Upcoming Professional Events

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Contents 1 Professional Seminars 2 ReLam Workshops 3 The MODEST workshop : Stellar Dynamics in A Virtual Universe 4 The MICA Computational Science Discussion Group

Please also see the Events page for recurring events.

Professional Seminars

See the page on Professional Seminars for more information about these, and a list of past seminars. These are held at the MICA small amphitheater http://slurl.com/secondlife/StellaNova/75/210/31

Speakers: Rob Knop has a page with information and advice about giving a talk in Second Life.

• Friday, May 21 at 10:00 AM SLT/PDT
  • Seminar- Greg Boyd
    Virtual Property Law - So Simple a Computational Astrophysicist Can Understand It. at 10am SLT, MICA small amphitheater

Virtual property is a critical revenue source for a new generation games and virtual worlds across all platforms. However, there are certain business models that have serious legal implications associated with gambling, sweepstakes, and securities regulation. In addition, there are a variety of ways to structure the ownership of virtual property by players and each of these types of ownership have different legal consequences. In this talk, we will discuss a variety of models as well as the legally sensitive areas companies should avoid when designing virtual property systems.

• Friday, May 28 at 10:00 AM SLT/PDT
  • Seminar- Jean-Claude Bradley (Drexel University)
    TBA at 10am SLT, MICA small amphitheater

• Friday, TBA at 10:00 AM SLT/PDT
  • Seminar- Professor Giuseppe Longo (University of Napoli)
    TBA at 10am SLT, MICA small amphitheater

• Friday, TBA at 10:00 AM SLT/PDT
  • Seminar- Professor Giuseppe Longo (University of Napoli)
    TBA at 10am SLT, MICA small amphitheater

• Date TBA at 10:00 AM SLT/PDT
  • Seminar - Jonathan Mitchell (IAS-Princeton) Saturn's moon Titan: Earth's strange analog at 10am SLT, MICA small amphitheater

ReLam Workshops

Relocatable Laboratories in the Metaverse is a weekly workshop that talks about science in virtual worlds and the interoperability of virtual worlds. Each week, we invite in a speaker to give their expertise or perspective on these issues, talking for 10-15 minutes. General questions and discussion follows. This event is designed for scientists of all types, but is also of general interest to people interested in technology in general.

• Wednesday November 18 at 9:00 AM SLT/PDT
  • Workshop Title: Relocatable Laboratories in the Metaverse TBA Speaker:Chris Carella (SL name: ), Electric Sheep, Location: Kira Dome, http://slurl.com/secondlife/BaikUn/242/151/251/ (West) and http://slurl.com/secondlife/Ulreung/26/176/251/ (Kira Dome East)

The MODEST workshop : Stellar Dynamics in A Virtual Universe

Wednesdays at 6AM SLT / 14:00 UT in the MICA Auditorium.

See also the MODEST wiki and the workshop schedule there.

The MICA Computational Science Discussion Group

This is a discussion group interested in the issues of computational science and immersive scientific data visualization in VWs. The group meets every Tuesday at 10 am SLT in the MICA Conference Room on StellaNova, unless announced otherwise. Please contact George Djorgovski if you'd like to be added to the mailing list.

• Tuesday, January 26
  • Julian Lombardi (Duke University) and collaborators will lead the discussion on the technical

and strategic aspects of the Open Cobalt approach.