Adam Riess, DeVaucouleurs Medalist.