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 widespread use and deployment of cyberinfrastructure. Data volumes, computing power, software and network capacities are all on exponential growth paths, and research collaborations are expanding…
Find out more »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.
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RSVP (if you plan to attend at RENCI) to: Karen Green
Find out more »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 Grid (OSG) community extends the HTC paradigm with the ability to run small parallel jobs based on the Message Passing Interface (MPI). In the course…
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