Media Technology Forum

COOL SCIENCE LAB VISIT

2013-05-21T09:30:16Z

Hi all, tomorrow—- wednesday 22 May—- we have Cool Science class. I have arranged a lab visit, and we are expected at 14:30 in the Huygens building. After the visit we’ll have class for one more hour. See you, Bas

Language and text problem

2013-05-19T08:38:59Z

The teacher for the course has not yet sent me the material for the final assignment. I have been unable to contact Crit Cremers about this issue. I won’t post his address on here, but it’s easily found on google. I would like to request someone else to try to contact him, as I may be having problems with my email account.

Please post on here before contacting him, so not everyone contacts him at once.

SCHEDULE COOL SCIENCES< DEADLINES ETC.

2013-04-25T08:47:38Z

Hi all, I uploaded a new feedback-file, instructions-file with new dates and deadlines. Moreover, I uploaded the sheets summarizing my latest book “Plastic Panda’s”. NOTE THAT INSTEAD of writing column 5 or 6 you may make a proposal for how to summarize the content of Plastic Panda’s via infographics.

[May 3, Leiden] Lecture by Steven Pinker about ‘A History of Violence’

2013-04-24T15:57:57Z

On May 3rd, famous scientist Steven Pinker gives a lecture in the Gorlaeus Building (accross the street from Snellius Builidng). The annoncement for this talk is in Dutch (silly Faculty of Science), although the talk is in English.

Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist and one of the world’s foremost writers on language, mind, and human nature. His research on visual cognition and the psychology of language has won prizes from the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, and the American Psychological Association. He has been named Humanist of the Year, Prospect magazine’s “The World’s Top 100 Public Intellectuals,” Foreign Policy’s “100 Global Thinkers,” and Time magazine’s “The 100 Most Influential People in the World Today.

Info:
http://www.science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/tinbergen/lezing-2013

Web Technology 2013 website

2013-04-23T10:06:24Z

In case you guys didnt know, the webtech 2013 webby is online at:

http://staas.home.xs4all.nl/t/WT2013/index.html

First ScienceOnline Leiden meeting on 30 May

2013-04-22T13:17:19Z

Dear students, we’re starting a community in Leiden of scientists, students, teachers, journalists, communication officers, anyone who is interesting in communicating about science and humanities on the Web. It’s called ScienceOnline Leiden and we’re organizing our first unconference on 30 May, 17-20 h, in De Nieuwe Energie (3e Binnenvestgracht 23) in Leiden.

If you’re interested, keep an eye on our website http://leiden.scienceonline.com where we’ll open the registration form next week. We only have room for 75 people, so register soon. And follow us on Twitter @scioLeiden. If you want to help out with the organization, get in touch. If you want to give a demonstration of something you made, let us know. Our e-mail is leiden at scienceonline dot com.

More information below. The spoken language at the event will be Dutch.

ScienceOnline
is een community van mensen die communiceren over wetenschap en daar het web voor gebruiken. Of zoals er op de Amerikaanse website staat: Conversation, Community, & Connections at the Intersection of Science & the Web (zie http://www.scienceonline.com). De doelgroep is bewust breed. In hun woorden: “scientists, students, educators, physicians, journalists, librarians, bloggers, programmers and others interested in the way the World Wide Web is changing the way science is communicated, taught and done”.

Unconference
In Amerika vindt al 7 jaar de jaarlijkse ScienceOnline unconference plaats. Deze mensen kennen elkaar online en tijdens een ‘unconference’ ontmoeten ze elkaar in het echt. Om ervaringen uit te wisselen met elkaar op een ongedwongen manier. Geen rangen en standen, geen sprekers die met een Powerpoint de zaal toe-preken. Het concept is zo succesvol (binnen 10 minuten uitverkocht!) dat er inmiddels meerdere ‘satellites’ ontstaan in Amerikaanse steden en ook daarbuiten.

Nu ook in Leiden
Op dit moment wordt gestart met een ScienceOnline Leiden community, de eerste in West-Europa. 30 mei, 17-20 uur, komt er een (i.s.m. Leiden Communicatiestad) een eerste unconference. Het programma zal bestaan uit 3 sprekers (kort, Tedx-achtig), praktische sessies (1e hulp bij Twitter, hoe werkt Wordpress, exposure voor je blog enz), en parallelsessies rondom een thema waarin ervaringen worden uitgewisseld.

[Embodied Vision] No class on 22nd april either

2013-04-21T19:31:13Z

Dear students,

unfortunately i’m still ill, so there will be no class on monday the 22nd of April either.

with kind regards,

Joost Rekveld.

Learn PYTHON: Interactive Programming in Python Coursera Course Rice University

2013-04-16T08:36:57Z

An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python
Joe Warren, Scott Rixner, John Greiner and Stephen Wong

This course is designed to be a fun introduction to the basics of programming in Python. Our main focus will be on building simple interactive games such as Pong, Blackjack and Asteroids.

Workload: 7-9 hours/week

https://www.coursera.org/course/interactivepython

YOUTUBE VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LjCzaz1aEBo

+ About the Course
This course is designed to help students with very little or no computing background learn the basics of building simple interactive applications. Our language of choice, Python, is an easy-to learn, high-level computer language that is used in many of the computational courses offered on Coursera. To make learning Python easy, we have developed a new browser-based programming environment that makes developing interactive applications in Python simple. These applications will involve windows whose contents are graphical and respond to buttons, the keyboard and the mouse.

The primary method for learning the course material will be to work through multiple “mini-projects” in Python. To make this class enjoyable, these projects will include building fun games such as Pong, Blackjack, and Asteroids. When you’ve finished our course, we can’t promise that you will be a professional programmer, but we think that you will learn a lot about programming in Python and have fun while you’re doing it.

+ Course Syllabus
Our course syllabus can be seen at http://www.codeskulptor.org/coursera/syllabus.html.

+ Recommended Background
High school mathematics

+ Course Format
Our course will last nine weeks. The lectures from each week will focus on the topics listed in the syllabus while an associated weekly “mini- project” will serve to reinforce these concepts in practice. Grades for these mini-projects will be determined via peer-assessment. The class will also include two quizzes each week to provide further feedback.

+ FAQ
Will I get a certificate after completing this class?
Yes. Students who successfully complete the class will receive a Statement of Accomplishment signed by Joe, Scott, John, and Stephen.

What resources will I need for this class?
The only requirement for the class is access to a modern web browser. All coding and program development will be done in a web-based programming environment that supports building interactive applications in Python. The programs that you create will be saved, shared and graded via the cloud.

What is the coolest thing I’ll learn if I take this class?
You’ll be able to build your own games in Python.

[Embodied Vision] no class and lab today

2013-04-15T06:20:11Z

I just received the following message from Joost:

“Unfortunately I am ill today, so I have to cancel both the lecture as
well as the lab for todays Embodied Vision class. I am very sorry, see
you next week,

Joost.”

Graduation Presentation and Berber de Vries

2013-04-12T11:24:27Z

All are welcome to the Graduation Presentation of Berber de Vries

Friday April 19th, 16h25
Snellius, Niels Bohrweg 1, Room 174

16.25 – 17.00 Berber de Vries

Title: The Complete Museum Experience: Creating Technology That Fits the Art Museum Setting
Abstract: Art museums make use of different types of technology to provide museum visitors with context. However, it is important that these technologies take the complete museum experience into account: the story of the exhibit on the one hand and the way people visit these exhibits on the other. An iPad app was created that divides the available artwork information in layers, accommodating for different visiting styles, while at the same time showing the relations between the different artworks and the museum space.
A prototype was tested in Museum Boijmans van Beuningen with positive results, however the framework can be used to accommodate different types of museums.

Supervisor: Fons Verbeek