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Conference and Workshop

Learning Scientific Animation in One Day

Date Time Slot A: Tuesday, July 15, 2003.
Time Slot B: Thursday, July 17, 2003.
Each participant is allowed to choose 1 time slot only.
Time 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(Lunch hour: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.,
Tea refreshments will be served during the coffee breaks within the lecture time.)
Venue Room 311, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building, The University of Hong Kong
Speaker Dr. M.K. Yip
(Lecturer of the course "Animation in Science")
Medium of Instruction Cantonese supplemented with English.
Fee Free of charge.
Enrolment Each time slot has a maximum quota of 25, totaling 50.
Each school has a maximum quota of 2.
Acceptance on a first-come-first-served basis.
Prerequisites Preliminary knowledge in programming of any language is expected. However, knowledge in JAVA is not assumed.
Application Deadline May 10, 2003

Objective:

The aim of the workshop is to share with the secondary school physics teachers the essential tips of writing scientific animation.

Contents of the Workshop:

  1. An Introduction to Java 2
  2. Running Simple Applets in a Browser
  3. Event Handling with Mouse and Keys
  4. Simple Java Graphics2D
  5. The Concepts of Java Animation
  6. The Rotation of Graphics and Images
  7. Swing - A Useful Package to Create Frame and Button, etc.
  8. Typical Examples in Scientific Animation
  9. Hand-on Practice


Handouts will be distributed to participants during the workshop.

For further enquiries, please contact Miss Anisia Tang (Email: anisia@bohr.physics.hku.hk, Tel.: 2859 8975; Fax: 2559 9152).