Research Computing Symposium

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Background:

Ubiquitous digital environments and digital collaboration tools are indispensable elements in all academic-research disciplines. Yet, the computing needs of researchers is sometimes ascribed a level of reduced priority, relative to the other needs of the Institution. In this environment, the workflow and discovery challenges presented to researchers are daunting, particularly with respect to staying abrest of evolving information technologies and new techniques that are rapidly adopted in research.

Network and Academic Computing Services, in collaboration with the Office of Research, the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, a (Faculty) Executive Organizing Committee, and other academic units, is pleased to announce that it will host a 1/2 day Research Computing Symposium (RCS) at UCI, on Saturday May 31, 2008, in the UCI Humanities Complex. This is the first year for the Research Computing Symposium and it will be held concurrently with the 2008 UCI Undergraduate Research Symposium.

The objectives of the RCS are to have fun as we: learn new computational methodologies, expand awareness of campus research computing support (hardware, software, personnel, institutional), showcase research computing capabilities (practices, techniques, and solutions), and improve synergies and support infrastructure for the campus research enterprise. All members of the campus research community (faculty, researchers, students, administrators, researchers from other campuses, and solutions providers) are invited to submit papers (at all levels of proficiency and relevance), and to share their computational expertise, techniques, and insights, broadly at all levels, with their campus colleagues. There is no cost to attend. All presenters are invited to submit their abstracts following the guidlnes and submission instructions found here: 2008 RCS Abstract Submission. Essentially we wish to encourage submissions at all levels of proficiency, in all fields of research.

Format:

The RCS will begin in the morning with a Keynote Lecture, followed by (lightning-talk) oral and poster papers. The Symposium will conclude with a Town Hall Meeting. Participants are encouraged to attend both the morning and afternoon sessions, but may decide that either one is more suited to their interest and needs.

The morning session is comprised of short (< 5 minute), Lightning Talk presentations, designed to expose participants to the greatest number of ideas and techniques. A Poster-Paper Session follows, that allows presenters to expand on the subject matter of their talks with interested parties.

The Town Hall Meeting will assess the impact of the Symposium and provide an opportunity to discuss the future of research computing support at UCI. It will be moderated by the Associate Vice Chancellor of Research, Dr. James Earthman, assisted by a panel of faculty, chosen from the Executive Organizing Committee. Panelists will be asked to express opinions on a range of research computing needs within their respective schools. Audience participation in a question and answer session is encouraged.

All oral sessions will be video archived.

Schedule

Executive Organizing Committee:

James C. EARTHMAN, Chemical Engineering & Materials Science
Dean B. BAKER, Department of Medicine
Philip BROMILEY, Paul Merage School of Business
Frances S. CHANCE, Neurobiology & Behavior
Arthur D. LANDER, Developmental & Cell Biology
Feng LIU, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James W. MEEKER, Criminology, Law & Society
Lutfi Tugan MUFTULER, Radiological Sciences
David NEWMAN, Computer Science-Computing
Maria C. PANTELIA, Classics
Thorsten RITZ, Physics and Astronomy
Walter S. SCACCHI, Institute for Software Research
Patricia SEED, History
Ramesh SRINIVASAN, Cognitive Science
George E. TITA, Criminology, Law & Society
Douglas J TOBIAS, Chemistry
Charles E. WRIGHT, Cognitive Science
Tau-mu YI, Developmental & Cell Biology

Updated: April 8, 2008

Network & Academic Computing Services
Contact Us — (949) 824-2222 or rcs@uci.edu