Presenter: Jeff Heard, RENCI Senior Research Software Developer When: noon – 1 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 15 Where: RENCI’s Biltmore Conference Room, 100 Europa Drive, 5th Floor, East RSVP: jeff@renci.org Note: Seating is limited and attendees will be accepted on a first-come, first served basis. A remote location at ITS Manning has been reserved in case of high demand. An Introduction to Apps will be the first tutorial presented by the RENCI App Lab. In it, Jeff Heard will discuss what…
Find out more »Title: Overview and Results of RENCI @ NCSU Faculty Engagement Visual Analytics Projects Abstract: The presenters will provide an overview of ongoing efforts at RENCI's Engagement Center at North Carolina State University. The projects are part of RENCI@NCSU Faculty Engagement Program in Applied Scientific and Information Visualization initiated in January 2011. The work encompasses applications of visualization to diverse domains that involve molecular systems such as bio-engineered proteins and polymers and geomorphology of coastal North Carolina. Presenters: Hong Yi and…
Find out more »Title: Improving Radiotherapy by Visualizing Prior Patient Plans Abstract: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is the most common type of radiation therapy, and in the U.S. it is most frequently used to treat prostate cancer. Given the prevalence of prostate cancer, improving prostate IMRT is a topic of great clinical significance. The research team, led by Joseph Lo, of the radiology department at Duke University School of Medicine and Shiva Das, radiation oncologist at the Duke School of Medicine, has…
Find out more »Title: Provisioning cloud infrastructure for scientific workflows Presenters: Ilia Baldine, director, networking research group; Anirban Mandal, senior research software developer; Paul Ruth, senior distributed systems researcher; Yufeng Xin, senior network research engineer Abstract: The research team will demonstrate how the Open Resource Control Architecture (ORCA) can be used to create and provision infrastructure on demand—including bandwidth and computational resources at fixed sites and in multiple clouds—to execute a scientific workflow. ORCA will be used to provision resources from different research…
Find out more »Presenter: Jeff Heard, RENCI Senior Research Software Developer About the Tutorial: The second App Lab tutorial will work through an example of using a browser and a personal web servder as a development environment for mobile apps. The session will cover the browser's debugging and code inspection facilities and the pitfalls to expect (when there are any) in moving from the browser to a device. About the App Lab: The RENCI App Lab consists of a cadre of developers as…
Find out more »Speaker: David E. Shaw, Chief Scientist, D. E. Shaw Research Title: Anton: A Special Purpose Machine That Achieves a 100-Fold Speedup in Biomolecular Simulations 3:30 p.m. reception will be followed by a lecture at 4 p.m. Directions to Sitterson Hall Abstract: Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation has long been recognized as a potentially transformative tool for understanding the behavior of proteins and other biological macromolecules, and for developing a new generation of precisely targeted drugs. Many biologically important phenomena, however, occur…
Find out more »Title: Using In-Storage Processing to Tame the Big Data Beast Presenters: Dave Fellinger, Data Direct Networks, Inc., and Reagan Moore, RENCI Chief Scientist for Data Intensive Cyber Environments and Professor UNC School of Information and Library Science Abstract: Join two experts in data science for an exploration into the advantages of embedded storage processing, which include reduced latencies, decreased network traffic, improved availability and simplified management for capacity-rich and I/O-intensive workloads. Potential uses of embedded storage processing include enhancing data…
Find out more »Join researchers from the Allen Institute for this training workshop demonstrating their online public resource for exploring gene expression in the nervous system. Basic data access, navigation and usability will be covered, as well as more sophisticated search and visualization features. For a hands-on experience, attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop with Internet/WiFi connectivity so that they can follow along. Participation is free and advance registration is required. To register: email info@alleninstitute.org and indicate "UNC Training Workshop" in the…
Find out more »Presenter: Vernon Burton, Ph.D., professor of history and director of the Clemson University CyberInstitute Abstract: Advances in computing have begun to revolutionize humanities research. Advanced data acquisition, data storage and management, user-friendly data mining and visualization technologies, large-scale modeling and simulation, massive text and visual searches with complex relational analysis—these techniques, not possible a few years ago, are now galvanizing the humanities. In this talk Professor Vernon Burton, Director of the Clemson CyberInstitute, discusses some of the ways in which…
Find out more »Carolina KickStart of the NC TraCS Institute, the Office of Technology Development, RENCI, Innovate@Carolina, The Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network and Kenan-Flagler Business School present the 2012 Emerging Company Showcase. The Emerging Company Showcase highlights early-stage companies spinning out of UNC. This year we are featuring two concurrent tracks, Scientific and Tech, which will include IT/Gaming, life sciences and traditional companies. This is an exciting opportunity for promising young companies to interact with potential investors, develop connections to local entrepreneurs and experts,…
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