Seminars
CMST conducts a regular series of seminars on a variety of marine science and technology topics.
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CMST seminars are held at the Centre for Marine Science & Technology, Physical Sciences Building 301, Room 147, Curtin University of Technology, Bentley, Western Australia (see visitor directions). Seminars generally start at 12noon. Bring your lunch - everyone else does.
| Date | Presenter | Title |
| Tue 26th Feb | Dr Anthony Lyons, Pennsylvania State University, USA | Topics: Non-Rayleigh statistics of seafloor acoustic backscatter & measuring ambient noise. |
| Tue 4th Mar | Dr Kim Klaka, Director, CMST | An Introduction to Yacht Design. |
| Tue 11th Mar | Grant Pusey, PhD Candidate, CMST | High Frequency Noise Loggers. |
| Tue 18th Mar | Adin Sehic, (IVEC Internship) Prof Jianheng Lin, Institute of Acoustics, Chinese Academy of Sciences | The compatibility of LCD TV's and LCD projectors with stereoscopic visualisation. Ambient sea noise modelling for different environments. |
| Tue 8th Apr | Cassandra Currie, Summer Studentship, CMST | A review of the temperature fields of the eastern Indian Ocean off the Western Australian coastline from Fremantle to Shark Bay. |
| Tue 15 Apr | Dr Neil A Dodgson, University of Cambridge | A time-multiplexed 3D display: from proof-of-concept to research prototype. |
| Tue 29th Apr | Dr Chandra Salgado, CMST | Marine mammal studies at CMST |
| Tue 6th May | Daniel Veen, PhD student, CMST | SPH applied to fluid impact problems. |
| Tue 13th May | Marcus Christian, ORD/Watershed Corporate | IP Commercialisation: what is it all about and why should I bother? |
| Tue 20th May | Miles Parsons, PhD student, CMST | Localisation of individual mulloway (Argyrosomus japonicus) within a spawning aggregation and their behaviour throughout a evening spawning period. |
| Tue 27th May | Dr Tim Gourlay, CMST | Torres Strait |
| Tue 10th Jun | Bing Li , PhD student, CMST | Bearing calibration of the Cape Leeuwin hydroacoustic station. |
| Tue 5th Aug | Dr Alec Duncan, CMST, Snr Research Fellow | Using offshore siesmic surveys as acoustic sources of opportunity for geoacoustic inversion. |
| Tue 12th Aug | Assoc Prof Alexander Gavrilov, CMST | Long-term variations of ice breaking noise in Antarctica. |
| *Thu 14th Aug | Dr Tim Pauly, Myriax Inc. | Eonfusion, Myriax's data fusion project. |
| Tue 2nd Sept | Dr Tim Gourlay, CMST, Research Fellow | Analysis of full-scale containership squat data from Hong Kong. |
| Tue 9th Sept | Assoc Prof Lindsay Collins, Applied Geology | Coral reef: past resilience, future vulnerability. |
Tue 16th Sept |
Hong (Arthur) Nam Lo Kelly Kueh |
Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp.) in the Swan River, WA. Using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) for diet determination of Australian sea lion. |
| Tue 23rd Sept | Assoc Prof Rob McCauley, CMST | The strategic value of long term sea noise logging in Australian waters. |
| Tue 30th Sept | Iain Parnum, CMST | Mapping seagrass in the Swan River using sidescan sonar. |
| Tue 7th Oct | Grant Pusey, PhD student, CMST | Analysis of shallow underwater acoustic data transmission in near horizontal channels. |
| Tue 14th Oct | A/Prof Glen Whisson, Aquatic Sciences | The use of artificial habitat collectors for monitoring aquatic invertebrates. |
| Tue 21st Oct | Dr David Gamble, DSTO | The metaverse, motivations for study. |
| Tue 4th Nov | Dr Rudy Kloser, CSIRO | Ecosystem approach for marine planning and management. |
| Tue 11th Nov | Bing Li, PhD Student, CMST | Bearing calibration of the Cape Leeuwin hydroacoustic station. |
| Tue 25th Nov | Dr Nigel Gee, Curtin Innovator-in-Residence, CMST | SOS Academics! (a cry of help from industry to universities) |
*PLEASE NOTE: These
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Conferences
CMST is actively involved in the organisation of a number of national and international conferences.
Future Conferences:
- Australian Acoustical Society - Victoria, Australia 24-26 Nov 2008.
- International Conference on Marine Innovation in High Speed Vessels - Fremantle, Perth, Australia 28-29 January 2009.
Past Conferences:
- Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference - California, Jan 2008.
- Australasian Acoustical Society Conference - Christchurch, New Zealand, 20-22 Nov 2006.
- Australian Acoustical Society National Conference - Busselton Western Australia, 9-11 Nov 2005.
- Indian Ocean Marine Environment Conference - Perth, 14-18 Febuary 2005.
- Electronic Imaging: Science & Technology Symposium - California, Jan 2005.
- 6th International Conference on Hydrodynamics - Perth, 24-26 Nov 2004.
- Australian Acoustical Society National Conference - Perth, 15-17 Nov 2000.
- Stereoscopic Displays and Applications Conference - 1995 to present.
