June 13-24, 2016  - New York, New York The program is designed for graduate students and professionals who have a strong interest in the intersection of computer science, genetics, and medicine. There will be sessions on the human genome, genetic variation, and genome technologies, and there will be introductory sessions on Unix, Python, Galaxy Toolkit, and scripting. This...
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 HPC in the News   Top HPC Centers Meet in Barcelona at JLESC Top researchers from six of the largest supercomputing centers got together in Barcelona at the beginning of this month for the Joint Laboratory for Extreme ‐ Scale Computing (JLESC) to discuss the challenges for future supercomputers. Marc Snir highlighted US Government programs to promote...
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Harvard Magazine University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) researcher Jane Margolis has helped write a high school curriculum, "Exploring Computer Science (ECS)," which aims to expose students to a wide range of topics, including HTML website design, data analysis, robotics, and programming through Scratch. The new curriculum will be paired with a professional development course...
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HPC in the News   Summer Training Workshop in Bimolecular Simulations for Undergraduate and First-Year Graduate Students June 21-26, 2015 – Caltech, Pasadena, California Application Deadline - May 13, 2015. The 2015 Summer Training Workshop in Bimolecular Simulations is an NSF-funded workshop that provides a hands-on opportunity for...
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CompuGirls is a National Science Foundation-funded organization based at Arizona State University that provides girls aged eight to 12 from underresourced schools in the Greater Phoenix area and Colorado with activities to develop technical skills and encourage computational thinking in a way that is culturally relevant. CompuGirls provides a one-week program during the fall or spring break,...
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The UW's Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT) Center in collaboration with the UNLV Department of Computer Science have been funded by the National Science Foundation to undertake AccessCS10K: Including Students with Disabilities in Computing Education for the Twenty-First Century.   AccessCS10K aims to...
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The Journal of Computational Science Education has released the latest edition of the journal. To view the latest edition, please visit http://jocse.org/issues/ .  There are articles on computational science education experiences in chemistry, computer science, astronomy, and statistical analysis. The journal editor continues to seek relevant articles from faculty on their...
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HPC Happenings   Data Management in Times of Disaster HPCwire When natural disaster strikes – be it a flood, an earthquake or a tsunami – every second counts. Just as emergency teams must be ready to go in a moment’s notice so must critical data management systems. This important topic, an essential element of civil protection around the world, is the focus of a...
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HPC Happenings IEEE Launches 400GbE Task Force The Ethernet Alliance, a global consortium dedicated to the continued success and advancement of Ethernet technologies today offered its congratulations to the IEEE 802.3 Working Group and the IEEE 400Gb/s Study Group on the formation of the IEEE P802.3bs Task Force. The new group is chartered with the development of the IEEE P802.3bs...
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Legislation being introduced in Sacramento could significantly boost the number of computer science courses offered in California. There is a growing concern that California students don’t have the computer science skills necessary to thrive in the modern workforce. A report released by the Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) Education Policy Committee, entitled: Rebooting the Pathway...
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