| VisLab 6th Birthday |
Thursday 3 December |
| On the 3rd of December 1998,
the VisLab at Physics in Sydney University turns six years young! Happy Birthday! |
| New Director |
November |
| Founding director, Prof.
Bernard Pailthorpe announces that he will be taking the position of
associate director for visualisation at the San Diego Supercomputer
Center. Prof. Lawrence Cram will become the director of VisLab
in January 1999. |
| HPC Asia |
22-25 September |
| Dr W. Wang presents a paper on
High resolution weather visualisation at HPC Asia conference in
Singapore. |
| Conference |
Friday 20 July |
| Fourth australian molecular
modelling workshop will take place at VisLab |
| Sid Karin |
Friday 6 July |
| Sid Karin, the director of the
San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) visits VisLab. |
| VRML Workshop |
18-19 June |
| 14 participants from industry
and government agencies attended the VRML workshop tutored by Dave
Nadeau from the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC). |
| Java3D Workshop |
Tuesday 16 June |
| A special introduction to
Java3D programming by Dave Nadeau attended by the VisLab staff and
Macquarie Bank. |
| High School Hands On Tour |
Friday 22 May |
| Year 10 students from
Carlingford High School visited VisLab for a basic web programming
workshop. Check
their work here |
| 1998 Physics Competition |
Sunday 3 May |
| Mission: Earth Pathfinder. The
1998 Physics Competition takes place at the ATP. See for
details. |
| Media |
Saturday 2 May |
| Mental Giants - Bernard
Pailthorpe (Sydney VisLab Director) is interviewed about the state of
Super-Computing in Australia in the Australian Weekend Magazine |
| High School Work
Experience |
27 April - 1 May |
| Marc Dunn comes to Sydney
VisLab for Work Experience! |
| Onyx2 Infinite Reality 2 |
Monday 20 April |
| Onyx2 installed in Sydney
VisLab at the Australian Technology Park |
| New Equipment at Sydney
VisLab |
Tuesday 31 March |
| Sydney VisLab purchased an SGI
Onyx2. |
| Dr David Kemp at Sydney
VisLab |
Friday 20 March |
Dr
David Kemp, Minister for Employment, Education, Training and
Youth Affairs launched "The Light
Guide", an educational interactive web site for senior
secondary school students.
"The Light Guide" was written and
designed by Nicole Bordes.
This project was done in collaboration with Sydney
VisLab and the Australian
Photonics CRC.
See
"The University of Sydney News - 26 March 1998". |
| Call for Papers |
March |
| Call
for papers for the HPC Asia conference. |
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| Science Teachers |
Tuesday 17 March |
| Science teachers from the
Science Alliance visit VisLab. |
| Media |
Wednesday 11 March |
| Prof. Bernard Pailthorpe is
interviewed by ABC Lateline about the visit of Bill Gates to Australia. |
| Virtual Reality |
January |
| VisLab will purchase a Barco
Baron immersive display later this year! |
