2008 Calendar of Events


Upcoming Events (Go to Past Events)


July 14-25 - NRBSC MARC Workshop

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Rooms 103 and Deerfield Training Center)

Registration information will be available later. For more information contact Christal Banks at cbanks@psc.edu.


July 14-25 - Better Educators of Science for Tomorrow (BEST) Workshop

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Rooms 103 and Deerfield Training Center)

For more information contact Pallavi Ishwad at pishwad@psc.edu.


July 28 - August 1 - MCell Workshop

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Rooms 103 and Deerfield Training Center)

Registration information will be available later. For more information in the meantime, contact Christal Banks at cbanks@psc.edu.


September 8-11, 2008 - Workshop: Hybrid Programming for Shared-Memory and Clustered SMP Systems

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Rooms 103 and Deerfield Training Center)

For registration information and a detailed agenda, click here: Hybrid Programming Workshop.


October 25, 2008 - Computation and Science for Teachers (CAST) Semester Workshop

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Rooms 103 and Deerfield Training Center)

Registration information will be available at a later date. For more information contact Cheryl Begandy at begandy@psc.edu.


2009 Calendar of Events


February 28, 2009 - Computation and Science for Teachers (CAST) Semester Workshop

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Rooms 103 and Deerfield Training Center)

Registration information will be available at a later date. For more information contact Cheryl Begandy at begandy@psc.edu.


Past Events


June 23-27 - Computation and Science for Teachers (CAST) Introductory Workshop

This workshop will introduce computational tools as a way to develop understanding of complex scientific concepts and emphasize the need to encourage students to consider careers in science and technology.

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Room 103 and Deerfield Training Center)

For more information, contact Cheryl Begandy at begandy@psc.edu


June 25-27 - Computation and Science for Teachers (CAST) Advanced Workshop April 4 - Computation and Science for Teachers (CAST) Semester Workshop

Follow-up sessions to summer program

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Rooms 103 and Deerfield Training Center)

Time: 8 am-2:30 pm

For more information contact Cheryl Begandy at begandy@psc.edu.


April 2 - Seminar

Netezza Performance Server---A Data-Intensive Supercomputer Appliance---Scientific and Commercial Applications

As data volumes continue to grow and the demand for delivering detailed analyses quickly is ever-increasing, organizations are seeking better ways to manage this data and deliver the most powerful insight possible. The discussion will include an overview of the technology and a review of relevant scientific and commercial applications.

Presented by: Todd Scofield, Big Data Fast, and Jim Seaman and Loren Hudziak, Netezza Corporation

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street, Room 103

Time: 1:30 p.m.

The seminar is open to the public.


March 7 - Computation and Science for Teachers (CAST) Semester Workshop

Follow-up sessions to summer program

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Rooms 103 and Deerfield Training Center)

Time: 8 am-2:30 pm

For more information contact Cheryl Begandy at begandy@psc.edu.


February 8 - CAST Quarterly workshop

Follow-up sessions to summer program

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Rooms 103 and Deerfield Training Center)

Time: 8 am-2:30 pm

For more information contact Cheryl Begandy at begandy@psc.edu.


2007


December 7 - CAST Quarterly Workshop

Follow-up sessions to summer program

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Rooms 103 and Deerfield Training Center)

Time: 8 am-2:30 pm

For more information contact Cheryl Begandy at begandy@psc.edu.


October 5 - CAST Quarterly Workshop

Follow-up sessions to summer program

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Rooms 103 and Deerfield Training Center)

Time: 8 am-2:30 pm

For more information contact Cheryl Begandy at begandy@psc.edu.


September 10-13 - NRBSC Workshop

Methods and Applications of Hybrid QM/MM Simulations to Biomolecular Systems

Click here for a tentative agenda and additional information.

Registration deadline: August 3, 2007

For more information clickhere.


September 5-6 - Bettis Technology Briefing

Customized technology review for Bechtel Bettis Labs

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street (Room 103)

Time: 8 am-3:30 pm

For more information contact Cheryl Begandy at begandy@psc.edu.


August 27-29 - Toward Multicore Petascale Applications Workshop

Optimizing applications for highly scalable multicore architectures, focusing on PSC's CRAY XT3 (BigBen)

Registration: Free to all academic users. Industry users should contact Tom Maiden at tmaiden@psc.edu for information on workshop fees.


August 15 - Student Day at PSC

Students working for PSC share what they've been working on.

Where: 300 South Craig Street, Room 103

Time: 10 am-4 pm


July 23-25 - Parallel Programming Workshop

Introduces students to the fundamentals of parallel programming, common software packages, and provides practical, hands-on experience in how to write and execute parallel programs

Where: 300 South Craig Street, Deerfield Training Center

This workshop is sponsored by the Office of the Provost, University of Pittsburgh. Pitt students should contact their department chairs for information on how to apply.

Contact Laura McGinnis at lfm@psc.edu for moreinformation.


July 9-20 - NRBSC Summer Institute in Bioinformatics

Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC)

Registration Deadline: Closed

For details on this workshop visit the web site or for more information contact Hugh Nicholas at nicholas@psc.edu.


June 25-29 - NRBSC Workshop

Computational Methods for Spatially Realistic Microphysiological Simulations

Registration Deadline:Registration is now closed for this workshop.

For more information visit the web site or contact Christal Banks at cbanks@psc.edu.


June 22-23 - Petascale Applications Symposium

A symposium targeted to researchers planning to respond to NSF's recent solicitation, Accelerating Discovery in Science and Engineering Through Petascale Simulations and Analysis.

Where: PSC (300 S. Craig Street and Mellon Institute Bldg. at 4400 Fifth Avenue)

For registration information click here.

For additional information, contact Nick Nystrom, Symposium Chair, at nystrom@psc.edu.


June 18-22 - CAST Workshop

Workshop for high school science teachers

Where: PSC (Rooms 103 and Deerfield Training Center)
Time: 8:00 am-2:30 pm daily

For more information contact Cheryl Begandy at begandy@psc.edu.


May 23 - Chartiers Valley High School Science Bowl

Annual science bowl team visit to PSC

Where: Westinghouse Energy Center and PSC (Room 103)
Time: 8:30 am-1:45 pm

For more information contact Cheryl Begandy at begandy@psc.edu.


May 18 - 3ROX GigaPop Meeting

Spring meeting of GigaPop management and network engineers

Where: PSC, 300 S. Craig Street, Room 103
Time: 10:30 am-2:30 pm

For more information contact Michael Lambert at lambert@psc.edu.


May 17 - Spring Fling

Student showcase at Pittsburgh Gifted Center

Where: Pittsburgh Gifted Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Time: 3:30 pm-8:00 pm

For more information contact Cheryl Begandy at begandy@psc.edu.