http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/ en celeste.ecuyer@anu.edu.au Copyright 2009 2009-11-05T03:40:10+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_kepler_mission_searching_for_other_earths_in_the_cosmos/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/the_kepler_mission_searching_for_other_earths_in_the_cosmos/#When:01:44:19Z Dr Fanson speaks about the Kepler project, NASA's first mission capable of discovering Earth-size planets orbiting other stars in our galaxy. Scheduled for launch in early 2009, Kepler seeks to answer an age-old question: Are there other habitable worlds in the cosmos? The centuries-old quest for other worlds like our Earth has been rejuvenated by the intense excitement and popular interest surrounding the discovery of giant planets like Jupiter orbiting stars beyond our solar system. With the exception of the pulsar planets, all of the extrasolar planets detected so far are gas giants, approximately 150 as of 2005. The challenge now is to find terrestrial planets (habitable planets like Earth), which are 30 to 600 times less massive than Jupiter. The Kepler Mission, a NASA Discovery mission, is specifically designed to survey our region of the Milky Way galaxy to detect and characterize hundreds of Earth-size and smaller planets in or near the habitable zone. The habitable zone encompasses the distances from a star where liquid water can exist on a planet's surface. Results from this mission will allow us to place our solar system within the continuum of planetary systems in the Galaxy. Public Lecture, Astronomy & Astrophysics, ANU College of Science, Engineering and Information Technology 2008-09-24T01:44:19+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/big_brother_google/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/big_brother_google/#When:03:38:00Z Google is increasingly being perceived as the company that will follow IBM and Microsoft in dominating the IT industry. In this presentation, Professor Clarke will outline the many business lines that Google is endeavouring to build, and then focus on what has become the major part of its business - knowing a lot about people. Public Lecture, Economics, Engineering, Information, Computing & Communication Sciences, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology 2007-10-04T03:38:00+10:00 http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/itc_industry/ http://www.anu.edu.au/discoveranu/content/podcasts/itc_industry/#When:03:57:00Z The Australian Information Industry Association (AIIA) leads the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry in Australia. AIIA comprises almost 500 member companies that generate combined annual revenues of more than $40 billion, employ 100,000 Australians, and export more than $2 billion in goods and services each year. This public lecture discusses the strategic direction of the Australian ICT industry and the changes in public policy that are needed to accelerate business growth. Public Lecture, Economics, Engineering, Information, Computing & Communication Sciences, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology 2007-03-27T03:57:00+10:00