From auc-news at auc.edu.au Thu Sep 3 10:17:56 2009 From: auc-news at auc.edu.au (auc-news@auc.edu.au) Date: Thu Sep 3 10:20:01 2009 Subject: [AUC-News] Innovation Development Grants - Closing Date Extended to 10 Sept 2009 Message-ID: <0FE22F2A-2E46-4933-AF70-E09414FB4760@asia.apple.com> * AUC Innovation Development Grants * The AUC is offering funding for Apple related development projects that will benefit the wider Academic Community. These grants are designed to support proof-of-concept, or product- development projects, from staff and students with a strong preference in the case of proof-of-concept for "pilot" products that are of some use in their own right. Funding and resources will be allocated based on specific requirements. Applications are encouraged for projects designed to enhance the value of Apple products for the academic community, whether the product is software, hardware or an innovative "how-to" guide. More information and how to apply for a Grant is available at: Applications close 10 September 2009. From auc-news at auc.edu.au Mon Sep 7 17:13:08 2009 From: auc-news at auc.edu.au (auc-news@auc.edu.au) Date: Mon Sep 7 17:15:37 2009 Subject: [AUC-News] CreateWorld 2009: "Mobile Me - Creativity on the Go" - Call For Papers Message-ID: <4BE0550A-AF8C-493B-A016-EF58FBA8E076@asia.apple.com> ** CreateWorld 2009 "Mobile Me - Creativity on the Go" Given the success of the last event, the AUC will be holding CreateWorld 2009, a 3 day performance, presentation, and professional development event, specifically for Academic and Higher-Education Technical staff in the digital arts disciplines. Invited speakers and keynotes this year include New Yorks' Prof William Duckworth and Nora Farrell speaking on their Sonic Babylon project and Industrial Designer Andrew Scott on the design history of the iPod. UQ's Dr Robert Davidson (who played with "Topology" in previous CreateWorlds) will be performing a one man show. CreateWorld 2009 will be held on 30 November ? 2 December 2009 at Griffith University?s Brisbane South Bank Campus. The conference will feature a wide range of academic and technical presenters from the University and industry sectors as well as hands-on technical workshops. There will be a range of keynotes and the very popular panel sessions and hypotheticals. For an overview of the dynamic nature of the conference, visit last years' recordings at * Who should attend? CreateWorld 2009 is aimed specifically at academics, research teams and technical staff across the digital arts. Sesssions include presentations of new media work, techniques and approaches in practice- led research fields including photography, cyber-arts, music, e- learning, film, animation and design. Themes this year are much less formal and similar papers will be grouped together for panel presentations and short reviews of papers that will be pre-read by delegates. This will offer much more lively discussion. Themes will include, but not be limited to : Ubiquitous computing, Online collaboration, Online delivery, Social networks, Twitter walls, Mobile devices, and Virtual worlds. * Call For Papers Because this conference is attended by both academic and general staff, the option is for you to state whether you wish to submit as a peer reviewed paper or not. Without such a comment it will assumed submissions are NOT to be peer reviewed. An international review panel is in place for those requiring review. Papers should be submitted initially as abstracts in either Apple Pages or Microsoft Word format. Proposed presentations, workshops, events, non-reviewed papers: October 30th, 2009 Submissions (peer review papers): November 6th, 2008 Final submissions (peer review papers): November 20th, 2008 Submissions to: From auc-news at auc.edu.au Mon Sep 7 16:57:13 2009 From: auc-news at auc.edu.au (auc-news@auc.edu.au) Date: Mon Sep 7 17:38:39 2009 Subject: [AUC-News] CreateWorld 2009: "Mobile Me - Creativity on the Go" - Call For Papers Message-ID: <621D08B9-DA4F-429D-B611-A5CB75C7EBD4@auc.edu.au> ** CreateWorld 2009 "Mobile Me - Creativity on the Go" Given the success of the last event, the AUC will be holding CreateWorld 2009, a 3 day performance, presentation, and professional development event, specifically for Academic and Higher-Education Technical staff in the digital arts disciplines. Invited speakers and keynotes this year include New Yorks' Prof William Duckworth and Nora Farrell speaking on their Sonic Babylon project and Industrial Designer Andrew Scott on the design history of the iPod. UQ's Dr Robert Davidson (who played with "Topology" in previous CreateWorlds) will be performing a one man show. CreateWorld 2009 will be held on 30 November ? 2 December 2009 at Griffith University?s Brisbane South Bank Campus. The conference will feature a wide range of academic and technical presenters from the University and industry sectors as well as hands-on technical workshops. There will be a range of keynotes and the very popular panel sessions and hypotheticals. For an overview of the dynamic nature of the conference, visit last years' recordings at * Who should attend? CreateWorld 2009 is aimed specifically at academics, research teams and technical staff across the digital arts. Sesssions include presentations of new media work, techniques and approaches in practice- led research fields including photography, cyber-arts, music, e- learning, film, animation and design. Themes this year are much less formal and similar papers will be grouped together for panel presentations and short reviews of papers that will be pre-read by delegates. This will offer much more lively discussion. Themes will include, but not be limited to : Ubiquitous computing, Online collaboration, Online delivery, Social networks, Twitter walls, Mobile devices, and Virtual worlds. * Call For Papers Because this conference is attended by both academic and general staff, the option is for you to state whether you wish to submit as a peer reviewed paper or not. Without such a comment it will assumed submissions are NOT to be peer reviewed. An international review panel is in place for those requiring review. Papers should be submitted initially as abstracts in either Apple Pages or Microsoft Word format. Proposed presentations, workshops, events, non-reviewed papers: October 30th, 2009 Submissions (peer review papers): November 6th, 2008 Final submissions (peer review papers): November 20th, 2008 Submissions to: From auc-news at auc.edu.au Tue Sep 8 12:33:41 2009 From: auc-news at auc.edu.au (auc-news@auc.edu.au) Date: Tue Sep 8 12:36:12 2009 Subject: [AUC-News] Xgrid Workshops - Sydney & Melbourne Message-ID: ** Xgrid Workshop - The simple solution for distributed computing The Apple University Consortium is pleased to announce it is offering 50 Scholarships to the AUC?s Xgrid workshop to be held at the Clifton Training Centres in Melbourne (29 & 30 Oct) & Sydney (5 & 6 Nov). The workshop is designed to give those who attend an advanced understanding of Xgrid which is Apple?s proprietary technology for solving large computational problems using a number of computers idle/ wasted CPU time. The workshop focuses on Xgrids architecture, protocols and rich tool set and API?s. In addition to this the workshop looks at how a number of Apple technologies such as PodCast Producer leverage Xgrid to implement/ optimize workflows in production environments. A maximum of 25 people can attend each workshop so seats will be allocated on competitive basis. More information and how to apply to attend the workshop is available on the AUC web site at: