Re: swarm workshop?

[Tim A. Kohler]

Hi Paul. If you were to offer such a course, there are a couple grad
students here to whom I would recommend it. However, at this time, I have
no money to fund them, so it is not certain that they would be able to
attend. Moreover, most of my students are archaeologists who do summer
fieldwork and may not be back yet by that time.

Neverthless, I hope you can get this off the ground; good luck!

--TK

>Hello List
>
>This is a subject that had been discussed at this year's swarmfest,
>but I had not followed up on it in any serious way until now.  I have
>been considering putting together a swarm training workshop in our GIS
>training facility at Utah State University; it is an ideal facility,
>as it would allow for an instructor to teach the course with a
>computer screen projected at the front of the classroom, and allow
>each of the participants to be seated at a sun workstation who could
>be compiling and manipulating code at the same time.
>
>As an academic institution, we are not allowed to offer such courses
>at anything other than the cost to ourselves.  By basing an estimate
>of operating costs on our regular GIS training courses, it appears
>that we can offer such a course for about US$320-390 for two days.
>The cost depends on the number of people participating: the two
>figures given were calculated for 12 or 8 participants, respectively.
>It is not practical for us to offer courses of less than 8
>participants (the cost per individual goes way up), and the facilities
>don't really fit more than 12 unless participants double up on
>computers.
>
>The course would be designed for people who have already made the
>decision that swarm is worth investigating to model the systems that
>they are interested in working with, and are looking for an intensive
>short course to get started.  It is not intended to be a complex
>systems workshop, nor an all-purpose agent-based modeling workshop,
>though theoretical discussions will be highly encouraged after hours
>over beer (no mean feat in Utah!).
>
>My main objective in posting this announcement is to get a feel for
>how much interest there is in such a workshop.  Especially, is the
>price reasonable for a two day intensive training, and the content
>something that people are looking for?
>
>The best time to conduct such a workshop would be in the first or
>second week of August, before the normal classes start.  If I get an
>indication that sufficient interest exists (that at least 8 people
>will commit to attending), then I will placed a more detailed
>announcement on this list.
>
>As for added incentive to attending the workshop here: Utah State
>University is situated in a small town in the mountains in northern
>Utah, just a few miles from national forests, alpine lakes, highland
>desert, and some of the best migratory bird refuges in North America.
>There is ample recreational opportunities for hiking, etc. after
>hours, and we are a few hour's drive from the world-famous national
>parks of the west (Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Escalante,
>etc.).
>
>Please email me with comments, suggestions, etc. at
>address@hidden, or telephone at (USA) 435 797 2546.  The future of
>this course will be decided on how people respond to this
>announcement.
>
>Cheers
>
>--
>//////////////////////////////////////////////////
>// Dr. Paul Box
>// Dept of Geography and Earth Resources
>// UMC 5240
>// Utah State University
>// Logan, UT  84321           Phone: 435-797-2546
>//////////////////////////////////////////////////
>
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