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Building An Environment To Enable Collaborative Research: An Interactive Workshop

Note: This event will also be offered at the RENCI@Duke University Collaboration Center on Thursday, Aug. 25, 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Abstract Discover how scientists and IT professionals are working together to build a framework for high speed ingest, through scripted annotation and registration, to final distribution of immutable data in a cloud-based cluster, […]

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RENCI Brown Bag Lecture

Title: Informatics around medical genomics Presenter: Charles Schmitt, director of informatics Description: This talk will review ongoing work by RENCI and its collaborators to develop informatics capabilities for high throughput sequencing of human genomes.  The scientific and clinical motivators for developing such informatics will be described. The talk will also include a review of the […]

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2011 Hurricane Conference

In preparation for the upcoming hurricane season, North Carolina Emergency Management and East Carolina University have teamed with representatives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NOAA’s National Weather Service to review the latest tools and trends in forecasting and decision making for storm surge and river floods. Researchers from RENCI at ECU, headed […]

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Effective Data Visualization Panel

How do you most effectively visualize data so that it can be easily understood and readily interpreted? Find out from leaders in the field who will participate in a panel discussion. Panelists will be Christopher G. Healey, North Carolina State University; Sidharth Thakur, RENCI; and Lisa Whitman, SAS. The panel will be moderated by Richard […]

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RENCI Brown Bag Lecture

Title: RENCI Brown Bag Lecture Location: Biltmore Conference Room, RENCI HQ, 100 Europa Drive, Suite 540, Chapel Hill Description: Title: High Throughput Parallel Molecular Dynamics Speaker: Steven Cox, RENCI Cyberinfrastructure Engagement Lead Abstract: High Throughput Computing (HTC) is a mature capability often accompanied by highly scalable workflow management infrastructure. Recent development in the Open Science […]

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RENCI Brown Bag Lecture – Rheomics, Inc.

Rheomics, Inc.: Diagnosing cancer using mechanical biology

Speaker: Ricky Speros, vice president of product development, Rheomics, Inc.

Abstract:
For the past decade, UNC Prof. Richard Superfine (physics and astronomy) has been studying the role physics plays in a wide range of diseases, from cancer to blood clotting disorders. His lab’s discoveries led to exciting new technology that Rheomics, Inc., a new UNC spinout and participant in the Carolina Launch Pad at RENCI, is working to turn into a next-generation cancer diagnostic. Ricky Speroa, the company’s VP of product development and a post doctoral associate in the physics and astronomy department, will discuss the business, the product and how RENCI is helping the company get started.

*Free and open to the public*

RSVP (if you plan to attend at RENCI) to: Karen Green

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CIF21: Special presentation by Alan Blatecky

Title: CIF21: Special presentation by Alan Blatecky Location: Biltmore conference room Speaker: Alan Blatecky, Acting Director NSF Office of Cyberinfrastructure and RENCI Chief Scientist for R&D Initiatives RSVP: via Exchange Calendar Friday, March 04, 2011 10:00 AM-11:00 AM. (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) Every discipline of science and engineering is being transformed by the […]

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Innovation and Sustainability – Two Sides of the Same Coin

Title: The Fidelity Investments “Leadership in Technology” Executive Speakers Series Presents Michael Tiemann, VP of Open Source Affairs at Red Hat. Location: NC State – Centennial Campus, EB2, Room 1231 Link out: Click here Description: The Fidelity Investments “Leadership in Technology” Executive Speakers Series Presents Michael Tiemann, VP of Open Source Affairs at Red Hat. […]

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iRODS 2011 User Group Meeting

Title: iRODS 2011 User Group Meeting Location: RENCI’s Europa Center headquarters in Chapel HillDescription: The user meeting is an opportunity for the growing iRODS community to participate in sessions on applications of iRODS, discuss sustainability initiatives, and learn about new planned technology development. The sessions are all focused on helping users implement and extend the […]

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A Symposium on Faculty Innovation

Title: A Symposium on Faculty Innovation Location: Institute for the Arts and Humanities Link out: Click here Description: Thursday, Oct. 28, Chancellor Holden Thorp presents “Beyond the Sciences: Why the World’s Problems Need the Whole University” 7:30 p.m. in 111 Carroll Hall Open to the public UNC News Release: http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/4002/1/ Friday, Oct. 29, A Faculty […]

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