Life's full of tough decisions - which camera to win?
The Graduate Research School announced today that a prize will be awarded for the most interesting blog appearing on myResearchSpace.
The blog that records the most reads and comments between now and the
next Graduate Research Induction (March 2007) will receive a new model
compact digital camera.
Since all blogs tend to accumulate reads the longer they are there, we
will weight reads:comments in the proportion 20:80. So if you think
someone's blog is really good, get in there and join the conversation.
Each year we hold two Induction ceremonies for the incoming candidates:
one in March and one in August. They are a combination of serious info
and partying. Each Induction has a quiz prize that's fought out
between the new candidates there; it's usually an iPod, given to the
candidate who's quiz answer sheet is the first correct entry
drawn.
But it's nice to have some of the candidates who are further into their
research there too, and at the August Induction we announce the prizes for the best publications.
It will be good to balance that now with a prize at the March
Induction, open to all candidates who have been enrolled at least at
some time between now (November 2nd) and March 1st 2007. (So if you are
currently enrolled and submit your thesis before Christmas, you'll
still be eligible.)
The question is, though, which camera? We thought a digital camera
would be a good blogging accessory. I'm prepared to spend up to $500 -
what's your preferred make and model?
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About robyn.owens
I started my academic life doing a BSc (Hons) in Mathematics at UWA before going to Oxford to complete an MSc and a DPhil, also in Mathematics. I then spent three years in Paris at l'Université de Paris-Sud, Orsay, continuing research in mathematical analysis and going to lots of movies before returning to UWA to work as a research mathematician.
I have lectured in Maths and Computer Science at UWA, as well as for short periods at Berkeley, The University of Canterbury in Christchurch, and Prince Songkla University in Thailand. My research has focussed on computer vision, including feature detection in images, 3D shape measurement, image understanding, and representation.