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CCT Weekly Jan. 28 – Feb. 3, 2007 CCT to Host International Conference in Downtown Baton Rouge Feb. 15-17 CCT Professor Brygg Ullmer has organized the first International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction, bringing researchers and industry representatives from all over the world to downtown Baton Rouge. This conference, which is an outgrowth of the 14th Annual Mardi Gras Conference CCT hosts each year, will take place at the Sheraton Convention Center from Thursday, Feb. 15 through Saturday, Feb. 17. Tangible and Embedded Interaction is an emerging field of technology that focuses on applying computational behaviors to objects. This concept will continue to grow as computing develops and advances in the 21st century. This field has important implications for many areas of local business, including video conferencing, health care, entertainment, consumer products, software applications and beyond. The conference will showcase 50 contributions from 15 countries and 140 authors will be presented, including from companies such as Sony, Phillips, Intel and Nokia. Objects that will be presented at the conference showcase new theories in art, design, computer science and many other fields. Contributors at the conference will host a variety of presentations to showcase their work, including talks, interactive exhibits, demos or performances and posters. Some of the objects that will be shown include shoes programmed with an electronic guidance system; robots; blocks and shapes programmed for computer functions and even meat with computer programming. A complete list of objects that will be shown is available at http://tei-conf.org/program.html. Ullmer, whose research specialty at the CCT is in this field, created the conference around this theme, and recruited his peers from around the world to attend. The researchers who will attend the conference hope to make it an annual event. CCT in the News LSU offers high-definition distance learning course on Internet 1-25-2007/Gannett News Services BATON ROUGE — High-performance computing is impacting science, engineering and industry in profound ways, quickly outpacing other fields to become the leading technology of the 21st century. http://thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070125/NEWS01/70124032 LSU Offers Distance-Learning Course in HPC 1-25-2007/HPC Wire High-performance computing is impacting science, engineering and industry in profound ways, quickly outpacing other fields to become the leading technology of the 21st century. http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/1225496.html Thomas Sterling's computer science class the only one like it in the United States: 1-25-2007/Supercomputing Online High-performance computing is impacting science, engineering and industry in profound ways, quickly outpacing other fields to become the leading technology of the 21st century. As businesses use supercomputing to spur economic development and find newer, creative ways to develop their products, knowledge of supercomputing is becoming a critical advantage in today's workplace. http://www.supercomputingonline.com/article.php?sid=12886 Louisiana Universities Join Open Science Grid 1-24-2007/ GRID Today Through the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI), Louisiana State University's Center for Computation and Technology (CCT) and Louisiana Tech University have brought the state into the Open Science Grid, an international computing project. http://www.gridtoday.com/grid/1221001.html LSU, Louisiana Tech part of international computing project 1-24-2007/The Advertiser The Louisiana Optical Network Initiative has made it possible for LSU and Louisiana Tech to be a part of an international computing project called the Open Science Grid. http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070123/NEWS01/70123029 Pats on the Back • The November issue of “Sculpture” includes a review about an art-science piece Shalini Venkataraman worked on with artist Jackie Matisse. The article is written by renowned art critic Howard Risotti. • Shantenu Jha was voted onto the research faculty of LSU's Computer Science Department. • The 5th annual meeting of the Louisiana Biomedical Research Network took place last weekend in Bossier City. Brygg Ullmer presented the after-dinner speech on Saturday. Brygg and Shantenu Jha attended the IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence steering committee meeting. • Congratulations to Ana Buleu and Razvan Carbunescu for being chosen to give an oral presentation at the 21st annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), which will be held April 12-14, in San Rafael, California. Please Note: • The Google “Tech Talk” and Job/Internship Recruitment is this Wednesday, Jan. 31, from 5-8 p.m. in Dodson Auditorium. More than 300 students plan to go and learn more about obtaining jobs with the company. Please remind your students to attend if they have registered. • There will be a “How to Write a Grant Proposal Workshop” on Friday, Feb. 2 from 9 a.m. to noon at Hill Memorial Library Researchers, support staff and students at the beginning stages of developing a funded research program are encouraged to attend this workshop. For more information or to register, visit www.research.lsu.edu/events.html. • The CCT Colloquium Series will feature Dr. Thomas J.R. Hughes, Institute For Computational Engineering And Sciences, The University Of Texas At Austin. Hughes will discuss Variational Multiscale Methods in Computational Fluid Dynamics: Recent Progress and Challenges with Emphasis on the Development of Turbulence Models on Friday at 3 p.m. in Johnston 338. • The Louisiana Academy of Sciences will host its annual meeting on Friday, March 16, at Southern University. Faculty, staff and students are welcome to attend. The deadline for pre-registration and abstract submissions is Friday, Feb. 16. Visit www.laacademy.org for more information on the meeting and to see for which tracks abstracts are being accepted. Upcoming Grant Deadlines: NSF Innovation and Organizational Change NSF IOC February 02 2007 5:00 pm A Portion Of $ 2,000,000.00 available http://nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06610/nsf06610.htm NSF Chemistry Research Instrumentation and Facilities:Cyberinfrastructure and Research Facilities NSF CRIF:CRF February 02 2007 5:00 pm A Portion Of $ 4,000,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07518/nsf07518.htm NSF Science of Design (SoD) NSF SoD February 05 2007 5:00 pm A Portion Of $ 10,000,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07505/nsf07505.htm NSF Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2007 NSF HSD February 07 2007 5:00 pm At Most $ 1,250,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06604/nsf06604.htm NSF Human and Social Dynamics: Competition for FY 2007 (Type 2) NSF HSD February 07 2007 5:00 pm At Most $ 1,250,000.00 available http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06604/nsf06604.htm