An Astrofest lecture with Professor Gretchen Benedix, followed by time
to explore out-of-this-world visualisations in Curtin HIVE facility.
JOIN US IN THE CURTIN HIVE DURING ASTROFEST 2020, WITH PROFESSOR
GRETCHEN BENEDIX EXPLAINING HOW MACHINE LEARNING IS HELPING TO
TRANSFORM UNDERSTANDING OF OUR NEAREST PLANETARY NEIGHBOUR MARS.
DECODING THE SURFACE AGE OF MARS TIME SESSION 1: 6:00pm – 7:00pm
TIME SESSION 2: 7:30pm – 8:30pm
PLEASE NOTE: Limited seating. Please only register for one session, as
the content is repeated. Tickets are free for this event, but ONLY
AVAILABLE FOR THOSE 13 YEARS AND ABOVE.
_This lecture is part of __Astrofest 2020_
[https://www.astronomywa.net.au]_. If you register for Astrofest at
__astronomywa.net.au_ [https://astronomywa.net.au]_ by next Thursday
27th February, you will be in the draw for some great prizes! _
Impact crater cataloguing is an important tool in the study of the
geological history of planetary bodies in the Solar System. It helps
scientists understand the age of surface features and helps the
geologic mapping of surface processes.
Crater catalogues are developed, by painstakingly counting each crater
on the surface of a planet, to gather the data. The current published
database for Mars contains hundreds of thousands of craters for
diameters larger than 1km, all counted manually by hand - which is a
very repetitive, time-consuming task for any human. It would be
virtually impossible for a human to count the number of small craters.
See how scientists like Prof. Gretchen Benedix, are using advances in
machine learning to automatically count small craters, significantly
reducing cataloguing time and enabling an incredible map of the
craters on Mars.
_After Prof. Gretchen Benedix's talk, there will be time for ticket
holders to ask questions and explore the Curtin HIVE facility, with
out-of-this-world visualisations from Curtin researchers featured._
ABOUT PROFESSOR GRETCHEN BENEDIX
Gretchen is a cosmic mineralogist and astro-geologist using the
chemistry, mineralogy, spectroscopy and petrology of meteorites to
understand the formation and evolution of asteroids and other planets.
She has worked at both the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and
The Natural History Museum in London as a researcher. She joined
Curtin University in 2012 as a Senior Lecturer and was awarded a
Senior Curtin Research Fellowship in 2014. She currently holds an
Australian Research Council Future Fellowship.
ACCESSING CURTIN UNIVERSITY:
The Curtin University Bus Station is served by many services and the
station is 5-10 minute walk from the HIVE.
If you are arriving by car, parking on a Saturday is free. Please see
the campus map for the closest parks to the John Curtin Gallery
building 200A.213.
https://properties.curtin.edu.au/maps/docs/curtin-campus-map.pdf
[https://properties.curtin.edu.au/maps/docs/curtin-campus-map.pdf]
http://maps.curtin.edu.au [http://maps.curtin.edu.au]
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