“Science in Cyberspace” Public Lecture

Professor S. George Djorgovski will present a free public lecture  “Science in Cyberspace” on Tuesday, December 13 at 8:00 p.m. in  Hameetman Auditorium (Cahill Building) at Caltech. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

Abstract:

Science, scholarship, and education are being transformed by the advances in computation and information technology. Much of the scholarly work, including data, tools for their exploration and  theoretical modeling, literature, and collaboration tools, are now moving to virtual environments. The exponential growth of data  volumes, and the simultaneous increase in the data complexity offer both new scientific opportunities and new challenges for knowledge discovery in massive and complex data sets and data streams. We are
now developing new methodologies for scientific research in the 21st  century.

Bio:

S. George Djorgovski is a Professor of Astronomy at Caltech. He is the author or coauthor of several hundred scientific publications, including about 250 in refereed journals. He was one of the founders of the Virtual Observatory framework, and the emerging field of AstroInformatics. Professor Djorgovski’s scientific interests include observational cosmology, origins and evolution of galaxies and quasars, digital sky surveys, development of the methodology for a computationally enabled, data-intensive science for the 21st century, and many other topics.

This lecture is sponsored by the Keck Institute for Space Studies and will be videotaped. A Caltech map to the lecture location is available here.