Category Archives: Announcements
A new year, seven publications to write and a short movie
Dear scatterers, First of all, allow me to wish you a very happy 2013, wishing you much comfort, many good meetings and world peace. With that out of the way, this year might be different from others on this weblog, as I have to spend oodles of time on my “favourite” activity: trying to publish. [...]
Introducing Scientists: Videos
I have worked with ResearchSEA on getting some videos out there to promote the sciences. I have been interviewing some people, condensing their stories into a minute(-ish) of Youtubey goodness. The videos are available on the new ResearchSEA website here and here. They are the first two, there will be more at a rate of about one [...]
TEDxTsukuba
(just a quick post about interesting things to keep the blog alive. More interesting developments are afoot, I hope to be able to post about them shortly) I suspect that all of the readers here are familiar with the wonderful resource of fascinating talks that is TED. Yesterday, a group of people had their first [...]
IUMRS-ICEM conference, Sept. 23 in Yokohama
If you are doing SAXS-y or SANS-y things to metals, or are just interested in the technique or meeting some very good people: come and present at the IUMRS-ICEM 2012 meeting in Yokohama. I promise it will be good! “Our” session is session D-8, and the deadline for abstract submission has been extended until the [...]
“In the workshop”
“Hello, I am in the workshop at the moment, learning to cut, file, drill, lathe, mill, wire-EDM, and CNC, so I can construct enough components to assemble a Bonse-Hart camera on an unused X-ray generator. Please leave a message (or wish me luck) in the comments section, and I will get back to you as [...]
More statistics and change of job
Hello dear readers, As a followup on my previous story, a colleague of mine sent me this paper that helps explain the standard deviation, standard error and confidence intervals. A useful, and funny read: Click here. The second noteworthy item is that I have, as of November 1st, started working at the National Institute for [...]
Changing jobs…
Dear all, I will be heading off again into the world of anisotropic scattering after a two-year stint in isotropic scattering. I will be working at NIMS in Tsukuba from November 1st, so if you are in the neighborhood, feel free to stop by for a coffee! P.S. Sorry for the slow updates, but the [...]
Join the SAS session at the MRS-J conference in Yokohama, Japan! (19-21 December)
There is an upcoming conference in the Japanese city of Yokohama, mere minutes from Tokyo. At that materials research society conference, one particularly fine international session is dedicated to small-angle scattering (SAS). Last year, this SAS session was small but with a good atmosphere and many interesting talks. This year, amongst others, dr. Ilavsky from [...]
Baby, and the perfect measurement made easier
I apologise for my low activity in the last few weeks. Those of you who are following my Twats (Twitter messages) will probably be able to link this to our newborn baby. Now growing strongly for two weeks, having to wake up every four hours in what seems like the longest beamtime ever have left [...]
Sorry for the delay
Hi all, Sorry for the big wait. It is not over yet, but I am working on it. More posts hopefully soon although I cannot promise a topic. Might be videos, but maybe also the monte-carlo code. The Monte-Carlo thing is almost ready to go, just some documentation left to write. It has become a [...]