Physics Friday Bulletin 2018-11-30

/ November 30, 2018

Research Software Forum – 17th December, 12-2pm

We will be hosting our second Research Software Forum.  This is a place for researchers to meet and exchange ideas on using software for research, how software can support/enhance research, programming practices that can aid research or anything else at the intersection of research and software.  This will take place on Monday 17th December from 12:00-14:00 in C36 in the Physics Building, light lunch will be provided so please register so we know numbers and dietary requirements.

The event is aimed at all researchers and postgraduates who meet ANY of the following criteria:

Do you use software in your research?

Do you write bits of code?

Do you supervise people who write code?

We will start with a short (15-20 min) key note talk given by Dr. Andrew Wharton from physics(title to be confirmed) and then have a series of lightning talks (3-5 minutes) on just about anything related to using software or computers for research. Please feel free to submit a talk.
Suggestions for talks include:

– a request for help with a programming issue / request for appropriate software / advice.
– a piece of software and how you use it in your research
– a module/library/package you have found helpful
– your git workflow
– some software that you think more people should use
– an introduction to concepts such as testing or debugging
– or even just something that you think might be useful for researchers using software to know.

If it is related to research, software, and computing then please submit something – if you think it could help someone, present it! These are not aimed to be comprehensive talks, but to start conversations (inside or outside the meeting).

To register please go to:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-software-forum-tickets-53132456608

You can see details of the previous event here:
http://wp.lancs.ac.uk/research-software-forum/rsf-i-22-11-2017/

Robin Long

 

Scouts Christmas Post

Stamps for the local Scouts Christmas Post and a collection box facility are available from Stephen Holt C504 Physics Electronics Workshop Ext 93648.
Stamps are priced at 30p each and the last collection date in the Department will be the Thursday13th December.

Stephen Holt

 

Condensed Matter Seminar

Physics C36
 Friday 30 November 2018
3:00pm to 4:00pm

Electron transport in InSb/Al_xIn_{1-x}Sb} quantum wells

Speaker: Dr. Phil Buckle

Sergey Kafanov

 

Condensed Matter Seminar

Physics C36
 Friday 7 December 2018
3:00pm to 4:00pm

Cathodoluminescence of III-nitride semiconductor nanostructures and devices

Speaker: Prof. Robert Martin

Sergey Kafanov

 

CancerCare Fundraising Ball

Friday 14th December – Lancaster Town Hall

“Two local dance organisations, Lancaster Lindy Circle and Bay Balboa, are co-hosting a Winter Swing Dance Ball with live music and a Strictly Come Dancing-style competition. The ball is 7pm-midnight on Friday 14th December and will be held in the Ashton Hall at Lancaster Town Hall. All proceeds will go to CancerCare North Lancashire and South Cumbria! Put on your Gatsby-style glad-rags, dig out your best dancing shoes and come to relive the glamour of the 1930s and 1940s, all for a great cause. You don’t need to be a dancer to come and enjoy this event – everyone is welcome and who knows, you might even pick up a dance step or two from our friendly Lancaster Swing Dancers!! Drinks are being provided by Lytham Fizz and cakes from Filbert’s. So, join us in aid of a great cause, and celebrate the 80th anniversary of swing music going mainstream. This will be a great festive night out, so why not bring along your family or workmates for a Christmas knees up?

Tickets should be bought in advance and are currently available at £25 (early bird price). They can be bought online from TicketSource (plus a booking fee) or, if you prefer, you can buy tickets directly from Chris Arridge (c.arridge@lancaster.ac.uk) or Gabbi Burley (g.burley@lancaster.ac.uk) – just get in touch!

Chris Arridge

 

IOP Institute of Physics – Lancashire and Cumbria Branch

Lancashire Lecture Programme 2018 – 2019

  • 12 Dec 2018 – Lancaster – Pluto’s ‘desert’: Methane ice dunes on a glacier on an airless world – Dr Matt Telfer (Plymouth) – CHANGE OF VENUE – Now in Physics A7
  • 16 Jan 2019 – Preston – The Physics of Thunderstorms Prof Paul Hardaker (IOP)
  • 15 Feb 2019 – Lancaster – Mercury – first rock from the Sun – Dr Suzie Imber (Leicester) – Note this is a Friday talk.
  • 13 Mar 2019 – Preston – What we can learn from Gaia about the origin and structure of galaxies – Prof James Binney (Oxford)
  • 10 April 2019 – Lancaster – Galaxy formation and evolution: nature vs nurture – Dr David Sobral (Lancaster)
  • 15 May 2019 – Preston – Asteroseismology: A New Keplerian Revolution Prof Don Kurtz (UCLan)
  • 12 June 2019 – Lancaster – Infinite Differences: Lessons on Diversity from Women in Physics – Dr Frankie Doddato (Lancaster)

Start Times: 18:00 (refreshments) for 18:30

Venues:

  • Preston: Lecture Theatre 2 or 3, Foster Building, University of Central Lancashire
  • Lancaster: Cavendish Colloquium Room, Faraday Lecture Theatre Complex, Lancaster University

Chris Bowdery

 

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