Yearly Archives: 2009

RENCI, National Weather Service to hold decision support and technology summit

CHAPEL HILL, NC–Leaders from the National Weather Service, meteorological researchers from RENCI and  North Carolina campuses, and community decision makers will convene Oct. 29 and 30 to discuss decision support, technology trends, and how technological tools can improve forecasts, severe weather warnings and communication with the public on weather issues.

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University, community leaders welcome RENCI to downtown Asheville

ASHEVILLE, NC — Community and university leaders celebrated the opening of the new downtown location of RENCI at UNC Asheville on Oct. 1. The event featured a ceremonial ribbon cutting and messages of support for the Asheville center from Erskine Bowles, president of the University of North Carolina System, UNC Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder and […]

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Mock trial, virtual world, real learning

The judge, jury, witnesses and lawyers were all in the courtroom on September 25 for a mock trial conducted by University of North Carolina School of Law students and faculty. But for the first time, attendance in the courtroom didn’t require being in the same physical location.

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Mock trial, virtual world, real learning

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Seminal NC urbanization study expands to Asheville, Triad and Triangle

CHARLOTTE, NC–Researchers at the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) at UNC Charlotte will expand their study of development patterns in North Carolina to rapidly-growing counties in western North Carolina as well as the Triad and Research Triangle regions of the Piedmont.

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Carolina Launch Pad seeks new crop of university entrepreneurs

CHAPEL HILL, NC, September 15, 2009—Carolina Launch Pad, the pre-commercial technology business accelerator located at the Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) will soon begin its second year and is seeking a new class of aspiring IT entrepreneurs from the UNC Chapel Hill community.

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Health Informatics Seminar

Title: Health Informatics SeminarLocation: Duke UniversityLink out: Click hereDescription: Seminar will discuss a novel visual analytics approach that helps to quickly determine viable treatment options at the point of care based on comparative models.Date: 2009-09-16

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RENCI People Interview with David French

[youtube g6X1VKTln2Q] Watch entire video or click on any question below: Q: You have degrees in aerospace and astronautical engineering, including a Ph.D. you received in August, what inspired you to pursue this field? Q: How does your Air Force career relate to your academic career? Q: Are asteroids and comets hitting the Earth something […]

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Break this network

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Break this network

To the uninitiated, dark fiber sounds a bit mysterious, maybe even daunting. But to network researchers dark fiber means an environment removed from the demands of a production network; a place in cyberspace where they can conduct experiments and explore the future of networking removed from the demands of a commercial network and partitioned off […]

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