Events
Scholars' Lab Events
Past Events
Here are some of the events that we've offered or promoted in the past. Be sure to check out our upcoming events here.
Looking at Data Workshop: Learning to Explore Data With Graphics
Thursday, July 30, 2009, and Friday, July 31, 2009
At the Downtown Hilton Garden Inn, 815 14th Street N.W., Washington, D.C.
According to the website: “Graphics are a fundamental part of data analysis, used in initial data inspection and exploration, model building and checking and also communicating information. In this course we will teach the basics of static graphics and move on to the new developments in direct manipulation and dynamic graphics that facilitate exploratory data analysis. The methods taught are readily available in open source software, enabling all participants to reproduce, extend and use them with their own data after the workshop.”
Instructors:
Dianne Cook is a full professor at Iowa State University. She has been an active researcher in the field of interactive and dynamic graphics for 16 years, and regularly teaches information visualization, multivariate analysis and data mining. She is an author of the book Interactive and Dynamic Graphics for Data Analysis, Springer 2007.
Hadley Wickham is an Assistant Professor at Rice University. He won the John Chambers Award for statistical computing in 2006 for his graphics work in association with ggplot2, and is authoring a book on the software that will be published Summer 2009.
Heike Hofmann is an Associate Professor at Iowa State University. She has been an active researcher in interactive graphics for 10 years, a developer of the software MANET, and an editor of the book Graphics of Large Datasets, Springer, New York 2006.
Price: $295 for one day, $550 for both days. (Students: $100 / day)
http://lookingatdata.com/jsm-2009.html
This event is provided by the “Looking at Data” series in conjunction with the GGobi Foundation.
2nd National Summit on GIS in K-12
Friday, June 26, 2009 and Saturday, June 27, 2009
James Madison University
The National Center for Rural STEM Education will be hosting the 2nd National Summit on GIS in K-12 Education at James Madison University in Harrisonburg from 26-27 June 2009. This gathering will provide an opportunity for developers and teachers to share materials and approaches, for school districts to learn about the possibilities for GIS in the classroom, for researchers to connect to practitioners, and for the GIS in Education community to get together and plan for the future. Drs. Danny Edelson, Bob Coulter and Diana Sinton will provide keynotes. There are invited papers, lab tutorials and sharing time. For more details on the program, go to http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/agenda09.html
For more information on the meeting, go to http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/workshop09.html
The fee for the meeting will be no more than $50 and includes all meals. Dorm space is available for lodging. Limited Travel support is available for teachers from rural school districts.
Details from the 1st National Summit are available at http://www.isat.jmu.edu/stem/workshop.html
Please contact Bob Kolvoord (kolvoora@jmu.edu) with any questions.
This event is provided by the National Center for Rural STEM Education.
Addeane Caelleigh
Director of Special Projects, Office of the Dean, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Kirsten Miles
Research Computing Support Specialist
Wednesday, June 17, 2009, from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
In Wilson Hall, Room 306
This short course will cover the main image integrity issues currently undergoing discussion in the science publishing community. There will be a hands-on portion that demonstrates some of the processes used for testing integrity and identifying possible alterations.
This event is provided jointly by the Research Computing Lab and the U.Va. School of Medicine.
University of Virginia Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering (UVACSE)
June 8, 2009 through June 12, 2009
At the University of Virginia
The bootcamp will emphasize parallel programming with MPI, with some attention to high-throughput computing and OpenMP. The format will consist of morning lecture followed by hands-on practice in the afternoon. Prerequisite: attendees should have some basic ability to program in C, C++, or Fortran.
To sign up, please visit: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/education/bootcamp.html and click on the “register” link.
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
LabView Users Group Meeting
Tuesday, May 26, 2009, at 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom (Room 133)
James Ramsey will be demonstrating the National Instruments CompactRIO system.
This is meant to be an information-sharing and networking opportunity. All are welcome to attend.
This event is provided by the LabView Users Group.
GIS Users Group Meeting
Friday, May 15th, 2009, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Virginia Department of Forestry Training Room (address and directions below)
Robert Kircher of ESRI will speak about Enterprise GIS.
Other agenda items include:
- Official Name
- Discuss getting a public services program going
- Progress reports from last meeting
Please forward any other agenda items to Chris Gist at cgist@virginia.edu.
The DOF is located at 900 Natural Resources Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=110069126597416509685.000463d4463f40dcf28a7
This event is provided by the GIS Users Group.
New Horizons in Teaching and Research 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Join us on April 29th for the third annual U.Va. New Horizons conference, showcasing technology in teaching, research, and scholarship at the University of Virginia. This year’s conference will feature presentations by U.Va. faculty, luncheon round-table discussions, and a keynote talk by noted information designer Ben Fry.
The 2009 iteration of New Horizons is being organized by UVACSE and SHANTI, with the support of ITC and the University of Virginia Library. Please register for lunch and the evening reception. All other events are open for drop-in attendance.
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/newhorizons
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering and SHANTI.
Anthony Fox
Tuesday, April 28, 2009, from 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
In the Brown Science & Engineering Library Electronic Classroom
The Wolfram Demonstration Project ( http://demonstrations.wolfram.com ) showcases a broad collection of free, high quality, interactive computational resources developed by Mathematica users. These self-contained demonstrations can help visualize difficult concepts and clarify ideas and concepts in both the classroom and research settings. One such example is the Monte Carlo method for approximating pi using random numbers chosen in the unit square.
In this presentation, Anthony Fox will feature some of the capabilities of these interactive tools, using tools he recently created for demonstrating the expectation-maximization algorithm and interpolating polynomials. You will then learn how to explore existing demos, modify them to suit your own needs and learn the basics for creating your own interactive notebooks.
Anthony Fox is a PhD student in Systems and Information Engineering studying computational statistics. His work experience includes developing applications for automated data mining and statistical analysis using a variety of tools including Mathematica, Matlab, R, and others.
You can register for this course by submitting a help ticket at http://www2.lib.virginia.edu/brown/rescomp/help/index.html
This session is part of the Spring 2009 Research Computing Lab Short Course Series
LabView Users Group Meeting
Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom (Room 133)
Guest speakers for this meeting will be:
John Howard of Niitek, and he will discuss “Using LabVIEW to Test a Ground Penetrating Radar and Other Cool Stuff.”
Michael Timmins of the U.Va. Physics Department, and he will talk about “Introducing LabVIEW to the Intermediate Physics Lab.”
This is meant to be an information-sharing and networking opportunity. All are welcome to attend.
This event is provided by the LabView Users Group.
Thomas Hall
Tuesday, March 31, 2009, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
In the MEC Engineering Building, Room 216
This is a hands-on introduction to using the parallel computing capabilities of Mathematica 7.0 to solve computationally intensive problems on multicore and multiprocessor computers. The class will culminate with examples of how to submit parallel Mathematica programs to the ITC Linux clusters.
Prerequisite: Unix Basics (M. Morgan, March 19) or equivalent. You *must* have the ability to move around in a Unix filesystem, to copy files, and so forth. You should also decide on a Unix editor beforehand (nano, vi, or emacs) and learn some basics of editing with it. You do not need to be fluent with the editor, just know how to move around in a file and make minor changes.
Please be sure that you have a research-enabled account *before* you attend the class. If you do not have one, please visit www.itc.virginia.edu/research/hpc-account (find the “submit a request” link) at least a day before the class. This also requires you to either be a graduate student, or have a faculty research spnsor if you are an undergraduate
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/shortcourses.php
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Mark Morgan
Thursday, March 26, 2009, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
In MEC Engineering Building, Room 215
This course will give a 2 hour introduction to the BASH shell scripting environment. Attendees will learn how to produce simple shell scripts and will learn how to write functions in those shell scripts. In order to take this course, users must have a familiarity with basic Unix commands like sed and grep. The Unix Basics short course on 19 March 2009 will cover all back ground material required.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/shortcourses.php
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Thomas Hall
Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
In the MEC Engineering Building, Room 216
This is a hands-on introduction to using the Parallel Computing Toolbox in Matlab 7.7 (2008b) to solve computationally and data-intensive problems on multicore and multiprocessor computers. The class will culminate with examples of how to submit parallel Matlab programs to the ITC Linux clusters.
Prerequisite: Unix Basics (M. Morgan, March 19) or equivalent. You *must* have the ability to move around in a Unix filesystem, to copy files, and so forth. You should also decide on a Unix editor beforehand (nano, vi, or emacs) and learn some basics of editing with it. You do not need to be fluent with the editor, just know how to move around in a file and make minor changes.
Please be sure that you have a research-enabled account *before* you attend the class. If you do not have one, please visit www.itc.virginia.edu/research/hpc-account (find the “submit a request” link) at least a day before the class. This also requires you to either be a graduate student, or have a faculty research spnsor if you are an undergraduate.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/shortcourses.php
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Katherine Holcomb
Tuesday, March 24, 2009, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom, Room 133
This is a hands-on introduction to using the ITC Linux clusters. We will practice editing files, writing a PBS script, and submitting to the queue. As time permits we will compile and submit a parallel (MPI) job.
Prerequisite: Unix Basics (M. Morgan, March 19) or equivalent. You *must* have the ability to move around in a Unix filesystem, to copy files, and so forth. You should also decide on a Unix editor beforehand (nano, vi, or emacs) and learn some basics of editing with it. You do not need to be fluent with the editor, just know how to move around in a file and make minor changes.
Please be sure that you have a research-enabled account *before* you attend the class. If you do not have one, please visit www.itc.virginia.edu/research/hpc-account (find the “submit a request” link) at least a day before the class.
You may bring your own laptop, but if you do be sure that you have SecureCRT installed before class. An X server such as XminG (http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/) is optional.
Users who wish to hone their skills at writing PBS scripts, which are shell scripts, should also consider attending the Bash Scripting course on March 26.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/shortcourses.php
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
UVa Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering
Friday, March 20, 2009, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
In MEC Engineering Building, Room 205
Agenda: Discussion of changes in the computational landscape at U.Va. and seeking user feedback on most important issues.
- Update on UVACSE web site
- short course announcements
- surveys for new short courses
- tiger team application process
- resources
- New Horizons conference
- Update on U.Va. computational sciences’ physical resources
- Accounting information
- Upcoming changes in the queuing environment
- New equipment
- Grid resource usage
- Storage
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Mark Morgan
Thursday, March 19, 2009, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
In MEC Engineering Building, Room 215
This course will give a 2 hour introduction to the Unix command line environment including common usage patterns like directory management, file management, and user environment set up. It will also cover a hand full of useful Unix tools such as sed, grep, and cut.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/shortcourses.php
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Katherine Holcomb
Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
In the Brown Science and Engineering Library Electronic Classroom, Room 133
This course will provide a very basic introduction to the Python programming language. No previous programming experience is required.
Sign-up here: http://uvacse.virginia.edu/shortcourses.php
This event is provided by the U.Va. Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.
Penguin Computing and NVIDIA
Friday, March 13, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
In Olsson Hall, room 236D
Full title: “Boosting Large-scale Scientific Simulations with Hybrid Computing Systems based on Graphics Processing Units”. Engineers from Penguin Computing and NVIDIA will give an overview on Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) architectures and the development of the CUDA programming language with a focus on its impact on High Performance Computing (HPC) applications. This will include an overview of NVIDIA’s Tesla product line for HPC; Penguin systems based on multi-core architectures and GPU accelerators; and success stories of GPU acceleration for applications in scientific research areas.
Session 1 from 10am – 11am: For faculty, research professionals, graduate students who are interested in using these types of systems for their computational research.
Session 2 from 1pm – 2pm: For IT staff who need to support these types of systems.
This event is provided by the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
What’s New for MATLAB with R2009a
Thursday, March 12, 2009 9:00 am
Thursday, March 12, 2009 3:00 pm
Online
This webinar highlights the new features and capabilities in the R2009a release of MATLAB and its associated toolboxes. Through overview slides and product demonstrations, attendees will learn about the newest capabilities of the MATLAB product family.
This webinar is targeted for people familiar with MATLAB.
A Q&A session will follow the presentation.
Click to Register online
This event is provided by Mathworks.
MODELS AND SIMULATIONS 3: Emergence, Computation, and Reality
Friday, March 6 – Sunday, March 8, 2009
At the University of Virginia
Models and Simulations 3, an international conference on philosophical issues arising from the use of scientific models and computer simulations, will be held at the University of Virginia March 6-8 2009. There will be approximately fifty presentations, including keynote addresses by Mark Bedau, editor-in-chief of Artificial Life, and Patrick Suppes, a winner of the National Medal of Science. Details of the conference, including the draft program and location, can be found at: http://people.virginia.edu/~pwh2a/MS3.html
All members of the U.Va. community are welcome to attend, but sincce space is limited, we would appreciate your notifying in advance the conference assistant at ashleygrahamkennedy@gmail.com. Registration is free.
This event is sponsored by the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia and the John Templeton Foundation.
The Evolution of Multi-Domain Modeling and Simulation
Thursday, February 26, 2009, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Online
The natural, almost inevitable, coupling of physical phenomena in engineered devices has driven the evolution of new techniques that allow engineers to model how physical domains interact. The electrical components in a DC motor, for example, drive a mechanical rotor, while a microwave uses high frequency microwaves to heat food.
In this presentation, Dr. Laurent Bernardin, Chief Scientist and Vice-President of Research and Development at Maplesoft, will discuss advanced multi-domain modeling and simulation methods and how these techniques are driving the development and enhancement of modern consumer products.
He is joined by Dr. Richard Gran. Formerly with Grumman Corp. as Director of Advanced Concepts, Dr. Gran was a member of the Control System design team that created the digital flight control system for the Apollo Lunar Module. He is presently President and CEO of the Mathematical Analysis Company where he has had extensive long-term contracts for the US space and defense community in the areas of system simulation and control design. During this presentation, Dr. Gran will discuss his past experiences, give some examples from his work, and discuss the importance of the new multi-domain techniques that are being developed in the industry today.
To close the session, Dr. Chad Schmitke, Chief Developer at MotionPro, will briefly demonstrate multi-domain modeling in MapleSim. Tools like MapleSim are placing unparalleled multi-domain predictive technology in the hands of many more engineers than ever before.
Click to Register online
This event is provided by Maplesoft.
Mathworks: Image and Video Processing with DSPs and FPGAs
Thursday, February 26, 2009 9:00 am
Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:00 pm
Online
In this webinar, we’ll explore the concepts involved in migrating image and video processing algorithms to embedded processors such as DSPs or FPGAs. A demonstration using MATLAB and Simulink will cover:
• Converting an algorithm from floating-point to fixed-point math
• Adjusting an algorithm to accommodate small memory footprints
• Generating C code that targets DSPs
• Developing a Simulink model for an algorithm that targets FPGAs
• Verifying and testing results using hardware-in-the-loop
This webinar will highlight features in MATLAB and Simulink such as Embedded MATLAB code, fixed-point modeling, multirate modeling, C code generation, and hardware targets.
This webinar assumes some familiarity with MATLAB and Simulink. For users interested in learning about image and video processing capabilities in MATLAB prior to the webinar, demos are available on The MathWorks website here.
A Q&A session will follow the presentation.
Click to Register online
This event is provided by Mathworks.