NEWS AT 11:00: XSEDE PARTNERS IN THE NEWS
UCSD's Rajesh Gupta Featured in NSF CISE DISTINGUISED Lecture Series
Rajesh K. Gupta is a professor and chair of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego, and holds the QUALCOMM endowed chair. His research interests are in energy efficient systems that have taken turn towards large-scale energy use in recent years. His ongoing efforts include energy-efficient data-centers and large scale computing using memory-coherent algorithmic accelerators and non-volatile storage systems. He currently serves as EIC of IEEE Embedded Systems Letters. Gupta is a Fellow of the IEEE. His distinguished talk will take place on January 19 at 10:00am ET. For more information and to join virtually, please visit http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122753&WT.mc_id=USNSF_13&WT.mc_ev=click.
Upcoming Conferences, Workshops and Symposiums
Computer Science and Engineering at the Nexus of Engery and Environment: A View from UCSD Microgrid - CISE Distinguished Lecture Series
January 19, 2012 - 10:99am ET
This talk examines how microgrids, which are self-managed grids with local cogeneration capabilities, can be used as testing grounds for the prototyping and testing of smart grid technologies. Using the prototype of a microgrid at the campus of the University of California at San Diego, we present energy data that point to promising methods for operation of various types of buildings that leverage coordinated use of sensing, information processing, and building HVAC systems. For complete information, please visit http://www.nsf.gov/events/event_summ.jsp?cntn_id=122753&WT.mc_id=USNSF_13&WT.mc_ev=click. To attend virtually, please register by January 18, 23:59 PDT at: https://mmancusa.webex.com/mmancusa/j.php?ED=175952377&RG=1&UID=0&RT=MiMxMQ%3D%3D.
XSEDE Scholars workshop on 1/19, 6pm CT
January 19. 2012 - 4:00pm PT, 6:00pm CT, 7:00pm ET
The first XSEDE Scholars spring online workshop will be held next week and the topic will be a general overview of the XSEDE user portal for new users and will be led by Maytal Dahan, Research Engineering/Scientist Associate from XSEDE partner, TACC and project lead for the XSEDE User portal. To access this video conference, please visit https://connectpro34095443.adobeconnect.com/_a991601373/xsede011912/, log in by typing your name, and enter as a guest. Please note that you must have Adobe Flash installed on your computer before entering the videoconference. To download this application, please visit http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/. Once you have logged on, you will be able to chat throughout the session at the bottom of the screen.
International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2012)
June 4-6, 2012 - Omaha, Nebraska
Paper Submission Deadline - January 20, 2012
The International Conference on Computational Science aims to bring together annually researchers and scientists from mathematics and computer science as basic computing disciplines, researchers from various application areas who are pioneering advanced application of computational methods to sciences such as physics, chemistry, life sciences, and engineering, arts and humanitarian fields, along with software developers and vendors, to discuss problems and solutions in the area, to identify new issues, and to shape future directions for research, as well as to help industrial users apply various advanced computational techniques. For more information, please visit http://www.iccs-meeting.org/iccs2012/.
TACC-Intel Highly Parallel Computing Symposium - Call for Submissions
April 10-11, 2012 - Austin, Texas
Submissions Deadline - February 5, 2012
The TACC-Intel Highly Parallel Computing Symposium will take place at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) in mid-April. In the past year, the Intel MIC program has advanced forward towards the first commercial many-core co-processors, code named Knights Corner. Accordingly, this symposium will expand to have two major focus areas: the Many-core Applications Research Community (MARC) for the Single-Chip Cloud Computer (SCC) experimental architecture, and the emerging community around the forthcoming Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) architecture family of products for productivity solutions. For paper submissions, please visit http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tihpcs11. For complete symposium information, please visit http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/ti-hpcs12.
2012 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing - Call for Participation
Submission Opens January 16, 2012
October 3-6, 2012 - Baltimore, Maryland
The 12th Annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is the world's largest gathering of women in computing. In preparation, submissions are being sought that solve an interesting technical problem, highlight emerging trends, career advancement, professional development and the social impact of our technology. This year's theme "Are We There Yet?" recognizes that technology and the culture of technology that are continuously evolving. For more information and submission guidelines, please visit http://www.gracehopper.org.
Student Engagement
2012 Research Alliance in Math and Science
June-August 2012 - Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Application Deadline - January 31, 2012
The Research Alliance in Math and Science (RAMS) Program is based on the belief that national laboratories and universities, working hand in hand, offer the best opportunity to make a positive impact on the quality of a diverse workforce. The Research Alliance in Math and Science program is designed to provide collaborative research experiences among faculty and students at colleges or universities and DOE national laboratory researchers. These experiences will improve the U.S. competitive research edge while encouraging and promoting Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) research throughout the academic year. Students majoring in computer science, the computational sciences (computational biology, computational chemistry, computational materials sciences, and so forth), engineering technologies, and mathematics are placed primarily in the Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate during the internship period. For more information and submission guidelines, please visit http://computing.ornl.gov/internships/rams/.
XSEDE Partner News
Down to the Wire for Silicon: Purdue University Researchers Create a Wire 4 Atoms Wide, 1 Atom Tall
Researchers at Purdue University, the University of New South Wales, and Melbourne University have created wires a single atom tall by inserting a string of phosphorus atoms into a silicon crystal. Experiments and atom-by-atom supercomputer models of the wires showed that they maintain a low capacity for resistance despite being more than 20 times thinner than conventional copper wires in microprocessors. The researchers say the discovery could provide a roadmap for developing future nanoscale-sized computational devices. They say the discovery also moves donor-atom based silicon quantum computing closer to reality. The results show that Ohm's Law applies all the way down to an atomic-scale wire. The research's overall goal is to develop future quantum computers in which single atoms are used for computation, says New South Wales researcher Michelle Simmons. To read further, please visit http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2012/120105KlimeckPhosphorus.html.
Indiana University Researchers Making Personal Health Records More Usable
Indiana University researchers recently conducted a human-computer interaction study to determine the user experience for several functions of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA's) My HealtheVet system, the U.S.'s most widely used personal health record system. "Understanding how first-time users interact with their personal health records will enable us to design and implement future-generation systems that will serve the needs of patients and those with whom they wish to share health information, including doctors and other trusted parties," says Regenstrief Institute investigator David A. Haggstrom. The researchers studied four functional areas of My HealtheVet, including registration and login, prescription refills, tracking of self-reported health information, and searches for health information about specific topics. To read further, please visit http://communications.medicine.iu.edu/newsroom/stories/2012/making-personal-health-records-more-usable/.
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U.S. Report Sees Perils to America's Tech Future
EXCERPT FROM COMPUTERWORLD
A new Department of Commerce report warns that certain aspects of the U.S. economy are losing their competitive edge compared to the rest of the world. "Our ability to innovate as a nation will determine what kind of economy--what kind of country--our children and grandchildren will inherit," says Commerce secretary John Bryson. The report says the U.S. ran a trade surplus in advanced technology products until 2002, but in 2010 the U.S. had an $81 billion trade deficit in this sector. The report echoes many of the concerns found in a 2010 National Academy of Sciences report, which warned that the U.S.'s innovation outlook had worsened since the last report was issued in 2005. The Commerce report was required as part of the America Competes Act, which allocates $50 billion for research funding and education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The report notes that since 1980, the federal government has provided just 57 percent of all dollars spent on basic research, compared to 70 percent before 1980. The report recommends immigration reform that allows foreign students to remain in the U.S. after receiving STEM training. To read further, please visit http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223191/U.S._report_sees_perils_to_America_s_tech_future.
Wanted: Supercomputer Programmers
Excerpt from HPCWire
The U.S.'s supercomputing labs are having difficulty finding software developers that can program its state-of-the-art machines, according to a recent Daily Beast article. High-performance computing (HPC) systems require engineers trained in the details of parallel programming, such as MPI, OpenMP, and CUDA. The problem is that most undergraduate computer science courses do not teach HPC techniques, and there are only a few specialized HPC curriculums in the country, most of which are associated with the U.S. Department of Energy or the National Science Foundation supercomputing centers. ÒIt's not that we've had a drop-off in enrollments, it's that we need an increase," says the University of Tennessee's Jack Dongarra. "We need people who can build the applications and algorithms needed to effectively use the equipment." To read further, please visit http://www.hpcwire.com/hpcwire/2012-01-03/wanted:_supercomputer_programmers.html.
