Robert Hurt, PhD

Talks (by year)

2017

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• “The Science of the Expanse,” invited moderator for Caltech panel discussion, 25 Jan ‘17

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6CeDizcyC4

• Invited talks at Long Beach Comic Expo, 18 Feb ‘17

  • “The Intersection of Art & Science” panel discussion

  • “Seeing the Hidden Universe,” lecture​

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2016

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• “The AAS WorldWide Telescope Project: Data Contextualization for Outreach, Research, Archives, and Online Publications” for IPAC Lunch Seminar, Pasadena CA, Mar ‘16

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2015

 

• “Visualizing the Unseen” for Hubble Special Session at AAAS ’15, San Jose, Feb ‘15

• “Graphic Science: The Art of Visual Communication in Astronomy” at South by Southwest special session on Cinematic Astronomy, Austin TX, Feb ‘15

• “From Data to WOW: Rendering the Hidden Universe of Infrared Light” at Astronomy on Tap, Austin TX, Feb ‘15

• “Exposing the Hidden Colors of the Infrared Universe: The Science Legacy of NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope,” Morrison Lecture at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco CA, Jun ‘15

• Invited talks at PIX2015 photography conference, Seattle, Oct ‘15

  • “Revealing a Hidden Universe”

    • http://www.pix2015.com/video/revealing-a-hidden-universe

  • “Photography and the Environment” (Panel discussion)

    • http://www.pix2015.com/video/photography-and-the-environment

• “Astrophotography” Panel Discussion for The Annenberg Space for Photography, Century City CA, Dec ‘15

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2014

 

• “AstroPix, A Next-Gen Image Archive Today!” at Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Jose CA, Aug ‘14

• “Bringing Astronomy Imaging Tools into the 21st Century” at GRITS, Pasadena, Nov ‘14

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2012

 

• “The Art of Image Processing” for von Karmen Lecture Series, Pasadena, Jan ‘12

  • https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/videos/lectures/JPL-20120119-VKLECTf-0001-The%20Art%20of%20Image%20Processing-CC.m4v

• “AstroPix: Astronomy Images Better” at Adler Planetarium, Chicago IL, Sep ‘12

• “AstroPix, IPAC’s Other Archive” at ADASS, Champaign-Urbana, IL, Oct ’12 (also GRITS ’13)

 

2011

 

• "Leveraging Metadata to Create Interactive Images" at AAS, Seattle, Jan '11

• "Astropix: A New Astro Archive" for Spitzer User Panel, May '11

• AstroViz '11, Seattle, June '11

  • "Merging Science with Art for the Dome" (with Doug Roberts, Adler Planetarium)

  • "Is it Art or is it Science"

  • "Astropix: Serving Images with a Side of Metadata"

 

2010

 

• “Is Pandora Possible?” invited moderator for Caltech events panel discussion with James Cameron, 27 April ‘10

• "From the Sky to the Cloud: Technologies behind a Pretty Picture" for GRITS June '10

• Presented several public lectures on Celebrity cruise ships as part of Harvard-Smithsonian "Beyond the Podium" lecture series.

• Tag Get Use Conference, Pasadena Oct '10

  • "A Brief History of VAMP and AVM" 

  • "Bleeding Edge Web Technologies"

 

2009

 

• Invited talk at Microsoft Worldwide Telescope Special Session: "Narrative Storytelling using WorldWide Telescope" AAS Long Beach (Jan 09).

• Invited talk for Caltech's Science Saturday series: "Hidden Universe Live!" Pasadena (Feb 09).

• Contributed talks at Astro Viz 09 in San Francisco (May 09): "Visual and Narrative Synergy for Communicating Technical Concepts" and "Bleeding-Edge Web Development: AVM in Spitzer and Herschel Sites"

 

2008

 

• Invited presentation at AAS: "Spitzer in Google Sky," Austin (Jan 08).

• Splinter session presentation at AAS: "Virtual Astronomy Multimedia Project," Austin (Jan 08)

• Invited Dean Lecture at California Academy of Sciences: "Seeing Infrared: Looking Beyond the Visible with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope," San Francisco (Feb 08).

• Invited talk at European Southern Observatory: "The Art of the Science: New Frontiers in Visual Communication," Garching, Germany (Apr. 08).

• Invited participant on external review committee for ESO Public Affairs plan, Garching, Germany (Apr. 08).

• Invited talk at Yuri's Night LA: "Seeing the Hidden Universe: Infrared Astronomy with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope" (Apr. 08).

• Contributed talk for International Planetarium Society meeting: "Revealing the Hidden Universe: Infrared Astronomy with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope" Chicago (July 08).

• Invited talk at Griffith Observatory (Friends of the Observatory, plus 3 public talks): "Seeing the Hidden Universe: 5 Years of Infrared Astronomy with NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope" LA (August 08)

 

2007

 

• Invited talk at Photoshop World: "Imaging the Universe," Boston (Apr. 07).

• Opening talk at ASP Visualization Workshop: "The Art and Biz of Viz," Chicago (July 07).

• Workshop presentation (with Lars L. Christensen) at ASP: "Hands-On Video Podcasting," Chicago (July 07).

• Contributed talk at Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2007: "Dynamic Range in Astronomy Imaging," Athens, Greece (Oct. 07).

• Contributed talk (with Lars L. Christensen) at Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2007: "Video Podcasting," Athens, Greece (Oct. 07).

• Invited talk at Spitzer conference: "Seeing Green; Astronomy Visualization," Pasadena, (Dec 07).

 

 

2006

 

• AAS (Jan. 2006, DC), invited participant in special session on "Astronomical Visualizations"

• AAS (Jan. 2006, DC), "Managing Dynamic Range for Astronomical Visualization" (poster)

• IPAC 2nd Friday (Feb. 2006), "The Artistry of the Science: Astronomical Visualizations"

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2005

 

• Communicating Astronomy with the Public 2005 (June 2005, Garching, Germany): "Seeing Infrared: Visualizations Beyond the Visible"

• GISS 05 (Sept '05), "The Science of Pretty Pictures: Dealing with Dynamic Range"

• 6 Years of Chandra Imaging Workshop (Nov., 2005, Boston), "Seeing Infrared: Two Years of Spitzer Visualizations"

• 6 Years of Chandra Symposium (Nov. 2005, Boston), invited participant for talk on "Astronomical Imaging for Public Affairs"

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