CCT's IGERT Workshop for High School Students Taught HPC, CFD
LSU researchers with the National Science Foundation's IGERT program and CCT hosted a workshop Friday, April 20, for more than 30 high school students and their teachers. Students from Lee High School and Glen Oaks High School in Baton Rouge attended the IGERT workshop, which took place beginning at 8 a.m. in the Frey Computing Services Center. The workshop introduced students to the tools scientists use to conduct research, particularly those used in high-performance computing for computational fluid dynamics. The workshop was primarily organized by the students in the IGERT program, as part of their training experience at LSU. CCT Director Ed Seidel began the workshop by talking to the students about research projects taking place at the center, and showed how today's computing resources and technology help young science students gain a better understanding about complex topics than was previously available. Seidel also gave the students a brief presentation on his work in numerical relativity, which involves studying black hole collisions to model gravitational waves. He showed the students several visualizations of what it looks like when two black holes collide. CCT and LSU physics Professor Joel Tohline also gave the students a presentation on what computational fluid dynamics is and how it is studied at the CCT. Tohline explained that this means studying fluid flows in nature, which is a significant part of the research in his “Coast to Cosmos†focus area at CCT. “To do sophisticated modeling of fluid flow in nature, we need interdisciplinary research and computational resources,†Tohline explained. He showed varying examples of fluid flow that scientists can study, ranging from hurricane modeling to flight for birds or airplanes. Following the presentations, the students worked through two tutorials, one on visualization using Amira software, and another on high-performance computing using the Cactus Framework, during the workshop. CCT Announces Red Stick International Animation Festival Winners
CCT announced the winners for the 2007 Red Stick International Animation Festival Awards on April 20, during a nighttime screening at the festival. The festival, which took place April 18-22, received 260 film submissions from 30 countries. This was the highest number of entries ever received for the festival. “While we applaud all the work we received, we gave special prizes in 10 categories to showcase the best films of the festival,†said CCT professor and Red Stick host Stephen David Beck. The winners of the 2007 Red Stick International Animation Festival are: • Best 2-D Student Animation: “Syncopation,†Sefi Giago – Israel
• Best 2-D Professional Animation: “Look for me,†Laura Helt – United States
• Best 3-D Student Animation: “Hallucii,†Goo-shun Wang – United States
• Best 3-D Professional Animation: “Potapych, The Bear Who Loved Vodka,†Darren Price – United Kingdom
• Best Student Stop Motion Animation: “Caution, The Doors Are Opening!†Anastasia Zhuravleva, Russia
• Best Professional Stop Motion Animation: “La Lupe I en Bruno,†Anna Solanas – Spain • Best Student Experimental/Abstract Animation: “Circles,†Jonathan Shohet – Israel
• Best Professional Experimental/Abstract Animation: “JA05 TBO,†Thierry Bonnaud – United Kingdom
• Best Animation for Advertising: Miles Flanagan – United States
• Best Animated Music Video: “Ce Que Je Suis,†Joris Clerte' and Virginie Glachino – France
The award-winning films were screened in Red Stick film showings throughout the festival. Red Stick International Animation Festival will take place next year April 15-20, and the call for submissions for next year's festival will begin this summer. Please visit www.redstickfestival.org for updated festival entry information. CCT in the News
Developments Needed in Software Design
4-18-2007/The Reveille
For almost 20 years Alfred Spector has wondered why structural bridges could be built on time and under budget, while software production is often late, over budget and full of errors. http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2007/04/18/News/Developments.Needed.In.Software.Design-2847510.shtml BR enthusiasts animated by festival's appeal
4-18-2007/The Advocate
The Red Stick International Animation Festival could have just been a film event featuring cartoons. Take a couple of days, screen a few cartoons for families, bring in a big shot from out of town and hold a seminar or two. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/7075841.html?index=1&c=y Use of animation in science opens festival in BR
4-19-2007/The Advocate
When most people think of animation, they probably think of cartoons — a rabbit outsmarting a loud-mouthed prospector or a coyote trying to drop an anvil on a bird. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/business/7093126.html?index=1&c=y Panel: La. can develop industry
4-21-2007/The Advocate
The tax credit program the state implemented in 2002 has exceeded expectations in directing film production to Louisiana. But as other states create their own tax packages, Louisiana must develop its work force if it wants to stay ahead of the curve. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/business/7129991.html Pats on the Back
• Irina Craciun won second prize for the Ellinor Behre Award for Science Writing for the paper she wrote last year titled "On a Problem in the Stability Discussion of Rotating Black Holes." • Richard Duff was awarded a third place prize for his poster at the 2007 NATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION -- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DRILLING ENGINEERS, which took place in Houston April 10-12. Richard's poster was titled "Observation and Modeling of Torsional Vibration Regimes.†Also, a paper and poster from Richard Duff and Yaakoub El-Khamra on "Real-Time Simulation in Grid Environments: Communicating Data from Sensors to Scientific Simulations†was presented at the meeting, and a presentation from Richard Duff on "Torsional Vibration in Drilling: Modeling and Field Examples" was shown. • Irina Craciun and Elena Caraba were presented with an Academic Excellence Award from the College of Arts and Sciences at its recent honors convocation. • The Cactus Code, which CCT professor Dr. Gabrielle Allen was instrumental in creating, celebrates its 10th anniversary this week. Upcoming Guest Lectures:
• The CCT Colloquium Series will feature H.J. Siegel, Ph.D., from Colorado State University, to discuss “An Introduction to Research Issues in Heterogeneous Parallel and Distributed Computing.†Siegel will lecture at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 27, in Johnston 338. • Dr. Larry Bergman of the California Institute Of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will lecture on The Role Of Information Technology In Robotic Space Exploration on Thursday, April 26, at 9 a.m. in Johnston 338. • Dr. Helmut Katzgraber's will give a joint General Physics and Astronomy, Materials Science and Engineering and CCT seminar on Monday, April 30, at 2:30 p.m. in Nicholson 435. • Mary Fanett Wheeler, The University of Texas at Austin, will lecture on Multiscale Discretizations for Flow, Transport and Mechanics in Porous Media on Tuesday, May 1, at 1:30 p.m. in Johnston 338. Please Note:
• The next all CCT meeting is this Wednesday, April 25, at 3 p.m. in Johnston 338. • If you have any news for the CCT Weekly, please e-mail PR Manager Kristen Sunde directly at kmeyer@cct.lsu.edu. Upcoming Grant Deadlines:
NSF Advanced Learning Technologies NSF ALT April 25 2007 5:00 pm A Portion Of $ 2,800,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06535/nsf06535.htm Interfaces in Science: Career Awards at the Scientific Interface May 01 2007 12:00 am At Most $ 500,000.00 available http://www.bwfund.org/programs/interfaces/career_awards_background.html
LSU researchers with the National Science Foundation's IGERT program and CCT hosted a workshop Friday, April 20, for more than 30 high school students and their teachers. Students from Lee High School and Glen Oaks High School in Baton Rouge attended the IGERT workshop, which took place beginning at 8 a.m. in the Frey Computing Services Center. The workshop introduced students to the tools scientists use to conduct research, particularly those used in high-performance computing for computational fluid dynamics. The workshop was primarily organized by the students in the IGERT program, as part of their training experience at LSU. CCT Director Ed Seidel began the workshop by talking to the students about research projects taking place at the center, and showed how today's computing resources and technology help young science students gain a better understanding about complex topics than was previously available. Seidel also gave the students a brief presentation on his work in numerical relativity, which involves studying black hole collisions to model gravitational waves. He showed the students several visualizations of what it looks like when two black holes collide. CCT and LSU physics Professor Joel Tohline also gave the students a presentation on what computational fluid dynamics is and how it is studied at the CCT. Tohline explained that this means studying fluid flows in nature, which is a significant part of the research in his “Coast to Cosmos†focus area at CCT. “To do sophisticated modeling of fluid flow in nature, we need interdisciplinary research and computational resources,†Tohline explained. He showed varying examples of fluid flow that scientists can study, ranging from hurricane modeling to flight for birds or airplanes. Following the presentations, the students worked through two tutorials, one on visualization using Amira software, and another on high-performance computing using the Cactus Framework, during the workshop. CCT Announces Red Stick International Animation Festival Winners
CCT announced the winners for the 2007 Red Stick International Animation Festival Awards on April 20, during a nighttime screening at the festival. The festival, which took place April 18-22, received 260 film submissions from 30 countries. This was the highest number of entries ever received for the festival. “While we applaud all the work we received, we gave special prizes in 10 categories to showcase the best films of the festival,†said CCT professor and Red Stick host Stephen David Beck. The winners of the 2007 Red Stick International Animation Festival are: • Best 2-D Student Animation: “Syncopation,†Sefi Giago – Israel
• Best 2-D Professional Animation: “Look for me,†Laura Helt – United States
• Best 3-D Student Animation: “Hallucii,†Goo-shun Wang – United States
• Best 3-D Professional Animation: “Potapych, The Bear Who Loved Vodka,†Darren Price – United Kingdom
• Best Student Stop Motion Animation: “Caution, The Doors Are Opening!†Anastasia Zhuravleva, Russia
• Best Professional Stop Motion Animation: “La Lupe I en Bruno,†Anna Solanas – Spain • Best Student Experimental/Abstract Animation: “Circles,†Jonathan Shohet – Israel
• Best Professional Experimental/Abstract Animation: “JA05 TBO,†Thierry Bonnaud – United Kingdom
• Best Animation for Advertising: Miles Flanagan – United States
• Best Animated Music Video: “Ce Que Je Suis,†Joris Clerte' and Virginie Glachino – France
The award-winning films were screened in Red Stick film showings throughout the festival. Red Stick International Animation Festival will take place next year April 15-20, and the call for submissions for next year's festival will begin this summer. Please visit www.redstickfestival.org for updated festival entry information. CCT in the News
Developments Needed in Software Design
4-18-2007/The Reveille
For almost 20 years Alfred Spector has wondered why structural bridges could be built on time and under budget, while software production is often late, over budget and full of errors. http://media.www.lsureveille.com/media/storage/paper868/news/2007/04/18/News/Developments.Needed.In.Software.Design-2847510.shtml BR enthusiasts animated by festival's appeal
4-18-2007/The Advocate
The Red Stick International Animation Festival could have just been a film event featuring cartoons. Take a couple of days, screen a few cartoons for families, bring in a big shot from out of town and hold a seminar or two. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/7075841.html?index=1&c=y Use of animation in science opens festival in BR
4-19-2007/The Advocate
When most people think of animation, they probably think of cartoons — a rabbit outsmarting a loud-mouthed prospector or a coyote trying to drop an anvil on a bird. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/business/7093126.html?index=1&c=y Panel: La. can develop industry
4-21-2007/The Advocate
The tax credit program the state implemented in 2002 has exceeded expectations in directing film production to Louisiana. But as other states create their own tax packages, Louisiana must develop its work force if it wants to stay ahead of the curve. http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/business/7129991.html Pats on the Back
• Irina Craciun won second prize for the Ellinor Behre Award for Science Writing for the paper she wrote last year titled "On a Problem in the Stability Discussion of Rotating Black Holes." • Richard Duff was awarded a third place prize for his poster at the 2007 NATIONAL TECHNICAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION -- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF DRILLING ENGINEERS, which took place in Houston April 10-12. Richard's poster was titled "Observation and Modeling of Torsional Vibration Regimes.†Also, a paper and poster from Richard Duff and Yaakoub El-Khamra on "Real-Time Simulation in Grid Environments: Communicating Data from Sensors to Scientific Simulations†was presented at the meeting, and a presentation from Richard Duff on "Torsional Vibration in Drilling: Modeling and Field Examples" was shown. • Irina Craciun and Elena Caraba were presented with an Academic Excellence Award from the College of Arts and Sciences at its recent honors convocation. • The Cactus Code, which CCT professor Dr. Gabrielle Allen was instrumental in creating, celebrates its 10th anniversary this week. Upcoming Guest Lectures:
• The CCT Colloquium Series will feature H.J. Siegel, Ph.D., from Colorado State University, to discuss “An Introduction to Research Issues in Heterogeneous Parallel and Distributed Computing.†Siegel will lecture at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 27, in Johnston 338. • Dr. Larry Bergman of the California Institute Of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will lecture on The Role Of Information Technology In Robotic Space Exploration on Thursday, April 26, at 9 a.m. in Johnston 338. • Dr. Helmut Katzgraber's will give a joint General Physics and Astronomy, Materials Science and Engineering and CCT seminar on Monday, April 30, at 2:30 p.m. in Nicholson 435. • Mary Fanett Wheeler, The University of Texas at Austin, will lecture on Multiscale Discretizations for Flow, Transport and Mechanics in Porous Media on Tuesday, May 1, at 1:30 p.m. in Johnston 338. Please Note:
• The next all CCT meeting is this Wednesday, April 25, at 3 p.m. in Johnston 338. • If you have any news for the CCT Weekly, please e-mail PR Manager Kristen Sunde directly at kmeyer@cct.lsu.edu. Upcoming Grant Deadlines:
NSF Advanced Learning Technologies NSF ALT April 25 2007 5:00 pm A Portion Of $ 2,800,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06535/nsf06535.htm Interfaces in Science: Career Awards at the Scientific Interface May 01 2007 12:00 am At Most $ 500,000.00 available http://www.bwfund.org/programs/interfaces/career_awards_background.html
Publish Date:
04-24-2007
